Make Transportation Authorities Accountable and Transparent Act

Subjects: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:  <p><strong>Make Transportation Authorities Accountable and Transparent Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the inspector general of the Department of Transportation to conduct an audit of public transportation coronavirus relief spending and report to Congress.</p>

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1592 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1592

To require the inspector general of the Department of Transportation to 
   conduct an audit on the use of Federal funds by certain entities 
        providing public transportation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2023

    Ms. Malliotakis (for herself and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the inspector general of the Department of Transportation to 
   conduct an audit on the use of Federal funds by certain entities 
        providing public transportation, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Make Transportation Authorities 
Accountable and Transparent Act''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORONAVIRUS 
              RELIEF SPENDING.

    (a) Inspector General Audit.--
            (1) Audit required.--The inspector general of the 
        Department of Transportation shall conduct an audit of funds 
        provided to each specified transit agency under the applicable 
        laws during the 5 fiscal years ending before the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Contents of audit.--The audit conducted under paragraph 
        (1) shall include the amount of funds received under each of 
        the applicable laws and a description of how such funds were 
        spent.
            (3) Report to congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the inspector general shall 
        submit to Congress a report containing the results of the 
        audit.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Applicable laws.--The term ``applicable laws'' means 
        the following:
                    (A) Chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code.
                    (B) The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response 
                Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020.
                    (C) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
                Security Act.
                    (D) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
                    (E) The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
            (2) Public transportation.--The term ``public 
        transportation'' has the meaning given the term in section 5302 
        of title 49, United States Code.
            (3) Specified transit agency.--The term ``specified transit 
        agency'' means the 5 entities providing public transportation 
        with the most unlinked passenger trips for calendar year 2019, 
        as reported to the National Transit Database, that received 
        Federal funds under any of the applicable laws.
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