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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2299 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2299

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize state of good 
 repair grants to be used for public transportation resilience 
 improvement, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 16, 2025

 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Booker, and Mr. 
 Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize state of good 
 repair grants to be used for public transportation resilience 
 improvement, 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 ``Resilient Transit Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 

Section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraphs

    (17) through

    (25) as 
 paragraphs

    (18) through

    (26) , respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after paragraph

    (16) the following:
 ``

    (17) Resilience improvement.--The term `resilience 
 improvement' has the meaning given the term in 

section 176

    (a) of title 23.''.

SEC. 3. STATE OF GOOD REPAIR GRANTS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
 RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENT.

    (a) In General.--

Section 5337 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (g) Public Transportation Resilience Improvement Grants.--
 ``

    (1) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:
 ``
        (A) Environmental justice community.--The term 
 `environmental justice community' means a community 
 with significant representation of communities of 
 color, low-income communities, or Tribal and indigenous 
 communities, that experiences or is at risk of 
 experiencing higher or more adverse human health or 
 environmental effects.
 ``
        (B) EJSCREEN.--The term `EJSCREEN' means the 
 environmental justice mapping and screening tool 
 created by the Environmental Protection Agency.
 ``
            (C) EJ index.--The term `EJ Index' means the 
 Environmental Justice Indexes in EJSCREEN.
 ``
            (D) Medically underserved community.--The term 
 `medically underserved community' has the meaning given 
 the term in 

section 799B of the Public Health Service 
 Act (42 U.S.C. 295p).
 ``
        (E) Underserved community.--The term `underserved 
 community' means--
 ``
            (i) a community located within a ZIP Code 
 or census tract that is identified by the 
 Secretary as--
 ``
            (I) a low-income community;
 ``
            (II) a community of color; or
 ``
            (III) a Tribal community; or
 ``
            (ii) any other community that the 
 Secretary determines is disproportionately 
 vulnerable to, or bares a disproportionate 
 burden of, any combination of economic, social, 
 environmental, or climate stressors.
 ``

    (2) Grants.--The Secretary may make grants under this 
 subsection to assist State and local government authorities in 
 financing 1 or more eligible activities described in paragraph

    (3) .
 ``

    (3) Eligible activities.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--A recipient of a grant under 
 this subsection may use grant amounts for public 
 transportation resilience improvements that increase 
 the resilience of public transportation systems from 
 the impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise, 
 flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events, and other 
 natural disasters.
 ``
        (B) Inclusions.--Activities eligible to be 
 carried out using grant amounts under this subsection 
 include--
 ``
            (i) the installation of mitigation 
 measures that prevent the intrusion of 
 floodwaters;
 ``
            (ii) the installation of equipment to 
 detect the occurrence of a flood event;
 ``
            (iii) the replacement of equipment or 
 facilities that are currently prone to flood 
 events or will be in the future;
 ``
            (iv) the purchase of new equipment to 
 support regular maintenance of drainage and 
 pumping infrastructure;
 ``
            (v) the replacement of equipment stressed 
 during extreme temperature events;
 ``
            (vi) the installation of equipment to 
 regulate temperatures and sensors to monitor 
 extreme temperatures;
 ``
            (vii) the development of backup systems 
 to provide redundancy during the outage of a 
 primary power source;
 ``
            (viii) the assessment of system 
 vulnerabilities to current and future weather 
 events, natural disasters, and climate change, 
 including sea level rise;
 ``
            (ix) the planning of system improvements 
 and emergency response strategies to address 
 identified vulnerabilities; and
 ``
            (x) any other activity for resilience 
 improvement, as determined by the Secretary.
 ``

    (4) Types of projects.--Grants under this subsection may 
 be used to finance--
 ``
        (A) standalone projects; and
 ``
        (B) components of projects carried out under 
 subsection

    (b)

    (1) .
 ``

    (5) Public transportation resilience improvement 
 formula.--Of the amounts made available under 

section 5338

    (a)

    (2)
            (L) to carry out this subsection--
 ``
        (A) 97.15 percent shall be apportioned to 
 recipients in accordance with subsection
            (c) ; and
 ``
        (B) 2.85 percent shall be apportioned to 
 recipients in accordance with subsection
            (d) .
 ``

    (6) Annual reports to congress.--Not later than 1 year 
 after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually 
 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the 
 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 
 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
 Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
 House of Representatives, and publish on the website of the 
 Department of Transportation, a report that describes the 
 implementation of this subsection during the preceding calendar 
 year, including--
 ``
        (A) a detailed description of the activities 
 carried out under the grants provided under this 
 subsection;
 ``
        (B) a summary of each project financed in whole 
 or in part by a grant provided under this subsection 
 that benefits or is located in--
 ``
            (i) a neighborhood with poverty and 
 unemployment rates that exceed the average in 
 the United States;
 ``
            (ii) a neighborhood where 30 percent or 
 more of households receive benefits under--
 ``
            (I) the supplemental nutrition 
 assistance program under the Food and 
 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 7011 et 
 seq.); or
 ``
            (II) a mandatory spending program 
 of the Federal Government for which, as 
 determined by the Secretary, 
 eligibility for the program's benefits, 
 or the amount of such benefits, is 
 determined on the basis of income or 
 resources of the individual or family 
 seeking the benefit;
 ``
            (iii) an underserved community or a 
 medically underserved community;
 ``
            (iv) an EPA region where the EJ Index is 
 above the national average, as determined by 
 EJSCREEN; or
 ``
            (v) an environmental justice community, 
 as documented by Federally recognized 
 environmental justice mapping and equity 
 screening tools; and
 ``
            (C) recommendations to improve the administration 
 of this subsection.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--

Section 5337 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``

section 5338

    (a)

    (2)
        (K) '' each place it 
appears and inserting ``

section 5338

    (a)

    (2)
            (L) ''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATIONS.

 

Section 5338

    (a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1)
        (E) , by striking ``$14,642,000,000'' 
 and inserting ``$14,942,000,000''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (2)
            (L) --
        (A) by striking ``$3,850,496,668'' and inserting 
 ``$4,150,496,668''; and
        (B) by inserting ``and $300,000,000 for fiscal year 
 2026 shall be available to carry out 

section 5337

    (g) '' 
 after ``

section 5337

    (f) ''.
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