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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 837
To provide relief to public transportation agencies with projects in the Full
Funding Grant Agreement stage of the Capital Investment Grants Program.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 18, 2021
Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. PADILLA,
Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. SMITH, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To provide relief to public transportation agencies with
projects in the Full Funding Grant Agreement stage
of the Capital Investment Grants Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. RELIEF FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGEN-
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CIES.
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(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
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(1) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
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of Transportation; and
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(2) the term ‘‘total project cost’’, with respect
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to a project that receives a grant under section 5309
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of title 49, United States Code, means the most re-
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cent total project cost stipulated in the full funding
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grant agreement.
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(b) CIG COVID–19 EMERGENCY RELIEF PRO-
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GRAM.—Notwithstanding
subsection
(k)(2)(C)(ii)
or
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(l)(1)(B)(ii) of section 5309 of title 49, United States
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Code, at the request of a project sponsor, the Secretary
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shall provide an additional 30 percent of total project costs
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for any project under subsection (d) or (e) of section 5309
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of title 49, United States Code, that has a full funding
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grant agreement entered into under such subsection (d)
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or (e) on or after January 1, 2017.
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(c) DEFERRED NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The Sec-
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retary shall allow a project sponsor to defer payment of
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the non-Federal share for any project described in sub-
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section (b).
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(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the
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costs of a project that receives additional funding under
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this section may not exceed 80 percent.
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(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FROM
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GENERAL FUND.—There is authorized to be appropriated
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from the general fund of the Treasury such sums as may
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be necessary to carry out this section.
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