Connecting Communities Through Transit Planning Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7298 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7298 To amend the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012 to alter project eligibility for the transit-oriented development planning grant program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2026 Ms. Simon (for herself and Ms. Jacobs) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012 to alter project eligibility for the transit-oriented development planning grant program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Connecting Communities Through Transit Planning Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING. (a) In General.--Section 20005(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 5303 note) is amended-- (1) in the subsection heading by striking ``Pilot Program'' and inserting ``Grant Program''; (2) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``means a new fixed guideway capital project or a core capacity improvement project, as those terms are defined in section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this division.'' and inserting ``means-- ``(i) a new fixed guideway capital project or a fixed guideway bus rapid transit project, as those terms are defined in section 5309; or ``(ii) a corridor-based capital investment in an existing fixed guideway system.''; and (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: ``(B) Predevelopment activities.--The term `predevelopment activities' includes planning,