Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from awarding additional financial assistance for a transit or rail project if (1) the overall projected cost to complete the project exceeds the original cost projection by at least $1 billion, and (2) the operational and administrative costs to provide the service are projected to exceed the revenues generated from ridership over the next decade.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Transportation and Public Works
Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act
USA118th CongressS-1259| Senate
| Updated: 4/25/2023
Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from awarding additional financial assistance for a transit or rail project if (1) the overall projected cost to complete the project exceeds the original cost projection by at least $1 billion, and (2) the operational and administrative costs to provide the service are projected to exceed the revenues generated from ridership over the next decade.