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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2088 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the Secretary |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Housing and Urban Development, to establish a thriving communities |
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| 7 | 7 | | grant program. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH11, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. T |
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| 11 | 11 | | ORRESof California introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 12 | 12 | | to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To direct the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination |
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| 15 | 15 | | with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, |
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| 16 | 16 | | to establish a thriving communities grant program. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Thriving Communities 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. THRIVING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) E |
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| 24 | 24 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor-7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tation, in coordination with the Secretary of Housing and 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Urban Development, shall establish a thriving commu-9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2088 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | nities grant program to provide technical assistance and 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | capacity building to help the fastest growing communities 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | advance transformative infrastructure projects. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) R |
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| 34 | 34 | | EPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tives a report on— 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) the methods the Secretary uses in carrying 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | out the program established under subsection (a) to 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | promote transit-oriented development; 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) the level of coordination between the Sec-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | retary of Transportation and the Secretary of Hous-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ing and Urban Development in carrying out such 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | program, including the respective roles of each Sec-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | retary; and 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (3) what metrics are used to distribute funding 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | under such program. 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) A |
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| 48 | 48 | | UTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year— 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) $100,000,000 to the Secretary of Transpor-19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | tation to carry out this section; and 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) $5,500,000 to the Secretary of Housing and 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Urban Development to facilitate coordination with 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the Secretary of Transportation to carry out this 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | section. 24 |
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