Preserving Cash for Transit Access Act of 2021
This bill requires, as a condition of federal funding, that public transit systems accept cash for fares.
To require public benefit corporations to accept cash for certain 
transportation as a condition of receiving Federal funds, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Cash for Transit Access 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. SPECIFICATION OF CASH ACCEPTANCE FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--As a condition of receiving Federal funds, a 
public benefit corporation providing designated public transportation 
(as such term is defined in section 221 of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12141)) shall accept cash (as such 
term is defined in section 602 of the Expedited Funds Availability Act 
(12 U.S.C. 4001)) as legal tender for any public purchase of 
transportation services.
    (b) Public Purchase of Transportation Services Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``public purchase of transportation services'' means 
a purchase of transportation-related expenses at facilities operated by 
a transportation agency that has, at a minimum--
            (1) booths staffed by transportation agency personnel to 
        conduct cash transactions; and
            (2) automated vending machines at transportation access 
        points operated by the transit agency.
                                 <all>
Preserving Cash for Transit Access Act of 2021
To require public benefit corporations to accept cash for certain transportation as a condition of receiving Federal funds, and for other purposes.
Preserving Cash for Transit Access Act of 2021
Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M.