Title: Local Transit Planning Support Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Local Transit Planning Support Act
This bill increases the federal share of certain grants that support states and localities with planning and related activities for public transportation projects in areas with a lower population density or a lower average income than surrounding areas.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2365 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2365

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the Government share 
  of the cost of certain planning activities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 15, 2021

  Mr. Ossoff 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 amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the Government share 
  of the cost of certain planning activities, 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 ``Local Transit Planning Support 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PLANNING PROGRAMS.

    Section 5305 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:
    ``(f) Government Share of Costs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2)(A), 
        the Government share of the cost of an activity funded using 
        amounts made available under this section may not exceed 80 
        percent of the cost of the activity unless the Secretary 
        determines that it is in the interests of the Government--
                    ``(A) not to require a State or local match; or
                    ``(B) to allow a Government share greater than 80 
                percent.
            ``(2) Certain activities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Government share of the cost 
                of an activity funded using amounts made available 
                under this section shall be not less than 90 percent 
                for an activity that assists parts of an urbanized area 
                or rural area with lower population density or lower 
                average income levels compared to--
                            ``(i) the applicable urbanized area;
                            ``(ii) the applicable rural area;
                            ``(iii) an adjoining urbanized area; or
                            ``(iv) an adjoining rural area.
                    ``(B) Report.--A State or metropolitan planning 
                organization that carries out an activity described in 
                subparagraph (A) with an increased Government share 
                described in that subparagraph shall report to the 
                Secretary, in a form as determined by the Secretary, 
                how the increased Government share for transportation 
                planning activities benefits commuting and other 
                essential travel in parts of the applicable urbanized 
                area or rural area described in subparagraph (A) with 
                lower population density or lower average income 
                levels.''.
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