The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (, USC Title 49, Chapter 5
provided $375 million for large-scale urban public or private rail projects in the form of matching funds to cities and states. The
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems. The FTA is one of ten modal administration ...
(now the
Federal Transit Administration
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems. The FTA is one of ten modal administratio ...
) was created. It provided capital grants for up to 50% of the cost of transit improvements.
Like the earlier
Buy American Act of 1933
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The term may also refer to:
Places
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* Burlington-Alamance Regional Ai ...
, and the later "
Buy America
Section 165 () of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (commonly called the Buy America Act) is a section of the larger STAA that deals with purchases related to rail or road transportation.
Unlike the similarly titled Buy America ...
" section of the
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982
The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 was a comprehensive transportation funding and policy act of the United States Federal Government, . The legislation was championed by the Reagan administration to address concerns about the surface ...
, the act contained provision to encourage U.S. government funds to be spent on U.S.-made products.
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See also
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Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970
The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970 () added to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 by authorizing an additional $12 billion of the same type of matching funds.
Earlier legislative attempts at establishing a federal transit funding pr ...
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National Mass Transportation Assistance Act The National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 is a United States federal law that extended the Urban Mass Transportation Act to cover operating costs as well as construction costs. This act was the culmination of a major lobbying effort b ...
of 1974
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United States federal transportation legislation
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88th United States Congress