District of Columbia Transportation Funding Equality Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3586 To amend title 49, United States Code, to treat the District of Columbia as a State for purposes of certain grant programs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 22, 2023 Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to treat the District of Columbia as a State for purposes of certain grant programs, 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 ‘‘District of Columbia 4 Transportation Funding Equality Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FORMULA GRANTS FOR BUSES. 6 Section 5339(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 7 is amended— 8 (1) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘and the 9 District of Columbia’’ after ‘‘United States’’; and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:26 Jun 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3586.IH H3586 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3586 IH (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘the Dis- 1 trict of Columbia,’’. 2 SEC. 3. APPORTIONMENTS BASED ON GROWING STATES 3 AND HIGH DENSITY STATES FORMULA FAC- 4 TORS. 5 Section 5340(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 6 amended by inserting ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ after 7 ‘‘United States’’. 8 SEC. 4. NATIONAL CULVERT REMOVAL, REPLACEMENT, 9 AND RESTORATION GRANT PROGRAM. 10 Section 6703(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 11 is amended by inserting ‘‘or the District of Columbia’’ 12 after ‘‘a State’’. 13 SEC. 5. SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PRO- 14 GRAM. 15 Section 24112(a)(2)(B) of the Infrastructure Invest- 16 ment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 402 note(a)(2)(B)) is 17 amended by inserting ‘‘, including the District of Colum- 18 bia’’ after ‘‘a State’’. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:26 Jun 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3586.IH H3586 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB