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H.R. 9648: Bus Rapid Transit Act

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H.R. 9648: Bus Rapid Transit Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-12-21 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-12-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Bus Rapid Transit Act

Plain summary

Bus Rapid Transit Act This bill directs the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to establish a grant program to provide grants to state, local, and tribal governments for the design and implementation of bus rapid transit systems, including for the redesign, retrofit, renovation, update, and repair of existing bus systems. As a condition of receiving a grant, eligible entities must certify that fares for riding the bus rapid transit system shall not increase solely due to improvements carried out with grant funds and for any reason for at least one year after completion of a project funded by the bill. In carrying out the program, the FTA must prioritize projects located in economically disadvantaged communities.

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Official text

Bus Rapid Transit Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] · 59 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Mark Takano (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Jason Crow (D-CO)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr9648 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117