Support Local Transportation Act

Bill: 116-hr-879
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-01-30
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways

Transportation programs funding

Urban and suburban affairs and development
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Support Local Transportation Act</strong></p> <p>This bill revises requirements for the surface transportation block grant program to increase the percentages of program funds required to be allocated to states for each of&nbsp; FY2019-FY2020 for surface transportation projects in</p> <ul> <li>urbanized areas with a population of over 200,000, </li> <li>non-urban areas with a population greater than 5,000, and </li> <li>other areas of the state. </li></ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 879 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2019 Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the percentages of funds to be allocated to certain urbanized areas under the surface transportation block grant program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Support Local Transportation Act . 2. Surface transportation block grant program Section 133(d)(6) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and inserting the following: (D) for fiscal year 2019, 62.5 percent; and (E) for fiscal year 2020, 65 percent. .