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Task Force and the vacancy shall be filled in 
the same manner as the initial appointment was 
made. 
(5) CONSULTATIONS.—In carrying out the du-
ties required under this subsection, the Task Force 
shall consult, at a minimum— 
(A) the Federal Communications Commis-
sion; 
(B) agencies of States including— 
(i) State departments of transpor-
tation; and 
(ii) appropriate State agencies; 
(C) agencies of local governments respon-
sible for transportation and rights-of-way, utili-
ties, and telecommunications and broadband; 
(D) Indian tribes; 
(E) broadband providers and other tele-
communications providers; 
(F) labor unions; and 
(G) State or local broadband providers and 
Indian tribes that act as broadband providers. 
(6) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(A) EXPENSES FOR NON-FEDERAL MEM-
BERS.—Non-Federal members of the Task 
Force shall be allowed travel expenses, includ-
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ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates au-
thorized for employees under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 
away from the homes or regular places of busi-
ness of such members in the performance of 
services for the Task Force. 
(B) STAFF.—Staff of the Task Force shall 
comprise detailees with relevant expertise from 
the Department of Transportation and the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration, or another Federal agency that 
the co-chairpersons consider appropriate, with 
the consent of the head of the Federal agency, 
and such detailees shall retain the rights, sta-
tus, and privileges of the regular employment of 
such detailees without interruption. 
(C) ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANCE.—The 
Secretary and NTIA Administrator shall pro-
vide to the Task Force on a reimbursable basis 
administrative support and other services for 
the performance of the functions of the Task 
Force. 
(7) TERMINATION.—The Task Force shall ter-
minate not later than 90 days after submission of 
the final report required under paragraph (3)(B). 
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SEC. 1604. STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation and the Administrator shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with the Transpor-
tation Research Board of the National Academy of 
Sciences to under which the Transportation Re-
search Board shall conduct a study— 
(A) to estimate pollutant loads from 
stormwater runoff from highways and pedes-
trian facilities eligible for assistance under title 
23, United States Code, to inform the develop-
ment of appropriate total maximum daily load 
requirements; 
(B) to provide recommendations (including 
recommended revisions to existing laws and reg-
ulations) regarding the evaluation and selection 
by State departments of transportation of po-
tential stormwater management and total max-
imum daily load compliance strategies within a 
watershed, including environmental restoration 
and pollution abatement carried out under sec-
tion 328 of title 23, United States Code; 
(C) to examine the potential for the Sec-
retary to assist State departments of transpor-
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tation in carrying out and communicating 
stormwater management practices for highways 
and pedestrian facilities that are eligible for as-
sistance under title 23, United States Code, 
through information-sharing agreements, data-
base assistance, or an administrative platform 
to provide the information described in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) to entities issued per-
mits under the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and 
(D) to examine the benefit of concen-
trating stormwater retrofits in impaired water-
sheds and selecting such retrofits according to 
a process that depends on a watershed manage-
ment plan developed in accordance with section 
319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1329). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the study 
under the agreement entered into pursuant to para-
graph (1), the Transportation Research Board 
shall— 
(A) review and supplement, as appropriate, 
the methodologies examined and recommended 
in the 2019 report of the National Academies 
of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine titled 
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‘‘Approaches for Determining and Complying 
with TMDL Requirements Related to Roadway 
Stormwater Runoff’’; 
(B) consult with— 
(i) the Secretary of Transportation; 
(ii) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(iii) the Administrator; 
(iv) the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers; and 
(v) State departments of Transpor-
tation; and 
(C) solicit input from— 
(i) stakeholders with experience in im-
plementing stormwater management prac-
tices for projects; and 
(ii) 
educational 
and 
technical 
stormwater management groups. 
(3) REPORT.—In carrying out the agreement 
entered into pursuant to paragraph (1), not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Transportation Research Board shall sub-
mit to the Secretary of Transportation, the Adminis-
trator, the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives, and the 
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Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate a report describing the results of the study. 
(b) STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES 
REPORTS.— 
(1) REISSUANCE.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall update and reissue the best management 
practices reports to reflect new information and ad-
vancements in stormwater management. 
(2) UPDATES.—Not less frequently than once 
every 5 years after the date on which the Secretary 
reissues the best management practices reports 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall update and 
reissue the best management practices reports, un-
less the contents of the best management practices 
reports have been incorporated (including by ref-
erence) into applicable regulations of the Secretary. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) 
BEST
MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES
RE-
PORTS.—The term ‘‘best management practices re-
ports’’ means— 
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(A) the 2014 report sponsored by the De-
partment of Transportation titled ‘‘Determining 
the State of the Practice in Data Collection and 
Performance Measurement of Stormwater Best 
Management 
Practices’’ 
(FHWA–HEP–16– 
021); and 
(B) the 2000 report sponsored by the De-
partment of Transportation titled ‘‘Stormwater 
Best Management Practices in an Ultra-Urban 
Setting: Selection and Monitoring’’. 
(3) TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD.—The term 
‘‘total maximum daily load’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 130.2 of title 40, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or successor regulations). 
SEC. 1605. PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT- 
OF-WAY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board under the au-
thority of section 502(b)(3) of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 792(b)(3)), shall publish final accessi-
bility guidelines setting forth minimum standards for pe-
destrian facilities in the public right-of-way, including 
shared use paths. 
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(b) ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than 
180 days after the establishment of the guidelines pursu-
ant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall issue such regu-
lations as are necessary to adopt such guidelines. 
SEC. 1606. HIGHWAY FORMULA MODERNIZATION REPORT. 
(a) HIGHWAY FORMULA MODERNIZATION STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation, in consultation with the State departments of 
transportation and representatives of local govern-
ments (including metropolitan planning organiza-
tions), shall conduct a highway formula moderniza-
tion study to assess the method and data used to ap-
portion Federal-aid highway funds under subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 104 of title 23, United States 
Code, and issue recommendations on such method 
and data. 
(2) ASSESSMENT.—The highway formula mod-
ernization study required under paragraph (1) shall 
include an assessment of, based on the latest avail-
able data, whether the apportionment method under 
such section results in— 
(A) an equitable distribution of funds 
based on the estimated tax payments attrib-
utable to— 
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(i) highway users in the State that are 
paid into the Highway Trust Fund; and 
(ii) individuals in the State that are 
paid to the Treasury, based on contribu-
tions to the Highway Trust Fund from the 
general fund of the Treasury; and 
(B) the achievement of the goals described 
in section 101(b)(3) of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the as-
sessment under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 
consider the following: 
(A) The factors described in sections 
104(b), 104(f)(2), 104(h)(2), 130(f), and 
144(e) of title 23, United States Code, as in ef-
fect on the date of enactment of SAFETEA– 
LU (Public Law 109–59). 
(B) The availability and accuracy of data 
necessary to calculate formula apportionments 
under the factors described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(C) The measures established under sec-
tion 150 of title 23, United States Code, and 
whether such measures are appropriate for con-
sideration as formula apportionment factors. 
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(D) The results of the CMAQ formula 
modernization study required under subsection 
(b). 
(E) Inclusion of the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico in the apportionment under sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 104 of such title, 
including an estimate of the anticipated con-
tributions to the Highway Trust Fund from the 
citizens of Puerto Rico if Puerto Rico was sub-
ject to applicable highway user fees. 
(F) A needs-based assessment of the share 
of Federal-aid highway funds that should be 
made available to the territories described 
under section 165(c) of such title. 
(G) Any other factors that the Secretary 
determines are appropriate. 
(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Secretary shall, 
in consultation with the State departments of trans-
portation and representatives of local governments 
(including metropolitan planning organizations), de-
velop recommendations on a new apportionment 
method, including— 
(A) the factors recommended to be in-
cluded in such apportionment method; 
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(B) the weighting recommended to be ap-
plied to the factors under subparagraph (A); 
and 
(C) any other recommendations to ensure 
that the apportionment method best achieves an 
equitable distribution of funds described under 
paragraph (2)(A) and the goals described in 
paragraph (2)(B). 
(b) CMAQ FORMULA MODERNIZATION STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
conduct an CMAQ formula modernization study to 
assess whether the apportionment method under sec-
tion 104(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, re-
sults in a distribution of funds that best achieves the 
air quality goals of section 149 of such title. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In providing consulta-
tion under this subsection, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall provide to 
the Secretary an analysis of— 
(A) factors that contribute to the appor-
tionment, including population, types of pollut-
ants, and severity of pollutants, as such factors 
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were determined on the date prior to the date 
of enactment of MAP–21; 
(B) the weighting of the factors listed 
under subparagraph (A); and 
(C) the recency of the data used in making 
the apportionment under section 104(b)(4) of 
title 23, United States Code. 
(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—If, in conducting the 
study under this subsection, the Secretary finds that 
modifying the apportionment method under section 
104(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, would 
best achieve the air quality goals of section 149 of 
title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall, in 
consultation with the Administrator, include in such 
study recommendations for a new apportionment 
method, including— 
(A) the factors recommended to be in-
cluded in such apportionment method; 
(B) the weighting recommended to be ap-
plied to the factors under subparagraph (A); 
and 
(C) any other recommendations to ensure 
that the apportionment method best achieves 
the air quality goals section 149 of such title. 
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(c) REPORT.—No later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works of the Senate a report con-
taining the results of the highway formula modernization 
study and the CMAQ formula modernization study. 
SEC. 1607. CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS. 
Section 1519 of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2016 through 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2023 through 
2026’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$3,500,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$4,000,000’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of a project or activity carried out under subsection 
(a) shall be 100 percent.’’. 
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SEC. 1608. STUDENT OUTREACH REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
a report that describes the efforts of the Department of 
Transportation to encourage elementary, secondary, and 
post-secondary students to pursue careers in the surface 
transportation sector. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) a description of efforts to increase aware-
ness of careers related to surface transportation 
among elementary, secondary, and post-secondary 
students; 
(2) a description of efforts to prepare and in-
spire such students for surface transportation ca-
reers; 
(3) a description of efforts to support the devel-
opment of a diverse, well-qualified workforce for fu-
ture surface transportation needs; and 
(4) the effectiveness of the efforts described in 
paragraphs (1) through (3). 
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SEC. 1609. TASK FORCE ON DEVELOPING A 21ST CENTURY 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall establish a task force on developing a 21st 
century surface transportation workforce (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—Not later than 12 months after the es-
tablishment of the Task Force under subsection (a), the 
Task Force shall develop and submit to the Secretary rec-
ommendations and strategies for the Department of 
Transportation to— 
(1) evaluate the current and future state of the 
surface transportation workforce, including projected 
job needs in the surface transportation sector; 
(2) identify factors influencing individuals pur-
suing careers in surface transportation, including 
barriers to attracting individuals into the workforce; 
(3) address barriers to retaining individuals in 
surface transportation careers; 
(4) identify and address potential impacts of 
emerging technologies on the surface transportation 
workforce; 
(5) increase access for vulnerable or underrep-
resented populations, especially women and minori-
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ties, to high-skill, in-demand surface transportation 
careers; 
(6) facilitate and encourage elementary, sec-
ondary, and post-secondary students in the United 
States to pursue careers in the surface transpor-
tation sector; and 
(7) identify and develop pathways for students 
and individuals to secure pre-apprenticeships, reg-
istered apprenticeships, and other work-based learn-
ing opportunities in the surface transportation sector 
of the United States. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing recommenda-
tions and strategies under subsection (b), the Task Force 
shall— 
(1) identify factors that influence whether 
young people pursue careers in surface transpor-
tation, especially traditionally underrepresented pop-
ulations, including women and minorities; 
(2) consider how the Department, businesses, 
industry, labor, educators, and other stakeholders 
can coordinate efforts to support qualified individ-
uals in pursuing careers in the surface transpor-
tation sector; 
(3) identify methods of enhancing surface 
transportation pre-apprenticeships and registered 
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apprenticeships, job skills training, mentorship, edu-
cation, and outreach programs that are exclusive to 
youth in the United States; and 
(4) identify potential sources of funding, includ-
ing grants and scholarships, that may be used to 
support youth and other qualified individuals in pur-
suing careers in the surface transportation sector. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—In developing the recommenda-
tions and strategies required under subsection (b), the 
Task Force may consult with— 
(1) local educational agencies and institutes of 
higher education, including community colleges and 
vocational schools; and 
(2) State workforce development boards. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the sub-
mission of the recommendations and strategies under sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate a report containing such rec-
ommendations and strategies. 
(f) COMPOSITION OF TASK FORCE.—The Secretary 
shall appoint members to the Task Force whose diverse 
background and expertise allow such members to con-
tribute balanced points of view and ideas in carrying out 
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this section, comprised of equal representation from each 
of the following: 
(1) Industries in the surface transportation sec-
tor. 
(2) Surface transportation sector labor organi-
zations. 
(3) Such other surface transportation stake-
holders and experts as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate. 
(g) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.—Members shall be 
appointed to the Task Force for the duration of the exist-
ence of the Task Force. 
(h) COMPENSATION.—Task Force members shall 
serve without compensation. 
(i) SUNSET.—The Task Force shall terminate upon 
the submission of the report required under subsection (e). 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PRE-APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘pre-ap-
prenticeship’’ means a training model or program 
that prepares individuals for acceptance into a reg-
istered apprenticeship and has a demonstrated part-
nership with one or more registered apprenticeships. 
(2) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP.—The term 
‘‘registered apprenticeship’’ means an apprenticeship 
program registered under the Act of August 16, 
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1937 (29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.; commonly known as the 
‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’), that satisfies the 
requirements of parts 29 and 30 of title 29, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 
2020). 
SEC. 1610. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND SUPPORTIVE SERV-
ICES. 
Section 140(b) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the Secretary of Labor and any other de-
partment or agency of the Government, State agen-
cy, authority, association, institution, Indian Tribe 
or Tribal organization, corporation (profit or non-
profit), or any other organization or person, is au-
thorized to develop, conduct, and administer surface 
transportation and technology training, including 
skill improvement programs, and to develop and 
fund summer transportation institutes. 
‘‘(2) STATE
RESPONSIBILITIES.—A State de-
partment of transportation participating in the pro-
gram under this subsection shall— 
‘‘(A) develop an annual workforce plan 
that identifies immediate and anticipated work-
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force gaps and underrepresentation of women 
and minorities and a detailed plan to fill such 
gaps and address such underrepresentation; 
‘‘(B) establish an annual workforce devel-
opment compact with the State workforce devel-
opment board and appropriate agencies to pro-
vide a coordinated approach to workforce train-
ing, job placement, and identification of train-
ing and skill development program needs, which 
shall be coordinated to the extent practical with 
an institution or agency, such as a State work-
force development board under section 101 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3111), that has established 
skills training, recruitment, and placement re-
sources; and 
‘‘(C) demonstrate program outcomes, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) impact on areas with transpor-
tation workforce shortages; 
‘‘(ii) diversity of training participants; 
‘‘(iii) number and percentage of par-
ticipants obtaining certifications or creden-
tials required for specific types of employ-
ment; 
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‘‘(iv) employment outcome, including 
job placement and job retention rates and 
earnings, using performance metrics estab-
lished in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor and consistent with metrics used by 
programs under the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et 
seq.); and 
‘‘(v) to the extent practical, evidence 
that the program did not preclude workers 
that participate in training or registered 
apprenticeship activities under the pro-
gram from being referred to, or hired on, 
projects funded under this chapter. 
‘‘(3) FUNDING.—From administrative funds 
made available under section 104(a), the Secretary 
shall deduct such sums as necessary, not to exceed 
$10,000,000 in each fiscal year, for the administra-
tion of this subsection. Such sums shall remain 
available until expended. 
‘‘(4) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF
TITLE
41.—Sub-
sections (b) through (d) of section 6101 of title 41 
shall not apply to contracts and agreements made 
under the authority granted to the Secretary under 
this subsection. 
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‘‘(5) USE OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PRO-
GRAM AND NATIONAL HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE PRO-
GRAM FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not to exceed 1⁄2 of 1 percent of funds appor-
tioned to a State under paragraph (1) or (2) of sec-
tion 104(b) may be available to carry out this sub-
section upon request of the State transportation de-
partment to the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 1611. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYS-
TEM FUNDING FLEXIBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any funds made available to a 
State for the Appalachian development highway system 
program under subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, 
before the date of enactment of this Act may be used, at 
the request of such State to the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, for the purposes described in section 133(b) of title 
23, United States Code. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The authority in subsection (a) 
may only be used by an Appalachian development highway 
system State if all of the Appalachian development high-
way system corridors authorized by subtitle IV of title 40, 
United States Code, in such State, have been fully com-
pleted and are open to traffic prior to the State making 
a request to the Secretary as described in subsection (a). 
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SEC. 1612. TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 504 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)(1) by inserting ‘‘and (8) 
through (9)’’ after ‘‘paragraphs (1) through (4)’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (f) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate an annual report that includes— 
‘‘(A) a list of all grant recipients under 
this subsection; 
‘‘(B) an explanation of why each recipient 
was chosen in accordance with the criteria 
under paragraph (2); 
‘‘(C) a summary of each recipient’s objec-
tive to carry out the purpose described in para-
graph (1) and an analysis of progress made to-
ward achieving each such objective; 
‘‘(D) an accounting for the use of Federal 
funds obligated or expended in carrying out this 
subsection; and 
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‘‘(E) an analysis of outcomes of the pro-
gram under this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1613. WORKING GROUP ON CONSTRUCTION RE-
SOURCES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall establish a working group (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Working Group’’) to conduct a study 
on access to covered resources for infrastructure projects. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary shall ap-
point to the Working Group individuals with knowl-
edge and expertise in the production and transpor-
tation of covered resources. 
(2) REPRESENTATION.—The Working Group 
shall include at least one representative of each of 
the following: 
(A) State departments of transportation. 
(B) State agencies associated with covered 
resources protection. 
(C) State planning and geologic survey and 
mapping agencies. 
(D) Commercial motor vehicle operators, 
including small business operators and opera-
tors who transport covered resources. 
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(E) Covered resources producers. 
(F) Construction contractors. 
(G) Labor organizations. 
(H) Metropolitan planning organizations 
and regional planning organizations. 
(I) Indian Tribes. 
(J) Any other stakeholders that the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
(3) TERMINATION.—The Working Group shall 
terminate 6 months after the date on which the Sec-
retary receives the report under subsection (e)(1). 
(c) DUTIES.—In carrying out the study required 
under subsection (a), the Working Group shall analyze— 
(1) the use of covered resources in transpor-
tation projects funded with Federal dollars; 
(2) how the proximity of covered resources to 
such projects affects the cost and environmental im-
pact of such projects; 
(3) whether and how State, Tribal, and local 
transportation and planning agencies consider cov-
ered resources when developing transportation 
projects; and 
(4) any challenges for transportation project 
sponsors regarding access and proximity to covered 
resources. 
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(d) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study re-
quired under subsection (a), the Working Group shall con-
sult with, as appropriate— 
(1) chief executive officers of States; 
(2) State and local transportation planning 
agencies; 
(3) Indian Tribes; 
(4) other relevant State, Tribal, and local agen-
cies, including State agencies associated with cov-
ered resources protection; 
(5) members of the public with industry experi-
ence with respect to covered resources; 
(6) other Federal entities that provide funding 
for transportation projects; and 
(7) any other stakeholder the Working Group 
determines appropriate. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) WORKING GROUP REPORT.—Not later than 
2 years after the date on which the Working Group 
is established, the Working Group shall submit to 
the Secretary a report that includes— 
(A) the findings of the study required 
under subsection (a), including a summary of 
comments received during the consultation 
process under subsection (d); and 
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(B) any recommendations to preserve ac-
cess to and reduce the costs and environmental 
impacts of covered resources for infrastructure 
projects. 
(2) DEPARTMENTAL REPORT.—Not later than 
3 months after the date on which the Secretary re-
ceives the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate a summary of the findings 
under such report and any recommendations, as ap-
propriate. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED RESOURCES.—The term ‘‘covered 
resources’’ means common variety materials used in 
transportation infrastructure construction and main-
tenance, including stone, sand, and gravel. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and 
each territory or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 1614. NUMBERING SYSTEM OF HIGHWAY INTER-
CHANGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 315 of 
title 23, United States Code, and section 1.36 of title 23, 
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Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may not impose a penalty on a State that does not 
comply with section 2E.31 of the Manual on Uniform 
Traffic Control Devices (or a successor section) with re-
spect to the numbering of highway interchanges. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall only apply 
to a method of numbering of a highway interchange in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1615. TOLL CREDITS. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall— 
(1) identify the extent of the demand to pur-
chase toll credits; 
(2) identify the expected cash price of toll cred-
its; 
(3) analyze the impact of the exchange of toll 
credits on transportation expenditures; and 
(4) identify any other repercussions of estab-
lishing a toll credit exchange. 
(b) SOLICITATION.—To carry out the requirements of 
this section, the Secretary shall solicit information from 
States eligible to use a credit under section 120(i) of title 
23, United States Code, including— 
(1) the amount of unused toll credits, includ-
ing— 
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(A) toll revenue generated and the sources 
of that revenue; 
(B) toll revenue used by public, quasi-pub-
lic, and private agencies to build, improve, or 
maintain highways, bridges, or tunnels that 
serve the public purpose of interstate commerce; 
and 
(C) an accounting of any Federal funds 
used by the public, quasi-public, or private 
agency to build, improve, or maintain the toll 
facility, to validate that the credit has been re-
duced by a percentage equal to the percentage 
of the total cost of building, improving, or 
maintaining the facility that was derived from 
Federal funds; 
(2) the documentation of maintenance of effort 
for toll credits earned by the State; and 
(3) the accuracy of the accounting system of 
the State to earn and track toll credits. 
(c) WEBSITE.—The Secretary shall make available a 
publicly accessible website on which a State eligible to use 
a credit under section 120(i) of title 23, United States 
Code shall publish the information described under sub-
section (b)(1). 
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(d) EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO CON-
GRESS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate, and make publicly avail-
able on the website of the Department of Transpor-
tation— 
(1) an evaluation of the accuracy of the ac-
counting and documentation of toll credits earned 
under section 120(i); 
(2) a determination whether a toll credit mar-
ketplace is viable and cost effective; 
(3) estimates, to the extent possible, of the av-
erage sale price of toll credits; and 
(4) recommendations on any modifications nec-
essary, including legislative changes, to establish and 
implement a toll credit exchange program. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 
23, United States Code. 
SEC. 1616. TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 
PROCUREMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
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portation shall initiate a review of the procurement proc-
esses used by State departments of transportation to se-
lect construction materials on projects utilizing Federal- 
aid highway funds. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The review under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) a review of competitive practices in the bid-
ding process for transportation construction mate-
rials; 
(2) a list of States that currently issue bids 
that include flexibility in the type of construction 
materials used to meet the project specifications; 
(3) any information provided by States on con-
siderations that influence the decision to include 
competition by type of material in transportation 
construction projects; 
(4) any data on whether issuing bids that in-
clude flexibility in the type of construction materials 
used to meet the project specifications will affect 
project costs over the lifecycle of an asset; 
(5) any data on the degree to which competition 
leads to greater use of sustainable, innovative, or re-
silient materials; and 
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(6) an evaluation of any barriers to more wide-
spread use of competitive bidding processes for 
transportation construction materials. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and make 
publicly available, a report on the review initiated by the 
Secretary pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 1617. NATIONWIDE ROAD SAFETY ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall, every 2 years, conduct nationwide, on-the-ground 
road safety assessments focused on pedestrian and bicycle 
safety in each State. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The assessments required 
under subsection (a) shall be conducted— 
(1) by Department of Transportation field of-
fices from the Federal Highway Administration, the 
National Highway Transportation Safety Adminis-
tration, the Federal Transit Administration, and the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; and 
(2) in consultation with— 
(A) State and local agencies with jurisdic-
tion over pedestrian and bicycle safety; 
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(B) pedestrian safety and bicycle safety 
advocacy organizations; and 
(C) other relevant pedestrian and bicycle 
safety stakeholders. 
(c) PURPOSES.—The purpose of the assessments 
under this section is to— 
(1) identify and examine specific locations with 
documented or perceived problems with pedestrian 
and bicycle safety and access; 
(2) examine barriers to providing safe pedes-
trian and bicycle access to transportation infrastruc-
ture; and 
(3) develop and issue recommendations de-
signed to effectively address specific safety and ac-
cess issues and enhance pedestrian and bicycle safe-
ty in high risk areas. 
(d) REPORT ON STATE ASSESSMENTS.—Upon com-
pletion of the assessment of a State, the Secretary shall 
issue, and make available to the public, a report con-
taining the assessment that includes— 
(1) a list of locations that have been assessed 
as presenting a danger to pedestrians or bicyclists; 
and 
(2) recommendations to enhance pedestrian and 
bicycle safety in those locations. 
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(e) REPORT ON NATIONWIDE PROGRAM.—Upon com-
pletion of the biannual assessment nationwide required 
under this section, the Secretary shall issue, and make 
available to the public, that covers assessments for all ju-
risdictions and also present it to the congressional trans-
portation committees. 
(f) NATIONAL PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY 
DATABASE.—The Secretary, in order to enhance pedes-
trian and bicycle safety and improve information sharing 
on pedestrian and bicycle safety challenges between the 
Federal Government and State and local governments, 
shall maintain a national pedestrian and bicycle safety 
database that includes— 
(1) a list of high-risk intersections, roads, and 
highways with a documented history of pedestrian or 
bicycle accidents or fatalities and details regarding 
those incidents; and 
(2) information on corrective measures that 
have been implemented at the State, local, or Fed-
eral level to enhance pedestrian and bicyclist safety 
at those high risk areas, including details on the na-
ture and date of corrective action. 
(g) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ means each of the States, the District of Colum-
bia, and Puerto Rico. 
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SEC. 1618. CLIMATE RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION INFRA-
STRUCTURE STUDY. 
(a) CLIMATE RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION INFRA-
STRUCTURE STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall enter into an agreement with the Transpor-
tation Research Board of the National Academies to con-
duct a study of the actions needed to ensure that Federal 
agencies are taking into account current and future cli-
mate conditions in planning, designing, building, oper-
ating, maintaining, investing in, and upgrading any feder-
ally funded transportation infrastructure investments. 
(b) METHODOLOGIES.—In conducting the study, the 
Transportation Research Board shall build on the meth-
odologies examined and recommended in— 
(1) the 2018 report issued the American Soci-
ety of Civil Engineers, titled ‘‘Climate-Resilient In-
frastructure: Adaptive Design and Risk Manage-
ment’’; and 
(2) the report issued by the California Climate- 
Safe Infrastructure Working Group, titled ‘‘Paying 
it Forward: The Path Toward Climate-Safe Infra-
structure in California’’. 
(c) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study shall include 
specific recommendations regarding the following: 
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(1) Integrating scientific knowledge of projected 
climate change impacts, and other relevant data and 
information, into Federal infrastructure planning, 
design, engineering, construction, operation and 
maintenance. 
(2) Addressing critical information gaps and 
challenges. 
(3) Financing options to help fund climate-resil-
ient infrastructure. 
(4) A platform or process to facilitate commu-
nication between climate scientists and other experts 
with infrastructure planners, engineers and other 
relevant experts. 
(5) A stakeholder process to engage with rep-
resentatives of State, local, tribal and community 
groups. 
(6) A platform for tracking Federal funding of 
climate-resilient infrastructure. 
(7) Labor and workforce needs to implement 
climate-resilient 
transportation 
infrastructure 
projects including new and emerging skills, training 
programs, competencies and recognized postsec-
ondary credentials that may be required to ade-
quately equip the workforce. 
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(8) Outlining how Federal infrastructure plan-
ning, design, engineering, construction, operation, 
and maintenance impact the environment and public 
health of disproportionately exposed communities. 
For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘dis-
proportionately exposed communities’’ means a com-
munity in which climate change, pollution, or envi-
ronmental destruction have exacerbated systemic ra-
cial, regional, social, environmental, and economic 
injustices by disproportionately affecting indigenous 
peoples, communities of color, migrant communities, 
deindustrialized communities, depopulated rural 
communities, the poor, low-income workers, women, 
the elderly, people experiencing homelessness, people 
with disabilities, people who are incarcerated, or 
youth. 
(d) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the study, 
the Transportation Research Board shall determine the 
need for information related to climate resilient transpor-
tation infrastructure by considering— 
(1) the current informational and institutional 
barriers to integrating projected infrastructure risks 
posed by climate change into federal infrastructure 
planning, design, engineering, construction, oper-
ation and maintenance; 
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(2) the critical information needed by engineers, 
planners and those charged with infrastructure up-
grades and maintenance to better incorporate cli-
mate change risks and impacts over the lifetime of 
projects; 
(3) how to select an appropriate, adaptive engi-
neering design for a range of future climate sce-
narios as related to infrastructure planning and in-
vestment; 
(4) how to incentivize and incorporate systems 
thinking into engineering design to maximize the 
benefits of multiple natural functions and emissions 
reduction, as well as regional planning; 
(5) how to take account of the risks of cas-
cading infrastructure failures and develop more ho-
listic approaches to evaluating and mitigating cli-
mate risks; 
(6) how to ensure that investments in infra-
structure resilience benefit all communities, includ-
ing communities of color, low-income communities 
and Indian Tribes that face a disproportionate risk 
from climate change and in many cases have experi-
enced long-standing unmet needs and underinvest-
ment in critical infrastructure; 
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(7) how to incorporate capital assessment and 
planning training and techniques, including a range 
of financing options to help local and State govern-
ments plan for and provide matching funds; 
(8) how federal agencies can track and monitor 
federally funded resilient infrastructure in a coordi-
nated fashion to help build the understanding of the 
cost-benefit of resilient infrastructure and to build 
the capacity for implementing resilient infrastruc-
ture; and 
(9) the occupations, skillsets, training pro-
grams, competencies and recognized postsecondary 
credentials that will be needed to implement such 
climate-resilient 
transportation 
infrastructure 
projects, and how to ensure that any new jobs cre-
ated by such projects ensure that priority hiring con-
siderations are given to individuals facing barriers to 
employment, communities of color, low-income com-
munities and Indian Tribes that face a dispropor-
tionate risk from climate change and have been ex-
cluded from job opportunities. 
(e) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study, the 
Transportation Research Board— 
(1) shall convene and consult with a panel of 
national experts, including operators and users of 
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Federal transportation infrastructure and private 
sector stakeholders; and 
(2) is encouraged to consult with— 
(A) representatives from the thirteen fed-
eral agencies that comprise the United States 
Global Change Research Program; 
(B) representatives from the Department 
of the Treasury; 
(C) professional engineers with relevant ex-
pertise in infrastructure design; 
(D) scientists from the National Academies 
with relevant expertise; 
(E) scientists, social scientists and experts 
from academic and research institutions who 
have expertise in climate change projections and 
impacts; engineering; architecture; or other rel-
evant areas of expertise; 
(F) licensed architects with relevant expe-
rience in infrastructure design; 
(G) certified planners; 
(H) representatives of State and local gov-
ernments and Indian Tribes; 
(I) representatives of environmental justice 
groups; and 
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(J) representatives of labor unions that 
represent key trades and industries involved in 
infrastructure projects. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Transportation Research 
Board shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate a report on the results of the 
study conducted under this section. 
SEC. 1619. NATURAL GAS, ELECTRIC BATTERY, AND ZERO 
EMISSION VEHICLES. 
Subsection (s) of section 127 of title 23, United 
States Code is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(s) NATURAL GAS, ELECTRIC BATTERY, AND ZERO 
EMISSION VEHICLES.—A vehicle, if operated by an engine 
fueled primarily by natural gas, powered primarily by 
means of electric battery power, or fueled primarily by 
means of other zero emission fuel technologies, may exceed 
the weight limit on the power unit by up to 2,000 pounds 
(up to a maximum gross vehicle weight of 82,000 pounds) 
under this section.’’. 
SEC. 1620. GUIDANCE ON EVACUATION ROUTES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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(1) GUIDANCE.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Highway Administration, in coordination with 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, and consistent with guidance 
issued by the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency pursuant to section 1209 of the Disaster Re-
covery Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254), 
shall revise existing guidance or issue new guidance 
as appropriate for State and local governments and 
Indian Tribes regarding the design, construction, 
maintenance, and repair of evacuation routes. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In revising or issuing 
guidance under subsection (a)(1), the Administrator 
of the Federal Highway Administration shall con-
sider— 
(A) methods that assist evacuation routes 
to— 
(i) withstand likely risks to viability, 
including flammability and hydrostatic 
forces; 
(ii) improve durability, strength (in-
cluding the ability to withstand tensile 
stresses and compressive stresses), and 
sustainability; and 
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(iii) provide for long-term cost sav-
ings; 
(B) the ability of evacuation routes to ef-
fectively manage contraflow operations; 
(C) for evacuation routes on public lands, 
the viewpoints of the applicable Federal land 
management agency regarding emergency oper-
ations, sustainability, and resource protection; 
and 
(D) such other items the Administrator of 
the Federal Highway Administration considers 
appropriate. 
(3) REPORT.—In the case in which the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Highway Administration, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, concludes existing 
guidance addresses the considerations in paragraph 
(2), The Administrator of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate a detailed report de-
scribing how existing guidance addresses such con-
siderations. 
