Green Buses for Every Community Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1152 To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to grants for buses and bus facilities, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 18, 2021 Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to grants for buses and bus facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green Buses for Every 4 Community Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. LOW INCOME COMMUNITY GRANTS. 6 Section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 7 amended— 8 (1) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end the 9 following: 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:45 Mar 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1152.IH H1152 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1152 IH ‘‘(H) the term ‘low-income community’ 1 means any population census tract if— 2 ‘‘(i) the poverty rate for such tract is 3 at least 20 percent; or 4 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a tract— 5 ‘‘(I) not located within a metro- 6 politan area, the median family in- 7 come for such tract does not exceed 8 80 percent of statewide median family 9 income; or 10 ‘‘(II) located within a metropoli- 11 tan area, the median family income 12 for such tract does not exceed 80 per- 13 cent of the greater statewide median 14 family income or the metropolitan 15 area median family income.’’; and 16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 17 ‘‘(6) LOW AND MODERATE COMMUNITY 18 GRANTS.—Not less than 10 percent of the amounts 19 made available under this subsection in a fiscal year 20 shall be distributed to projects serving predomi- 21 nantly low-income communities.’’. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:45 Mar 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1152.IH H1152 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS