Green Buses for Every Community Act

Bill: 117-hr-1152
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-18
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality

Alternative and renewable resources

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Housing and community development funding

Public transit

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Green Buses for Every Community Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires at least 10% of funding made available in a fiscal year for the low or no emissions competitive grant program for buses and bus facilities to be distributed to projects serving predominantly low-income communities. The bill defines a <i>low-income community </i>as any population census tract if (1) the poverty rate for such tract is at least 20%; or (2) the tract is not located within a metropolitan area and the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80% of statewide median family income, or the tract is located within a metropolitan area and the median family income does not exceed the 80% or the metropolitan area median family income.</p> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1152 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 18, 2021 Mr. Lynch 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 grants for buses and bus facilities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Green Buses for Every Community Act . 2. Low income community grants Section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end the following: (H) the term low-income community means any population census tract if— (i) the poverty rate for such tract is at least 20 percent; or (ii) in the case of a tract— (I) not located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80 percent of statewide median family income; or (II) located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80 percent of the greater statewide median family income or the metropolitan area median family income. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (6) Low and moderate community grants Not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available under this subsection in a fiscal year shall be distributed to projects serving predominantly low-income communities. .