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(b) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Federal High-
way Administration, in coordination with the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and 
State, local, territorial governments, and Indian Tribes, 
shall— 
(1) conduct a study of the adequacy of available 
evacuation routes to accommodate the flow of evac-
uees; and 
(2) submit recommendations to Congress on 
how to help with anticipated evacuation route flow, 
based on the study conducted under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 1621. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL 
HIGHWAY SYSTEM. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION.— 
(1) 
CENTRAL
TEXAS
CORRIDOR.—Section 
1105(c)(84) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(84) The Central Texas Corridor, including 
the route— 
‘‘(A) commencing in the vicinity of Texas 
Highway 338 in Odessa, Texas, running east-
ward generally following Interstate Route 20, 
connecting to Texas Highway 158 in the vicin-
ity of Midland, Texas, then following Texas 
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Highway 158 eastward to United States Route 
87 and then following United States Route 87 
southeastward, passing in the vicinity of San 
Angelo, Texas, and connecting to United States 
Route 190 in the vicinity of Brady, Texas; 
‘‘(B) commencing at the intersection of 
Interstate Route 10 and United States Route 
190 in Pecos County, Texas, and following 
United States Route 190 to Brady, Texas; 
‘‘(C) following portions of United States 
Route 190 eastward, passing in the vicinity of 
Fort Hood, Killeen, Belton, Temple, Bryan, 
College Station, Huntsville, Livingston, Wood-
ville, and Jasper, to the logical terminus of 
Texas Highway 63 at the Sabine River Bridge 
at Burrs Crossing and including a loop gen-
erally encircling Bryan/College Station, Texas; 
‘‘(D) following United States Route 83 
southward from the vicinity of Eden, Texas, to 
a logical connection to Interstate Route 10 at 
Junction, Texas; 
‘‘(E) following United States Route 69 
from Interstate Route 10 in Beaumont, Texas, 
north to United States Route 190 in the vicin-
ity of Woodville, Texas; 
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‘‘(F) following United States Route 96 
from Interstate Route 10 in Beaumont, Texas, 
north to United States Route 190 in the vicin-
ity of Jasper, Texas; and 
‘‘(G) following United States Route 190, 
State Highway 305, and United States Route 
385 from Interstate Route 10 in Pecos County, 
Texas to Interstate 20 at Odessa, Texas.’’. 
(2) CENTRAL
LOUISIANA
CORRIDOR.—Section 
1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(91) The Central Louisiana Corridor com-
mencing at the logical terminus of Louisiana High-
way 8 at the Sabine River Bridge at Burrs Crossing 
and generally following portions of Louisiana High-
way 8 to Leesville, Louisiana, and then eastward on 
Louisiana Highway 28, passing in the vicinity of Al-
exandria, Pineville, Walters, and Archie, to the log-
ical terminus of United States Route 84 at the Mis-
sissippi River Bridge at Vidalia, Louisiana.’’. 
(3) CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CORRIDOR.—Section 
1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended by this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(92) The Central Mississippi Corridor, includ-
ing the route— 
‘‘(A) commencing at the logical terminus 
of United States Route 84 at the Mississippi 
River and then generally following portions of 
United States Route 84 passing in the vicinity 
of Natchez, Brookhaven, Monticello, Prentiss, 
and Collins, to Interstate 59 in the vicinity of 
Laurel, Mississippi, and continuing on Inter-
state Route 59 north to Interstate Route 20 
and on Interstate Route 20 to the Mississippi- 
Alabama State Border; and 
‘‘(B) commencing in the vicinity of Laurel, 
Mississippi, running south on Interstate Route 
59 to United States Route 98 in the vicinity of 
Hattiesburg, connecting to United States Route 
49 south then following United States Route 49 
south to Interstate Route 10 in the vicinity of 
Gulfport and following Mississippi Route 601 
southerly terminating near the Mississippi State 
Port at Gulfport.’’. 
(4) MIDDLE
ALABAMA
CORRIDOR.—Section 
1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended by this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(93) The Middle Alabama Corridor including 
the route— 
‘‘(A) beginning at the Alabama-Mississippi 
Border generally following portions of I–20 
until following a new interstate extension paral-
leling United States Highway 80 specifically: 
‘‘(B) crossing Alabama Route 28 near 
Coatopa, Alabama, traveling eastward crossing 
United States Highway 43 and Alabama Route 
69 near Selma, Alabama, traveling eastwards 
closely paralleling United States Highway 80 to 
the south crossing over Alabama Routes 22, 41, 
and 21, until its intersection with I–65 near 
Hope Hull, Alabama; 
‘‘(C) continuing east along the proposed 
Montgomery Outer Loop south of Montgomery, 
Alabama where it would next join with I–85 
east of Montgomery, Alabama; 
‘‘(D) continuing along I–85 east bound 
until its intersection with United States High-
way 280 near Opelika, Alabama or United 
States Highway 80 near Tuskegee, Alabama; 
and 
‘‘(E) generally following the most expe-
dient route until intersecting with existing 
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United States Highway 80 (JR Allen Parkway) 
through Phenix City until continuing into Co-
lumbus, Georgia.’’. 
(5) 
MIDDLE
GEORGIA
CORRIDOR.—Section 
1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended by this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(94) The Middle Georgia Corridor including 
the route— 
‘‘(A) beginning at the Alabama-Georgia 
Border generally following the Fall Line Free-
way from Columbus Georgia to Augusta, Geor-
gia specifically: 
‘‘(B) travelling along United States Route 
80 (JR Allen Parkway) through Columbus, 
Georgia and near Fort Benning, Georgia, east 
to Talbot County, Georgia where it would follow 
Georgia Route 96, then commencing on Georgia 
Route 49C (Fort Valley Bypass) to Georgia 
Route 49 (Peach Parkway) to its intersection 
with Interstate route 75 in Byron, Georgia; 
‘‘(C) continuing north along Interstate 
Route 75 through Warner Robins and Macon, 
Georgia where it would meet Interstate Route 
16. Following Interstate 16 east it would next 
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join United States Route 80 and then onto 
State Route 57; and 
‘‘(D) commencing with State Route 57 
which 
turns 
into 
State 
Route 
near 
Milledgeville, Georgia would then bypass Wrens, 
Georgia with a newly constructed bypass. After 
the bypass it would join United States Route 1 
near Fort Gordon into Augusta, Georgia where 
it will terminate at Interstate Route 520.’’. 
(6) 
LOUISIANA
CAPITAL
REGION.—Section 
1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended by this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(95) The Louisiana Capital Region High Pri-
ority Corridor, which shall generally follow— 
‘‘(A) Interstate 10, between its intersec-
tions with Interstate 12 and Louisiana High-
way 415; 
‘‘(B) Louisiana Highway 415, between its 
intersections with Interstate 10 and United 
States route 190; 
‘‘(C) United States route 190, between its 
intersections with Louisiana Highway 415 and 
intersection with Interstate 110; 
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‘‘(D) Interstate 110, between its intersec-
tions with United States route 190 and Inter-
state 10; 
‘‘(E) Louisiana Highway 30, near St. Ga-
briel, LA and its intersections with Interstate 
10; 
‘‘(F) Louisiana Highway 1, near White 
Castle, LA and its intersection with Interstate 
10; and 
‘‘(G) A bridge connecting Louisiana High-
way 1 with Louisiana Highway 30, south of the 
Interstate described in subparagraph (A).’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN SEGMENTS ON INTER-
STATE SYSTEM.—Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘subclauses (I) through (IX) of 
subsection (c)(38)(A)(i), subsection (c)(38)(A)(iv),’’ 
after ‘‘subsection (c)(37),’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(84),’’ after 
‘‘subsection (c)(83),’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘and subsection (c)(90)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (c)(90), subsection (c)(91), sub-
section 
(c)(92), 
subsection 
(c)(93), 
subsection 
(c)(94), and subsection (c)(95)’’. 
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(c) DESIGNATION.—Section 1105(e)(5)(C) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
is amended by striking ‘‘The route referred to in sub-
section (c)(84) is designated as Interstate Route I–14.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The route referred to in subsection 
(c)(84)(A) is designated as Interstate Route I–14 North. 
The route referred to in subsection (c)(84)(B) is des-
ignated as Interstate Route I–14 South. The Bryan/Col-
lege Station, Texas loop referred to in subsection (c)(84) 
is designated as Interstate Route I–214. The routes re-
ferred to in subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) 
of subsection (c)(84) and in subsections (c)(91), (c)(92), 
(c)(93), and (c)(94) are designated as Interstate Route I– 
14.’’. 
SEC. 1622. GUIDANCE ON INUNDATED AND SUBMERGED 
ROADS. 
The Administrator of the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration, in coordination with the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency, shall review the 
guidance issued pursuant to section 1228 of the Disaster 
Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254), and 
issue guidance regarding repair, restoration, and replace-
ment of inundated and submerged roads damaged or de-
stroyed by a major disaster declared pursuant to the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
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Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) with respect to roads eligible 
for assistance under Federal Highway Administration pro-
grams. 
SEC. 1623. DRY BULK WEIGHT TOLERANCE. 
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) DRY BULK WEIGHT TOLERANCE.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
DRY
BULK
GOODS.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘dry bulk goods’ means any 
homogeneous unmarked nonliquid cargo being trans-
ported in a trailer specifically designed for that pur-
pose. 
‘‘(2) WEIGHT
TOLERANCE.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this section, except for the 
maximum gross vehicle weight limitation, a commer-
cial motor vehicle transporting dry bulk goods may 
not exceed 110 percent of the maximum weight on 
any axle or axle group described in subsection (a), 
including any enforcement tolerance.’’. 
SEC. 1624. HIGHWAY USE TAX EVASION PROJECTS. 
Section 143(b)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘2016 through 2020’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2023 through 2026’’. 
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SEC. 1625. LABOR STANDARDS. 
It is the policy of the United States that funds au-
thorized or made available by this Act, or the amendments 
made by this Act, should not be used to purchase products 
produced whole or in part through the use of child labor, 
as such term is defined in Article 3 of the International 
Labor Organization Convention concerning the prohibition 
and immediate action for the elimination of the worst 
forms of child labor (December 2, 2000), or in violation 
of human rights. 
SEC. 1626. CLIMATE RESILIENCY REPORT BY GAO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years there-
after, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
evaluate and issue a report to Congress on the economic 
benefits, including avoided impacts on property and life, 
of the use of model, consensus-based building codes, 
standards, and provisions that support resilience to cli-
mate risks and impacts, including— 
(1) flooding; 
(2) wildfires; 
(3) hurricanes; 
(4) heat waves; 
(5) droughts; 
(6) rises in sea level; and 
(7) extreme weather. 
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(b) REPORT ISSUES.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the status of adoption of 
building codes, standards, and provisions within the 
States, territories, and tribes at the State or juris-
dictional level; including whether the adopted codes 
meet or exceed the most recent published edition of 
a national, consensus-based model code. 
(2) An analysis of the extent to which pre-dis-
aster mitigation measures provide benefits to the na-
tion and individual States, territories and tribes, in-
cluding— 
(A) an economic analysis of the benefits to 
the design and construction of new resilient in-
frastructure; 
(B) losses avoided, including economic 
losses, number of structures (buildings, roads, 
bridges), and injuries and deaths by utilizing 
building codes and standards that prioritize re-
siliency; and 
(C) an economic analysis of the benefits to 
using hazard resistant building codes in rebuild-
ing and repairing infrastructure following a dis-
aster. 
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(3) An assessment of the building codes and 
standards referenced or otherwise currently incor-
porated into Federal policies and programs, includ-
ing but not limited to grants, incentive programs, 
technical assistance and design and construction cri-
teria, administered by the Federal Emergency Man-
agement 
Agency 
(hereinafter 
referred 
to 
as 
‘‘FEMA’’), including— 
(A) the extent to which such codes and 
standards contribute to increasing climate resil-
iency; 
(B) recommendations for how FEMA could 
improve their use of codes and standards to 
prepare for climate change and address resil-
iency in housing, public buildings, and infra-
structure such as roads and bridges; and 
(C) how FEMA could increase efforts to 
support the adoption of hazard resistant codes 
by the States, territories, and Indian Tribes. 
(4) Recommendations for FEMA on how to bet-
ter incorporate climate resiliency into efforts to re-
build after natural disasters. 
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SEC. 1627. DESIGNATION OF JOHN R. LEWIS VOTING 
RIGHTS HIGHWAY. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The portion of United States 
Route 80 from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama 
shall be known as the ‘‘John R. Lewis Voting Rights 
Highway’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the portion of United States Route 80 from 
Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama is deemed to 
be a reference to the ‘‘John R. Lewis Voting Rights High-
way’’. 
SEC. 1628. GAO STUDY ON CAPITAL NEEDS OF PUBLIC FER-
RIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study on the capital invest-
ment needs of United States public ferries and how Fed-
eral funding programs are meeting such needs. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the study 
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall exam-
ine the feasibility of including United States public ferries 
in the conditions and performance report of the Depart-
ment of Transportation. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress a report describing the 
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results of the study described in subsection (a), including 
any recommendations for how to include ferries in the con-
ditions and performance report of the Department of 
Transportation. 
SEC. 1629. USE OF MODELING AND SIMULATION TECH-
NOLOGY. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Department of 
Transportation should utilize, to the fullest and most eco-
nomically feasible extent practicable, modeling and simula-
tion technology to analyze highway and public transpor-
tation projects authorized by this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act to ensure that these projects— 
(1) increase transportation capacity and safety, 
alleviate congestion, and reduce travel time and envi-
ronmental impacts; and 
(2) are as cost effective as practicable. 
SEC. 1630. GAO STUDY ON PER-MILE USER FEE EQUITY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall carry out a study on the impact 
of equity issues associated with per-mile user fee funding 
systems on the surface transportation system. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The study under subsection (a) 
shall include the following with respect to per-mile user 
fee systems: 
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(1) The financial, social, and other impacts of 
per-mile user fee systems on individuals, low-income 
individuals, and individuals of different races. 
(2) The impact that access to alternative modes 
of transportation, including public transportation, 
has in carrying out per-mile user fee systems. 
(3) The ability to access jobs and services, 
which may include healthcare facilities, child care, 
education and workforce training, food sources, 
banking and other financial institutions, and other 
retail shopping establishments. 
(4) Equity issues for low-income individuals in 
urban and rural areas. 
(5) Any differing impacts on passenger vehicles 
and commercial vehicles. 
(c) INCLUSIONS.—In carrying out the study under 
subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall include an 
analysis of the following programs: 
(1) The State surface transportation system 
funding pilot program under section 6020 of the 
FAST Act; and 
(2) The national surface transportation system 
funding pilot under section 5402 of this Act. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment after this Act, the Comptroller General 
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shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, 
and make publicly available, a report containing the re-
sults of the study under subsection (a), including rec-
ommendations for how to equitably implement per-mile 
user fee systems. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) PER-MILE USER FEE.—The term ‘‘per-mile 
user fee’’ means a revenue mechanism that— 
(A) is applied to road users operating 
motor vehicles on the surface transportation 
system; and 
(B) is based on the number of vehicle miles 
traveled by an individual road user. 
(2) COMMERCIAL VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘com-
mercial vehicle’’ has the meaning given the term 
commercial motor vehicle in section 31101 of title 
49, United States Code. 
SEC. 1631. GAO REVIEW OF EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS AT 
STATE DOTS. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall undertake a review of the extent to which State de-
partments of transportation have in place best practices, 
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standards, and protocols designed to ensure equity consid-
erations in transportation planning, project selection, and 
project delivery, including considerations of the diverse 
transportation needs of low-income populations, minority 
populations, and other diverse populations. 
(b) EVALUATION.—After the completion of the review 
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall issue 
and make available on a publicly accessible Website a re-
port detailing— 
(1) findings based on the review in subsection 
(a); 
(2) a comprehensive set of recommendations for 
State departments of transportation to improve eq-
uity considerations, which may include model legisla-
tion, best practices, or guidance; and 
(3) any recommendations to Congress for addi-
tional statutory authority needed to support State 
department of transportation efforts to incorporate 
equity considerations into transportation planning, 
project selection, and project delivery. 
(c) REPORT.—After completing the review and eval-
uation required under subsections (a) and (b), and not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General shall make available on a publicly 
accessible Website, a report that includes— 
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(1) findings based on the review conducted 
under subsection (a); 
(2) the outcome of the evaluation conducted 
under subsection (b); 
(3) a comprehensive set of recommendations to 
improve equity considerations in the public transpor-
tation industry, including recommendations for stat-
utory changes if applicable; and 
(4) the actions that the Secretary of Transpor-
tation could take to effectively address the rec-
ommendations provided under paragraph (3). 
