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TITLE <<NOTE: Federal Transit Act of 1998. Grants. Inter- governmental relations. Loans.>> III--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5101 note.>> This title may be cited as the ``Federal Transit Act of 1998''. SEC. 3002. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE. Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision of law, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 49, United States Code. SEC. 3003. DEFINITIONS. Section 5302 is amended to read as follows: ``Sec. 5302. Definitions ``(a) In General.--In this chapter, the following definitions apply: ``(1) Capital project.--The term `capital project' means a project for-- ``(A) acquiring, constructing, supervising, or inspecting equipment or a facility for use in mass transportation, expenses incidental to the acquisition or construction (including designing, engineering, location surveying, mapping, and acquiring rights-of- way), payments for the capital portions of rail trackage rights agreements, transit- related intelligent transportation systems, relocation assistance, acquiring replacement housing sites, and acquiring, constructing, relocating, and rehabilitating replacement housing; ``(B) rehabilitating a bus; ``(C) remanufacturing a bus; ``(D) overhauling rail rolling stock; ``(E) preventive maintenance; ``(F) leasing equipment or a facility for use in mass transportation, subject to regulations that the Secretary prescribes limiting the leasing arrangements to those that are more cost-effective than purchase or construction; ``(G) a mass transportation improvement that enhances economic development or incorporates private investment, including commercial and residential development, pedestrian and bicycle access to a mass transportation facility, and the renovation and improvement of historic transportation facilities, because the improvement enhances the effectiveness of a mass transportation project and is related physically or functionally to that mass transportation project, or establishes new or enhanced coordination between mass transportation and other transportation, and provides a fair share of revenue for mass transportation that will be used for mass transportation-- ``(i) including property acquisition, demolition of existing structures, site preparation, utilities, building foundations, walkways, open space, safety and security equipment and facilities (including lighting, surveillance and related intelligent transportation system applications), facilities that incorporate community services such as daycare and health care, and a capital project for, and improving, equipment or a facility for an intermodal transfer facility or transportation mall, except that a person making an agreement to occupy space in a facility under this subparagraph shall pay a reasonable share of the costs of the facility through rental payments and other means; and ``(ii) excluding construction of a commercial revenue-producing facility or a part of a public facility not related to mass transportation; ``(H) the introduction of new technology, through innovative and improved products, into mass transportation; or ``(I) the provision of nonfixed route paratransit transportation services in accordance with section 223 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12143), but only for grant recipients that are in compliance with applicable requirements of that Act, including both fixed route and demand responsive service, and only for amounts not to exceed 10 percent of such recipient's annual formula apportionment under sections 5307 and 5311. ``(2) Chief executive officer of a state.--The term `chief executive officer of a State' includes the designee of the chief executive officer. ``(3) Emergency regulation.--The term `emergency regulation' means a regulation-- ``(A) that is effective temporarily before the expiration of the otherwise specified periods of time for public notice and comment under section 5334(b); and ``(B) prescribed by the Secretary as the result of a finding that a delay in the effective date of the regulation-- ``(i) would injure seriously an important public interest; ``(ii) would frustrate substantially legislative policy and intent; or ``(iii) would damage seriously a person or class without serving an important public interest. ``(4) Fixed guideway.--The term `fixed guideway' means a mass transportation facility-- ``(A) using and occupying a separate right-of-way or rail for the exclusive use of mass transportation and other high occupancy vehicles; or ``(B) using a fixed catenary system and a right-of- way usable by other forms of transportation. ``(5) Handicapped individual.--The term `handicapped individual' means an individual who, because of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other incapacity or temporary or permanent disability (including an individual who is a wheelchair user or has semiambulatory capability), cannot use effectively, without special facilities, planning, or design, mass transportation service or a mass transportation facility. ``(6) Local governmental authority.--The term `local governmental authority' includes-- ``(A) a political subdivision of a State; ``(B) an authority of at least 1 State or political subdivision of a State; ``(C) an Indian tribe; and ``(D) a public corporation, board, or commission established under the laws of a State. ``(7) Mass transportation.--The term `mass transportation' means transportation by a conveyance that provides regular and continuing general or special transportation to the public, but does not include school bus, charter, or sightseeing transportation. ``(8) Net project cost.--The term `net project cost' means the part of a project that reasonably cannot be financed from revenues. ``(9) New bus model.--The term `new bus model' means a bus model (including a model using alternative fuel)-- ``(A) that has not been used in mass transportation in the United States before the date of production of the model; or ``(B) used in mass transportation in the United States, but being produced with a major change in configuration or components. ``(10) Public transportation.