,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hcg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ah1         
#bjba,mrs4 ,murray 7for herself1 ,ms4   
,cantwell1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4       
,padilla1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,smith1 
and ,mr4 ,durbin7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to provide relief to public    
transportation agencies with projects in
 the ,full ,funding ,grant ,agreement   
stage of the ,capital ,investment       
,grants ,program4  #a4 ,relief for      
public transportation agencies  7a7     
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term ,secretary means the ,secretary of
 ,transportation2 and  7#b7 the term    
total project cost1 with respect to a   
project that receives a grant under     
section #ecji of title #di1 ,united     
,states ,code1 means the most recent    
total project cost stipulated in the    
full funding grant agreement4  7b7 ,,cig

 ,,covid-#ai emergency relief program   
,notwithstanding subsection             
7k77#b77;,c77ii7 or 7l77#a77;,b77ii7 of 
section #ecji of title #di1 ,united     
,states ,code1 at the request of a      
project sponsor1 the ,secretary shall   
provide an additional #cj percent of    
total project costs for any project     
under subsection 7d7 or 7e7 of section  
#ecji of title #di1 ,united ,states     
,code1 that has a full funding grant    
agreement entered into under such       
subsection 7d7 or 7e7 on or after       
,january #a1 #bjag4  7c7 ,deferred      
non-,federal share ,the ,secretary shall
 allow a project sponsor to defer       
payment of the non-,federal share for   
any project described in subsection 7b74
  7d7 ,federal share ,the ,federal share
 of the costs of a project that receives
 additional funding under this section  
may not exceed #hj percent4  7e7        
,authorization of appropriations from   
general fund ,there is authorized to be 
appropriated from the general fund of   

the ,treasury such sums as may be       
necessary to carry out this section4