Update: Funding For Bart s South Bay Extension Pulled From Covid-19 Relief Bill
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A provision in the coronavirus stimulus bill currently being considered by Congress that would have allocated nearly $150 million toward BART s South Bay extension has been removed after the Senate parliamentarian ruled it is not eligible for inclusion.
The stimulus bill the House passed last week included nearly $1.5 billion in funding for ongoing transit projects, part of a $30 billion allocation for beleaguered public transit agencies.
However, the $141 million in funding for the extension has been withdrawn from the version of the bill being considered in the Senate to comply with the complex rules governing budget reconciliation, a process that will allow the Senate to approve the bill by a simple majority rather than the standard 60-vote threshold.
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The Senate parliamentarian on Tuesday removed the $140 million appropriation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s rail project included in President Joe Biden s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.
According to a New York Post report, the Senate parliamentarian said the $140 million budget for the rail project was not under the so-called Byrd rule, which regulates unrelated items in budget reconciliation bills. The Senate Parliamentarian has now ruled that the BART extension from San Jose to Santa Clara does not meet the requirements of the Byrd Rule because it is part of a pilot project. Therefore, it will be removed from the reconciliation package, Nancy Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in the New York Post report.
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