# 119-s-3455: Moving Transit Forward Act of 2025

119-s-3455, Moving Transit Forward Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3455
- Congress: 119
- Title: Moving Transit Forward Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Creates new urban transit service and security grants** to help cities expand public transportation frequency, coverage, and safety. This bill would add a new formula program that funds operating costs, planning, security, and safety projects for urbanized areas. - Riders and households: Grants would target increases in service quality, frequency, or geographic availability so transit systems can run more or better routes where needed. - Transit agencies and local governments: Funding is apportioned by each area's share of recently reported operating expenses. The federal share for operating expenses would be 80 percent of net project cost and agencies may provide extra local match. - Safety and security personnel: Grants can cover capital and operating costs for security, including law enforcement or other security staff, and for safety risk mitigations recommended by a recipient's safety committee. - Planning and program rules: The program would pay for planning service adjustments and would not require operating grants to be listed in transportation planning documents (TIP, MTP, STIP). Operating and planning assistance may not be used to switch fixed‑route service to third‑party on‑demand providers.

## Cosponsors (12)

- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More transit grants for urban areas: benefit, medium. This bill would create a new federal grant program for urbanized areas. Grants could pay operating costs, planning, security, and safety projects for transit. Each area's yearly share would equal the program total times that area's share of reported operating expenses. Operating grants would have a…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3455 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3455)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3455 (as of 2026-04-21).