Transportation for Heroes Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-127
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit

Transportation costs

Transportation programs funding

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Transportation for Heroes Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill revises urbanized area formula grant recipient requirements to require a recipient to certify that it will ensure that a fare of no more than 50% of the peak hour fare will be charged to a U.S. veteran during non-peak hours for transportation using or involving a facility or equipment of a project financed by the grant.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 127 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 Mr. Al Green 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 urbanized area formula grants, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transportation for Heroes Act of 2017 . 2. Urbanized area formula grants Section 5307(c)(1)(D) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (ii) by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (iii) by inserting and after the semicolon at the end; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (iv) veteran (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38); .