[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5094 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5094
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize state of good
repair grants to be used for public transportation resilience
improvement, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 15, 2022
Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, and Mrs.
Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize state of good
repair grants to be used for public transportation resilience
improvement, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Resilient Transit Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (17) through (25) as
paragraphs (18) through (26), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:
``(17) Resilience improvement.--The term `resilience
improvement' has the meaning given the term in section 176(a)
of title 23.''.
SEC. 3. STATE OF GOOD REPAIR GRANTS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENT.
(a) In General.--Section 5337 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Public Transportation Resilience Improvement Grants.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants under this
subsection to assist State and local government authorities in
financing 1 or more eligible activities described in paragraph
(2).
``(2) Eligible activities.--
``(A) In general.--A recipient of a grant under
this subsection may use grant amounts for public
transportation resilience improvements that increase
the resilience of public transportation systems from
the impacts of changing conditions, such as sea level
rise, flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events, and
other natural disasters.
``(B) Inclusions.--Activities eligible to be
carried out using grant amounts under this subsection
include--
``(i) the installation of mitigation
measures that prevent the intrusion of
floodwaters;
``(ii) the installation of equipment to
detect the occurrence of a flood event;
``(iii) the replacement of equipment or
facilities that are currently prone to flood
events or will be in the future;
``(iv) the purchase of new equipment to
support regular maintenance of drainage and
pumping infrastructure;
``(v) the replacement of equipment stressed
during extreme temperature events;
``(vi) the installation of equipment to
regulate temperatures and sensors to monitor
extreme temperatures;
``(vii) the development of backup systems
to provide redundancy during the outage of a
primary power source;
``(viii) the assessment of system
vulnerabilities to current and future weather
events, natural disasters, and changing
conditions, including sea level rise;
``(ix) the planning of system improvements
and emergency response strategies to address
identified vulnerabilities; and
``(x) any other activity for resilience
improvement, as determined by the Secretary.
``(3) Types of projects.--Grants under this subsection may
be used to finance--
``(A) standalone projects; and
``(B) components of projects carried out under
subsection (b)(1).
``(4) Public transportation resilience improvement
formula.--Of the amounts made available under section
5338(a)(2)(L) to carry out this subsection--
``(A) 97.15 percent shall be apportioned to
recipients in accordance with subsection (c); and
``(B) 2.85 percent shall be apportioned to
recipients in accordance with subsection (d).''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 5337 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``section 5338(a)(2)(K)'' each place it
appears and inserting ``section 5338(a)(2)(L)''.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATIONS.
Section 5338(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking
``$13,634,000,000'' and inserting ``$13,934,000,000'';
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking
``$13,990,000,000'' and inserting ``$14,290,000,000'';
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking
``$14,279,000,000'' and inserting ``$14,579,000,000'';
and
(D) in subparagraph (E), by striking
``$14,642,000,000'' and inserting ``$14,942,000,000'';
and
(2) in paragraph (2)(L)--
(A) by striking ``$3,587,778,037'' and inserting
``$3,887,778,037'';
(B) by striking ``$3,680,934,484'' and inserting
``$3,980,934,484'';
(C) by striking ``$3,755,675,417'' and inserting
``$4,055,675,417'';
(D) by striking ``$3,850,496,668'' and inserting
``$4,150,496,668''; and
(E) by inserting ``and $300,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2023 through 2026 shall be available to
carry out section 5337(g)'' after ``section 5337(f)''.
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