To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to the definition of urbanized area, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6337
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2016-11-17
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill revises the term &quot;urbanized area&quot; with respect to public transportation improvement projects to also treat areas as an urbanized area if the Department of Commerce determines that:</p> <ul> <li>the area was designated in a previous decennial census as an urbanized area,</li> <li>the area was not designated in the most recent decennial census as an urbanized area as the result of a natural disaster that caused the area's population to fall below 50,000 people, and</li> <li>the most recent annual estimate of the Bureau of the Census estimates the area's population to be restored to 50,000 or more people.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6337 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2016 Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Mr. Culberson , Mr. Gene Green of Texas , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Babin , and Mr. Smith of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to the definition of urbanized area, and for other purposes.

1. Definition of urbanized area Section 5302(23) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking The term and inserting the following: (A) In general The term ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) Additional areas Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), an area shall be treated as an urbanized area if the Secretary of Commerce determines that— (i) the area was defined and designated in a previous decennial census as an urbanized area ; (ii) the area was not defined and designated in the most recent decennial census as an urbanized area as the result of a natural disaster that caused the population of the area to fall below 50,000 people; and (iii) the most recent annual estimate of the Bureau of the Census estimates the population of the area to be restored to 50,000 or more people. .