--The term `public transportation' means mass transportation. ``(11) Regulation.--The term `regulation' means any part of a statement of general or particular applicability of the Secretary designed to carry out, interpret, or prescribe law or policy in carrying out this chapter. ``(12) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Transportation. ``(13) State.--The term `State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. ``(14) Transit.--The term `transit' means mass transportation. ``(15) Transit enhancement.--The term `transit enhancement' means, with respect to any project or an area to be served by a project, projects that are designed to enhance mass transportation service or use and that are physically or functionally related to transit facilities. Eligible projects are-- ``(A) historic preservation, rehabilitation, and operation of historic mass transportation buildings, structures, and facilities (including historic bus and railroad facilities); ``(B) bus shelters; ``(C) landscaping and other scenic beautification, including tables, benches, trash receptacles, and street lights; ``(D) public art; ``(E) pedestrian access and walkways; ``(F) bicycle access, including bicycle storage facilities and installing equipment for transporting bicycles on mass transportation vehicles; ``(G) transit connections to parks within the recipient's transit service area; ``(H) signage; and ``(I) enhanced access for persons with disabilities to mass transportation. ``(16) Urban area.--The term `urban area' means an area that includes a municipality or other built-up place that the Secretary, after considering local patterns and trends of urban growth, decides is appropriate for a local mass transportation system to serve individuals in the locality. ``(17) Urbanized area.--The term `urbanized area' means an area-- ``(A) encompassing at least an urbanized area within a State that the Secretary of Commerce designates; and ``(B) designated as an urbanized area within boundaries fixed by State and local officials and approved by the Secretary. ``(b) Authority To Modify `Handicapped Individual'.--The Secretary may by regulation modify the definition of the term `handicapped individual' in subsection (a)(5) as it applies to section 5307(d)(1)(D).''. SEC. 3004. METROPOLITAN PLANNING. (a) General Requirements; Scope of Planning Process.--Section 5303 is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following: ``(a) General Requirements.-- ``(1) Development of plans and programs.--To carry out section 5301(a), metropolitan planning organizations designated under subsection (c), in cooperation with the States and mass transportation operators, shall develop transportation plans and programs for urbanized areas of the State. ``(2) Contents.--The plans and programs developed under paragraph (1) for each metropolitan area shall provide for the development and integrated management and operation of transportation systems and facilities (including pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities) that will function as an intermodal transportation system for the metropolitan area and as an integral part of an intermodal transportation system for the State and the United States. ``(3) Process.--The process for developing the plans and programs shall provide for consideration of all modes of transportation and shall be continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the degree appropriate, based on the complexity of the transportation problems to be addressed. ``(b) Scope of Planning Process.-- ``(1) In general.--The metropolitan transportation planning process for a metropolitan area under this section shall provide for consideration of projects and strategies that will-- ``(A) support the economic vitality of the metropolitan area, especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency; ``(B) increase the safety and security of the transportation system for motorized and nonmotorized users; ``(C) increase the accessibility and mobility options available to people and for freight; ``(D) protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, and improve quality of life; ``(E) enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for people and freight; ``(F) promote efficient system management and operation; and ``(G) emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system. ``(2) Failure to consider factors.--The failure to consider any factor specified in paragraph (1) shall not be reviewable by any court under this title, subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, or chapter 7 of title 5 in any matter affecting a transportation plan, a transportation improvement plan, a project or strategy, or the certification of a planning process.''. (b) Designating Metropolitan Planning Organizations.--Section 5303(c) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)(A)-- (A) by striking ``representing'' and inserting ``that together represent''; and (B) by striking ``as defined by the Secretary of Commerce)'' and inserting ``or cities, as defined by the Bureau of the Census)''; (2) in paragraph (2)-- (A) by striking ``In a metropolitan area'' and all that follows through ``shall include'' and inserting ``Each policy board of a metropolitan planning organization that serves an area designated as a transportation management area when designated or redesignated under this subsection shall consist of''; and (B) by striking ``officials of authorities'' and inserting ``officials of public agencies''; (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ``in an urbanized area'' and all that follows through ``of the urbanized area'' and inserting ``within an existing metropolitan planning area only if the chief executive officer of the State and the existing metropolitan organization determine that the size and complexity of the existing metropolitan planning area''; and (4) in paragraph (5)-- (A) in subparagraph (A)-- (i) by striking ``representing'' and inserting ``that together represent''; and (ii) by striking ``as defined by the Secretary of Commerce)'' and inserting ``or cities, as defined by the Bureau of the Census)''; (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``as defined by the Secretary of Commerce)'' and inserting ``or cities, as defined by the Bureau of the Census)''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(D) Designations of metropolitan planning organizations, whether made under this section or under any other provision of law, shall remain in effect until redesignation under this paragraph.''