1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Leveraging Performance-Based Transportation Services Act of 2017 . 2. Funding for capital projects of leveraged systems (a) National Transit Database Section 5335 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Direct reporting by leveraged systems (1) In general An owner or operator of a leveraged system may submit directly to the National Transit Database data regarding the public transportation service provided by the system. (2) Notice to designated recipient On the date of a submission under paragraph (1), the owner or operator of a leveraged system shall provide to the appropriate designated recipient under section 5307, 5311, or 5339 and metropolitan planning organization a copy of the submission. (3) Leveraged system defined In this subsection, the term leveraged system means a provider of public transportation services, whether public or private, including commuter bus services and including services provided by a private provider of public transportation by vanpool (as defined in section 5323(i)(2)(C)), that the Secretary determines— (A) is able to recover, through fare revenue or payments made directly by the provider, all operating costs associated with the services; (B) meets the requirements of the Federal Transit Administration with respect to the provision of the services; and (C) does not, through the provision of the services, negatively impact other publicly subsidized or privately provided public transportation services. . (b) Leveraging transit services Section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e)