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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 705 

To amend section 213 of title 23, United States Code, relating to the 

Transportation Alternatives Program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 11, 2015 

Mr. COCHRAN (for himself and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend section 213 of title 23, United States Code, 

relating to the Transportation Alternatives 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. TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM. 

4 (a) COST SHARING.—Section 120 of title 23, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(l) TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM.— 

8 The Federal share requirements under this section appli9 cable to the transportation alternatives program under 

10 section 213 may be met based on— 


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1 ‘‘(1) an individual project or activity under that 

2 section; or 

3 ‘‘(2) a program of projects or activities ap4 proved under that section.’’. 

5 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES; ANNUAL REPORTS.—Sec6 tion 213 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘each of 

9 fiscal years 2013 and 2014’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘each fiscal year’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2 per12 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘3 percent’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (c)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

16 ‘‘50 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘66.67 per17 cent’’; and 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

19 ‘‘50 percent shall be obligated’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘33.33 percent shall be obligated to 

21 any eligible entity’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (4)(B)— 

23 (i) by redesignating clauses (vi) and 

24 (vii) as clauses (viii) and (ix), respectively; 


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1 (ii) by inserting after clause (v), the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(vi) a not-for-profit entity respon4 sible for the administration of local trans5 portation safety programs; 

6 ‘‘(vii) a metropolitan planning organi7 zation that is not developing the competi8 tive process for funding’’; and 

9 (iii) in clause (viii), as redesignated, 

10 by inserting ‘‘for an urbanized population 

11 of more than 200,000’’ after ‘‘metropolitan 

12 planning organization’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘available 

14 under subsection (c)(1)(B)’’ after ‘‘excess funds’’; 

15 (4) by striking subsection (e); and 

16 (5) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol17 lows: 

18 ‘‘(g) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State or metropolitan 

20 planning organization responsible for carrying out 

21 the requirements under this section shall submit an 

22 annual report to the Secretary that describes— 

23 ‘‘(A) the number of project applications re24 ceived for each fiscal year, including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the aggregate cost of the projects 

2 for which applications are received; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the types of projects to be car4 ried out (as described in subsection (b)), 

5 expressed as percentages of the State’s 

6 total apportionment under subsection (a); 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) the number of projects selected for 

9 funding for each fiscal year, including the ag10 gregate cost and location of projects selected. 

11 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary 

12 shall make available to the public, in a user-friendly 

13 format on the website of the Department, a copy of 

14 each annual report submitted under paragraph 

15 (1).’’. 

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