H.R. 3334House117th Congress (2021-2023)In Committee

BUS Act

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The Build Up the Suburbs (BUS) Act raises the funding limits for certain small‑start transportation projects and adds a new priority rule for multimodal public transit in major freight and highway projects. It also creates a definition for “express lane transit system” and updates related statutory language.

Key Provisions

Adds a definition of “express lane transit system” as a public transportation facility that combines bus rapid transit with tolled managed lanes, allowing limited toll‑paying vehicle access while prioritizing transit use.
Increases the fixed guideway capital investment grant caps: the $100 million limit is raised to $360 million, and the $300 million limit is raised to $600 million.
Renumbers and revises sections of 49 U.S.C. §5302 to incorporate the new definition and to allow express lane transit systems to be eligible under the program.
Amends 23 U.S.C. §117 to require the Secretary to give priority to projects that include multimodal public transportation components when selecting nationally significant freight and highway projects.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

May 20, 2021

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Introduced in House

May 19, 2021

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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

May 19, 2021

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

May 20, 2021

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Introduced in HouseIssued May 19, 2021

117th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3334

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 19, 2021

Ms. Bourdeaux (for herself, Mrs. McBath, and Mr. Gimenez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To increase the project cap for certain small starts projects, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Build Up the Suburbs Act or the BUS Act.

Definitions

Section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), and (24) as paragraphs (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), and (25), respectively;

(2)

by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:

(7)

Express lane transit system

The term express lane transit system means a public transportation facility that—

(A)

utilizes an integrated combination of bus rapid transit and tolled managed lanes; and

(B)

allows for limited access entry of toll paying vehicles to restricted lanes, while prioritizing transit’s need and use of available capacity in order to improve transit performance.

; and

(3)

in paragraph (8), as so redesignated—

(A)

in subparagraph (D) by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon;

(B)

in subparagraph (E) by striking the period and inserting ; or; and

(C)

by adding at the end the following:

(G)

for express lane transit system.

Fixed guideway capital investment grants

Section 5309(a)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (A) by striking $100,000,000 and inserting $360,000,000; and

(2)

in subparagraph (B) by striking $300,000,000 and inserting $600,000,000.

Nationally significant freight and highway projects

Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

(o)

Priority

In selecting projects under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that include multimodal public transportation components.