Sponsor
Scott Perry
Representative · R-PA
Representative · R-PA
The bill streamlines and consolidates federal fixed‑guideway grant law to simplify administration and reduce legal clutter, but creates short‑term administrative costs and eligibility uncertainty that could delay or reduce funding for some transit projects.
Local and state transit agencies and FTA administrators will have a clearer, consolidated statutory framework for fixed‑guideway grants, simplifying program administration and oversight.
Transit grant applicants (local and state governments) face reduced legal complexity and potentially smoother grant applications by removing an obsolete standalone provision and aligning rules under §5338.
Planned transit projects—particularly in urban communities—could lose funding or be delayed if the repeal narrows eligibility or changes funding formulas when applied under §5338.
Transit projects that previously relied on §5309's standalone authority may face transitional uncertainty about eligibility or program details until regulators issue updated guidance or rulemaking.
The FTA and grant recipients will incur short‑term administrative burdens and implementation costs to revise statutes, guidance, grant documents, and internal procedures to reflect the repeal and redesignation.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Repeals the statutory provision authorizing fixed‑guideway capital investment grants and makes conforming edits to related transit grant text.
Repeals the federal statutory authority that creates the Fixed Guideway Capital Investment Grants program (commonly called Capital Investment Grants or "CIG") and makes small conforming edits to related transit grant language. The bill removes 49 U.S.C. § 5309 from the U.S. Code and adjusts cross‑references and paragraph numbering in 49 U.S.C. § 5338 so the chapter text remains internally consistent.
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to repeal public transportation fixed guideway capital investment grants, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 9, 2026 by Scott Perry · Last progress April 9, 2026