H.R. 2710

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2710 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2710

To allow property owners the discretion to make decisions regarding how 
many parking spots to provide in connection with certain new 
residential and commercial developments, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 8, 2025

Mr. Garcia of California (for himself, Ms. Omar, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
Mullin, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Frost, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Casar, Ms. 
Ansari, and Ms. Friedman) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To allow property owners the discretion to make decisions regarding how 
many parking spots to provide in connection with certain new 
residential and commercial developments, 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 ``People Over Parking Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PREEMPTION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAWS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF 
PARKING SPOTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

(a) Authority Regarding Provision of Parking Spots.--In the case of 
a newly constructed or substantially reconstructed or rehabilitated 
residential, retail, commercial, or industrial structure in or 
affecting interstate or foreign commerce that is located not more than 
0.5 miles from the closest covered public transit point, or a project 
for such new construction or substantial reconstruction or 
rehabilitation that has been permitted or otherwise authorized by the 
appropriate agency of local government to be undertaken, the owner of 
such structure or project shall have the sole discretion to determine 
how many automobile parking spots to provide in connection with such 
structure.
(b) Relation to State Law.--Any law, regulation, or other 
requirement of a State or political subdivision of a State that is 
inconsistent with this section is preempted, but only to the extent of 
such inconsistency.
(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply:
(1) Covered public transit point.--The term ``covered 
public transit point'' means a passenger point of access to a 
fixed guideway, except that--
(A) with respect to a passenger ferry system, only 
a point of access that is serviced by an additional 
mode of public transportation; and
(B) with respect to a bus system that is not a bus 
rapid transit station, only a point of access that 
intersects 2 or more bus routes with a frequency of 
service interval at such point of access of not more 
than 15 minutes during morning and afternoon peak 
commuting periods.
(2) Fixed guideway; public transportation.--The terms 
``fixed guideway'' and ``public transportation'' have the 
meanings given such terms in section 5302 of title 49, United 
States Code.
<all>