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GRACE Act

USA116th CongressS-4636| Senate 
| Updated: 9/21/2020
John Cornyn

John Cornyn

Republican Senator

Texas

Cosponsors (2)
Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Giving Relief to American Communities in Emergencies Act or the GRACE Act This bill extends authority through FY2022 for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to distribute formula funding for certain programs using the 2000 Census for areas that lost their urbanized area designation because their population fell below 50,000 after the 2000 census as a result of a major disaster. Upon request by a state in which an urbanized area that experiences a disaster-related population decrease is located, DOT may elect for purposes of the public transportation emergency relief program to (1) use the population of such area, as determined in the decennial census before the most recent decennial census; and (2) continue to treat the area as an urbanized area.
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Timeline
Jul 17, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-3792
Introduced in House
Sep 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • July 17, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-3792
    Introduced in House


  • September 21, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 21, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Transportation and Public Works

Census and government statisticsDisaster relief and insurancePublic transitState and local government operationsTransportation programs fundingUrban and suburban affairs and development

GRACE Act

USA116th CongressS-4636| Senate 
| Updated: 9/21/2020
Giving Relief to American Communities in Emergencies Act or the GRACE Act This bill extends authority through FY2022 for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to distribute formula funding for certain programs using the 2000 Census for areas that lost their urbanized area designation because their population fell below 50,000 after the 2000 census as a result of a major disaster. Upon request by a state in which an urbanized area that experiences a disaster-related population decrease is located, DOT may elect for purposes of the public transportation emergency relief program to (1) use the population of such area, as determined in the decennial census before the most recent decennial census; and (2) continue to treat the area as an urbanized area.
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Timeline
Jul 17, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-3792
Introduced in House
Sep 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • July 17, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-3792
    Introduced in House


  • September 21, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 21, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
John Cornyn

John Cornyn

Republican Senator

Texas

Cosponsors (2)
Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Transportation and Public Works

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Census and government statisticsDisaster relief and insurancePublic transitState and local government operationsTransportation programs fundingUrban and suburban affairs and development