. (c) Metropolitan Area Boundaries.--Section 5303(d) is amended-- (1) in the subsection heading by inserting ``Planning'' before ``Area''; (2) in the first sentence-- (A) by striking ``To carry out'' and inserting the following: ``(1) In general.--To carry out''; and (B) by inserting ``planning'' before ``area''; (3) by striking the second sentence and all that follows and inserting the following: ``(2) Included area.--Each metropolitan planning area-- ``(A) shall encompass at least the existing urbanized area and the contiguous area expected to become urbanized within a 20-year forecast period; and ``(B) may encompass the entire metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census. ``(3) Existing metropolitan planning areas in nonattainment.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), in the case of an urbanized area designated as a nonattainment area for ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), the boundaries of the metropolitan planning area in existence as of the date of enactment of this paragraph shall be retained, except that the boundaries may be adjusted by agreement of the chief executive officer of the State and any affected metropolitan planning organizations, in the manner described in subsection (c)(5). ``(4) New metropolitan planning areas in nonattainment.--In the case of an urbanized area designated after the date of enactment of this paragraph as a nonattainment area for ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act, the boundaries of the metropolitan planning area-- ``(A) shall be established in the manner described in subsection (c)(1); ``(B) shall encompass the areas described in paragraph (2)(A); ``(C) may encompass the areas described in paragraph (2)(B); and ``(D) may address any nonattainment area identified under the Clean Air Act for ozone or carbon monoxide.''; and (4) by aligning paragraph (1) (as designated by paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection) with paragraphs (2) through (4) (as inserted by paragraph (3) of this subsection). (d) Coordination.--Section 5303(e) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2)-- (A) by inserting ``or compact'' after ``agreement'' the first place it appears''; and (B) by striking ``making the agreement effective'' and inserting ``making the agreements and compacts effective''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(4) The Secretary shall encourage each metropolitan planning organization to coordinate, to the maximum extent practicable, the design and delivery of transportation services within the metropolitan planning area that are provided-- ``(A) by recipients of assistance under this chapter; and ``(B) by governmental agencies and non-profit organizations (including representatives of the agencies and organizations) that receive Governmental assistance from a source other than the Department of Transportation to provide non-emergency transportation services.''. (e) Developing Long-Range Transportation Plans.--Section 5303(f) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``United States and regional transportation functions'' and inserting ``national, regional, and metropolitan transportation functions''; (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following: ``(iii) recommends any additional financing strategies for needed projects and programs;''; and (C) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: ``(C) identify transportation strategies necessary-- ``(i) to ensure preservation, including requirements for management, operation, modernization, and rehabilitation, of the existing and future transportation system; and ``(ii) to use existing transportation facilities most efficiently to relieve congestion, to efficiently serve the mobility needs of people and goods, and to enhance access within the metropolitan planning area; and''; (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``as they are related to a 20-year forecast period'' and inserting ``and any State or local goals developed within the cooperative metropolitan planning process as they relate to a 20-year forecast period and to other forecast periods as determined by the participants in the planning process''; (3) in paragraph (4)-- (A) by inserting after ``employees,'' the following: ``freight shippers, providers of freight transportation services,''; and (B) by inserting after ``private providers of transportation,'' the following: ``representatives of users of public transit,''; (4) in paragraph (5)(A) by inserting ``published or otherwise'' before ``made readily available''; (5) in the subsection heading by striking ``Long-Range Plans'' and inserting ``Long-Range Transportation Plans''; and (6) by striking ``long-range plans'' each place it appears and inserting ``long-range transportation plans''. SEC. 3005. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (a) Development and Update.--The second sentence of section 5304(a) is amended-- (1) by striking ``the organization'' and inserting ``the metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation with the chief executive officer of the State and any affected mass transportation operator,''; (2) by inserting after ``employees,'' the following: ``other affected employee representatives, freight shippers, providers of freight transportation services,''; and (3) by inserting after ``private providers of transportation,'' the following: ``representatives of users of public transit,''. (b) Contents.--Section 5304(b)(2) is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: ``(C) identifies innovative financing techniques to finance projects, programs, and strategies, which may include, for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be included in the approved transportation improvement program if reasonable additional resources beyond those identified in the financial plan were available.''