119-hr171

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 171 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 171

To require the inspector general of the Department of Transportation to 
 conduct an audit on the use of Federal funds by certain entities 
 providing public transportation, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 3, 2025

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

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 A BILL

To require the inspector general of the Department of Transportation to 
 conduct an audit on the use of Federal funds by certain entities 
 providing public transportation, 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 ``Make Transportation Authorities 
Accountable and Transparent Act''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORONAVIRUS 
 RELIEF SPENDING.

    (a) Inspector General Audit.--

    (1) Audit required.--The inspector general of the 
 Department of Transportation shall conduct an audit of funds 
 provided to each specified transit agency under the applicable 
 laws during the 5 fiscal years ending before the date of 
 enactment of this Act.

    (2) Contents of audit.--The audit conducted under paragraph

    (1) shall include the amount of funds received under each of 
 the applicable laws and a description of how such funds were 
 spent.

    (3) Report to congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
 date of enactment of this Act, the inspector general shall 
 submit to Congress a report containing the results of the 
 audit.

    (b) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this Act:

    (1) Applicable laws.--The term ``applicable laws'' means 
 the following:
        (A) Chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code.
        (B) The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response 
 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020.
            (C) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
 Security Act.
            (D) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
        (E) The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

    (2) Public transportation.--The term ``public 
 transportation'' has the meaning given the term in 

section 5302 
 of title 49, United States Code.

    (3) Specified transit agency.--The term ``specified transit 
 agency'' means the 5 entities providing public transportation 
 with the most unlinked passenger trips for calendar year 2019, 
 as reported to the National Transit Database, that received 
 Federal funds under any of the applicable laws.
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