PATH Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9926 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9926

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to include certain ridership
 forecasting methods in determinations of whether a project under the
fixed guideway capital investment grants program is justified, and for
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2026

    Mr. Owens (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Ms. Titus, and Mr.
   Stanton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to include certain ridership
 forecasting methods in determinations of whether a project under the
fixed guideway capital investment grants program is justified, 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 ``Promoting Access to Transit in High-
Growth Communities Act'' or the ``PATH Act''.

SEC. 2. FIXED GUIDEWAY CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS.

    Section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(2)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (i) by striking ``recipient;'' and
                inserting ``recipient, which may include ridership
                forecasting methods that account for population
                density, population growth rate, and development
                planning activities as described in section 20005(b)(2)
                of MAP-21 (49 U.S.C. 5303 note);''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii) by striking ``population
                density'' and all that follows through the period at
                the end and inserting ``population density or
                population growth rate, whichever population factor is
                most beneficial to ridership forecasting to the
                project, current public transportation ridership in the
                corridor, and development planning activities as
                described in section 20005(b)(2) of MAP-21 (49 U.S.C.
                5303 note).''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(i) by striking ``recipient;''
        and inserting ``recipient, which may include ridership
        forecasting methods that account for population density,
        population growth rate, and development planning activities as
        described in section 20005(b)(2) of MAP-21 (49 U.S.C. 5303
        note);''.
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