House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stronger Communities through Better Transit Act
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program to provide grants to eligible recipients for eligible operating support costs of public transportation, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3449.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 82, May 15, 2025, Page H2105):U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3449, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3449
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
150 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 149 Democrats
1 of 150 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Angie Craig (D-MN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and 120 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.