SEC. 1632. STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF SUICIDE PREVEN-
TION NETS AND BARRIERS FOR STRUCTURES 
OTHER THAN BRIDGES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study to identify— 
(1) the types of structures, other than bridges, 
that attract a high number of individuals attempting 
suicide-by-jumping; 
(2) the characteristics that distinguish struc-
tures identified under paragraph (1) from similar 
structures that do not attract a high number of indi-
viduals attempting suicide-by-jumping; 
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(3) the types of nets or barriers that are effec-
tive at reducing suicide-by-jumping with respect to 
the structures identified under paragraph (1); 
(4) methods of reducing suicide-by-jumping 
with respect to the structures identified under para-
graph (1) other than nets and barriers; 
(5) quantitative measures of the effectiveness of 
the nets and barriers identified under paragraph (3); 
(6) quantitative measures of the effectiveness of 
the additional methods identified under paragraph 
(4); 
(7) the entities that typically install the nets 
and barriers identified under paragraph (3); and 
(8) the costs of the nets and barriers identified 
under paragraph (3). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report on the results of the study conducted 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1633. REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 325 of title 23, United States Code, is re-
pealed. 
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SEC. 1634. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— Title 23, United States Code, is 
amended as follows: 
(1) 
NAME
CORRECTION.—Section 
101(a)(16)(C),as amended, is amended by striking 
‘‘United States Customs and Immigration Services’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion’’. 
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Section 104(f)(3) is 
amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Highway Administration’’ and inserting 
‘‘an operating administration of the Depart-
ment of Transportation’’; and 
(B) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘Federal Highway Administration’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘an operating administration of the Depart-
ment of Transportation’’. 
(3) 
TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—Section 
108(c)(3)(F) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.)’’ after ‘‘Policy Act’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘this title’’. 
(4) EXCLUSION.—Section 112(b)(2) is amended 
in subparagraph (F) by striking ‘‘(F)’’ and all that 
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follows through ‘‘Subparagraphs’’ and inserting ‘‘(F) 
Subparagraphs’’. 
(5) REFERENCE
TO
STATEWIDE
TRANSPOR-
TATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.—Section 115(c) is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘135(f)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘135(g)’’. 
(6) OPPORTUNITY
FOR
COMMENT.—Section 
134(j) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (i)(5)’’ 
both places it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(i)(6)’’. 
(7) PERFORMANCE-BASED APPROACH.—Section 
135(f)(7)(B) is amended by striking the semicolon 
at the end and inserting a period. 
(8) EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS FOR 
PROJECT DECISIONMAKING.—Section 139 is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘(42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)’’ after ‘‘of 1969’’; 
(B) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘(42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)’’ after ‘‘of 1969’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(C) in subsection (k)(2) by inserting ‘‘(42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)’’ after ‘‘of 1969’’. 
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(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘(25 U.S.C. 458aaa–7)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(25 U.S.C. 5388)’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 458aaa–9)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 5390)’’; 
(v) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 458aaa–10)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 5391)’’; 
(vi) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 458aaa–11)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 5392)’’; 
(vii) in paragraph (7), by striking 
‘‘(25 U.S.C. 458aaa–14)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(25 U.S.C. 5395)’’; 
(viii) in paragraph (8), by striking 
‘‘(25 U.S.C. 458aaa–15)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(25 U.S.C. 5396)’’; and 
(ix) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 458aaa–17)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 5398)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (m)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘505’’ and inserting 
‘‘501’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 450b; 
458aaa)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 5304; 
5381)’’. 
(16) BUY AMERICA.—Section 313 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (e)(2) by striking 
‘‘States;’’ and inserting ‘‘States,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘, and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 
(17) PROCEDURES
FOR
A
GIFT
OR
DONA-
TION.—Section 323(d) is amended in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.)’’ after ‘‘of 1969’’. 
(18) HIGHWAY
SAFETY
PROGRAMS.—Section 
402(b)(1)(E) is amended by striking the semicolon 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 
(19) USE
OF
FREIGHT
CAPACITY
BUILDING 
PROGRAM FUNDS.—Section 504(g)(6) is amended by 
striking ‘‘make grants or to’’ and inserting ‘‘make 
grants to’’. 
(20) DEVELOPMENT PHASE ACTIVITIES.—Sec-
tion 602(e) is amended by striking ‘‘601(a)(1)(A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘601(a)(2)(A)’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The table of contents for 
title 23, United States Code, is amended in the item 
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relating to chapter 1 by striking ‘‘FEDERAL AID 
HIGHWAYS’’ and inserting ‘‘FEDERAL-AID 
HIGHWAYS’’. 
(2) CHAPTER 3.—The analysis for chapter 3 of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 325. 
TITLE II—PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION 
Subtitle A—Federal Transit 
Administration 
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5338 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 5338. Authorizations 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There shall be available 
from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
Trust Fund to carry out sections 5305, 5307, 5308, 
5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5320, 5328, 5335, 
5337, 5339, and 5340— 
‘‘(A) $17,894,460,367 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(B) $18,201,940,770 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(C) $18,551,676,708 for fiscal year 2025; 
and 
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‘‘(D) $18,901,573,693 for fiscal year 
2026. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) $189,879,151 for fiscal year 2023, 
$192,841,266 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$195,926,726 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2025, 
and 
$199,002,776 for fiscal year 2026, shall be 
available to carry out section 5305; 
‘‘(B) $7,505,830,848 for fiscal year 2023, 
$7,622,921,809 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$7,744,888,558 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$7,866,483,309 for fiscal year 2026 shall be al-
located in accordance with section 5336 to pro-
vide financial assistance for urbanized areas 
under section 5307; 
‘‘(C) $101,510,000 for fiscal year 2023, 
$103,093,556 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$104,743,053 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2025, 
and 
$106,387,519 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available for grants under section 5308; 
‘‘(D) $434,830,298 for fiscal year 2023, 
$441,613,651 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$448,679,469 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2025, 
and 
$455,723,737 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
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available to carry out section 5310, of which 
not less than— 
‘‘(i) $5,075,500 for fiscal year 2023, 
$5,154,678 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$5,237,153 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$5,319,376 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section 5310(j); and 
‘‘(ii) $20,302,000 for fiscal year 2023, 
$20,618,711 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$20,948,611 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$21,277,504 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section 5310(k); 
‘‘(E) $1,025,199,724 for fiscal year 2023, 
$1,041,192,839 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$1,057,851,925 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$1,074,460,200 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section 5311, of which 
not less than— 
‘‘(i) $55,679,500 for fiscal year 2023, 
$56,392,100 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$57,134,374 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$57,874,383 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section 5311(c)(1); 
and 
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‘‘(ii) $50,755,000 for fiscal year 2023, 
$51,546,778 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$52,371,526 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$53,193,759 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section 5311(c)(2); 
‘‘(F) $53,498,300 for fiscal year 2023; 
$54,020,873 for fiscal year 2024; $54,565,207 
for fiscal year 2025; $55,107,881 for fiscal year 
2026 shall be available to carry out section 
5312, of which not less than— 
‘‘(i) $5,075,500 for fiscal year 2023, 
$5,154,678 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$5,237,153 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$5,319,376 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out each of sections 
5312(d)(3) and 5312(d)(4); 
‘‘(ii) $3,045,300 for fiscal year 2023, 
$3,092,807 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$3,142,292 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$3,191,626 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section 5312(h); 
‘‘(iii) $10,151,000 for fiscal year 
2023, $10,309,356 for fiscal year 2024, 
$10,474,305 for fiscal year 2025, and 
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$10,638,752 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section 5312(i); and 
‘‘(iv) $10,075,500 for fiscal year 
2023, $10,154,678 for fiscal year 2024, 
$10,237,153 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$10,319,376 shall be available to carry out 
section 5312(j); 
‘‘(G) $23,347,300 for fiscal year 2023, 
$23,711,518 for fiscal year 2024, $24,090,902 
for fiscal year 2025, and $24,469,129 for fiscal 
year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 
5314, of which not less than— 
‘‘(i) $4,060,400 for fiscal year 2023, 
$4,123,742 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$4,189,722 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$4,255,501 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section of 5314(a); 
‘‘(ii) $5,075,500 for fiscal year 2023, 
$5,154,678 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$5,237,153 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$5,319,376 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section 5314(c); and 
‘‘(iii) $12,181,200 for fiscal year 
2023, $12,371,227 for fiscal year 2024, 
$12,569,166 for fiscal year 2025, and 
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$12,766,502 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section 5314(b)(2); 
‘‘(H) $5,075,500 for fiscal year 2023, 
$5,154,678 for fiscal year 2024, $5,237,153 for 
fiscal year 2025, and $5,319,376 for fiscal year 
2026 shall be available to carry out section 
5318; 
‘‘(I) $30,453,000 for fiscal year 2023, 
$30,928,067 for fiscal year 2024, $31,422,916 
for fiscal year 2025, and $31,916,256 for fiscal 
year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 
5328, of which not less than— 
‘‘(i) $25,377,500 for fiscal year 2023, 
$25,773,389 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$26,185,763 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$26,596,880 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section of 5328(b); 
and 
‘‘(ii) $2,537,750 for fiscal year 2023, 
$2,577,339 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$2,618,576 for fiscal year 2025, and 
$2,659,688 for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available to carry out section 5328(c); 
‘‘(J) $4,060,400 for fiscal year 2023, 
$4,123,742 for fiscal year 2024, $4,189,722 for 
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‘‘(C) Activities to provide technical assist-
ance generally, and to provide technical assist-
ance to correct deficiencies identified in compli-
ance reviews and audits carried out under this 
section. 
‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT
SHARE
OF
COSTS.—The 
Government shall pay the entire cost of carrying out 
a contract under this subsection/activities described 
in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
FUNDS.— 
Funds made available under paragraph (1)(C) shall 
be made available to the Secretary before allocating 
the funds appropriated to carry out any project 
under a full funding grant agreement. 
‘‘(e) GRANTS AS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS FINANCED FROM HIGHWAY TRUST 
FUND.—A grant or contract that is approved by the 
Secretary and financed with amounts made available 
from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
Trust Fund pursuant to this section is a contractual 
obligation of the Government to pay the Government 
share of the cost of the project. 
‘‘(2) 
GRANTS
FINANCED
FROM
GENERAL 
FUND.—A grant or contract that is approved by the 
Secretary and financed with amounts from future 
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appropriations from the general fund of the Treas-
ury pursuant to this section is a contractual obliga-
tion of the Government to pay the Government share 
of the cost of the project only to the extent that 
amounts are appropriated for such purpose by an 
Act of Congress. 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts made 
available by or appropriated under this section shall re-
main available until expended. 
‘‘(g) LIMITATION ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR 
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds provided under this 
section may not be used in awarding a contract, sub-
contract, grant, or loan to an entity that is owned 
or controlled by, is a subsidiary of, or is otherwise 
related legally or financially to a corporation based 
in a country that— 
‘‘(A) is identified as a nonmarket economy 
country (as defined in section 771(18) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of 
the date of enactment of the INVEST in Amer-
ica Act; 
‘‘(B) was identified by the United States 
Trade Representative in the most recent report 
required by section 182 of the Trade Act of 
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1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority foreign 
country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; 
and 
‘‘(C) is subject to monitoring by the Trade 
Representative under section 306 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), the term ‘otherwise related legally or financially’ 
does not include a minority relationship or invest-
ment. 
‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This sub-
section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
the obligations of the United States under inter-
national agreements.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 5311 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘5338(a)(2)(F)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5338(a)(2)(E)’’. 
(2) Section 5312(i)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘5338(a)(2)(G)(ii)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘5338(a)(2)(F)(iii)’’. 
(3) Section 5333(b) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘5328, 5337, and 
5338(b)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘and 
5337’’. 
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(4) Section 5336 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)(1) by striking 
‘‘5338(a)(2)(C)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘5338(a)(2)(B)’’; and 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(h) 
by 
striking 
‘‘5338(a)(2)(C)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘5338(a)(2)(B)’’. 
(5) Subsections (c) and (d)(1) of section 5327 
of title 49, United States Code, are amended by 
striking ‘‘5338(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘5338(d)’’. 
(6) Section 5340(b) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘5338(b)(2)(N)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5338(a)(2)(O)’’. 
SEC. 2102. CHAPTER 53 DEFINITIONS. 
Section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(E)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and the installation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, the installation’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, charging stations and 
docks for electric micromobility devices, and 
bikeshare projects’’ after ‘‘public transportation 
vehicles’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (G) by striking clause 
(iii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(iii) provides a fair share of revenue 
established by the Secretary that will be 
used for public transportation, except for a 
joint development that is a community 
service (as defined by the Federal Transit 
Administration), publicly operated facility, 
or offers a minimum of 50 percent of units 
as affordable housing, meaning legally 
binding affordability restricted housing 
units available to tenants with incomes 
below 60 percent of the area median in-
come or owners with incomes below the 
area median;’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (N)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘no emission’’ and in-
serting ‘‘zero emission’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 
5339(c))’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(25) RESILIENCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘resilience’ 
means, with respect to a facility, the ability 
to— 
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‘‘(i) anticipate, prepare for, or adapt 
to conditions; or 
‘‘(ii) withstand, respond to, or recover 
rapidly from disruptions. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—Such term includes, 
with respect to a facility, the ability to— 
‘‘(i) resist hazards or withstand im-
pacts from disruptions; 
‘‘(ii) reduce the magnitude, duration, 
or impact of a disruption; or 
‘‘(iii) have the absorptive capacity, 
adaptive capacity, and recoverability to de-
crease vulnerability to a disruption. 
‘‘(26) ASSAULT ON A TRANSIT WORKER.—The 
term ‘assault on a transit worker’ means any cir-
cumstance in which an individual knowingly, without 
lawful authority or permission, and with intent to 
endanger the safety of any individual, or with a 
reckless disregard for the safety of human life, inter-
feres with, disables, or incapacitates any transit 
worker while the transit worker is performing his or 
her duties.’’. 
SEC. 2103. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘urban 
area’’ and inserting ‘‘urbanized area’’; 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—This subsection shall not 
apply to financial assistance under this chapter— 
‘‘(A) in which the non-Federal share of 
project costs are provided from amounts re-
ceived under a service agreement with a State 
or local social service agency or private social 
service 
organization 
pursuant 
to 
section 
5307(d)(3)(E) or section 5311(g)(3)(C); 
‘‘(B) provided to a recipient or sub-
recipient whose sole receipt of such assistance 
derives from section 5310; or 
‘‘(C) provided to a recipient operating a 
fixed route service that is— 
‘‘(i) for a period of less than 30 days; 
‘‘(ii) accessible to the public; 
‘‘(iii) contracted by a local govern-
ment entity that provides local cost share 
to the recipient; and 
‘‘(iv) not contracted for the purposes 
of a convention or on behalf of a conven-
tion and visitors bureau. 
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‘‘(4) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall publish 
guidelines for grant recipients and private bus oper-
ators that clarify when and how a transit agency 
may provide the service in the event a registered 
charter provider does not contact the customer, pro-
vide a quote, or provide the service.’’; 
(2) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(3) by striking subsection (j) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(j) REPORTING ACCESSIBILITY COMPLAINTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that an individual who believes that he or she, or a 
specific class in which the individual belongs, has 
been subjected to discrimination on the basis of dis-
ability by a State or local governmental entity, pri-
vate nonprofit organization, or Tribe that operates a 
public transportation service and is a recipient or 
subrecipient of funds under this chapter, may, by 
the individual or by an authorized representative, file 
a complaint with the Department of Transportation. 
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‘‘(2) PROCEDURES.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the INVEST in 
America Act, the Secretary shall implement proce-
dures that allow an individual to submit a complaint 
described in paragraph (1) by phone, mail-in form, 
and online through the website of the Office of Civil 
Rights of the Federal Transit Administration. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES.—Not later than 12 months after the date of 
enactment of the INVEST in America Act, the Sec-
retary shall require that each public transit provider 
and contractor providing paratransit services shall 
include on a publicly available website of the service 
provider, any related mobile device application, and 
online service— 
‘‘(A) notice that an individual can file a 
disability-related complaint with the local tran-
sit agency and the process and any timelines for 
filing such a complaint; 
‘‘(B) the telephone number, or a com-
parable electronic means of communication, for 
the disability assistance hotline of the Office of 
Civil Rights of the Federal Transit Administra-
tion; 
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‘‘(C) notice that a consumer can file a dis-
ability related complaint with the Office of Civil 
Rights of the Federal Transit Administration; 
and 
‘‘(D) an active link to the website of the 
Office of Civil Rights of the Federal Transit 
Administration for an individual to file a dis-
ability-related complaint. 
‘‘(4) INVESTIGATION
OF
COMPLAINTS.—Not 
later than 60 days after the last day of each fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall publish a report that lists 
the disposition of complaints described in paragraph 
(1), including— 
‘‘(A) the number and type of complaints 
filed with Department of Transportation; 
‘‘(B) the number of complaints inves-
tigated by the Department; 
‘‘(C) the result of the complaints that were 
investigated by the Department including 
whether the complaint was resolved— 
‘‘(i) informally; 
‘‘(ii) by issuing a violation through a 
noncompliance Letter of Findings; or 
‘‘(iii) by other means, which shall be 
described; and 
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‘‘(D) if a violation was issued for a com-
plaint, whether the Department resolved the 
noncompliance by— 
‘‘(i) reaching a voluntary compliance 
agreement with the entity; 
‘‘(ii) referring the matter to the Attor-
ney General; or 
‘‘(iii) by other means, which shall be 
described. 
