H.R. 8835

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8835 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8835

To amend chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, to maximize value 
of taxpayer dollars by providing regulatory relief for transit 
agencies, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 14, 2026

Ms. Scholten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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A BILL

To amend chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, to maximize value 
of taxpayer dollars by providing regulatory relief for transit 
agencies, 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 ``Streamlined Apportionment, 
Flexibility, and Efficiency Transit Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATORY RELIEF FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES.

(a) Formula Funds Apportionment Streamlining.--Section 5336(d) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) notwithstanding paragraph (1), apportion amounts to 
the States and recipients in urbanized areas under 1,000,000 in 
population appropriated under section 5338(a)(2) to carry out 
sections 5307, 5310, and 5311 not later than December 1 of the 
fiscal year for which any amounts are appropriated; and''.
(b) Bus Formula 5-Year Availability.--Section 5339(a)(8) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``3 fiscal years'' and inserting ``5 fiscal 
years''; and
(2) by striking ``3-fiscal-year'' and inserting ``5-fiscal-
year''.
(c) Asset Disposition.--Section 5334(h)(4)(B)(ii)(II)(bb) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, except in the case 
of a recipient or subrecipient that certifies to the Secretary that the 
remaining amounts are to be used for capital projects under section 
5307, 5310, or 5311'' before the period at the end.
(d) General Provisions.--Section 5323 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(w) Categorical Exclusion Documentation.--The Secretary shall 
minimize the requirements for documentation, studies, and memos to the 
greatest extent possible for any project seeking to be categorically 
excluded from requirements for environmental assessments or 
environmental impact statements.
``(x) Early Collaboration With State Historic Preservation 
Offices.--The Secretary shall encourage early consultation between the 
project sponsor and State historic preservation offices before the 
process under section 206108 of title 54 begins.''.
(e) Reporting Frequency and Consolidation.--Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall--
(1) review all the reporting requirements that the 
Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration requires 
discretionary grant recipients to meet;
(2) evaluate which such requirements can be eliminated, 
consolidated, or reduced in scope; and
(3) direct the Administrator to--
(A) implement the recommendations of this review; 
and
(B) submit to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
Senate a list of the reporting requirements that will 
be eliminated, consolidated, or reduced in scope 
pursuant to this subsection.
(f) FTA Triennial Review Streamlining.--Section 5307(f)(2) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``completely''; and
(2) by adding ``The Secretary shall focus the review on 
previous deficiencies by the recipient and the most common 
deficiencies by all recipients, as identified by the Secretary. 
The Secretary shall randomly sample the remaining areas of 
compliance, not to exceed 5 categories in the random sample.'' 
at the end.
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