H.R. 5230 119th Congress House

Faster Buses Better Futures Act

Official title: To amend chapter 53, United States Code, to increase local bus service to levels needed to combat the climate crisis, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 9, 2025 Introduced by: Maxwell Frost Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov

Transportation and Public Works

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Passed Senate

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Became law

Sep 10, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Sep 9, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Sep 9, 2025

Introduced in House

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What's happening now September 10, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Highways and Transit Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Federal Railroad Administration
4 filings
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
4 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
4 filings

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5230: Faster Buses Better Futures Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5230/

MLA

"H.R. 5230: Faster Buses Better Futures Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5230/.

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H.R. 5230, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5230/.

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