. (c) Project Selection.--Section 5304(c) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ``(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 5305(d)(1) and in addition to the transportation improvement program development required under subsection (b), the selection of federally funded projects for implementation in metropolitan areas shall be carried out, from the approved transportation improvement program-- ``(A) by-- ``(i) in the case of projects under title 23, the State; and ``(ii) in the case of projects under this chapter, the designated transit funding recipients; and ``(B) in cooperation with the metropolitan planning organization.''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, action by the Secretary shall not be required to advance a project included in the approved transportation improvement program in place of another project in the program. ``(4) Selection of projects from illustrative list.--Notwithstanding subsection (b)(2)(C), a State or metropolitan planning organization shall not be required to select any project from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial plan under subsection (b)(2)(C). ``(5) Publication.--(A) A transportation improvement program involving Government participation shall be published or otherwise made readily available by the metropolitan planning organization for public review. ``(B) An annual listing of projects for which Government funds have been obligated in the preceding year shall be published or otherwise made available by the metropolitan planning organization for public review. The listing shall be consistent with the categories identified in the transportation improvement program. ``(6) Regionally significant projects proposed for funding under chapter 2 of title 23 shall be identified individually in the transportation improvement program. All other projects funded under chapter 2 of title 23 shall be grouped in 1 line item or identified individually in the transportation improvement program.''. SEC. 3006. TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AREAS. (a) Designation.--Section 5305(a) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: ``(2) any other area, if requested by the chief executive officer and the metropolitan planning organization designated for the area.''. (b) Transportation Plans and Programs.--Section 5305(b) is amended by inserting ``affected'' before ``mass transportation operators''. (c) Congestion Management System.--Section 5305(c) is amended by striking ``The Secretary'' and all that follows through the final period. (d) Project Selection.--Section 5305(d)(1)(A) is amended by inserting ``and any affected mass transportation operator'' after ``the State''. (e) Certification.--Section 5305(e) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: ``(2)(A) If a metropolitan planning process is not certified, the Secretary may withhold not more than 20 percent of the apportioned funds attributable to the transportation management area under this chapter and title 23. ``(B) Any apportionments withheld under subparagraph (A) shall be restored to the metropolitan area at such time as the metropolitan planning organization is certified by the Secretary.''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(4) In making certification determinations under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide for public involvement appropriate to the metropolitan area under review.''. (f) Continuation of Current Review Practice.--Section 5305 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(h) Continuation of Current Review Practice.--Since plans and programs described in this section are subject to a reasonable opportunity for public comment, since individual projects included in the plans and programs are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and since decisions by the Secretary concerning plans and programs described in this section have not been reviewed under such Act as of January 1, 1997, any decision by the Secretary concerning a plan or program described in this section shall not be considered to be a Federal action subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).''. SEC. 3007. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS. (a) Section Heading.-- (1) Amendment to section 5307.--Section 5307 is amended by striking the section heading and inserting the following: ``Sec. 5307. Urbanized area formula grants''. (2) Conforming amendment.--The item relating to section 5307 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended to read as follows: ``5307. Urbanized area formula grants.''. (b) Definitions.--Section 5307(a) is amended-- (1) by striking ``In this section--'' and inserting ``In this section, the following definitions apply:''; (2) by inserting ``Associated capital maintenance items.-- The term'' after ``(1)''; and (3) by inserting ``Designated recipient.--The term'' after ``(2)''. (c) General Authority.--Section 5307(b) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) by striking ``, improvement, and operating costs'' and inserting ``and improvement costs''; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary may also make grants under this section to finance the operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in mass transportation in an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000.''; (2) in paragraph (2)(A)-- (A) by inserting ``, in writing,'' after ``approved''; and (B) by striking ``and'' at the end; (3) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; (4) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(C) the metropolitan planning organization in approving the use under subparagraph (A) determines that the local transit needs are being addressed.''; (5) by striking paragraphs (3) and (5); and (6) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). (d) Advance Construction.--Section 5307(g)(3) is amended by striking ``the amount by which'' and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting ``the most favorable financing terms reasonably available for the project at the time of borrowing. The applicant <<NOTE: Certification.