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This Act may be cited as the ''Leveraging Performance-Based
Transportation Services Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS OF LEVERAGED SYSTEMS.

(a) National Transit Database.--Section 5335 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(d) Direct Reporting by Leveraged Systems.--
''(1) In general.--An owner or operator of a leveraged
system may submit directly to the National Transit Database
data regarding the public transportation service provided by
the system.
''(2) Notice to designated recipient.--On the date of a
submission under paragraph (1), the owner or operator of a
leveraged system shall provide to the appropriate designated
recipient under section 5307, 5311, or 5339 and metropolitan
planning organization a copy of the submission.
''(3) Leveraged system defined.--In this subsection, the
term 'leveraged system' means a provider of public
transportation services, whether public or private, including
commuter bus services and including services provided by a
private provider of public transportation by vanpool (as
defined in section 5323(i)(2)(C)), that the Secretary
determines--
''(A) is able to recover, through fare revenue or
payments made directly by the provider, all operating
costs associated with the services;
''(B) meets the requirements of the Federal Transit
Administration with respect to the provision of the
services; and
''(C) does not, through the provision of the
services, negatively impact other publicly subsidized
or privately provided public transportation
services.''.
(b) Leveraging Transit Services.--Section 5315 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
''(d) Leveraging Transit Services.--
''(1) Passthrough.--
''(A) Apportionments.--The data submitted by the
owner or operator of a leveraged system to the National
Transit Database under section 5335(d) shall be used by
the Secretary in calculating apportionments for capital
payments under each of sections 5307, 5311, and 5339.
''(B) Agreements.--A designated recipient that
receives additional amounts in apportionments for a
fiscal year as a result of data submitted to the
National Transit Database by the owner or operator of a
leveraged system under section 5335(d) shall enter into
an agreement with the owner or operator that includes
assurances that not less than 90 percent of the
additional amounts will be transferred to the owner or
operator if the owner or operator demonstrates that the
transferred amounts will be used for capital
expenditures to expand public transportation services
meeting the requirements of paragraph (2) in the
geographic area represented by the designated
recipient.
''(2) Services.--A public transportation service meets the
requirements of this paragraph unless--
''(A) the service--
''(i) overlaps or directly competes with a
service provided by the designated recipient
concerned; and
''(ii) has a direct effect on such service,
including a projected ridership reduction of
more than 3 percent along a corridor served by
the designated recipient; or
''(B) the service is provided by a service provider
that has less than 10 vehicles serving the recipient's
designated area.
''(3) Local consent.--
''(A) Opportunity to object.--During the 30-day
period beginning on the date the owner or operator of a
leveraged system submits data to the National Transit
Database under section 5335(d), the metropolitan
planning organization representing the geographic area
in which the owner or operator proposes to provide
expanded public transportation services using amounts
made available under this subsection may submit to the
Secretary a letter that--
''(i) objects to such use of funds based on
a determination by the metropolitan planning
organization that the expanded public
transportation services do not meet the
requirements of paragraph (2); or
''(ii) objects to the use of the data in
calculating apportionments based on a
determination by the metropolitan planning
organization that the owner or operator has not
met the requirements of section 5335(d).
''(B) Effect of objection.--In carrying out this
subsection, the Secretary shall take into account any
letter received from a metropolitan planning
organization under this paragraph.
''(4) Statutory construction.--Nothing in this subsection
may be construed--
''(A) to allow a designated recipient to dictate
the service provided by the owner or operator of a
leveraged system; or
''(B) to authorize the use of funds in a manner
that is inconsistent with this chapter.
''(5) Leveraged system defined.--In this subsection, the
term 'leveraged system' has the meaning given that term in
section 5335(d).''.
Student:
Leveraging Performance-Based Transportation Services Act of 2017 This bill authorizes an owner or operator of a leveraged system to submit directly to the National Transit Database data regarding the public transportation service provided by the system. "Leveraged system" means a provider of public transportation services, whether public or private, including commuter bus services and services provided by a private provider of public transportation by vanpool that the Department of Transportation determines: (1) is able to recover, through fare revenue or payments made directly by the provider, all operating costs associated with the services; (2) meets Federal Transit Administration requirements with respect to the provision of services; and (3) does not negatively impact other publicly subsidized or privately provided public transportation services. The data submitted by the owner or operator of a leveraged system to the National Transit Database shall be used by DOT in calculating apportionments for capital payments. A public transportation service meets the requirements of this bill unless the service: (1) overlaps or directly competes with a service provided by the designated recipient concerned and has a direct effect on such service, including a projected ridership reduction of more than 3% along a corridor served by the designated recipient; or (2) is provided by a service provider that has fewer than 10 vehicles serving the recipient's designated area.