SAM Act of 2026

This bill would create a new federal grant program at the Department of Transportation to help transit agencies and their partners deploy self-driving buses, called covered shared mobility vehicles. It would authorize $60 million for fiscal year 2027 and $40 million for fiscal year 2028, reserve at least 15 percent for rural projects, and cap the federal share of a project at 80 percent. The bill would require the Secretary to set up at least one facility by January 1, 2027 to test new self-driving bus models, and to keep a pass/fail scoring rule for bus testing. It would also allow several existing transportation grant programs to pay for buying, licensing, and updating software for automated driving systems.

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