>> shall certify, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary, that the applicant has shown reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financing terms.''. (e) Coordination of Reviews.--Section 5307(i)(2) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall coordinate such reviews with any related State or local reviews.''. (f) Transit Enhancement Activities.--Section 5307(k) is amended to read as follows: ``(k) Transit Enhancement Activities.-- ``(1) In general.--One percent of the funds apportioned to urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000 under section 5336 for a fiscal year shall be made available for transit enhancement activities in accordance with section 5302(a)(15). ``(2) Period of availability.--Funds apportioned under paragraph (1) shall be available for obligation for 3 years following the fiscal year in which the funds are apportioned. Funds that are not obligated at the end of such period shall be reapportioned under the urbanized area formula program of section 5336. ``(3) Report.--A recipient of funds apportioned under paragraph (1) shall submit, as part of the recipient's annual certification to the Secretary, a report listing the projects carried out during the fiscal year with those funds.''. (g) Conforming Amendments.--Section 5307(n)(2) is amended by inserting ``5319,'' after ``5318,''. SEC. 3008. CLEAN FUELS FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Section 5308 is amended to read as follows: ``Sec. 5308. Clean fuels formula grant program ``(a) Definitions.--In this section-- ``(1) the term `clean fuel vehicle' means a vehicle that-- ``(A) is powered by-- ``(i) compressed natural gas; ``(ii) liquefied natural gas; ``(iii) biodiesel fuels; ``(iv) batteries; ``(v) alcohol-based fuels; ``(vi) hybrid electric; ``(vii) fuel cell; ``(viii) clean diesel, to the extent allowed under this section; or ``(ix) other low or zero emissions technology; and ``(B) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has certified sufficiently reduces harmful emissions; ``(2) the term `designated recipient' has the same meaning as in section 5307(a)(2); and ``(3) the term `eligible project'-- ``(A) means a project for-- ``(i) purchasing or leasing clean fuel buses, including buses that employ a lightweight composite primary structure; ``(ii) constructing or leasing clean fuel buses or electrical recharging facilities and related equipment; ``(iii) improving existing mass transportation facilities to accommodate clean fuel buses; ``(iv) repowering pre-1993 engines with clean fuel technology that meets the current urban bus emission standards; or ``(v) retrofitting or rebuilding pre-1993 engines if before half life to rebuild; and ``(B) in the discretion of the Secretary, may include projects relating to clean fuel, biodiesel, hybrid electric, or zero emissions technology vehicles that exhibit equivalent or superior emissions reductions to existing clean fuel or hybrid electric technologies. ``(b) Authority.--The Secretary shall make grants in accordance with this section to designated recipients to finance eligible projects. ``(c) Application.-- ``(1) In general.--Not later than January 1 of each year, any designated recipient seeking to apply for a grant under this section for an eligible project shall submit an application to the Secretary, in such form and in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish by regulation. ``(2) Certification required.--An application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain a certification by the applicant that the grantee will operate vehicles purchased with a grant under this section only with clean fuels. ``(d) Apportionment of Funds.-- ``(1) Formula.--Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall apportion amounts made available to carry out this section to designated recipients submitting applications under subsection (c), of which-- ``(A) two-thirds shall be apportioned to designated recipients with eligible projects in urban areas with a population of at least 1,000,000, of which-- ``(i) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such designated recipient receives a grant in an amount equal to the ratio between-- ``(I) the number of vehicles in the bus fleet of the eligible project of the designated recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment for the area in which the eligible project is located, as provided in paragraph (2); and ``(II) the total number of vehicles in the bus fleets of all eligible projects in areas with a population of at least 1,000,000 funded under this section, weighted by severity of nonattainment for all areas in which those eligible projects are located, as provided in paragraph (2); and ``(ii) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such designated recipient receives a grant in an amount equal to the ratio between-- ``(I) the number of bus passenger miles (as that term is defined in section 5336(c)) of the eligible project of the designated recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment of the area in which the eligible project is located, as provided in paragraph (2); and ``(II) the total number of bus passenger miles of all eligible projects in areas with a population of at least 1,000,000 funded under this section, weighted by severity of nonattainment of all areas in which those eligible projects are located, as provided in paragraph (2); and ``(B) one-third shall be apportioned to designated recipients with eligible projects in urban areas with a population of less than 1,000,000, of which-- ``(i) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such designated recipient receives a grant in an amount equal to the ratio between-- ``(I) the number of vehicles in the bus fleet of the eligible project of the designated recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment for the area in which the eligible project is located, as provided in paragraph (2); and ``(II) the total number of vehicles in the bus fleets of all eligible projects in areas with a population of less than 1,000,000 funded under this section, weighted by severity of nonattainment for all areas in which those eligible projects are located, as provided in paragraph (2); and ``(ii) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such designated recipient receives a grant in an amount equal to the ratio between-- ``(I) the number of bus passenger miles (as that term is defined in section 5336(c)) of the eligible project of the designated recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment of the area in which the eligible project is located, as provided in paragraph (2); and ``(II) the total number of bus passenger miles of all eligible projects in areas with a population of less than 1,000,000 funded under this section, weighted by severity of nonattainment of all areas in which those eligible projects are located, as provided in paragraph (2). ``(2) Weighting of severity of nonattainment.-- ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), subject to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the number of clean fuel vehicles in the fleet, or the number of passenger miles, shall be multiplied by a factor of-- ``(i) 1.0 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is a maintenance area (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 23) for ozone or carbon monoxide; ``(ii) 1.1 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as-- ``(I) a marginal ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.); or ``(II) a marginal carbon monoxide nonattainment area under subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7512 et seq.); ``(iii) 1.2 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as-- ``(I) a moderate ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.); or ``(II) a moderate carbon monoxide nonattainment area under subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7512 et seq.); ``(iv) 1.3 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as-- ``(I) a serious ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.); or ``(II) a serious carbon monoxide nonattainment area under subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7512 et seq.); ``(v) 1.4 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as-- ``(I) a severe ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.); or ``(II) a severe carbon monoxide nonattainment area under subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7512 et seq.); or ``(vi) 1.5 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as-- ``(I) an extreme ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.); or ``(II) an extreme carbon monoxide nonattainment area under subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7512 et seq.). ``(B) Additional adjustment for carbon monoxide areas.--If, in addition to being classified as a nonattainment or maintenance area (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 23) for ozone under subpart 2 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.), the area was also classified under subpart 3 of part D of title I of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7512 et seq.) as a nonattainment area for carbon monoxide, the weighted nonattainment or maintenance area fleet and passenger miles for the eligible project, as calculated under subparagraph (A), shall be further multiplied by a factor of 1.2. ``(3) Maximum grant amount.-- ``(A) In general.--The amount of a grant made to a designated recipient under this section shall not exceed the lesser of-- ``(i) for an eligible project in an area-- ``(I) with a population of less than 1,000,000, $15,000,000; and ``(II) with a population of at least 1,000,000, $25,000,000; or ``(ii) 80 percent of the total cost of the eligible project. ``(B) Reapportionment.--Any amounts that would otherwise be apportioned to a designated recipient under this subsection that exceed the amount described in subparagraph (A) shall be reapportioned among other designated recipients in accordance with paragraph (1). ``(e) Additional Requirements.-- ``(1) Limitation on uses.--Not less than 5 percent of the amount made available by or appropriated under section 5338 in each fiscal year to carry out this section shall be available for any eligible projects for which an application is received from a designated recipient, for-- ``(A) the purchase or construction of hybrid electric or battery-powered buses; or ``(B) facilities specifically designed to service those buses. ``(2) Clean diesel buses.--Not more than $50,000,000 of the amount made available by or appropriated under section 5338 in each fiscal year to carry out this section may be made available to fund clean diesel buses. ``(3) Bus retrofitting and replacement.--Not more than 5 percent of the amount made available by or appropriated under section 5338 in each fiscal year to carry out this section may be made available to fund retrofitting or replacement of the engines of buses that do not meet the clean air standards of the Environmental Protection Agency, as in effect on the date on which the application for such retrofitting or replacement is submitted under subsection (c)(1). ``(f) Availability of Funds.--Any amount made available or appropriated under this section-- ``(1) shall remain available to a project for 1 year after the fiscal year for which the amount is made available or appropriated; and ``(2) that remains unobligated at the end of the period described in paragraph (1), shall be added to the amount made available in the following fiscal year.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5308 and inserting the following: ``5308. Clean fuels formula grant program.''. SEC. 3009. CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS AND LOANS. (a) Section Heading.--Section 5309 is amended in the section heading by striking ``Discretionary'' and inserting ``Capital investment''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 5309 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by striking ``Discretionary'' and inserting ``Capital investment''. (c) General Authority.--Section 5309(a)(1) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and (2) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following: ``(E) capital projects to modernize existing fixed guideway systems; ``(F) capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus- related facilities;''. (d) Consideration of Decreased Commuter Rail Transportation.-- Section 5309(c) is amended to read as follows: ``(c) [Reserved.]''. (e) Criteria for Grants and Loans for Fixed Guideway Systems.-- Section 5309(e) is amended to read as follows: ``(e) Criteria for Grants and Loans for Fixed Guideway Systems.-- ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may approve a grant or loan under this section for a capital project for a new fixed guideway system or extension of an existing fixed guideway system only if the Secretary determines that the proposed project is-- ``(A) based on the results of an alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering; ``(B) justified based on a comprehensive review of its mobility improvements, environmental benefits, cost effectiveness, and operating efficiencies; and ``(C) supported by an acceptable degree of local financial commitment, including evidence of stable and dependable financing sources to construct, maintain, and operate the system or extension. ``(2) Alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering.--In evaluating a project under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall analyze and consider the results of the alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering for the project. ``(3) Project justification.--In evaluating a project under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall-- ``(A) consider the direct and indirect costs of relevant alternatives; ``(B) consider factors such as congestion relief, improved mobility, air pollution, noise pollution, energy consumption, and all associated ancillary and mitigation costs necessary to carry out each alternative analyzed, and recognize reductions in local infrastructure costs achieved through compact land use development; ``(C) identify and consider mass transportation supportive existing land use policies and future patterns, and the cost of urban sprawl; ``(D) consider the degree to which the project increases the mobility of the mass transportation dependent population or promotes economic development; ``(E) consider population density and current transit ridership in the corridor; ``(F) consider the technical capability of the grant recipient to construct the project; ``(G) adjust the project justification to reflect differences in local land, construction, and operating costs; and ``(H) consider other factors that the Secretary determines appropriate to carry out this chapter. ``(4) Local financial commitment.-- ``(A) Evaluation of project.--In evaluating a project under paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall require that-- ``(i) the proposed project plan provides for the availability of contingency amounts that the Secretary determines to be reasonable to cover unanticipated cost increases; ``(ii) each proposed local source of capital and operating financing is stable, reliable, and available within the proposed project timetable; and ``(iii) local resources are available to operate the overall proposed mass transportation system (including essential feeder bus and other services necessary to achieve the projected ridership levels) without requiring a reduction in existing mass transportation services to operate the proposed project. ``(B) Considerations.--In assessing the stability, reliability, and availability of proposed sources of local financing under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider-- ``(i) existing grant commitments; ``(ii) the degree to which financing sources are dedicated to the purposes proposed; ``(iii) any debt obligation that exists or is proposed by the recipient for the proposed project or other mass transportation purpose; and ``(iv) the extent to which the project has a local financial commitment that exceeds the required non-Federal share of the cost of the project. ``(5) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of the Federal Transit Act of 1998, the Secretary shall issue regulations on the manner in which the Secretary will evaluate and rate the projects based on the results of alternatives analysis, project justification, and the degree of local financial commitment, as required under this subsection. ``(6) Project evaluation and rating.--A proposed project may advance from alternatives analysis to preliminary engineering, and may advance from preliminary engineering to final design and construction, only if the Secretary finds that the project meets the requirements of this section and there is a reasonable likelihood that the project will continue to meet such requirements. In making such findings, the Secretary shall evaluate and rate the project as `highly recommended', `recommended', or not `recommended', based on the results of alternatives analysis, the project justification criteria, and the degree of local financial commitment, as required under this subsection. In rating the projects, the Secretary shall provide, in addition to the overall project rating, individual ratings for each criteria established under the regulations issued under paragraph (5). ``(7) Full funding grant agreement.--A project financed under this subsection shall be carried out through a full funding grant agreement. The Secretary shall enter into a full funding grant agreement based on the evaluations and ratings required under this subsection. The Secretary shall not enter into a full funding grant agreement for a project unless that project is authorized for final design and construction. ``(8) Limitations on applicability.-- ``(A) Projects with a section 5309 federal share of less than $25,000,000.--A project for a new fixed guideway system or extension of an existing fixed guideway system is not subject to the requirements of this subsection, and the simultaneous evaluation of similar projects in at least 2 corridors in a metropolitan area may not be limited, if the assistance provided under this section with respect to the project is less than $25,000,000. ``(B) Projects in nonattainment areas.--The simultaneous evaluation of projects in at least 2 corridors in a metropolitan area may not be limited and the Secretary shall make decisions under this subsection with expedited procedures that will promote carrying out an approved State Implementation Plan in a timely way if a project is-- ``(i) located in a nonattainment area; ``(ii) a transportation control measure (as defined by the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)); and ``(iii) required to carry out the State Implementation Plan. ``(C) Projects financed with highway funds.