‘‘(5) REPORT.—The Secretary shall, upon im-
plementation of this section and annually thereafter, 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate, and make publicly available a report 
containing the information collected under this sec-
tion.’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(m) PREAWARD AND POSTDELIVERY REVIEW OF 
ROLLING STOCK PURCHASES.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe regulations requiring a preaward and postdelivery 
review of a grant under this chapter to buy rolling stock 
to ensure compliance with bid specifications requirements 
of grant recipients under this chapter. Under this sub-
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section, grantee inspections and review are required, and 
a manufacturer certification is not sufficient.’’; and 
(5) by amending subsection (r) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(r) REASONABLE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPOR-
TATION FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of assistance 
under this chapter— 
‘‘(A) may not deny reasonable access for a 
private intercity or charter transportation oper-
ator to federally funded public transportation 
facilities, including intermodal facilities, park 
and ride lots, and bus-only highway lanes; and 
‘‘(B) shall respond to any request for rea-
sonable access within 75 days of the receipt of 
the request and, if a recipient of assistance 
under this chapter denies access to a private 
intercity or charter transportation operator 
based on the reasonable access standards, pro-
vide, in writing, the reasons for the denial. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINING REASONABLE ACCESS.—In 
determining reasonable access under paragraph 
(1)(A), capacity requirements of the recipient of as-
sistance and the extent to which access would be 
detrimental or beneficial to existing public transpor-
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tation services must be considered and demographic 
makeup of the riders of a private intercity or charter 
transportation operator may not be cited as a det-
riment to the provision of access. 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.—If a private intercity or 
charter transportation operator requesting access 
under this subsection is denied such access by a re-
cipient of assistance under this chapter or does not 
receive a written response within 75 days of submit-
ting the request, such operator may notify the Sec-
retary for purposes of inclusion in the report under 
paragraph (4). 
‘‘(4) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
shall annually submit to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Banking, Hous-
ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report listing 
each instance reported under paragraph (3) in 
which— 
‘‘(A) a private intercity or charter trans-
portation operator requested reasonable access 
and was denied, and the reasons provided by 
the recipient of assistance under this chapter 
for the denial; and 
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‘‘(B) a recipient of assistance under this 
chapter did not respond to a request for reason-
able access within 75 days.’’. 
SEC. 2104. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
(a) STATE
OF GOOD REPAIR GRANTS.—Section 
5337(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ACCESSIBILITY
COSTS.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1), the Federal share of the net project 
cost of a project to provide accessibility improve-
ments consistent with standards in compliance with 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) shall be 90 percent.’’. 
(b) APPORTIONMENTS BASED ON GROWING STATES 
AND HIGH DENSITY STATES FORMULA FACTORS.—Sec-
tion 5340(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ after ‘‘United 
States’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND WORKFORCE DE-
VELOPMENT.—Section 5314 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
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(B) in clause (ii) by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) technical assistance to assist re-
cipients with the impacts of a new census 
count.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘fe-
males’’ and inserting ‘‘women’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(4)(A) by inserting ‘‘, and 
not more than 2 percent of amounts under 5311’’ 
after ‘‘5339’’. 
(d) NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE.—Section 5335 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘, including 
information on transit routes and ridership on those 
routes’’ after ‘‘public sector investment decision’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘, any data on 
each assault on a transit worker, and pedestrian in-
juries and fatalities as a result of an impact with a 
bus. Each of the data sets shall be publicly reported 
without aggregating the data with other safety data’’ 
after ‘‘by the recipient’’. 
(e) URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.—Section 
5307 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) operate a minimum of 101 buses 
and a maximum of 125 buses in fixed 
route service or demand response service, 
excluding ADA complementary paratransit 
service, during peak service hours, in an 
amount not to exceed 25 percent of the 
share of the apportionment which is attrib-
utable to such systems within the urban-
ized area, as measured by vehicle revenue 
hours; or’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(2)(B)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (ii) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) operate a minimum of 101 buses 
and a maximum of 125 buses in fixed 
route service or demand response service, 
excluding ADA complementary paratransit 
service, during peak service hours, in an 
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amount not to exceed 25 percent of the 
share of the apportionment allocated to 
such systems within the urbanized area, as 
determined by the local planning process 
and included in the designated recipient’s 
final program of projects prepared under 
subsection (b).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
following: 
‘‘(7) ensure that the proposed program of 
projects provides improved access to transit for the 
individuals described in section 5336(j); and’’. 
(f) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Section 
5307(a)(2)(B)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘service during peak’’ and inserting 
‘‘service, during peak’’. 
(g) TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS AS 
LOCAL MATCH.— 
(1) SECTION 5307.—Section 5307(d)(3) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
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(3) SECTION
5339.—Section 5339(a)(7)(B) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in clause (iv) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(B) in clause (v) by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) transportation development cred-
its.’’. 
(h) CLARIFICATION OF INCIDENTAL USE.—Section 
5310(b)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the header by inserting ‘‘AND
INCI-
DENTAL USE’’ after ‘‘INDIVIDUALS’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or providing other incidental 
services’’ after ‘‘individuals’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘delivery service does not con-
flict’’ and inserting ‘‘service does not conflict’’. 
SEC. 2105. POLICIES AND PURPOSES. 
Section 5301(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (8) by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(9) reduce the contributions of the surface 
transportation system to the total carbon pollution 
of the United States; and 
‘‘(10) improve the resiliency of the public trans-
portation network to withstand weather events and 
other natural disasters.’’. 
SEC. 2106. FISCAL YEARS 2022 AND 2023 FORMULAS. 
For fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall apportion and distribute formula 
funds provided for under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, using data submitted to the 2019 National 
Transit Database. 
SEC. 2107. METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. 
Section 5303 of title 49, United States Code, is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a)(1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) to encourage and promote the safe and ef-
ficient management, operation, and development of 
surface transportation systems that will serve the 
mobility needs of people and freight, foster economic 
growth and development within and between States 
and urbanized areas, and take into consideration re-
siliency and climate change adaptation needs while 
reducing transportation-related fuel consumption, air 
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pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions through 
metropolitan and statewide transportation planning 
processes identified in this chapter; and’’. 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 
following: 
‘‘(6) STIP.—The term ‘STIP’ means a state-
wide transportation improvement program developed 
by a State under section 135(g).’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and 
transportation improvement programs’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and TIPs’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.—In developing the plans 
and TIPs, metropolitan planning organizations shall 
consider direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse 
gases.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 
2012, each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(D) EQUITABLE
AND
PROPORTIONAL 
REPRESENTATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In designating of-
ficials or representatives under paragraph 
(2), the metropolitan planning organization 
shall ensure the equitable and proportional 
representation of the population of the 
metropolitan planning area. 
‘‘(ii) SAVINGS
CLAUSE.—Nothing in 
this paragraph shall require a metropolitan 
planning organization in existence on the 
date of enactment of this subparagraph to 
be restructured. 
‘‘(iii) 
REDESIGNATION.—Notwith-
standing clause (ii), the requirements of 
this paragraph shall apply to any metro-
politan planning organization redesignated 
under paragraph (6).’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6)(B) by striking ‘‘para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) or 
(3)(D)’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (7)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘an existing metropoli-
tan planning area’’ and inserting ‘‘an ur-
banized area’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the existing metro-
politan planning area’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
area’’; 
(5) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘a metro-
politan area’’ and inserting ‘‘an urbanized 
area’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘MPOS’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘METROPOLITAN
PLANNING 
AREAS’’ 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A) by inserting 
‘‘emergency response and evacuation, climate 
change adaptation and resilience,’’ after ‘‘dis-
aster risk reduction,’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION BETWEEN MPOS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If more than one met-
ropolitan planning organization is designated 
within an urbanized area under subsection 
(d)(7), the metropolitan planning organizations 
designated within the area shall ensure, to the 
maximum extent practicable, the consistency of 
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any data used in the planning process, includ-
ing information used in forecasting transpor-
tation demand. 
‘‘(B) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this 
paragraph requires metropolitan planning orga-
nizations designated within a single urbanized 
area to jointly develop planning documents, in-
cluding a unified long-range transportation plan 
or unified TIP.’’; 
(6) in subsection (h)(1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (E) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(E) protect and enhance the environment, 
promote energy conservation, reduce greenhouse 
gas emissions, improve the quality of life and 
public health, and promote consistency between 
transportation improvements and State and 
local planned growth and economic development 
patterns, including housing and land use pat-
terns;’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (H) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (I) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘and reduce or 
mitigate stormwater, sea level rise, extreme 
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weather, and climate change impacts of surface 
transportation;’’; and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 
following: 
‘‘(J) support emergency management, re-
sponse, and evacuation and hazard mitigation; 
‘‘(K) improve the level of transportation 
system access; and 
‘‘(L) support inclusive zoning policies and 
land use planning practices that incentivize af-
fordable, elastic, and diverse housing supply, fa-
cilitate long-term economic growth by improving 
the accessibility of housing to jobs, and prevent 
high housing costs from displacing economically 
disadvantaged households.’’; 
(7) in subsection (h)(2) by striking subpara-
graph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Through the use of a 
performance-based approach, transportation in-
vestment decisions made as a part of the metro-
politan transportation planning process shall 
support the national goals described in section 
150(b), the achievement of metropolitan and 
statewide targets established under section 
150(d), the improvement of transportation sys-
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tem access (consistent with section 150(f)), and 
the general purposes described in section 5301 
of title 49.’’; 
(8) in subsection (i)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(D)(i) by inserting 
‘‘reduce greenhouse gas emissions and’’ before 
‘‘restore and maintain’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(G) by inserting ‘‘and 
climate change’’ after ‘‘infrastructure to natural 
disasters’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(H) by inserting 
‘‘greenhouse gas emissions,’’ after ‘‘pollution,’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) by inserting 
‘‘air quality, public health, housing, trans-
portation, resilience, hazard mitigation, 
emergency management,’’ after ‘‘conserva-
tion,’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) ISSUES.—The consultation shall in-
volve, as appropriate, comparison of transpor-
tation plans to other relevant plans, including, 
if available— 
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‘‘(i) State conservation plans or maps; 
and 
‘‘(ii) inventories of natural or historic 
resources.’’; and 
(E) by amending paragraph (6)(C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) METHODS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out 
subparagraph (A), the metropolitan plan-
ning organization shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable— 
‘‘(I) hold any public meetings at 
convenient and accessible locations 
and times; 
‘‘(II) employ visualization tech-
niques to describe plans; and 
‘‘(III) make public information 
available in electronically accessible 
format and means, such as the inter-
net, as appropriate to afford reason-
able opportunity for consideration of 
public information under subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL METHODS.—In ad-
dition to the methods described in clause 
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(i), in carrying out subparagraph (A), the 
metropolitan planning organization shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable— 
‘‘(I) use virtual public involve-
ment, social media, and other web- 
based tools to encourage public par-
ticipation and solicit public feedback; 
and 
‘‘(II) use other methods, as ap-
propriate, to further encourage public 
participation of historically underrep-
resented individuals in the transpor-
tation planning process.’’; 
(9) in subsection (j) by striking ‘‘transportation 
improvement program’’ and inserting ‘‘TIP’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(10) by striking ‘‘Federally’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘federally’’. 
SEC. 2108. STATEWIDE AND NONMETROPOLITAN TRANS-
PORTATION PLANNING. 
Section 5304 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘state-
wide transportation improvement program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘STIP’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The statewide trans-
portation plan and the’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The statewide trans-
portation plan and the’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘transportation im-
provement 
program’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘STIP’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—In developing the 
statewide transportation plans and STIPs, 
States shall consider direct and indirect emis-
sions of greenhouse gases.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘trans-
portation improvement program’’ and inserting 
‘‘STIP’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (E)— 
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(I) by inserting ‘‘reduce green-
house gas emissions,’’ after ‘‘promote 
energy conservation,’’; 
(II) by inserting ‘‘and public 
health’’ after ‘‘improve the quality of 
life’’; and 
(III) by inserting ‘‘, including 
housing and land use patterns’’ after 
‘‘economic development patterns’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (H) by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (I) by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘and 
reduce or mitigate stormwater, sea level 
rise, extreme weather, and climate change 
impacts of surface transportation;’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(J) facilitate emergency management, re-
sponse, and evacuation and hazard mitigation; 
‘‘(K) improve the level of transportation 
system access; and 
‘‘(L) support inclusive zoning policies and 
land use planning practices that incentivize af-
fordable, elastic, and diverse housing supply, fa-
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cilitate long-term economic growth by improving 
the accessibility of housing to jobs, and prevent 
high housing costs from displacing economically 
disadvantaged households.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Through the use of a 
performance-based approach, transportation in-
vestment decisions made as a part of the state-
wide transportation planning process shall sup-
port— 
‘‘(i) the national goals described in 
section 150(b); 
‘‘(ii) the consideration of transpor-
tation system access (consistent with sec-
tion 150(f)); 
‘‘(iii) the achievement of statewide 
targets established under section 150(d); 
and 
‘‘(iv) the general purposes described 
in section 5301 of title 49.’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D) by striking 
‘‘statewide 
transportation 
improvement 
program’’ and inserting ‘‘STIP’’; and 
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(C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘state-
wide transportation improvement program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘STIP’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(3) by striking ‘‘transpor-
tation 
improvement 
program’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘STIP’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(D)— 
(i) in clause (i) by inserting ‘‘air qual-
ity, public health, housing, transportation, 
resilience, hazard mitigation, emergency 
management,’’ after ‘‘conservation,’’; and 
(ii) by amending clause (ii) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(ii) COMPARISON
AND
CONSIDER-
ATION.—Consultation 
under 
clause 
(i) 
shall involve the comparison of transpor-
tation plans to other relevant plans and in-
ventories, including, if available— 
‘‘(I) State and tribal conservation 
plans or maps; and 
‘‘(II) inventories of natural or 
historic resources.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘In carrying out’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—in carrying out’’; 
(ii) 
by 
redesignating 
clauses 
(i) 
through (iv) as subclauses (I) through 
(IV), respectively; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL METHODS.—In ad-
dition to the methods described in clause 
(i), in carrying out subparagraph (A), the 
State shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable— 
‘‘(I) use virtual public involve-
ment, social media, and other web- 
based tools to encourage public par-
ticipation and solicit public feedback; 
and 
‘‘(II) use other methods, as ap-
propriate, to further encourage public 
participation of historically underrep-
resented individuals in the transpor-
tation planning process.’’; 
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(C) in paragraph (4)(A) by inserting ‘‘re-
duce greenhouse gas emissions and’’ after ‘‘po-
tential to’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (8) by inserting ‘‘includ-
ing consideration of the role that intercity buses 
may play in reducing congestion, pollution, 
greenhouse gas emissions, and energy consump-
tion in a cost-effective manner and strategies 
and investments that preserve and enhance 
intercity bus systems, including systems that 
are privately owned and operated’’ after ‘‘trans-
portation system’’; 
(5) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘state-
wide transportation improvement program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘STIP’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘transportation 
improvement 
program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘STIP’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii) by strik-
ing ‘‘metropolitan transportation improve-
ment program’’ and inserting ‘‘TIP’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C) by striking 
‘‘transportation 
improvement 
program’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘STIP’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(iv) in subparagraph (E) by striking 
‘‘transportation 
improvement 
program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘STIP’’; 
(v) in subparagraph (F)(i) by striking 
‘‘transportation 
improvement 
program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘STIP’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(vi) in subparagraph (G)(ii) by strik-
ing ‘‘transportation improvement program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘STIP’’; and 
(vii) in subparagraph (H) by striking 
‘‘transportation 
improvement 
program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘STIP’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘transportation 
improvement program’’ and inserting 
‘‘STIP’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and projects 
carried out under the bridge program 
or the Interstate maintenance pro-
gram under title 23’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘or under the 
bridge program or the Interstate 
maintenance program’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘statewide trans-
portation improvement program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘STIP’’; 
(D) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) in the heading by striking ‘‘TRANS-
PORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM’’ and 
inserting ‘‘STIP’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘transportation im-
provement 
program’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘STIP’’; 
(E) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘state-
wide transportation plans and programs’’ and 
inserting ‘‘statewide transportation plans and 
STIPs’’; and 
(F) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘trans-
portation improvement program’’ and inserting 
‘‘STIP’’; 
(6) in subsection (h)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 5 years after the date of enactment of the 
Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Not less frequently than once every 4 
years,’’; 
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(7) in subsection (j) by striking ‘‘transportation 
improvement program’’ and inserting ‘‘STIP’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(8) in subsection (l) by striking ‘‘transportation 
improvement programs’’ and inserting ‘‘STIPs’’. 
SEC. 2109. OBLIGATION LIMITATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total 
of all obligations from amounts made available from the 
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund by sub-
section (a) of section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not exceed— 
(1) $17,894,460,367 for fiscal year 2023; 
(2) $18,201,940,770 for fiscal year 2024; 
(3) $18,551,676,708 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(4) $18,901,573,693 for fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 2110. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY RELIEF 
FUNDS. 
Section 5324 of title 49, United States Code, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) IMPOSITION OF DEADLINE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary may not require any 
project funded pursuant to this section to advance to 
the construction obligation stage before the date 
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that is the last day of the sixth fiscal year after the 
later of— 
‘‘(A) the date on which the Governor de-
clared the emergency, as described in subsection 
(a)(2); or 
‘‘(B) the date on which the President de-
clared a major disaster, as described in such 
subsection. 
‘‘(2) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—If the Sec-
retary imposes a deadline for advancement to the 
construction obligation stage pursuant to paragraph 
(1), the Secretary may, upon the request of the Gov-
ernor of the State, issue an extension of not more 
than 1 year to complete such advancement, and may 
issue additional extensions after the expiration of 
any extension, if the Secretary determines the Gov-
ernor of the State has provided suitable justification 
to warrant an extension.’’. 
SEC. 2111. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
The certification requirements described in section 
661.12 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, shall, 
after the date of enactment of this Act, include a certifi-
cation that buses or other rolling stock (including train 
control, communication and traction power equipment) 
being procured do not contain or use any covered tele-
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communications equipment or services, as such term is de-
fined by section 889 of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232). 
SEC. 2112. HOLD HARMLESS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal 
years 2021 and 2022, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall allow project sponsors, at the request of such spon-
sor, to submit ridership and service data and projections 
collected before January 20, 2020 and projections based 
on that data to determine project eligibility under section 
5309 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 2113. STUDY ON ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC TRANS-
PORTATION. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall submit to Congress a report that includes— 
(1) a description of the challenges faced by each 
of the populations described in subsection (b) when 
riding public transportation; and 
(2) recommendations to improve the accessi-
bility of federally-funded public transportation for 
the populations described in subsection (b). 
(b) COVERED POPULATIONS.—The populations de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be— 
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(1) pregnant women; and 
(2) individuals living in areas of persistent pov-
erty, as such term is defined in section 172(l) of title 
23, United States Code, as added by this Act, and 
individuals that are unbanked or underbanked. 
Subtitle B—Improving Frequency 
and Ridership 
SEC. 2201. MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL BUS FREQUENCY AND 
RIDERSHIP COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5307 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 5308. Multi-jurisdictional bus frequency and rider-
ship competitive grants 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants 
under this section, on a competitive basis, to eligible re-
cipients to increase the frequency of bus service and the 
ridership of public transit buses. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant 
under this section, an eligible recipient shall submit to the 
Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION TIMING.—Not later than 90 days 
after amounts are made available to carry out this section, 
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the Secretary shall solicit grant applications from eligible 
recipients for projects described in subsection (d). 
‘‘(d) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible recipient of a 
grant under this section shall use such grant for transpor-
tation capital projects that— 
‘‘(1) increase— 
‘‘(A) the frequency of bus service; 
‘‘(B) bus ridership; and 
‘‘(C) total person throughput; and 
‘‘(2) are consistent with, and as described in, 
the design guidance issued by the National Associa-
tion of City Transportation Officials and titled 
‘Transit Street Design Guide’. 
‘‘(e) GRANT CRITERIA.—In making grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall consider the following: 
‘‘(1) Each eligible recipient’s projected increase 
in bus frequency. 
‘‘(2) Each eligible recipient’s projected increase 
in bus ridership. 
‘‘(3) Each eligible recipient’s projected increase 
in total person throughput. 
‘‘(4) The degree of regional collaboration de-
scribed in each eligible recipient’s application, in-
cluding collaboration with— 
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‘‘(A) a local government entity that oper-
ates a public transportation service; 
‘‘(B) local government agencies that con-
trol street design; 
‘‘(C) metropolitan planning organizations 
(as such term is defined in section 5303); and 
‘‘(D) State departments of transportation. 
‘‘(f) GRANT TIMING.—The Secretary shall award 
grants under this section not later than 120 days after 
the date on which the Secretary completes the solicitation 
described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(g) REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECRETARY.—In car-
rying out the program under this section, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than the date described in sub-
section (c), publish in the Federal Register a list of 
all metrics and evaluation procedures to be used in 
making grants under this section; and 
‘‘(2) publish in the Federal Register— 
‘‘(A) a summary of the final metrics and 
evaluations used in making grants under this 
section; and 
‘‘(B) a list of the ratings of eligible recipi-
ents receiving a grant under this section based 
on such metrics and evaluations. 
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‘‘(h) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
cost of a project carried out under this section shall 
not exceed 80 percent. 
‘‘(2) RESTRICTION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—The 
Secretary may make a grant for a project under this 
section in an amount up to 150 percent of the 
amount— 
‘‘(A) provided for such project under title 
23; and 
‘‘(B) provided for such project from non- 
Federal funds budgeted for roadways. 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5307.—Except as 
otherwise provided in this section, a grant under this sec-
tion shall be subject to the requirements of section 5307. 
‘‘(j) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to 
carry out this section shall remain available for 4 
fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the 
amount was made available. 
‘‘(2) UNOBLIGATED AMOUNTS.—After the expi-
ration of the period described in paragraph (1) for 
an amount made available to carry out this section, 
any unobligated amounts made available to carry out 
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this section shall be added to the amounts made 
available for the following fiscal year. 
‘‘(k) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—In this section, the 
term ‘eligible recipient’ means a recipient of a grant under 
section 5307 in an urbanized area with a population great-
er than 500,000.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 5307 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘5308. Multi-jurisdictional bus frequency and ridership competitive grants.’’. 
SEC. 2202. INCENTIVIZING FREQUENCY IN THE URBAN FOR-
MULA. 
Section 5336 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i) by striking ‘‘95.61 percent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘95 percent’’; 
(II) in clause (i) by striking 
‘‘95.61 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘95 
percent’’; and 
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(III) in clause (ii) by striking 
‘‘95.61 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘95 
percent’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i) by striking ‘‘4.39 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘5 percent’’; 
(II) in clause (i)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘in the 
highest 25 percent of routes by 
ridership’’ 
before 
‘‘multiplied 
by’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘vehicle 
passenger miles traveled for each 
dollar of operating cost in an 
area’’ and inserting ‘‘vehicles op-
erating in peak revenue service 
per hour in the highest 25 per-
cent of routes by ridership’’; and 
(III) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘in the 
highest 25 percent of routes by 
ridership’’ 
before 
‘‘multiplied 
by’’; and 
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(bb) by striking ‘‘vehicle 
passenger miles traveled for each 
dollar of operating cost in all 
areas’’ and inserting ‘‘vehicles 
operating in peak revenue service 
per hour in the highest 25 per-
cent of routes by ridership’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL
RULE.—For fiscal years 2023 
and 2024, the percentage— 
‘‘(A) in paragraph (2)(A) in the matter 
preceding clause (i) shall be treated as 100 per-
cent; and 
‘‘(B) in paragraph (2)(B) in the matter 
preceding clause (i) shall be treated as 0 per-
cent.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘90.8 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘90 percent’’ each place 
it appears; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘9.2 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘8 percent’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘200,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘500,000’’; 
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(iii) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the number of bus passenger miles 
traveled on the highest 25 percent of routes by 
ridership multiplied by the number of buses op-
erating in peak revenue service per hour on the 
highest 25 percent of routes by ridership; di-
vided by’’; and 
(iv) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) the total number of bus passenger 
miles traveled on the highest 25 percent of 
routes by ridership multiplied by the total num-
ber of buses operating in peak revenue service 
per hour on the highest 25 percent of routes by 
ridership in all areas.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Two percent of the total amount appor-
tioned under this subsection shall be apportioned so 
that each urbanized area with a population of at 
least 200,000 and less than 500,000 is entitled to 
receive an amount using the formula in paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(4) For fiscal years 2023 and 2024, the per-
centage— 
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‘‘(A) in paragraph (1) in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A) shall be treated as 
100 percent; 
‘‘(B) in paragraph (2) in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A) shall be treated as 0 
percent; and 
‘‘(C) in paragraph (3) shall be treated as 
0 percent.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) PEAK REVENUE SERVICE DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘peak revenue service’ means the time 
period between the time in the morning that an agency 
first exceeds the number of midday vehicles in revenue 
service and the time in the evening that an agency falls 
below the number of midday vehicles in revenue service.’’. 
SEC. 2203. MOBILITY INNOVATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5315 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 5316. Mobility innovation 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to a 
covered recipient to carry out sections 5307, 5310, and 
5311 may be used by such covered recipient under this 
section to assist in the financing of— 
‘‘(1) mobility as a service; and 
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‘‘(2) mobility on demand services. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), the Federal share of the net cost 
of a project carried out under this section shall not 
exceed 70 percent. 
‘‘(2) 
INSOURCING
INCENTIVE.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), the Federal share of the net 
cost of a project described in paragraph (1) shall, at 
the request of the project sponsor, be increased by 
up to 10 percent for mobility on demand service op-
erated exclusively by personnel employed by the re-
cipient. 
‘‘(3) ZERO
EMISSION
INCENTIVE.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), the Federal share of the net 
cost of a project described in paragraph (1) shall, at 
the request of the project sponsor, be increased by 
up to 10 percent if such project involves an eligible 
use that uses a vehicle that produces zero carbon di-
oxide or particulate matter. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE USES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall publish 
guidance describing eligible activities that are dem-
onstrated to— 
‘‘(A) increase transit ridership; 
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‘‘(B) be complementary to fixed route tran-
sit service; 
‘‘(C) demonstrate meaningful improve-
ments in— 
‘‘(i) environmental metrics, including 
standards established pursuant to the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) 
and greenhouse gas performance targets 
established pursuant to section 150(d) of 
title 23; 
‘‘(ii) traffic congestion; 
‘‘(iii) compliance with the require-
ments under the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(iv) low-income service to increase 
access to employment, healthcare, and 
other essential services; 
‘‘(v) service during times of the day 
when regular transit service is not oper-
ating, as long as regular transit service 
hours are not reduced; 
‘‘(vi) new service that operates in 
areas of lower density that are unserved or 
underserved by regular transit service; 
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‘‘(vii) rural service; and 
‘‘(viii) improvement in paratransit 
service quality. 
‘‘(D) 
FARE
COLLECTION
MODERNIZA-
TION.—In developing guidance referred to in 
this section, the Secretary shall ensure that— 
‘‘(i) all costs associated with install-
ing, modernizing, and managing fare col-
lection, including touchless payment sys-
tems, shall be considered eligible expenses 
under this title and subject to the applica-
ble Federal share; and 
‘‘(ii) such guidance includes guidance 
on how agencies shall provide unbanked 
and underbanked users with an oppor-
tunity to benefit from mobility as a service 
platforms. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS.— 
Amounts used by a covered recipient for projects eli-
gible under this section may not be used for— 
‘‘(A) single passenger vehicle miles (in a 
passenger motor vehicle, as such term is de-
fined in section 32101, that carries less than 9 
passengers), unless the trip— 
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‘‘(i) meets the definition of public 
transportation; and 
‘‘(ii) begins or completes a fixed route 
public transportation trip; 
‘‘(B) deadhead vehicle miles; or 
‘‘(C) any service considered a taxi service 
that operates under an exemption from testing 
requirements under section 5331. 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.—A project carried 
out under this section shall be treated as if such project 
were carried out under the section from which the funds 
were provided to carry out such project, including the ap-
plication of any additional requirements provided for by 
law that apply to section 5307, 5310, or 5311, as applica-
ble. 
‘‘(e) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(1) INDIVIDUAL WAIVER.—Except as provided 
in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may waive 
any requirement applied to a project carried out 
under this section pursuant to subsection (d) if the 
Secretary determines that the project would— 
‘‘(A) not undermine labor standards; 
‘‘(B) increase employment opportunities of 
the recipient unless the Secretary determines 
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that such a waiver does not affect employment 
opportunities; and 
‘‘(C) be consistent with the public interest. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER UNDER OTHER SECTIONS.—The 
Secretary may not waive any requirement under 
paragraph (1) for which a waiver is otherwise avail-
able. 
‘‘(3) 
PROHIBITION
OF
WAIVER.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), the Secretary may not 
waive any requirement of— 
‘‘(A) section 5333; 
‘‘(B) section 5331; 
‘‘(C) section 5302(14); and 
‘‘(D) chapter 53 that establishes a max-
imum Federal share for operating costs. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION OF SECTION 5320.—Notwith-
standing paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary may 
only waive the requirements of section 5320 with re-
spect to— 
‘‘(A) a passenger vehicle owned by an indi-
vidual; 
‘‘(B) subsection (q) of such section for any 
passenger vehicle not owned by an individual 
for the period beginning on the date of enact-
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ment of this section and ending 3 years after 
such date; 
‘‘(C) any shared micromobility device for 
the period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this section and ending on the date that is 
3 years after such date; and 
‘‘(D) rolling stock that is part of a dedi-
cated fleet of vehicles for the provision of micro-
transit that is operated by, or exclusively on be-
half of, the covered recipient for the period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this section 
and ending on the date that is 3 years after 
such date. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—A waiver issued under sub-
paragraphs (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (4) may 
only be issued on an individual project basis at the 
request of the covered recipient and may not be re-
newed or extended beyond the initial 3-year period 
of the waiver. 
‘‘(f) OPEN DATA STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall initiate procedures under subchapter III 
of chapter 5 of title 5 to develop an open data stand-
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ard and an application programming interface nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—The regulations required 
under paragraph (1) shall require public transpor-
tation agencies, mobility on demand providers, mo-
bility as a service technology providers, other non- 
government actors, and local governments the effi-
cient means to transfer data to— 
‘‘(A) foster the efficient use of transpor-
tation capacity; 
‘‘(B) enhance the management of new 
modes of mobility; 
‘‘(C) enable the use of innovative planning 
tools; 
‘‘(D) enable single payment systems for all 
mobility on demand services; 
‘‘(E) establish metropolitan planning orga-
nization, State, and local government access to 
anonymized data for transportation planning, 
real time operations data, and rules; 
‘‘(F) prohibit the transfer of personally 
identifiable information; 
‘‘(G) protect confidential business informa-
tion; 
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‘‘(H) enhance cybersecurity protections; 
and 
‘‘(I) allow data governance, including but 
not limited to licensing and terms of informa-
tion sharing, periodic risk assessments, policies 
regarding data retention and information han-
dling policies, and anonymization techniques. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON FOR PROFIT ACTIVITY.— 
Any data received by an entity under this subsection 
may not be sold, leased, or otherwise used to gen-
erate profit, except for the direct provision of the re-
lated mobility on demand services and mobility as a 
service. 
‘‘(4) COMMITTEE.—A negotiated rulemaking 
committee established pursuant to section 565 of 
title 5 to carry out this subsection shall have a max-
imum of 17 members limited to representatives of 
the Department of Transportation, State and local 
governments, metropolitan planning organizations, 
urban and rural covered recipients, associations that 
represent public transit agencies, representatives 
from at least 3 different organizations engaged in 
collective bargaining on behalf of transit workers in 
not fewer than 3 States, mobility on demand pro-
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viders, and mobility as a service technology pro-
viders. 
‘‘(5) PUBLICATION
OF
PROPOSED
REGULA-
TIONS.—Proposed regulations to implement this sec-
tion shall be published in the Federal Register by 
the Secretary not later than 18 months after such 
date of enactment. 
‘‘(6) EXTENSION OF DEADLINES.—A deadline 
set forth in paragraph (4) may be extended up to 
180 days if the negotiated rulemaking committee re-
ferred to in paragraph (5) concludes that the com-
mittee cannot meet the deadline and the Secretary 
so notifies the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate. 
‘‘(g) APPLICATION
OF RECIPIENT VEHICLE REV-
ENUE MILES.—With respect to vehicle revenue miles with 
one passenger of a covered recipient using amounts under 
this section, such miles— 
‘‘(1) shall be included in the National Transit 
Database under section 5335; and 
‘‘(2) shall be excluded from vehicle revenue 
miles data used in the calculation described in sec-
tion 5336. 
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‘‘(h) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Subsection (c)(2) and sub-
section (g) shall not apply to any eligible activities under 
this section if such activities are— 
‘‘(1) being carried out in compliance with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12101 et seq.); or 
‘‘(2) projects eligible under section 5310 that 
exceed the requirements of the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED RECIPIENT.—The term ‘covered 
recipient’ means a State or local government entity, 
private nonprofit organization, or Tribe that— 
‘‘(A) operates a public transportation serv-
ice; and 
‘‘(B) is a recipient or subrecipient of funds 
under section 5307, 5310, or 5311. 
