,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cdee  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aa1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,fetterman1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1
 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,ms4  
,alsobrooks1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4         
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,booker1 and ,mr4      
,blumenthal7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1
 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
authorize urbanized area formula grants 
for service improvement and safety and  
security enhancement1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,moving ,transit    
,forward ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,urbanized 
area formula grants for service         
improvement and safety and security     
enhancement  7a7 ,in general ,chapter   
#ec of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended by inserting after section  
#ecjg the following3  #ecjh4 ,urbanized 
area formula grants for service         

improvement and safety and security     
enhancement  7a7 ,general authority ,the
 ,secretary may make grants under this  
section for-- 7#a7 operating costs of   
equipment and facilities for use in     
public transportation in an urbanized   
area1 if such costs increase or support 
the quality1 frequency1 or geographic   
availability of service2  7#b7 planning 
of service adjustments to increase the  
quality1 frequency1 or geographic       
availability of service2  7#c7 capital  
projects or operating costs to increase 
the security of an existing or planned  
public transportation system1 including 
costs of law enforcement or security    
personnel2 or  7#d7 capital projects for
 safety risk mitigations that are       
identified and recommended by the safety
 committee of a recipient under section 
#ecbi4  7b7 ,apportionments  7#a7 ,in   
general ,the ,secretary shall apportion 
the amounts made available for each     
fiscal year to carry out this section so
 that each urbanized area is entitled to

 receive an amount equal to the amount  
apportioned under this section          
multiplied by a ratio equal to the      
urbanized area's operating expenses for 
the most recent year reported to the    
,secretary under section #ecce1 divided 
by the total operating expenses         
attributable to all urbanized areas4    
7#b7 ,additional amounts ,amounts       
apportioned to each urbanized area shall
 be added to amounts apportioned to that
 urbanized area under section #eccf and 
made available for eligible activities  
under this section in accordance with   
the requirements of section #ecjg1      
except as modified under this section4  
7c7 ,grant requirements  7#a7           
,certifications  7,a7 ,grants for       
operating costs of equipment and        
facilities to increase or support       
service ,a recipient of assistance for  
operating costs under subsection 7a77#a7
 shall certify to the ,secretary that   
the recipient will-- 7i7 utilize the    
operating assistance to increase or     

support the total level of vehicle      
revenue service provided by the         
recipient2 and  7ii7 ensure that the    
amount of non-,federal expenditures for 
operating expenses for each of the      
fiscal years for which the recipient    
proposes to use the operating assistance
 to increase or support vehicle revenue 
service is not less than the amount of  
non-,federal expenditures of the        
recipient for operating expenses for the
 most recent fiscal year4  7,b7 ,grants 
for capital projects or operating costs 
to increase security ,a recipient of    
assistance for capital projects or      
operating costs under subsection 7a77#c7
 shall certify to the ,secretary that   
the recipient will ensure that the      
amount of non-,federal expenditures for 
security expenses of the recipient for  
each of the fiscal years for which the  
recipient proposes to use assistance to 
increase the security of an existing or 
planned public transportation system is 
not less than the amount of non-,federal

 expenditures for security expenses of  
the recipient for the most recent fiscal
 year4  7#b7 ,other programs or plans   
,operating assistance under this section
 is not required to be included in a    
transportation improvement program1     
metropolitan transportation plan1       
statewide transportation improvement    
program1 or statewide transportation    
plan under section #ecjc or #ecjd4  7#c7
 ,prohibition ,operating assistance     
under subsection 7a77#a7 and assistance 
for planning under subsection 7a77#b7   
shall not be made available for         
transitioning fixed route public        
transportation service provided as of   
the date of receipt of funds to services
 offered by a third-party contract      
provider providing on-demand service4   
7#d7 ,other amounts ,notwithstanding    
section #ecjg7;a77#a77;,d71 an urbanized
 area may use not more than #aj percent 
of the apportionment for the area under 
section #eccf as if such amounts were   
made available originally under this    

section4  7d7 ,government share of costs
 for operating expenses  7#a7 ,in       
general ,a grant under this section for 
operating expenses shall be for #hj     
percent of the net project cost of the  
project4  7#b7 ,additional matching     
amounts ,a recipient of a grant under   
this section for operating expenses may 
provide additional local matching       
amounts beyond the amount required under
 paragraph 7#a74  4  7b7 ,technical and 
conforming amendment ,the table of      
sections for chapter #ec of title #di1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #ecjg the following3  #ecjh4    
,urbanized area formula grants for      
service improvement and safety and      
security enhancement4  4