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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3019 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to consider certain factors in evaluating public transportation 
projects for purposes of making capital investment grants, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana (for himself and Mr. AL GREEN of Texas) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Transportation to consider certain factors in 
evaluating public transportation projects for purposes of 
making capital investment grants, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing Public 
Transit Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS FOR PUBLIC TRANS-
PORTATION PROJECTS. 
(a) PROJECT
JUSTIFICATION
FOR
NEW
START 
PROJECTS.—Section 5309(d)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (F) by inserting ‘‘urban 
and’’ before ‘‘suburban sprawl’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (I), (J), 
and (K) as subparagraphs (J), (K), and (M), respec-
tively; 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) population density, land use, proposed 
land use, and local development goals along the 
project corridor and along transit corridors con-
necting with the project, including bus, bus 
rapid transit, and rail’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (K) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this 
subsection); and 
(5) by inserting after subparagraph (K) (as re-
designated by paragraph (2) of this subsection) the 
following: 
‘‘(L) estimated reductions in transit times 
for passengers of the existing transit system as 
a result of the project; and’’. 
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(b) PROJECT JUSTIFICATION
FOR SMALL START 
PROJECTS.—Section 5309(e)(4) of such title is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘or pro-
posed local land use policies’’ before ‘‘and is likely’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D); 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (H); and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) consider the population density, land 
use, proposed land use, and local development 
goals along transit corridors connecting with 
the project, including bus, bus rapid transit, 
and rail; 
‘‘(F) consider the impacts of urban and 
suburban sprawl; 
‘‘(G) consider estimated reductions in tran-
sit times for passengers of the existing transit 
system as a result of the project; and’’. 
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