No Desire for Streetcars Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4130 To amend title 23 and title 49, United States Code, to prohibit funds from certain programs to be used to fund streetcars, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 14, 2023 Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23 and title 49, United States Code, to prohibit funds from certain programs to be used to fund streetcars, 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 ‘‘No Desire for Street- 4 cars Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON STREETCAR FUNDING. 6 (a) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT PRO- 7 GRAM.—Section 133 of title 23, United States Code, is 8 amended by adding at the end the following: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:58 Jul 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4130.IH H4130 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 4130 IH ‘‘(l) PROHIBITION ON STREETCAR FUNDING.—Not- 1 withstanding any other provision of this section, amounts 2 apportioned to a State for each fiscal year to carry out 3 this section may not be used for the procurement, oper- 4 ation, or maintenance of a streetcar.’’. 5 (b) CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IM- 6 PROVEMENT PROGRAM.—Section 149(c) of title 23, 7 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 8 following: 9 ‘‘(5) STREETCARS.—No funds may be provided 10 under this section for a project for streetcars.’’. 11 (c) URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.—Section 12 5307 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by add- 13 ing at the end the following: 14 ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION ON STREETCAR FUNDING.—Not- 15 withstanding any other provision of this section, grant 16 funds provided under this section may not be used for the 17 procurement, operation, or maintenance of a streetcar.’’. 18 (d) FIXED GUIDEWAY CAPITAL INVESTMENT 19 GRANTS.—Section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 20 is amended by adding at the end the following: 21 ‘‘(s) PROHIBITION ON STREETCAR FUNDING.—Not- 22 withstanding any other provision of this section, grant 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:58 Jul 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4130.IH H4130 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 4130 IH funds provided under this section may not be used for the 1 procurement, operation, or maintenance of a streetcar.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:58 Jul 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4130.IH H4130 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB