[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2506 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2506
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow additional transit
systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 7, 2004
Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Santorum) 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 amend title 49, United States Code, to allow additional transit
systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects.
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 ``Transit System Flexibility
Protection Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. GENERAL AUTHORITY.
Section 5307(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``The Secretary may make grants under this section to a transit
system to finance the operating cost of equipment and facilities for
use in mass transportation in an urbanized area with a population of
more than 200,000 if such transit system operates less than 100 buses
on fixed route service during peak service hours.''.
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