I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5198 
To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to improve metropolitan 
planning. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2018 
Mr. BUCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to improve 
metropolitan planning. 
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 ‘‘Restoring Local Con-
trol Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATED MPO UNDER HIGHWAY PROGRAM. 
(a) POPULATION REPRESENTED.—Section 134(d) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (6)(A)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘75 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘50 percent’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(based on population)’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) 
STRUCTURE.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graphs (3) and (4) and not later than 180 days 
after enactment of the Restoring Local Control Act, 
membership of each metropolitan planning organiza-
tion that serves an area designated as a transpor-
tation management area shall consist of only the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Local elected officials. 
‘‘(B) Officials of public agencies that ad-
minister or operate major modes of transpor-
tation in the metropolitan area, including rep-
resentation by providers of public transpor-
tation. 
‘‘(C) Appropriate State officials.’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating 
paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), 
and (6), respectively. 
(b) AUTONOMY.—Section 134(g)(1) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘and the State’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting the following: 
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‘‘to ensure that the plans and programs of the metropoli-
tan planning organization comply with the requirements 
of this section. The State shall provide oversight in an 
area with multiple metropolitan planning organizations’’. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATED MPO UNDER TRANSIT PROGRAM. 
(a) POPULATION REPRESENTED.—Section 5303(d) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (6)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘75 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘50 percent’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(based on population)’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) 
STRUCTURE.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graphs (3) and (4) and not later than 180 days 
after enactment of the Restoring Local Control Act, 
membership of each metropolitan planning organiza-
tion that serves an area designated as a transpor-
tation management area shall consist of only the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Local elected officials. 
‘‘(B) Officials of public agencies that ad-
minister or operate major modes of transpor-
tation in the metropolitan area, including rep-
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resentation by providers of public transpor-
tation. 
‘‘(C) Appropriate State officials.’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating 
paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), 
and (6), respectively. 
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
5303(g)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘and the 
State’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting the following: ‘‘to ensure that the plans and 
programs of the metropolitan planning organization com-
ply with the requirements of this section. The State shall 
provide oversight in an area with multiple metropolitan 
planning organizations’’. 
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