No Desire for Streetcars Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3822 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3822

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2025

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

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Desire for Streetcars Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON STREETCAR FUNDING.

    (a) Surface Transportation Block Grant Program.--Section 133 of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(l) Prohibition on Streetcar Funding.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, amounts apportioned to a State for each 
fiscal year to carry out this section may not be used for the 
procurement, operation, or maintenance of a streetcar.''.
    (b) Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program.--
Section 149(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
            ``(5) Streetcars.--No funds may be provided under this 
        section for a project for streetcars.''.
    (c) Urbanized Area Formula Grants.--Section 5307 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Prohibition on Streetcar Funding.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, grant funds provided under this section may 
not be used for the procurement, operation, or maintenance of a 
streetcar.''.
    (d) Fixed Guideway Capital Investment Grants.--Section 5309 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(s) Prohibition on Streetcar Funding.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, grant funds provided under this section may 
not be used for the procurement, operation, or maintenance of a 
streetcar.''.
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