Title: Public Transportation Expansion Act
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
Public Transportation Expansion Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation to support access to affordable housing and enhanced mobility for residents in certain disadvantaged communities or low-income riders through grants for construction of new fixed guideway capital projects, construction of zero-emission bus rapid transit projects, or other public transportation projects.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2726 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2726

   To provide for competitive grants to support access to affordable 
housing and the enhancement of mobility for residents in disadvantaged 
                     communities or neighborhoods.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 14, 2021

Mr. Ossoff (for himself, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
 Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Cardin) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for competitive grants to support access to affordable 
housing and the enhancement of mobility for residents in disadvantaged 
                     communities or neighborhoods.

    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 ``Public Transportation Expansion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACCESS CONSTRUCTION GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of 
Transportation for fiscal year 2022 such sums as may be necessary, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, for competitive grants to 
support--
            (1) access to affordable housing; and
            (2) the enhancement of mobility for--
                    (A) residents in disadvantaged communities or 
                neighborhoods or in persistent poverty communities; or
                    (B) low-income riders.
    (b) Administration of Funds.--Amounts made available under this 
section shall--
            (1) be available to recipients and subrecipients eligible 
        for assistance under chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
        Code; and
            (2) after allocation, be administered as if provided under 
        section 5307 of that title.
    (c) Eligible Activities.--Amounts made available under this section 
shall be used for any of the following activities:
            (1) Construction of a new fixed guideway capital project.
            (2) Construction of a bus rapid transit project or a 
        corridor-based bus rapid transit project that utilizes zero-
        emission vehicles, including costs related to the acquisition 
        of zero-emission vehicles and related charging or fueling 
        infrastructure, or a collection of those projects.
            (3) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) of section 5307 of 
        title 49, United States Code, an expansion of the service area 
        or the frequency of service of recipients under that section, 
        which may include operational expenses, including the provision 
        of fare-free or reduced-fare service, or the acquisition of 
        zero-emission vehicles or infrastructure to expand service.
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