S 4468
116th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Aging
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public transit
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding
Investments in Rural Transit Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 6, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Aug 6, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Investments in Rural Transit Act of 2020
This bill increases the federal share of operating costs to 80% for projects in certain rural areas with high transit dependency that receive grants under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas program of the Federal Transit Administration. The program provides capital, planning, and operating assistance to states to support public transportation in rural areas with populations of less than 50,000.
To qualify for the increased federal share, a project must serve an area that is
- an area of persistent poverty (a county in which at least 20% of the population has lived in poverty during the most recent 30-year period);
- a county in which at least 25% of residents are age 65 or older,
- a county designated as a health professional shortage area on the basis of a primary care or mental health care shortage, or
- a county with low population density of not more than 20 people per square mile of land area.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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