S.Amdt. 1178

SA 1178. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr.
Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell,
Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr.
Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for
reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 3401, add the following:
(c) Set-aside for Rural States; Expanded Use.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section--
(1) of the amounts made available under subsection (a), the
Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration shall
provide not less than 30 percent to States for which the
nonurban Medicare area wage index for fiscal year 2021 does
not exceed 0.805;
(2) a State may use amounts provided under paragraph (1) of
this subsection for the purpose of repairing aging
infrastructure, including roads and bridges; and
(3) the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration
shall reduce the allocations under subsection (b) on a pro
rata basis as necessary to comply with paragraph (1) of this
subsection.
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