‘‘(2) DEADHEAD
VEHICLE
MILES.—The term 
‘deadhead vehicle miles’ means the miles that a vehi-
cle travels when out of revenue service, including 
leaving or returning to the garage or yard facility, 
changing routes, when there is no expectation of car-
rying revenue passengers, and any miles traveled by 
a private operator without a passenger. 
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‘‘(3) MOBILITY AS A SERVICE.—The term ‘mo-
bility as a service’ means services that constitute the 
integration of mobility on demand services and pub-
lic transportation that are available and accessible to 
all travelers, provide multimodal trip planning, and 
a unified payment system. 
‘‘(4) MOBILITY ON DEMAND.—The term ‘mobil-
ity on demand’ means an on-demand transportation 
service shared among individuals, either concurrently 
or one after another.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 5315 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘5316. Mobility innovation.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 
on which the Secretary of Transportation has finalized 
both— 
(1) the guidance required under section 5316(c) 
of title 49, United States Code; and 
(2) the regulations required under section 
5316(f) of title 49, United States Code. 
(d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section, or 
the amendments made by this section, shall prohibit the 
use of funds for an eligible activity or pilot project of a 
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covered recipient authorized under the law in effect on the 
day before the date of enactment of this Act before the 
effective date described in subsection (c). 
SEC. 2204. FORMULA GRANTS FOR RURAL AREAS. 
Section 5311 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(D) CENSUS
DESIGNATION.—The Sec-
retary may approve a State program that allo-
cates not more than 5 percent of such State’s 
apportionment to assist rural areas that were 
redesignated as urban areas not more than 2 
fiscal years after the last census designation of 
urbanized area boundaries.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘section 
5338(a)(2)(F)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
5338(a)(2)(E)’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph 
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
5338(a)(2)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
5338(a)(2)(E)’’; 
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(ii) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount 
remaining under section 5338(a)(2)(E)(i) 
after the amount under subparagraph (A) 
is distributed’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(C) by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 5338(a)(2)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
5338(a)(2)(E)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘section 5338(a)(2)(F)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 5338(a)(2)(E)’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) LAND AREA.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), each State shall receive an amount 
that is equal to 15 percent of the amount 
apportioned under this paragraph, multi-
plied by the ratio of the land area in rural 
areas in that State and divided by the land 
area in all rural areas in the United 
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States, as shown by the most recent decen-
nial census of population. 
‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM
APPORTIONMENT.— 
No State shall receive more than 5 percent 
of the amount apportioned under clause 
(i). 
‘‘(C) POPULATION.—Each State shall re-
ceive an amount equal to 50 percent of the 
amount apportioned under this paragraph, mul-
tiplied by the ratio of the population of rural 
areas in that State and divided by the popu-
lation of all rural areas in the United States, as 
shown by the most recent decennial census of 
population. 
‘‘(D) VEHICLE REVENUE MILES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), each State shall receive an amount 
that is equal to 25 percent of the amount 
apportioned under this paragraph, multi-
plied by the ratio of vehicle revenue miles 
in rural areas in that State and divided by 
the vehicle revenue miles in all rural areas 
in the United States, as determined by na-
tional transit database reporting. 
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‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM
APPORTIONMENT.— 
No State shall receive more than 5 percent 
of the amount apportioned under clause 
(i). 
‘‘(E) LOW-INCOME
INDIVIDUALS.—Each 
State shall receive an amount that is equal to 
10 percent of the amount apportioned under 
this paragraph, multiplied by the ratio of low- 
income individuals in rural areas in that State 
and divided by the number of low-income indi-
viduals in all rural areas in the United States, 
as shown by the Bureau of the Census.’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘A State 
may expend funds to continue service into an-
other State to extend a route.’’ before ‘‘Eligible 
activities under’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘and 
makes the certification and supporting docu-
ments publicly available’’ before the period at 
the end; and 
(4) in subsection (g) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(6) ALLOWANCE FOR VOLUNTEER HOURS.— 
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‘‘(A) 
APPLICABLE
REGULATIONS.—For 
any funds provided by a department or agency 
of the Government under paragraph (3)(D) or 
by a service agreement under paragraph (3)(C), 
and such department or agency has regulations 
in place that provide for the valuation of volun-
teer hours as allowable in-kind contributions to-
ward the non-Federal share of project costs, 
such regulations shall be used to determine the 
allowable valuation of volunteer hours as an in- 
kind contribution toward the non-Federal re-
mainder of net project costs for a transit 
project funded under this section. 
‘‘(B) 
LIMITATIONS.—Subparagraph 
(A) 
shall not apply to the provision of fixed-route 
bus services funded under this section.’’. 
SEC. 2205. ONE-STOP PARATRANSIT PROGRAM. 
Section 5310 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) ONE-STOP PARATRANSIT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Secretary shall establish a one-stop paratransit com-
petitive grant program to encourage an extra stop in 
non-fixed route Americans with Disabilities Act of 
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1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) service for a para-
transit rider to complete essential tasks. 
‘‘(2) PREFERENCE.—The Secretary shall give 
preference to eligible recipients that— 
‘‘(A) have comparable data for the year 
prior to implementation of the grant program 
and made available to the Secretary, academic 
and nonprofit organizations for research pur-
poses; and 
‘‘(B) plan to use agency personnel to im-
plement the pilot program. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION CRITERIA.—To be eligible to 
participate in the grant program, an eligible recipi-
ent shall submit to the Secretary an application con-
taining such information as the Secretary may re-
quire, including information on— 
‘‘(A) locations the eligible entity intends to 
allow a stop at, if stops are limited, including— 
‘‘(i) childcare or education facilities; 
‘‘(ii) pharmacies; 
‘‘(iii) grocery stores; and 
‘‘(iv) bank or ATM locations; 
‘‘(B) methodology for informing the public 
of the grant program; 
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‘‘(C) vehicles, personnel, and other re-
sources that will be used to implement the 
grant program; 
‘‘(D) if the applicant does not intend the 
grant program to apply to the full area under 
the jurisdiction of the applicant, a description 
of the geographic area in which the applicant 
intends the grant program to apply; and 
‘‘(E) the anticipated amount of increased 
operating costs. 
‘‘(4) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall seek to 
achieve diversity of participants in the grant pro-
gram by selecting a range of eligible entities that in-
cludes at least— 
‘‘(A) 5 eligible recipients that serve an 
area with a population of 50,000 to 200,000; 
‘‘(B) 10 eligible recipients that serve an 
area with a population of over 200,000; and 
‘‘(C) 5 eligible recipients that provide 
transportation for rural communities. 
‘‘(5) DATA-SHARING CRITERIA.—An eligible re-
cipient in this subsection shall provide data as the 
Secretary requires, which may include— 
‘‘(A) number of ADA paratransit trips 
conducted each year; 
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‘‘(B) requested time of each paratransit 
trip; 
‘‘(C) scheduled time of each paratransit 
trip; 
‘‘(D) actual pickup time for each para-
transit trip; 
‘‘(E) average length of a stop in the middle 
of a ride as allowed by this subsection; 
‘‘(F) any complaints received by a para-
transit rider; 
‘‘(G) rider satisfaction with paratransit 
services; and 
‘‘(H) after the completion of the grant, an 
assessment by the eligible recipient of its capac-
ity to continue a one-stop program independ-
ently. 
‘‘(6) REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make publicly available an annual report on the 
program carried out under this subsection for 
each fiscal year, not later than December 31 of 
the calendar year in which such fiscal year 
ends. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report required 
under subparagraph (A) shall include a detailed 
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description of the activities carried out under 
the program, and an evaluation of the program, 
including an evaluation of the data shared by 
eligible recipients under paragraph (5).’’. 
Subtitle C—Buy America and 
Other Procurement Reforms 
SEC. 2301. BUY AMERICA. 
(a) BUY AMERICA.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting before 
section 5321 the following: 
‘‘§ 5320. Buy America 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may obligate an 
amount that may be appropriated to carry out this chapter 
for a project only if the steel, iron, and manufactured 
goods used in the project are produced in the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive subsection 
(a) if the Secretary finds that— 
‘‘(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
‘‘(2) the steel, iron, and goods produced in the 
United States are not produced in a sufficient and 
reasonably available amount or are not of a satisfac-
tory quality; 
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‘‘(3) when procuring rolling stock (including 
train control, communication, traction power equip-
ment, and rolling stock prototypes) under this chap-
ter— 
‘‘(A) the cost of components and sub-
components produced in the United States is 
more than 70 percent of the cost of all compo-
nents of the rolling stock; and 
‘‘(B) final assembly of the rolling stock has 
occurred in the United States; or 
‘‘(4) including domestic material will increase 
the cost of the overall project by more than 25 per-
cent. 
‘‘(c) WRITTEN WAIVER DETERMINATION AND AN-
NUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) WAIVER PROCEDURE.—Not later than 120 
days after the submission of a request for a waiver, 
the Secretary shall make a determination under sub-
section (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(4) as to whether to 
waive subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND COMMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 
days before making a determination regarding a 
waiver described in paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall provide notification and an oppor-
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tunity for public comment on the request for 
such waiver. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The 
notification required under subparagraph (A) 
shall— 
‘‘(i) describe whether the application 
is being made for a waiver described in 
subsection (b)(1), (b)(2) or (b)(4); and 
‘‘(ii) be provided to the public by elec-
tronic means, including on a public website 
of the Department of Transportation. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION.—Before a determination 
described in paragraph (1) takes effect, the Sec-
retary shall publish a detailed justification for such 
determination that addresses all public comments re-
ceived under paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) on the public website of the Depart-
ment of Transportation; and 
‘‘(B) if the Secretary issues a waiver with 
respect to such determination, in the Federal 
Register. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Annually, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
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the House of Representatives a report listing any 
waiver issued under paragraph (1) during the pre-
ceding year. 
‘‘(d) ROLLING STOCK WAIVER CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) LABOR COSTS FOR FINAL ASSEMBLY.—In 
this section, highly skilled labor costs involved in 
final assembly shall be included as a separate com-
ponent in the cost of components and subcompo-
nents under subsection (b)(3)(A). 
‘‘(2) HIGH
DOMESTIC
CONTENT
COMPONENT 
BONUS.—In this section, in calculating the domestic 
content of the rolling stock under subsection 
(b)(3)(A), the percent, rounded to the nearest whole 
number, of the domestic content in components of 
such rolling stock, weighted by cost, shall be used in 
calculating the domestic content of the rolling stock, 
except— 
‘‘(A) with respect to components that ex-
ceed— 
‘‘(i) 70 percent domestic content, the 
Secretary shall add 10 additional percent 
to the component’s domestic content when 
calculating the domestic content of the 
rolling stock; and 
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‘‘(ii) 75 percent domestic content, the 
Secretary shall add 15 additional percent 
to the component’s domestic content when 
calculating the domestic content of the 
rolling stock; and 
‘‘(B) in no case may a component exceed 
100 percent domestic content when calculating 
the domestic content of the rolling stock. 
‘‘(3) 
ROLLING
STOCK
FRAMES
OR
CAR 
SHELLS.— 
‘‘(A) INCLUSION
OF
COSTS.—Subject to 
the substantiation requirement of subparagraph 
(B), in calculating the cost of the domestic con-
tent of the rolling stock under subsection 
(b)(3), in the case of a rolling stock procure-
ment receiving assistance under this chapter in 
which the average cost of a rolling stock vehicle 
in the procurement is more than $300,000, if 
rolling stock frames or car shells are not pro-
duced in the United States, the Secretary shall 
include in the calculation of the domestic con-
tent of the rolling stock the cost of the steel or 
iron that is produced in the United States and 
used in the rolling stock frames or car shells. 
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‘‘(B) SUBSTANTIATION.—If a rolling stock 
vehicle manufacturer wishes to include in the 
calculation of the vehicle’s domestic content the 
cost of steel or iron produced in the United 
States and used in the rolling stock frames and 
car shells that are not produced in the United 
States, the manufacturer shall maintain and 
provide upon request a mill certification that 
substantiates the origin of the steel or iron. 
‘‘(4) TREATMENT
OF
WAIVED
COMPONENTS 
AND SUBCOMPONENTS.—In this section, a compo-
nent or subcomponent waived under subsection (b) 
shall be excluded from any part of the calculation re-
quired under subsection (b)(3)(A). 
‘‘(5) ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE DOMESTIC BAT-
TERY CELL INCENTIVE.—The Secretary shall add 
2.5 percent to the total domestic content when calcu-
lating the domestic content of the rolling stock for 
any zero-emission vehicle that uses only battery cells 
for propulsion that are manufactured domestically. 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON DOUBLE COUNTING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—No labor costs in-
cluded in the cost of a component or subcompo-
nent by the manufacturer of rolling stock may 
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be treated as rolling stock assembly costs for 
purposes of calculating domestic content. 
‘‘(B) VIOLATION.—A violation of this para-
graph shall be treated as a false claim under 
subchapter III of chapter 37 of title 31. 
‘‘(7) DEFINITION OF HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR 
COSTS.—In this subsection, the term ‘highly skilled 
labor costs’— 
‘‘(A) means the apportioned value of direct 
wage compensation associated with final assem-
bly activities of workers directly employed by a 
rolling stock original equipment manufacturer 
and directly associated with the final assembly 
activities of a rolling stock vehicle that advance 
the value or improve the condition of the end 
product; 
‘‘(B) does not include any temporary or in-
direct activities or those hired via a third-party 
contractor or subcontractor; 
‘‘(C) are limited to metalworking, fabrica-
tion, welding, electrical, engineering, and other 
technical activities requiring training; 
‘‘(D) are not otherwise associated with ac-
tivities required under section 661.11 of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
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‘‘(E) includes only activities performed in 
the United States and does not include that of 
foreign nationals providing assistance at a 
United States manufacturing facility. 
‘‘(e) CERTIFICATION
OF DOMESTIC SUPPLY
AND 
DISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(1) CERTIFICATION OF DOMESTIC SUPPLY.—If 
the Secretary denies an application for a waiver 
under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall provide 
to the applicant a written certification that— 
‘‘(A) the steel, iron, or manufactured 
goods, as applicable, (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘item’) is produced in the United 
States in a sufficient and reasonably available 
amount; 
‘‘(B) the item produced in the United 
States is of a satisfactory quality; and 
‘‘(C) includes a list of known manufactur-
ers in the United States from which the item 
can be obtained. 
‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary shall dis-
close the waiver denial and the written certification 
to the public in the manner described in subsection 
(c). 
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‘‘(f) WAIVER PROHIBITED.—The Secretary may not 
make a waiver under subsection (b) for goods produced 
in a foreign country if the Secretary, in consultation with 
the United States Trade Representative, decides that the 
government of that foreign country— 
‘‘(1) has an agreement with the United States 
Government under which the Secretary has waived 
the requirement of this section; and 
‘‘(2) has violated the agreement by discrimi-
nating against goods to which this section applies 
that are produced in the United States and to which 
the agreement applies. 
‘‘(g) PENALTY FOR MISLABELING AND MISREPRE-
SENTATION.—A person is ineligible under subpart 9.4 of 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or any successor 
thereto, to receive a contract or subcontract made with 
amounts authorized under title II of division B of the IN-
VEST in America Act if a court or department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the Government decides the person 
intentionally— 
‘‘(1) affixed a ‘Made in America’ label, or a 
label with an inscription having the same meaning, 
to goods sold in or shipped to the United States that 
are used in a project to which this section applies 
but not produced in the United States; or 
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‘‘(2) represented that goods described in para-
graph (1) were produced in the United States. 
‘‘(h) STATE REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may 
not impose any limitation on assistance provided under 
this chapter that restricts a State from imposing more 
stringent requirements than this subsection on the use of 
articles, materials, and supplies mined, produced, or man-
ufactured in foreign countries in projects carried out with 
that assistance or restricts a recipient of that assistance 
from complying with those State-imposed requirements. 
‘‘(i) OPPORTUNITY
TO
CORRECT
INADVERTENT 
ERROR.—The Secretary may allow a manufacturer or 
supplier of steel, iron, or manufactured goods to correct 
after bid opening any certification of noncompliance or 
failure to properly complete the certification (but not in-
cluding failure to sign the certification) under this sub-
section if such manufacturer or supplier attests under pen-
alty of perjury that such manufacturer or supplier sub-
mitted an incorrect certification as a result of an inad-
vertent or clerical error. The burden of establishing inad-
vertent or clerical error is on the manufacturer or supplier. 
‘‘(j) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—A party adversely 
affected by an agency action under this subsection shall 
have the right to seek review under section 702 of title 
5. 
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‘‘(k) STEEL AND IRON.—For purposes of this section, 
steel and iron meeting the requirements of section 
661.5(b) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, may be 
considered produced in the United States. 
