Resilient Transit Act of 2022

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize state of good repair grants to be used for public transportation resilience improvement, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Resilient Transit Act of 2022 2. Definitions Section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (17) through (25) as paragraphs (18) through (26), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following: (17) Resilience improvement The term resilience improvement . 3. State of good repair grants for public transportation resilience improvement (a) In general Section 5337 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Public transportation resilience improvement grants (1) In general The Secretary may make grants under this subsection to assist State and local government authorities in financing 1 or more eligible activities described in paragraph (2). (2) Eligible activities (A) In general A recipient of a grant under this subsection may use grant amounts for public transportation resilience improvements that increase the resilience of public transportation systems from the impacts of changing conditions, such as sea level rise, flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters. (B) Inclusions Activities eligible to be carried out using grant amounts under this subsection include— (i) the installation of mitigation measures that prevent the intrusion of floodwaters; (ii) the installation of equipment to detect the occurrence of a flood event; (iii) the replacement of equipment or facilities that are currently prone to flood events or will be in the future; (iv) the purchase of new equipment to support regular maintenance of drainage and pumping infrastructure; (v) the replacement of equipment stressed during extreme temperature events; (vi) the installation of equipment to regulate temperatures and sensors to monitor extreme temperatures; (vii) the development of backup systems to provide redundancy during the outage of a primary power source; (viii) the assessment of system vulnerabilities to current and future weather events, natural disasters, and changing conditions, including sea level rise; (ix) the planning of system improvements and emergency response strategies to address identified vulnerabilities; and (x) any other activity for resilience improvement, as determined by the Secretary. (3) Types of projects Grants under this subsection may be used to finance— (A) standalone projects; and (B) components of projects carried out under subsection (b)(1). (4) Public transportation resilience improvement formula Of the amounts made available under section 5338(a)(2)(L) to carry out this subsection— (A) 97.15 percent shall be apportioned to recipients in accordance with subsection (c); and (B) 2.85 percent shall be apportioned to recipients in accordance with subsection (d). . (b) Conforming amendments Section 5337 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking section 5338(a)(2)(K) section 5338(a)(2)(L) 4. Authorizations Section 5338(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking $13,634,000,000 $13,934,000,000 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking $13,990,000,000 $14,290,000,000 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking $14,279,000,000 $14,579,000,000 (D) in subparagraph (E), by striking $14,642,000,000 $14,942,000,000 (2) in paragraph (2)(L)— (A) by striking $3,587,778,037 $3,887,778,037 (B) by striking $3,680,934,484 $3,980,934,484 (C) by striking $3,755,675,417 $4,055,675,417 (D) by striking $3,850,496,668 $4,150,496,668 (E) by inserting and $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5337(g) section 5337(f)

Summary: Resilient Transit Act of 2022 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide grants to assist states and local governments in financing public transportation resilience improvement projects that increase the resilience of public transportation systems from the impacts of changing conditions, such as sea level rise, flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters.