House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

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H.R. 5216Introduced Sep 8, 2025Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Official title: To require the Secretary of Transportation, to issue regulations and guidance to allow certain regional transportation planning organizations to increase spare bus ratios to 30 percent, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Dina Titus D-NV

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 8, 2025
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Latest action: Sep 9, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5216.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TITUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3894):
Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
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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

No cosponsors.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dina Titus.

Sponsor’s state and district

Nevada in Congress · NV-1 district

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