Resilient Transit Act of 2022
Bill: S.5094 | Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (D-NY)
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Resilient Transit Act of 2022
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide grants to assist states and local governments in financing public transportation resilience improvement projects that increase the resilience of public transportation systems from the impacts of changing conditions, such as sea level rise, flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters.

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize state of good 
     repair grants to be used for public transportation resilience 
                  improvement, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Resilient Transit Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (17) through (25) as 
        paragraphs (18) through (26), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:
            ``(17) Resilience improvement.--The term `resilience 
        improvement' has the meaning given the term in section 176(a) 
        of title 23.''.

SEC. 3. STATE OF GOOD REPAIR GRANTS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
              RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 5337 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Public Transportation Resilience Improvement Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants under this 
        subsection to assist State and local government authorities in 
        financing 1 or more eligible activities described in paragraph 
        (2).
            ``(2) Eligible activities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A recipient of a grant under 
                this subsection may use grant amounts for public 
                transportation resilience improvements that increase 
                the resilience of public transportation systems from 
                the impacts of changing conditions, such as sea level 
                rise, flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events, and 
                other natural disasters.
                    ``(B) Inclusions.--Activities eligible to be 
                carried out using grant amounts under this subsection 
                include--
                            ``(i) the installation of mitigation 
                        measures that prevent the intrusion of 
                        floodwaters;
                            ``(ii) the installation of equipment to 
                        detect the occurrence of a flood event;
                            ``(iii) the replacement of equipment or 
                        facilities that are currently prone to flood 
                        events or will be in the future;
                            ``(iv) the purchase of new equipment to 
                        support regular maintenance of drainage and 
                        pumping infrastructure;
                            ``(v) the replacement of equipment stressed 
                        during extreme temperature events;
                            ``(vi) the installation of equipment to 
                        regulate temperatures and sensors to monitor 
                        extreme temperatures;
                            ``(vii) the development of backup systems 
                        to provide redundancy during the outage of a 
                        primary power source;
                            ``(viii) the assessment of system 
                        vulnerabilities to current and future weather 
                        events, natural disasters, and changing 
                        conditions, including sea level rise;
                            ``(ix) the planning of system improvements 
                        and emergency response strategies to address 
                        identified vulnerabilities; and
                            ``(x) any other activity for resilience 
                        improvement, as determined by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Types of projects.--Grants under this subsection may 
        be used to finance--
                    ``(A) standalone projects; and
                    ``(B) components of projects carried out under 
                subsection (b)(1).
            ``(4) Public transportation resilience improvement 
        formula.--Of the amounts made available under section 
        5338(a)(2)(L) to carry out this subsection--
                    ``(A) 97.15 percent shall be apportioned to 
                recipients in accordance with subsection (c); and
                    ``(B) 2.85 percent shall be apportioned to 
                recipients in accordance with subsection (d).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 5337 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``section 5338(a)(2)(K)'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``section 5338(a)(2)(L)''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATIONS.

    Section 5338(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                ``$13,634,000,000'' and inserting ``$13,934,000,000'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                ``$13,990,000,000'' and inserting ``$14,290,000,000'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
                ``$14,279,000,000'' and inserting ``$14,579,000,000''; 
                and
                    (D) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
                ``$14,642,000,000'' and inserting ``$14,942,000,000''; 
                and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(L)--
                    (A) by striking ``$3,587,778,037'' and inserting 
                ``$3,887,778,037'';
                    (B) by striking ``$3,680,934,484'' and inserting 
                ``$3,980,934,484'';
                    (C) by striking ``$3,755,675,417'' and inserting 
                ``$4,055,675,417'';
                    (D) by striking ``$3,850,496,668'' and inserting 
                ``$4,150,496,668''; and
                    (E) by inserting ``and $300,000,000 for each of 
                fiscal years 2023 through 2026 shall be available to 
                carry out section 5337(g)'' after ``section 5337(f)''.
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