H.R. 8785

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8785 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8785

To amend section 5336 of title 49, United States Code, to provide for 
certain apportionments to medium-sized transit intensive cities, and 
for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 13, 2026

Mr. Carbajal (for himself and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure

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A BILL

To amend section 5336 of title 49, United States Code, to provide for 
certain apportionments to medium-sized transit intensive cities, 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 ``Medium Transit Intensive Cities 
Authorization Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. MEDIUM-SIZED TRANSIT-INTENSIVE CITIES FORMULA.

Section 5336 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ``subsection (h)(5)'' and 
inserting ``subsection (h)(6)'';
(2) in subsection (h)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) of amounts not apportioned under paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3), 1.5 percent shall be apportioned to urbanized areas 
with populations of at least 200,000 but not more than 999,999 
in accordance with subsection (k);''; and
(C) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 
striking ``and (4)'' and inserting ``(4), and (5)''; 
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Medium-Sized Transit-Intensive Cities Formula.--
``(1) Apportionment.--
``(A) Formula.--The amount to be apportioned under 
subsection (h)(4) shall be apportioned among eligible 
areas in the ratio that--
``(i) the number of performance categories 
for which each eligible area meets or exceeds 
the industry average in urbanized areas with a 
population of at least 1,000,000; bears to
``(ii) the aggregate number of performance 
categories for which all eligible areas meet or 
exceed the industry average in urbanized areas 
with a population of at least 1,000,000.
``(B) Industry average.--The average in urbanized 
areas with a population of at least 1,000,000 shall--
``(i) be calculated separately for each 
such urbanized area for each performance 
category; and
``(ii) for each performance category, be 
the average of each individual performance 
category calculated as described in clause (i).
``(C) Data used.--The Secretary shall calculate 
apportionments under this subsection for a fiscal year 
using data from the national transit database used to 
calculate apportionments for that fiscal year under 
this section.
``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Eligible area.--The term ``eligible area'' 
means an urbanized area with a population of at least 
200,000 but not more than 999,999 that meets or exceeds 
in 1 or more performance categories the industry 
average for all urbanized areas with a population of at 
least 1,000,000, as determined by the Secretary in 
accordance with subsection (c)(1).
``(B) Performance category.--The term ``performance 
category'' means each of the following:
``(i) Passenger miles traveled per vehicle 
revenue mile.
``(ii) Passenger miles traveled per vehicle 
revenue hour.
``(iii) Vehicle revenue miles per capita.
``(iv) Vehicle revenue hours per capita.
``(v) Passenger miles traveled per capita.
``(vi) Passengers per capita.''.
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