US Congress Senate Bill 2467 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on September 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Transit to Trails Grant Program to award grants to certain governmental and private entities for projects that increase transportation access to public lands, waters, parkland, or monuments for critically underserved communities. Among other things, the bill requires DOT to develop transportation planning procedures for projects conducted under the program that are consistent with metropolitan and statewide planning processes, grant recipients to contribute matching funds equal to not less than 100% of the grant amount, grant awards to be at least $25,000 and not more than $500,000, and publicized schedules and routes for transportation systems that are developed after the receipt of a grant under the program.

Transit to Trails Act

Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB4273 (Related) 2019-09-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
HB5986 (Related) 2020-10-01 - Committee Hearings Held.
SB4401 (Related) 2020-08-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2467/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2467/BILLS-116s2467is.pdf