PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

Bill · HR

H.R. 3449 (119th)

Stronger Communities through Better Transit Act

Original

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

15 May 2025

Last action

16 May 2025 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Sponsors

Henry Johnson, Steve Cohen, Jennifer McClellan, Rashida Tlaib, Maxwell Frost, Emanuel Cleaver, Madeleine Dean, Brendan Boyle, Lloyd Doggett, Frederica Wilson, Delia Ramirez, Timothy Kennedy, LaMonica McIver, Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Adam Smith, Emilia Sykes, Jimmy Gomez, Lateefah Simon, Danny Davis, Janice Schakowsky, Salud Carbajal, Robert Garcia, Linda Sánchez, Kevin Mullin, Suzan DelBene, Morgan McGarvey, Jamie Raskin, Robin Kelly, John Garamendi, Marc Veasey, Steven Horsford, Lucy McBath, Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6], Raul Ruiz, Troy Carter, Dina Titus, Stephen Lynch, Cleo Fields, Joseph Morelle, Mary Gay Scanlon, Ilhan Omar, Valerie Foushee, Paul Tonko, Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Alma Adams, Seth Magaziner, Mark Pocan, Seth Moulton, Dwight Evans, Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1], Bennie Thompson, Pramila Jayapal, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Diana DeGette, Kweisi Mfume, Christopher Deluzio, Jahana Hayes, Shri Thanedar, Nanette Barragán, Joyce Beatty, Shontel Brown, Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jesús García, Summer Lee, Ro Khanna, Richard Neal, Chellie Pingree, Yvette Clarke, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Brad Sherman, Nikki Budzinski, Yassamin Ansari, Jerrold Nadler, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Patrick Ryan, Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5], Sean Casten, Jonathan Jackson, Sylvia Garcia, Mikie Sherrill, Shomari Figures, Greg Casar, Nydia Velázquez, Chrissy Houlahan, Eric Sorensen, Jared Huffman, Veronica Escobar, Bill Foster, Judy Chu, Deborah Ross, Juan Vargas, Melanie Stansbury, Daniel Goldman, Gabe Amo, Jared Moskowitz, Terri Sewell, Debbie Dingell, Josh Harder, Mike Quigley, Andrea Salinas, Mark Takano, Sanford Bishop, Glenn Ivey, Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2], André Carson, Gabe Vasquez, Sarah Elfreth, Angie Craig, Darren Soto, Frank Mrvan, Frank Pallone, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Maxine Waters, David Scott, Ayanna Pressley, Eric Swalwell, Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3], Ed Case, Nellie Pou, Gilbert Cisneros, Ted Lieu, Donald Norcross, Laura Friedman, Robert Menendez, Laura Gillen, Nikema Williams, Val Hoyle, Sarah McBride, Nancy Pelosi, Sara Jacobs, Herbert Conaway, Johnny Olszewski, Ritchie Torres, George Latimer, Adriano Espaillat, Luz Rivas, Lori Trahan, Doris Matsui, Adelita Grijalva, Marcy Kaptur, Becca Balint, Brittany Pettersen, Josh Riley, Chris Pappas, Jake Auchincloss, James McGovern, Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]

Subjects

Transport, Climate

Source updated

17 July 2026

Transport · Climate

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Stronger Communities through Better Transit Act This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a grant program to support operating projects for public transportation and related service improvements, particularly in underserved communities and areas of persistent poverty. Specifically, the bill requires DOT to allocate funding under the program for urbanized areas, states, and Indian tribes that are recipients of funds under either the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) Urbanized Area Formula Funding program or Formula Grants for Rural Areas program. Eligible recipients may use funding for operating costs associated with projects that improve public transportation service for transit-dependent populations and support increased transit ridership (e.g., service expansion, information technology enhancements, and workforce development). DOT must apportion the funding so that recipients receive funds that are proportional to their share of operating costs. The bill also provides for an increased federal cost share for operating assistance for projects or programs carried out in areas of persistent poverty or underserved communities. DOT must set up a multimodal access measurement interface for public agencies to aid transit agencies in determining and reporting on access to jobs and essential services. A grant recipient must (1) report specific information to the FTA for inclusion in the National Transit Database, and (2) survey transit riders and non-riding residents regarding transit service improvements. Further, the bill expands the purposes of the public transportation programs to include supporting public transportation's role in combating climate change through growing/retaining transit ridership.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 15 May 2025

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 15 May 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 May 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 16 May 2025

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

2 official files

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.