Government money helps states fund buses and cheap housing.
H.R. 10019 — Incentivizing Value Capture for Greener Transportation Act · Filed by Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) · Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives money to states and cities. They set up value capture policies. Value capture takes extra money made when bus projects raise land values. That money pays for more buses and cheap housing. States and cities that get money must keep spending the same as before. They must pay workers fair wages on building projects. They must show results in three years. They must meet goals like more riders and less pollution.
Who it affects
Bus riders and people near bus lines get new projects. Workers on building projects get fair wages. States and cities that apply must follow the rules. Land owners near buses may see their land worth more.
One thing to notice
The bill says grantees must keep old spending levels. But it does not stop states or cities from cutting bus budgets. They could then use government money to fill the gap.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Aug 3, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 3, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- value capture — Taking extra money made when bus projects raise land values.
- fair wages — The standard pay rate for workers in a region, set by the government.
- grantees — States and cities that get government money under the program.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (8,080 characters) on Aug 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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