H.R. 5024

119 HR 5024 IH: Transit Funding Flexibility Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-08-22
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5024  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   August 22, 2025   Mr. Lawler  (for himself,  Mr. Fitzpatrick ,  Mr. Bresnahan , and  Ms. Malliotakis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow any recipient of urbanized area formula grant funds to use such funds for operating costs of equipment and facilities used in public transportation, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Transit Funding Flexibility Act  .
2.
Use of urbanized area formula grant funds for public transportation operating costs
Section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (1)(D) by striking  in an urbanized area with a population of fewer than 200,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census ; and
(B)
by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
(2)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
in paragraph (1)(L) by striking  and  at the end;
(B)
in paragraph (2) by striking  the certification  and inserting  each certification ;
(C)
by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(D)
by inserting before paragraph (3), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:
(2)
the recipient, not later than the 30th day of the first full fiscal year after a recipient first receives grant funds under this section and each fiscal year thereafter, shall submit to the Secretary a certification that, for the fiscal year, the recipient will maintain effort with respect to any operating costs of equipment and facilities for which grant funds are used; and
  ; and
(3)
in subsection (f)(3)—
(A)
by striking  The Secretary may  and inserting
(A)  In general.— Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may ; and
(B)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(B)
Failure to maintain effort
If, in conducting a review, audit, and evaluation under this subsection, the Secretary finds that a recipient failed to maintain effort during a fiscal year as certified to under subsection (c)(2), the Secretary shall reduce by  1/3  any amount such recipient is to receive under this section in the next fiscal year.
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