,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cchg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #d1     
#bjbj,ms4 ,hassan introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to increase funding for the    
,capital ,investment ,grant program of  
the ,federal ,transit ,administration1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,capital ,investment ,grant ,program    
,improvement ,act of #bjbj4  #b4        
,capital investment grant program  7a7  
,authorization of appropriations        
,section #ecch7;d7 of title #di1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by    
striking ,federal ,public               
,transportation ,act of #bjae1          
#b1cja1ghe1gfj and inserting the        
following3 ,federal ,public             
,transportation ,act of #bjae-- 7,a7    
#b1cja1ghe1gfj  2 and  7#b7 by striking 
the period at the end and inserting the 

following3 2 and 7,b7 #c1cjj1jjj1jjj for
 each of fiscal years #bjba through     
#bjbe4  4  7b7 ,consideration of        
interoperability ,section #ecji7;g77#b7 
of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,d7 ,consideration of      
interoperability  7i7 ,definitions ,in  
this subparagraph-- 7,i7 the terms      
commuter rail passenger transportation  
and intercity rail passenger            
transportation have the meanings given  
those terms in section #bdajb2 and      
7,,ii7 the term small urbanized area    
means an urbanized area with a          
population of less than #cej1jjj people4
  7ii7 ,consideration of                
interoperability ,a new fixed guideway  
capital project that receives a         
medium-low rating for the project       
justification criteria under subsection 
7d77#b77;,a77iii7 shall nonetheless be  
eligible for an overall rating of medium
 under subparagraph 7,a7 of this        
paragraph if the ,secretary determines  

that the project would connect a small  
urbanized area to1 and be interoperable 
with1 an existing 7as of the date of the
 grant application7 intercity rail      
passenger transportation network1       
commuter rail passenger transportation  
network1 or rail fixed guideway public  
transportation system located within a  
#ajj-mile radius of a terminus of the   
project4  4  7c7 ,report on small-,scale
 fixed guideway projects  7#a7          
,definitions ,in this subsection-- 7,a7 
the term rural area has the meaning     
given the term in section #ecjb of title
 #di1 ,united ,states ,code2 and  7,b7  
the term small urbanized area has the   
meaning given the term in section       
#ecji7r7 of title #di1 ,united ,states  
,code1 as added by subsection 7b74  7#b7
 ,report ,not later than #a year after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,transportation shall     
issue a report on financing and         
technical barriers to the construction  
and operation of fixed guideway         

transportation projects with a total    
estimated capital cost of not more than 
#ejj1jjj in small urbanized areas and   
rural areas4