Modal Parity in Permitting Act

This bill changes federal transit law so that recipients of federal public transit funds can use that money to acquire any real property interests for a project, replacing the narrower term "right-of-way." The Federal Transit Administration would have 6 months to update its guidance to match. The bill also lets recipients of certain federal passenger rail grants use those funds to buy, lease, or otherwise acquire property needed for a project before the project's environmental review is finished, if federal law otherwise allows it. Property acquired this way could not be physically developed or improved for the project until all required environmental reviews are complete.

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Sponsors

• Angela D. Alsobrooks Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors