US Congress Senate Bill 1144 (Prior Session Legislation)

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June 3 2009 - Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rural Transit Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2009 - Revises the apportionment of nonurbanized formula grants for amounts remaining after apportionment for grants to Indian tribes for public transportation on Indian reservations for FY2006-FY2009. Increases from 20% to 25% the amount of remaining funds to be apportioned to a state based on its land area. Decreases correspondingly from 80% to 75% the amount of remaining funds to be apportioned to a state based on population in nonurbanized areas. Limits to 25% of its apportionment for a formula grant for a capital project for the special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities the amount a state may use for operating costs of equipment and facilities. Limits a grant for operating assistance from exceeding 50% of the net operating project costs. Increases such limit to 62.5% of the government share of project costs in the case of a state containing nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal, and public domain lands (both reserved and unreserved), national forests, and national parks and monuments. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a pilot program for the award of grants to states to establish transit centers to improve transit service (buses and other transit vehicles) in urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000 and in nonurbanized areas.

Rural Transit Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2009

Sen Crapo, Mike	Sen Bennet, Michael F.	Sen Johnson, Tim	Sen Tester, Jon
Sen Murkowski, Lisa	Sen Risch, James E.

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-03		Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
2009-06-03		Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2009-05-21		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN01144:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111s1144is/pdf/BILLS-111s1144is.pdf