[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5626 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5626

  To modify the Federal share of operating costs for certain projects 
that receive grants under the Formula Grants to Rural Areas Program of 
                  the Federal Transit Administration.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 19 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

 Ms. Smith (for herself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To modify the Federal share of operating costs for certain projects 
that receive grants under the Formula Grants to Rural Areas Program of 
                  the Federal Transit Administration.

    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 ``Investments in Rural Transit Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE OF OPERATING COSTS FOR CERTAIN AREAS.

    Section 5311(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking in ``Assistance.--'' and all that follows 
        through ``subparagraph (B), a'' and inserting ``Assistance.--
        A'';
            (2) by striking ``50 percent'' and inserting ``80 
        percent''; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (B).
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