,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #c1 #bjbj,mr4 
,carbajal introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend title #di1 ,united   
,states ,code1 to allow certain         
urbanized areas with a population of    
over #bjj1jjj to be eligible under the  
small transit intensive cities formula1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,small ,transit ,communities            
,modernization ,act4  #b4 ,eligible     
,area ,section #eccf7;i77#a77;,a7 of    
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended to read as follows3  7,a7       
,eligible ,area  7i7 ,in general ,except
 as provided in clause 7ii71 the term   
eligible area means an urbanized area   
with a population of less than #bjj1jjj 
that meets or exceeds in one or more    
performance categories the industry     
average for all urbanized areas with a  

population of at least #bjj1jjj but not 
more than #iii1iii1 as determined by the
 ,secretary in accordance with          
subsection 7c77#b74  7ii7 ,exception    
,for any fiscal year beginning after the
 date of enactment of the ,small        
,transit ,communities ,modernization    
,act through fiscal year #bjcj1 with    
respect to a transit agency that served 
an urbanized area determined by the     
#bjaj census to have had a population of
 less than #bjj1jjj1 the term eligible  
area shall include an urbanized area    
that-- 7,i7 was determined to be an     
urbanized area with a population of at  
least #bjj1jjj but not more than        
#iii1iii1 according to the most recent  
decennial census2 and  7,,ii7 met or    
exceeded one or more of the performance 
categories described in subparagraph    
7,b7 in each of the #c years prior to   
the year in which the apportionment is  
provided4  4