A bill to amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to provide emergency grants for operating subsidies to urban mass transportation systems on the basis of passengers serviced.
Emergency Mass Transit Passenger Act - Provides for Federal assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 for urban mass transportation systems to continue to provide vitally needed transportation services by helping to defray the costs of such systems, and allocating funds for operating subsidies to each such system in proportion to the total number of passengers it carries. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to any State agency or local public body or agency thereof to help defray the operating costs of any urban mass transportation service in an urban area within its jurisdiction.
Authorizes the appropriation of $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the purposes of this Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
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