Bill > S1098

This bill revises and reauthorizes the Transportation Alternatives Program, a surface transportation block grant program in the Department of Transportation. The key provisions include: 1. Setting aside 10% of funds for the program each fiscal year starting in 2021. 2. Allowing states to allocate up to 100% of the funds to counties, metropolitan planning organizations, regional transportation planning organizations, and local governments, if the state submits and the Secretary approves a plan for how these entities will administer the funds. 3. Expanding eligible entities to include metropolitan planning organizations serving urbanized areas with populations of 200,000 or fewer. 4. Allowing states to use up to 5% of the set-aside funds to improve the ability of applicants to access the funding efficiently and expeditiously. 5. Modifying the federal share requirements to provide more flexibility in financing these transportation alternative projects. The bill aims to give state and local governments more control over the use of these transportation alternative funds to better meet their specific needs.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1098/all-info