SEC. 2. TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5327 
the following: 
‘‘§ 5328. Transit oriented development planning grant 
program 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘eligible 
project’ means— 
‘‘(1) a new fixed guideway capital project or a 
core capacity improvement project as defined in sec-
tion 5309; or 
‘‘(2) an existing fixed guideway system, or an 
existing station that is served by a fixed guideway 
system. 
‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
make grants under this section to a State, local govern-
mental authority, or metropolitan planning organization 
to assist in financing comprehensive planning associated 
with an eligible project that seeks to— 
‘‘(1) enhance economic development, ridership, 
and other goals established during the project devel-
opment and engineering processes or the grant ap-
plication; 
‘‘(2) facilitate multimodal connectivity and ac-
cessibility; 
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‘‘(3) increase access to transit hubs for pedes-
trian and bicycle traffic; 
‘‘(4) enable mixed-use development; 
‘‘(5) identify infrastructure needs associated 
with the eligible project; and 
‘‘(6) include private sector participation. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A State, local governmental au-
thority, or metropolitan planning organization that desires 
to participate in the program under this section shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application that contains at a min-
imum— 
‘‘(1) an identification of an eligible project; 
‘‘(2) a schedule and process for the development 
of a comprehensive plan; 
‘‘(3) a description of how the eligible project 
and the proposed comprehensive plan advance the 
metropolitan transportation plan of the metropolitan 
planning organization; 
‘‘(4) proposed performance criteria for the de-
velopment and implementation of the comprehensive 
plan; 
‘‘(5) a description of how the project will reduce 
and mitigate social and economic impacts on existing 
residents and businesses vulnerable to displacement; 
and 
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‘‘(6) identification of— 
‘‘(A) partners; 
‘‘(B) availability of and authority for fund-
ing; and 
‘‘(C) potential State, local or other impedi-
ments to the implementation of the comprehen-
sive plan. 
‘‘(d) COST SHARE.—A grant under this section shall 
not exceed an amount in excess of 80 percent of total 
project costs, except that a grant that includes an afford-
able housing component shall not exceed an amount in ex-
cess of 90 percent of total project costs.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
5338 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 
GRANT PROGRAM.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out section 5328— 
‘‘(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(2) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(3) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(4) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
‘‘(5) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by in-
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serting after the item relating to section 5327 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘5328. Transit oriented development planning grant program.’’. 
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