Safe and Affordable Transit Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6298 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6298

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for grants to certain 
 urbanized areas for operating costs relating to crime prevention and 
                   security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 25, 2025

Ms. Friedman (for herself and Ms. Malliotakis) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for grants to certain 
 urbanized areas for operating costs relating to crime prevention and 
                   security, 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 ``Safe and Affordable Transit Act''.

SEC. 2. OPERATING GRANTS FOR CRIME PREVENTION AND SECURITY.

    (a) Crime Prevention and Security.--Section 5321 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``(a) In 
        General.--The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Operating Grants for Urbanized Areas.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants for 
        operating activities for public transportation systems to any 
        entity eligible to receive funds under section 5307, 
        notwithstanding the population requirement under section 
        (a)(1)(D) of such section.
            ``(2) Eligible activities.--Funds made available under this 
        subsection may be used for the following:
                    ``(A) Hiring additional officers to police on 
                public transportation and transit stations, including 
                the immediate vicinity of stations.
                    ``(B) Contracting with local police departments to 
                increase officer presence on public transportation and 
                transit stations.
                    ``(C) Physical infrastructure upgrades that promote 
                public transportation passenger and operator safety 
                (including monitoring devices, operator shields, and 
                other infrastructure changes).
            ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 
        through 2030 to carry out this subsection.''.
    (b) Study Required.--The Secretary of Transportation shall enter 
into an agreement with Transportation Research Board of the National 
Academies, to conduct and submit to Congress, in consultation with 
labor organizations representing frontline transit workers, a study on 
crime prevention by transit agencies that includes--
            (1) what such agencies are doing to prevent crime;
            (2) what tactics have been successful in deterring crime;
            (3) what tactics have been unsuccessful in deterring crime; 
        and
            (4) best practices for transit agencies to reduce crime 
        within public transportation systems.
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