Transit groups can buy land before review of harm is done.
S. 5080 — Modal Parity in Permitting Act · Filed by Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill lets transit groups buy land for transit projects before review of harm is done. The groups must get money from the government. The land cannot be built on until the review finishes. The bill changes one term in federal transit law.
Who it affects
Transit groups can move faster on projects. People who sell land to transit groups may sell sooner. People may get transit projects built faster. Review of harm may get less time.
One thing to notice
The bill lets groups buy land before review of harm ends. Land gets locked in before all harm concerns are studied or other routes are looked at.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- review of harm — A study of how a project affects land, water, air, and wildlife.
- transit groups — Agencies that run buses, trains, and other public transportation in a city or region.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,930 characters) on Aug 12, 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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