Rural Transportation Improvement Act

Rural Transportation Improvement Act

This bill authorizes funding through FY2026 from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to provide formula grants for rural areas.

Additionally, the bill increases the percentage of funds available from 2% to 3% for the Department of Transportation to provide grants and contracts for transportation research, technical assistance, training, and related support services in rural areas.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3490 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3490

To authorize funding for formula grants for rural areas, to amend title 
 49, United States Code, to increase the percentage of funds available 
    for grants and contracts for transportation research, technical 
assistance, training, and related support services in rural areas, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2021

 Mr. Delgado introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize funding for formula grants for rural areas, to amend title 
 49, United States Code, to increase the percentage of funds available 
    for grants and contracts for transportation research, technical 
assistance, training, and related support services in rural areas, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Transportation Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FORMULA GRANTS FOR RURAL AREAS.

    (a) In General.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit 
Account of the Highway Trust Fund to provide financial assistance to 
rural areas under section 5311--
            (1) $1,025,199,724 for fiscal year 2023;
            (2) $1,041,192,839 for fiscal year 2024;
            (3) $1,057,851,925 for fiscal year 2025; and
            (4) $1,074,460,200 for fiscal year 2026.
    (b) Formula Grants for Rural Areas.--Section 5311(b)(3)(B) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by striking ``2 percent'' and 
inserting ``3 percent''.
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