No Desire for Streetcars Act

Summary

Prohibits use of multiple federal surface transportation and transit grant and formula funds for streetcars. The bill bars apportioned or grant money from being used to buy streetcars or to operate or maintain streetcar systems across several federal programs. The prohibition is added as an explicit override to existing eligibility rules in the Surface Transportation Block Grant program, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program, the Urbanized Area Formula Grants program, and the Fixed Guideway Capital Investment Grant program. The text does not provide new funding, exceptions, or an effective date.

• Prohibits federal STBG, CMAQ, 49 U.S.C. 5307, and 5309 funds from being used for streetcar procurement, operation, or maintenance.
• Uses a "notwithstanding any other provision" clause to override other statutory eligibility in the amended programs.
• Applies to both apportioned funds to States and to federal grant funds under the named programs.
• Does not provide alternative funding or specify an effective date in the provided text.
• Requires implementing agencies to change guidance, grant agreements, and oversight practices to enforce the ban.
• Limits one federally eligible funding pathway for streetcar projects but leaves other transit modes and non-federal funding sources unaffected.
• Likely reduces federal support options for jurisdictions planning or operating streetcar systems.
• No earmarks, appropriations, tax changes, or emergency provisions are included.