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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1813 

To establish a bus state of good repair program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 21, 2015 

Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. DONNELLY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a bus state of good repair program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. BUS AND BUS FACILITIES STATE OF GOOD RE4 PAIR DISCRETIONARY GRANTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘§ 5341. Bus and bus facilities state of good repair 

9 discretionary grants 

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘State’ means a State of the 

2 United States; and 

3 ‘‘(2) the term ‘territory’ means the District of 

4 Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Is5 lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the United 

6 States Virgin Islands. 

7 ‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall 

8 make grants under this section to assist eligible recipients 

9 described in subsection (e)(1) in financing capital projects 

10 to maintain bus and bus facilities systems in a state of 

11 good repair, including projects— 

12 ‘‘(1) to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses 

13 and related equipment; and 

14 ‘‘(2) to construct bus-related facilities. 

15 ‘‘(c) GRANT CRITERIA.—In making grants under this 

16 section, the Secretary— 

17 ‘‘(1) with respect to a bus and bus facilities sys18 tem, shall consider— 

19 ‘‘(A) project readiness; 

20 ‘‘(B) the level of commitment of non-Fed21 eral funds and the availability of a local finan22 cial commitment that exceeds the required non23 Federal share of the cost of the project; and 

24 ‘‘(C) project justification; 


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1 ‘‘(2) with respect to the replacement, rehabilita2 tion, and purchase of buses and related equipment, 

3 and the construction of bus-related facilities, shall 

4 consider— 

5 ‘‘(A) condition; 

6 ‘‘(B) the need to comply with any applica7 ble legal requirements relating to reinvestment; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(C) the status of components; and 

10 ‘‘(3) in considering the factors under para11 graphs (1) and (2), shall give priority consideration 

12 to vehicle age and mileage. 

13 ‘‘(d) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of 

14 section 5307 apply to recipients of grants made under this 

15 section. 

16 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS AND SUBRECIPIENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) RECIPIENTS.—Eligible recipients under 

18 this section are designated recipients that operate 

19 bus service or that allocate funding to bus operators. 

20 ‘‘(2) SUBRECIPIENTS.—A designated recipient 

21 that receives a grant under this section may allocate 

22 amounts of the grant to subrecipients that are public 

23 agencies or private nonprofit organizations engaged 

24 in public transportation. 

25 ‘‘(f) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—A grant for a capital 

2 project under this section shall be for 80 percent of 

3 the net capital costs of the project. A recipient of a 

4 grant under this section may provide additional local 

5 matching amounts. 

6 ‘‘(2) REMAINING COSTS.—The remainder of the 

7 net project cost shall be provided— 

8 ‘‘(A) in cash from non-Government sources 

9 other than revenues from providing public 

10 transportation services; 

11 ‘‘(B) from revenues derived from the sale 

12 of advertising and concessions; 

13 ‘‘(C) from an undistributed cash surplus, a 

14 replacement or depreciation cash fund or re15 serve, or new capital; or 

16 ‘‘(D) from amounts received under a serv17 ice agreement with a State or local social serv18 ice agency or private social service organization. 

19 ‘‘(g) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY TO RECIPIENTS.— 

20 Amounts made available to carry out this section may be 

21 obligated by a recipient for 3 fiscal years after the fiscal 

22 year in which the amount is appropriated. Not later than 

23 30 days after the end of the 3-year period described in 

24 the preceding sentence, any amount that is not obligated 

25 on the last day of that period shall be added to the amount 


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1 that may be appropriated to carry out this section in the 

2 next fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(h) FUNDING LIMIT.—Not more than 4 percent of 

4 the amounts made available under section 5338 to carry 

5 out this section for a fiscal year shall be made available 

6 to a single recipient. 

7 ‘‘(i) BUS AND BUS FACILITIES FORMULA GRANTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

9 this section shall be construed to prohibit a recipient 

10 from receiving a grant under section 5339 and a 

11 grant under this section. 

12 ‘‘(2) FUNDING FOR FORMULA GRANTS.—Of the 

13 amounts made available under section 5338 to carry 

14 out this section for a fiscal year, $62,500,000 shall 

15 be available for the bus and bus facilities program 

16 under section 5339, of which $1,250,000 shall be 

17 apportioned to each State.’’. 

18 (b) FUNDING.—Section 5338 of title 49, United 

19 States Code, is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as 

21 subsections (k) and (l), respectively; and 

22 (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(j) BUS AND BUS FACILITIES STATE OF GOOD RE25 PAIR DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—There are authorized to 


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1 be appropriated out of the Mass Transit Account of the 

2 Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 5341— 

3 ‘‘(1) $492,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 

4 ‘‘(2) $687,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 

5 ‘‘(3) $777,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

6 ‘‘(4) $878,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

7 ‘‘(5) $992,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 

8 ‘‘(6) $1,389,000,000 fiscal year 2021.’’. 

9 (c) INITIAL GRANTS.—Not later than 180 days after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans11 portation shall begin making grants under section 5341 

12 of title 49, United States Code, as added by subsection 

13 (b). 

14 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

15 The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 49, United 

16 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

‘‘5341. Bus and bus facilities state of good repair discretionary grants.’’. 

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