S 2467
116th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Monuments and memorials
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public transit
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Transit to Trails Act
Introduced: September 11, 2019
Introduced by:
Booker, Cory A.
Democratic
· New Jersey
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Became law
Sep 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Transit to Trails Act
This bill 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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