Bill > HR8859

This bill, the Reinvesting in Essential Partnerships And Infrastructure for Rural America (REPAIR) Act, aims to establish an innovative mobility and technology deployment grants program. The key provisions include: 1. Increasing the funding limits for "rural start projects" under the Fixed Guideway Capital Investment Grants program, allowing for more investment in new transit capital projects in non-urbanized areas. 2. Modifying the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program to allow for reallocation of funds to projects in non-urbanized areas and adjusting the federal share of capital and operating assistance costs. 3. Enhancing the Formula Grants for Rural Areas program by providing higher federal shares for capital projects in qualified opportunity zones, medically underserved areas, or areas with medically underserved populations. 4. Expanding the eligibility of research, innovation and development, and demonstration projects under the Public Transportation Innovation program to include projects that improve access to healthcare, particularly in underserved areas. 5. Creating a new Innovative Mobility and Technology Deployment Grants program to support public transportation projects that integrate mobility services and technologies, improve first/last mile connections, and expand high-performing transit models, with a minimum of 20% of funds dedicated to rural areas.

Transportation and Infrastructure

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