,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcfe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ae1     
#bjba,mr4 ,ossoff introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to modify the ,government
 share of the cost of certain planning  
activities1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,local ,transit ,planning ,support 
,act4  #b4 ,planning programs ,section  
#ecje of title #di1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended by striking subsection
 7f7 and inserting the following3  7f7  
,government share of costs  7#a7 ,in    
general ,except as provided in paragraph
 7#b77;,a71 the ,government share of the
 cost of an activity funded using       
amounts made available under this       
section may not exceed #hj percent of   
the cost of the activity unless the     
,secretary determines that it is in the 

interests of the ,government-- 7,a7 not 
to require a ,state or local match2 or  
7,b7 to allow a ,government share       
greater than #hj percent4  7#b7 ,certain
 activities  7,a7 ,in general ,the      
,government share of the cost of an     
activity funded using amounts made      
available under this section shall be   
not less than #ij percent for an        
activity that assists parts of an       
urbanized area or rural area with lower 
population density or lower average     
income levels compared to-- 7i7 the     
applicable urbanized area2  7ii7 the    
applicable rural area2  7iii7 an        
adjoining urbanized area2 or  7iv7 an   
adjoining rural area4  7,b7 ,report ,a  
,state or metropolitan planning         
organization that carries out an        
activity described in subparagraph 7,a7 
with an increased ,government share     
described in that subparagraph shall    
report to the ,secretary1 in a form as  
determined by the ,secretary1 how the   
increased ,government share for         

transportation planning activities      
benefits commuting and other essential  
travel in parts of the applicable       
urbanized area or rural area described  
in subparagraph 7,a7 with lower         
population density or lower average     
income levels4  4