I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2746 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow for additional transportation 
assistance grants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2009 
Mr. CARNAHAN (for himself and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow for 
additional transportation assistance grants. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF TRANSIT OPERATING ASSIST-
ANCE GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 5307(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘, 
or an urbanized area with a population of at 
least 200,000 if the State or regional authority 
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providing public transportation for the area op-
erates less than 100 buses in fixed-route service 
in the area during peak service hours’’ after 
‘‘200,000’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 
and (F) as subparagraphs (J) and (K), respec-
tively; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(E) operating costs of equipment and fa-
cilities for use in public transportation in an ur-
banized area with a population of 200,000 or 
more, but not more than 400,000, if the State 
or regional authority providing public transpor-
tation for the area operates at least 100 buses 
in fixed-route service in the area during peak 
service hours; 
‘‘(F) operating costs of equipment and fa-
cilities for use in public transportation in an ur-
banized area with a population of 400,000 or 
more, but not more than 600,000; 
‘‘(G) operating costs of equipment and fa-
cilities for use in public transportation in an ur-
banized area with a population of 600,000 or 
more, but not more than 800,000; 
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‘‘(H) operating costs of equipment and fa-
cilities for use in public transportation in an ur-
banized area with a population of 800,000 or 
more, but not more than 1,000,000; 
‘‘(I) operating costs of equipment and fa-
cilities for use in public transportation in an ur-
banized area with a population of 1,000,000 or 
more;’’. 
(2) By redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3). 
(3) By inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN GRANTS ESTAB-
LISHED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1).— 
‘‘(A) With respect to a grant made under 
paragraph (1)(E), not more than 50 percent of 
the funds available to carry out this section 
shall be made available for such grant. 
‘‘(B) With respect to a grant made under 
paragraph (1)(F), not more than 45 percent of 
the funds available to carry out this section 
shall be made available for such grant. 
‘‘(C) With respect to a grant made under 
paragraph (1)(G), not more than 40 percent of 
the funds available to carry out this section 
shall be made available for such grant. 
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‘‘(D) With respect to a grant made under 
paragraph (1)(H), not more than 35 percent of 
the funds available to carry out this section 
shall be made available for such grant. 
‘‘(E) With respect to a grant made under 
paragraph (1)(I), not more than 30 percent of 
the funds available to carry out this section 
shall be made available for such grant.’’. 
(4) By amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) CONDITIONAL USE OF FUNDS IN AN UR-
BANIZED AREA WITH A POPULATION OF AT LEAST 
200,000.— 
‘‘(A) In addition to the grants available 
under subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), 
(I), (J), and (K) of paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary may award grants, from funds made 
available to carry out this section for each of 
the fiscal years 2010 through 2015, to finance 
the operating cost of equipment and facilities 
for use in public transportation in an urbanized 
area with a population of at least 200,000, if 
the designated recipient’s percentage of revenue 
for the operating cost of equipment and facili-
ties for use in public transportation from non- 
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Federal sources, excluding farebox revenue, is 
greater than such revenue from the previous 
fiscal year. The amount available for a grant 
under this paragraph shall not exceed the per-
centage of such increase. 
‘‘(B) In addition to the grants made avail-
able under subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), (G), 
(H), (I), (J), and (K) of paragraph (1) and 
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Sec-
retary may award grants, from funds made 
available to carry out this section for each of 
the fiscal years 2010 through 2015, to finance 
the operating cost of equipment and facilities 
for use in public transportation in an urbanized 
area with a population of 200,000 or more, if 
the designated recipient was awarded a grant 
under the Transit Investments for Greenhouse 
Gas and Energy Reduction program, authorized 
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–105; 123 Stat. 
209), and demonstrates that such recipient has 
achieved— 
‘‘(i) a minimum 10 percent total en-
ergy savings as a result of the project 
funded by the Transit Investments for 
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Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction 
grant; 
‘‘(ii) a minimum 10 percent energy 
savings as a percentage of the total energy 
usage of the public transit agency as a re-
sult of the project; or 
‘‘(iii) a minimum 10 percent total 
greenhouse gas emission reduction as a re-
sult of the project. 
‘‘(C) Not less than 10 percent of the funds 
available to carry out this section shall be made 
available for the grants under subparagraph 
(B).’’. 
Æ 
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