‘‘(l) DEFINITION OF SMALL PURCHASE.—For pur-
poses of determining whether a purchase qualifies for a 
general public interest waiver under subsection (b)(1), in-
cluding under any regulation promulgated under such sub-
section, the term ‘small purchase’ means a purchase of 
not more than $150,000. 
‘‘(m) PREAWARD AND POSTDELIVERY REVIEW OF 
ROLLING STOCK PURCHASES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe 
regulations 
requiring 
a 
preaward 
and 
postdelivery certification of a rolling stock vehicle 
that meets the requirements of this section and Gov-
ernment motor vehicle safety requirements to be eli-
gible for a grant under this chapter. For compliance 
with this section— 
‘‘(A) Federal inspections and review are 
required; 
‘‘(B) a manufacturer certification is not 
sufficient; and 
‘‘(C) a rolling stock vehicle that has been 
certified by the Secretary remains certified until 
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the manufacturer makes a material change to 
the vehicle, or adjusts the cost of all compo-
nents of the rolling stock, that reduces, by more 
than half, the percentage of domestic content 
above 70 percent. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION OF PERCENTAGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, at 
the request of a component or subcomponent 
manufacturer, certify the percentage of domes-
tic content and place of manufacturing for a 
component or subcomponent. 
‘‘(B) PERIOD
OF
CERTIFICATION.—Any 
component or subcomponent certified by the 
Secretary shall remain certified until the manu-
facturer makes a material change to the domes-
tic content or the place of manufacturing of 
such component or subcomponent. 
‘‘(3) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.—In car-
rying out this subsection, the Secretary shall apply 
the provisions of section 552 of title 5, including 
subsection (b)(4) of such section. 
‘‘(4) NONCOMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall 
prohibit recipients from procuring rolling stock, com-
ponents, or subcomponents from a supplier that in-
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tentionally provides false information to comply with 
this subsection. 
‘‘(n) SCOPE.—The requirements of this section apply 
to all contracts for a public transportation project carried 
out within the scope of the applicable finding, determina-
tion, or decision under the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), regardless of the 
funding source of such contracts, if at least one contract 
for the public transportation project is funded with 
amounts made available to carry out this chapter. 
‘‘(o) BUY AMERICA CONFORMITY.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that all Federal funds for new commuter rail 
projects shall comply with this section and shall not be 
subject to section 22905(a). 
‘‘(p) AUDITS AND REPORTING OF WASTE, FRAUD, 
AND ABUSE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of 
the Department of Transportation shall conduct an 
annual audit on certifications under subsection (m) 
regarding compliance with Buy America. 
‘‘(2) REPORT FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE.— 
The Secretary shall display a ‘Report Fraud, Waste, 
and Abuse’ button and link to Department of Trans-
portation’s Office of Inspector General Hotline on 
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the Federal Transit Administration’s Buy America 
landing page. 
‘‘(3) CONTRACT REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
shall require all recipients who enter into contracts 
to purchase rolling stock with funds provided under 
this chapter to include in such contract information 
on how to contact the Department of Transpor-
tation’s Office of Inspector General Hotline to report 
suspicions of fraud, waste, and abuse. 
‘‘(q) PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any domestically manufac-
tured passenger motor vehicle shall be considered to 
be produced in the United States under this section. 
‘‘(2) 
DOMESTICALLY
MANUFACTURED
PAS-
SENGER MOTOR VEHICLE.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘domestically manufactured passenger motor 
vehicle’ means any passenger motor vehicle, as such 
term is defined in section 32304(a) that— 
‘‘(A) has under section 32304(b)(1)(B) its 
final assembly place in the United States; and 
‘‘(B) the percentage (by value) of pas-
senger 
motor 
equipment 
under 
section 
32304(b)(1)(A) equals or exceeds 60 percent 
value added. 
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‘‘(r) ROLLING STOCK COMPONENTS AND SUBCOMPO-
NENTS.—No bus shell, railcar frame, or other component 
or subcomponent that is primarily made of steel or iron 
shall be treated as produced in the United States for pur-
poses of subsection (b)(3) or determined to be of domestic 
origin under section 661.11 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, if the material inputs of such component or 
subcomponent were imported into the United States and 
the processes performed in the United States on the im-
ported articles would not result in a change in the article’s 
classification to chapter 86 or 87 of the Harmonized Tar-
iff Schedule of the United States from another chapter 
or a new heading of any chapter from the heading under 
which the article was classified upon entry. 
‘‘(s) TREATMENT OF STEEL AND IRON COMPONENTS 
AS
PRODUCED
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of any law or any rule, regu-
lation, or policy of the Federal Transit Administration, 
steel and iron components of a system, as defined in sec-
tion 661.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
of manufactured end products referred to in Appendix A 
of such section, may not be considered to be produced in 
the United States unless such components meet the re-
quirements of section 661.5(b) of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before the item relating to sec-
tion 5321 the following: 
‘‘5320. Buy America.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND WORK-
FORCE DEVELOPMENT.—Section 5314(a)(2)(G) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘sections 5323(j) and 5323(m)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 5320’’. 
(B) 
URBANIZED
AREA
FORMULA 
GRANTS.—Section 5307(c)(1)(E) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
5320,’’ after ‘‘5323’’. 
(C) INNOVATIVE PROCUREMENT.—Section 
3019(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the FAST Act (49 U.S.C. 
5325 note) is amended by striking ‘‘5323(j)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘5320’’. 
(b) BUS
ROLLING
STOCK.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as 
are necessary to revise Appendix B and Appendix D of 
section 661.11 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
with respect to bus rolling stock to maximize job creation 
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and align such section with modern manufacturing tech-
niques. 
(c) RAIL ROLLING STOCK.—Not later than 30 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall issue such regulations as are necessary to re-
vise subsections (t), (u), and (v) of section 661.11 of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to rail roll-
ing stock to maximize job creation and align such section 
with modern manufacturing techniques. 
(d) RULE OF APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to any contract entered into 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) DELAYED APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PRO-
VISIONS.—Contracts described in paragraph (1) 
shall be subject to the following delayed applicability 
requirements: 
(A) Section 5320(m)(2) shall apply to con-
tracts entered into on or after the date that is 
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
section 5320(m) shall apply to contracts for the 
procurement of bus rolling stock beginning on 
the earlier of— 
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(i) 180 days after the date on which 
final regulations are issued pursuant to 
subsection (b); or 
(ii) the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
section 5320(m) shall apply to contracts for the 
procurement of rail rolling stock beginning on 
the earlier of— 
(i) 180 days after the date on which 
final regulations are issued pursuant to 
subsection (c); or 
(ii) the date that is 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(D) Section 5320(p)(1) shall apply on the 
date that is 1 year after the latest of the appli-
cation dates described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (C). 
(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS.— 
For any contract described in paragraph (1) for 
which the delivery for the first production vehicle oc-
curs before October 1, 2024, paragraphs (1) and (4) 
of section 5320(d) shall not apply. 
(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR BATTERY CELL INCEN-
TIVES.—For any contract described in paragraph 
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(1) for which the delivery for the first production ve-
hicle occurs before October 1, 2023, section 
5320(d)(5) shall not apply. 
(5) APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW.—During 
any periods described in this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall apply the requirements of sections 
5323(j) and 5323(m) of title 49, United States 
Code, as in effect on the day before the date of en-
actment of this Act, as applicable. 
(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR DOMESTIC CONTENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the calculation of the 
percent of domestic content calculated under section 
5320(d)(2) for a contract for rolling stock entered 
into on or after October 1, 2021— 
(A) if the delivery of the first production 
vehicle occurs in fiscal year 2023 or fiscal year 
2024, for components that exceed 70 percent 
domestic content, the Secretary shall add 20 
additional percent to the component’s domestic 
content; and 
(B) if the delivery of the first production 
vehicle occurs in fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year 
2026— 
(i) for components that exceed 70 per-
cent but do not exceed 75 percent domestic 
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content, the Secretary shall add 15 addi-
tional percent to the component’s domestic 
content; or 
(ii) for components that exceed 75 
percent domestic content, the Secretary 
shall add 20 additional percent to the com-
ponent’s domestic content. 
(2) CONTRACTS AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2021.—For 
the calculation of the percent of domestic content 
calculated under section 5320(d)(2) for a contract 
for rolling stock entered into on or after October 1, 
2021 
for 
a 
vehicle 
described 
in 
section 
5339(c)(1)(D), 
and 
notwithstanding 
subsection 
(e)(1), if the delivery of the first production vehicle 
occurs in fiscal year 2023 or 2024, for components 
that exceed 70 percent domestic content, the Sec-
retary shall add 30 additional percent to the compo-
nent’s domestic content. 
(3) BATTERY CELLS.—Paragraph (1) and para-
graph (2) of this subsection shall not apply to any 
contract for rolling stock if the manufacturer of the 
rolling stock or the manufacturer of the battery cells 
used for propulsion of the rolling stock is an entity 
described in 49 USC 5323(u)(1) and (u)(2). 
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SEC. 2302. BUS PROCUREMENT STREAMLINING. 
Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, as is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(x) BUS PROCUREMENT STREAMLINING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may only ob-
ligate amounts for acquisition of buses under this 
chapter to a recipient that issues a request for pro-
posals for an open market procurement that meets 
the following criteria: 
‘‘(A) Such request for proposals is limited 
to performance specifications, except for compo-
nents or subcomponents identified in the nego-
tiated rulemaking carried out pursuant to this 
subsection. 
‘‘(B) Such request for proposals does not 
seek any alternative design or manufacture 
specification of a bus offered by a manufac-
turer, except to require a component or sub-
component identified in the negotiated rule-
making carried out pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC BUS COMPONENT NEGOTIATED 
RULEMAKING.— 
‘‘(A) INITIATION.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of enactment of the IN-
VEST in America Act, the Secretary shall ini-
tiate procedures under subchapter III of chap-
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ter 5 of title 5 to negotiate and issue such regu-
lations as are necessary to establish as limited 
a list as is practicable of bus components and 
subcomponents described in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) LIST OF COMPONENTS.—The regula-
tions required under subparagraph (A) shall es-
tablish a list of bus components and subcompo-
nents that may be specified in a request for 
proposals described in paragraph (1) by a re-
cipient. The Secretary shall ensure the list is 
limited in scope and limited to only components 
and subcomponents that cannot be selected with 
performance specifications to ensure interoper-
ability. 
‘‘(C) PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED REGULA-
TIONS.—Proposed regulations to implement this 
section shall be published in the Federal Reg-
ister by the Secretary not later than 18 months 
after such date of enactment. 
‘‘(D) COMMITTEE.—A negotiated rule-
making committee established pursuant to sec-
tion 565 of title 5 to carry out this paragraph 
shall have a maximum of 11 members limited 
to representatives of the Department of Trans-
portation, urban and rural recipients (including 
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State government recipients), and transit vehi-
cle manufacturers. 
‘‘(E) 
EXTENSION
OF
DEADLINES.—A 
deadline set forth in subparagraph (C) may be 
extended up to 180 days if the negotiated rule-
making committee referred to in subparagraph 
(D) concludes that the committee cannot meet 
the deadline and the Secretary so notifies the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to provide additional authority for 
the Secretary to restrict what a bus manufacturer 
offers to sell to a public transportation agency.’’. 
SEC. 2303. BUS TESTING FACILITY. 
Section 5318 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) TESTING SCHEDULE.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) determine eligibility of a bus manufactur-
er’s request for testing within 10 business days; and 
‘‘(2) make publicly available the current backlog 
(in months) to begin testing a new bus at the bus 
testing facility.’’. 
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SEC. 2304. REPAYMENT REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A transit agency shall repay into 
the general fund of the Treasury any funds received from 
the Federal Transit Administration under section 3401 of 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 
2) if the funds were used to award a contract or sub-
contract to an entity for the procurement of rolling stock 
for use in public transportation if the manufacturer of the 
rolling stock— 
(1) is incorporated in or has manufacturing fa-
cilities in the United States; and 
(2) is owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary of, 
or is otherwise related legally or financially to a cor-
poration based in a country that— 
(A) is identified as a nonmarket economy 
country (as defined in section 771(18) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of 
the date of enactment of this subsection; 
(B) was identified by the United States 
Trade Representative in the most recent report 
required by section 182 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority foreign 
country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; 
and 
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(C) is subject to monitoring by the Trade 
Representative under section 306 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416). 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, a transit agency that 
received funds pursuant to the laws specified in subsection 
(a) shall certify that the agency has not and shall not use 
such funds to purchase rolling stock described in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 2305. DEFINITION OF URBANIZED AREAS FOLLOWING 
A MAJOR DISASTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5323 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(y) URBANIZED AREAS FOLLOWING A MAJOR DIS-
ASTER.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINED TERM.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘decennial census date’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 141(a) of title 13. 
‘‘(2) URBANIZED AREA MAJOR DISASTER POPU-
LATION
CRITERIA.—Notwithstanding section 5302, 
for purposes of this chapter, the Secretary shall 
treat an area as an urbanized area for the period de-
scribed in paragraph (3) if— 
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‘‘(A) a major disaster was declared by the 
President under section 401 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) for the area during 
the 3-year period preceding the decennial cen-
sus date for the 2010 decennial census or for 
any subsequent decennial census; 
‘‘(B) the area was defined and designated 
as an ‘urbanized area’ by the Secretary of Com-
merce in the decennial census immediately pre-
ceding the major disaster described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(C) the population of the area fell below 
50,000 as a result of the major disaster de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) COVERED
PERIOD.—The Secretary shall 
treat an area as an urbanized area under paragraph 
(2) during the period— 
‘‘(A) beginning on— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a major disaster de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A) that occurred 
during the 3-year period preceding the de-
cennial census date for the 2010 decennial 
census, October 1 of the first fiscal year 
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that begins after the date of enactment of 
this subsection; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of any other major 
disaster described in paragraph (2)(A), Oc-
tober 1 of the first fiscal year— 
‘‘(I) that begins after the decen-
nial census date for the first decennial 
census conducted after the major dis-
aster; and 
‘‘(II) for which the Secretary has 
sufficient data from that census to de-
termine that the area qualifies for 
treatment as an urbanized area under 
paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(B) ending on the day before the first fis-
cal year— 
‘‘(i) that begins after the decennial 
census date for the second decennial cen-
sus conducted after the major disaster de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) for which the Secretary has suffi-
cient data from that census to determine 
which areas are urbanized areas for pur-
poses of this chapter. 
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‘‘(4) POPULATION
CALCULATION.—An area 
treated as an urbanized area under this subsection 
shall be assigned the population and square miles of 
the urbanized area designated by the Secretary of 
Commerce in the most recent decennial census con-
ducted before the major disaster described in para-
graph (2)(A). 
‘‘(5) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this sub-
section may be construed to affect apportionments 
made under this chapter before the date of enact-
ment of this subsection.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TAKES EFFECT ON ENACTMENT.— 
Notwithstanding section 1001, the amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 2306. SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN ROLLING STOCK 
PROCUREMENTS. 
(a) CERTIFICATION.—Section 5323(u)(4) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) in the heading by 
striking‘‘RAIL’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) NONRAIL ROLLING STOCK.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5), as 
a condition of financial assistance made avail-
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able in a fiscal year under section 5339, a re-
cipient shall certify in that fiscal year that the 
recipient will not award any contract or sub-
contract for the procurement of rolling stock for 
use in public transportation with a rolling stock 
manufacturer described in paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 5323(u)(5)(A) of title 
49, United States Code, (as redesignated by this Act) is 
amended by striking ‘‘made by a public transportation 
agency with a rail rolling stock manufacturer described in 
paragraph (1)’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘as of December 20, 2019, including 
options and other requirements tied to these contracts or 
subcontracts, made by a public transportation agency with 
a restricted rail rolling stock manufacturer.’’. 
SEC. 2307. SPARE RATIO WAIVER. 
Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(z) SPARE RATIO WAIVER.—The Federal Transit 
Administration shall waive spare ratio policies for rolling 
stock found in FTA Grant Management Requirements 
Circular 5010.1, FTA Circular 9030.1 providing Urban-
ized Area Formula Program guidance, and other guidance 
documents for 2 years from the date of enactment of the 
INVEST in America Act.’’. 
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Subtitle D—Bus Grant Reforms 
SEC. 2401. FORMULA GRANTS FOR BUSES. 
Section 5339(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and subsection (d)’’ after 
‘‘In this subsection’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘term 
‘low or no emission vehicle’ has’’ and inserting 
‘‘term ‘zero emission vehicle’ has’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘and 
the District of Columbia’’ after ‘‘United 
States’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘the 
District of Columbia,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ‘‘low or no 
emission vehicles’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emission vehi-
cles’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘and 
subsection (d)’’ after ‘‘this subsection’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘and 
subsection (d)’’ after ‘‘this subsection’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5)(A)— 
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