SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PROVISION OF GRANTS TO 
IMPROVE MICROTRANSIT SERVICES. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
portation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal 
Transit Administration, shall establish a pilot program 
(herein referred to as the ‘‘Pilot Program’’) under which 
the Secretary may make grants, on a competitive basis, 
to covered entities for use improving the availability of 
microtransit services to individuals with disabilities or mo-
bility impairments, including individuals who use a wheel-
chair. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under the Pilot Program, a covered entity 
must submit an application at such time and in such 
manner as the Secretary may require, and that in-
cludes the following information: 
(A) A description of the types of disabil-
ities or mobility impairments of individuals the 
covered entity expects to provide with micro-
transit services through the expenditure of 
grant funds. 
(B) The approximate square miles of the 
geographic area in which the covered entity ex-
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pects to provide microtransit services through 
the expenditure of grant funds. 
(C) Any additional information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(2) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.—A covered 
entity may submit an application on behalf of a 
partnership between a covered entity and a private 
entity for the provision of a microtransit service. 
(c) SELECTION.— 
(1) CRITERIA.—In selecting applicants to re-
ceive a grant under the Pilot Program, the Secretary 
shall select a covered entity based on criteria estab-
lished by the Secretary. 
(2) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize 
for receipt of a grant under the Pilot Program appli-
cants— 
(A) whose applications demonstrate how 
each microtransit service intended to be ac-
quired or provided using grant funds will— 
(i) provide greater accessibility for in-
dividuals with disabilities or mobility im-
pairments; 
(ii) address a lack of accessible service 
in the geographic area in which the cov-
ered entity expects to provide microtransit 
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services through the expenditure of grant 
funds; and 
(iii) deliver economic benefits in such 
geographic area, such as improving access 
to jobs or promoting local economic devel-
opment through enhanced mobility; and 
(B) that intend to use grant funds to— 
(i) provide wheelchair accessible vehi-
cles and accessible mobile applications for 
use in microtransit services; 
(ii) enable low-income individuals, in-
cluding individuals without access to 
smartphone technology or a credit card, to 
access any transportation services made 
available through the project; 
(iii) carry out an allowable use de-
scribed in subsection (e) that improves the 
performance of the transit and micro-
transit services system of the applicant; 
(iv) accelerate the deployment of ad-
vanced 
transit 
technologies, 
including 
shared-use mobility services; 
(v) improve safety within the area 
serviced by the applicant; or 
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(vi) directly hire workers to perform 
microtransit services within the system of 
the applicant. 
(d) GRANT AMOUNT LIMITATION.—In carrying out 
the Pilot Program, the Secretary may not issue a grant 
for an amount greater than $3,000,000. 
(e) ALLOWABLE USES.—A recipient of a grant under 
the Pilot Program may use grant funds for the following 
uses: 
(1) To purchase or lease a covered vehicle for 
use in a microtransit service existing as of the date 
on which the recipient submits an application in ac-
cordance with subsection (b). 
(2) To fund initial training for individuals to be 
able to drive a covered vehicle operating in a 
mircotransit service of the recipient. 
(3) To fund continuing education training for 
drivers of a covered vehicle operating in a micro-
transit service of the recipient. 
(4) To contract for the provision of activities 
necessary for the provisions of a microtransit serv-
ice, including capital management and operations-re-
lated activities. 
(5) To acquire software or license technology 
that facilitates microtransit services. 
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(6) Any other uses determined by the Secretary 
to improve the accessibility or availability of micro-
transit services for individuals with disabilities or 
mobility impairments. 
(f) CAMERA SYSTEM REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) STIPULATION.—As a condition of receiving 
funds under the Pilot Program, each recipient shall 
agree to install, if necessary, and maintain on each 
vehicle of the microtransit service of the recipient an 
interior camera system— 
(A) capable of recording passengers and 
drivers on the vehicle; and 
(B) that may— 
(i) continuously record video and 
audio while the vehicle is engaged in pas-
senger service; 
(ii) be tamper-resistant; 
(iii) retain recordings for 30 days or 
more; and 
(iv) produce recordings in a format 
accessible to the recipient and, upon lawful 
request, law enforcement. 
(2) RECORDING ACCESS LIMITATIONS.—A re-
cording produced by an interior camera system 
maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be 
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released to the public and access to the recording 
shall be limited to— 
(A) employees of the recipient who the re-
cipient authorizes to access; and 
(B) law enforcement pursuant to a lawful 
request. 
(g) LABOR STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall apply 
the requirements of section 5333 of title 49, United States 
Code, to projects financed with Pilot Program grant 
funds. 
(h) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the 
Pilot Program under this section shall terminate on the 
date that is 5 years after the date on which the Pilot Pro-
gram commences. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
$20,000,000 to carry out this section. Such amount is au-
thorized to remain available through the fiscal year in 
which the Pilot Program is terminated pursuant to sub-
section (f). 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means— 
(A) a State government; 
(B) a local government; 
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(C) a Tribal organization; or 
(D) a metropolitan planning organization. 
(2) COVERED VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘covered ve-
hicle’’ means a multi-passenger vehicle that, to be 
accessible to individuals with disabilities or mobility 
impairments (including individuals who use a wheel-
chair), is equipped with handicap accessible designs, 
including— 
(A) a ramp; 
(B) a hydraulic mechanism designed to 
load and unload a wheelchair; and 
(C) any other handicap accessible designs 
determined appropriate by the Secretary. 
(3) FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘fixed 
route system’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 221 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12141). 
(4) 
MICROTRANSIT
SERVICE.—The 
term 
‘‘microtransit service’’ means a technology-enabled, 
on-demand service with dynamically generated rout-
ing that uses a managed fleet of multi-passenger ve-
hicles dedicated to that service. 
(5) ON-DEMAND SERVICE.—With respect to a 
microtransit service, the term ‘‘on-demand service’’ 
includes the following: 
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(A) A service to connect an individual from 
a starting point to a fixed route system or from 
a fixed route system to a destination of the in-
dividual. 
(B) A hub-to-hub zone-based service. 
(C) A service that is a commingling of a 
general transit service and a paratransit or 
other special transportation service provided in 
accordance with section 223 of the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12143). 
(D) A point-to-point service within a spe-
cific zone or limited geographic area. 
(E) Any other similar service, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Transportation. 
(6) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘Tribal 
organization’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
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