--This subsection does not apply to a part of a project financed completely with amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account). ``(D) Previously issued letter of intent or full funding grant agreement.--This subsection does not apply to projects for which the Secretary has issued a letter of intent or entered into a full funding grant agreement before the date of enactment of the Federal Transit Act of 1998.''. (f) Letters of Intent and Full Funding Grant Agreements.--Section 5309(g) is amended-- (1) in the subsection heading by striking ``financing'' and inserting ``funding''; (2) by striking ``full financing'' each place it appears and inserting ``full funding''; (3) in paragraph (1)(B)-- (A) by striking ``30 days'' and inserting ``60 days''; (B) by inserting before the first comma ``or entering into a full funding grant agreement''; and (C) by striking ``issuance of the letter.'' and inserting ``letter or agreement. The Secretary shall include with the notification a copy of the proposed letter or agreement as well as the evaluations and ratings for the project.''; and (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``50 percent'' and all that follows through ``obligated)'' and inserting ``an amount equivalent to the total authorizations under section 5338(b) for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems for fiscal years 2002 and 2003''. (g) Allocating Amounts.--Section 5309(m) is amended to read as follows: ``(m) Allocating Amounts.-- ``(1) In general.--Of the amounts made available by or appropriated under section 5338 for grants and loans under this section for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003-- ``(A) 40 percent shall be available for fixed guideway modernization; ``(B) 40 percent shall be available for capital projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems; and ``(C) 20 percent shall be available to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities. ``(2) Limitation on amounts available for activities other than final design and construction.--Not more than 8 percent of the amounts made available in each fiscal year by paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for activities other than final design and construction. ``(3) Bus and bus facility grants.-- ``(A) Consideration.--In making grants under paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall consider the age of buses, bus fleets, related equipment, and bus-related facilities. ``(B) Funding for bus testing facility.--Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)(C), $3,000,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to carry out section 5318. ``(4) Funding for clean fuels.--Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)(C), $50,000,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 to carry out section 5308. ``(5) Funding for ferry boat systems.-- ``(A) Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B), $10,400,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 for capital projects in Alaska or Hawaii, for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to fixed guideway systems that are ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities, or that are approaches to ferry terminal facilities. ``(B) Of the amounts appropriated under section 5338(h)(5), $3,600,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 for capital projects in Alaska or Hawaii, for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to fixed guideway systems that are ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities, or that are approaches to ferry terminal facilities.''. (h) Conforming Amendments.-- (1) Repeal.--Section 5309(f) is amended to read as follows: ``(f) [Reserved.]''. (2) Cross reference.--Section 5328(a)(2) is amended by striking ``5309(e)(1)-(6) of this title'' and inserting ``5309(e)''. (3) References to full funding grant agreements.--Chapter 53 is amended-- (A) in section 5320-- (i) by striking ``full financing'' each place it appears and inserting ``full funding''; and (ii) in subsection (e) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Financing'' and inserting ``Funding''; and (B) in section 5328(a)(4) by striking ``full financing'' each place it appears and inserting ``full funding''. (i) Reports.--Section 5309 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(o) Reports.-- ``(1) Funding levels and allocations of funds for fixed guideway systems.-- ``(A) Annual report.--Not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report that includes a proposal on the allocation of amounts to be made available to finance grants and loans for capital projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems among applicants for those amounts. ``(B) Recommendations on funding.--The annual report under this paragraph shall include evaluations and ratings, as required under subsection (e), for each project that is authorized or has received funds under this section since the date of enactment of the Federal Transit Act of 1998 or October 1 of the preceding fiscal year, whichever date is earlier. The report shall also include recommendations of projects for funding based on the evaluations and ratings and on existing commitments and anticipated funding levels for the next 3 fiscal years and for the next 10 fiscal years based on information currently available to the Secretary. ``(2) Supplemental report on new starts.--The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the 31st day of August of each year that describes the Secretary's evaluation and rating of each project that has completed alternatives analysis or preliminary engineering since the date of the last report. The report shall include all relevant information that supports the evaluation and rating of each project, including a summary of each project's financial plan. ``(3) Annual gao review.--The General Accounting Office shall-- ``(A) conduct an annual review of-- ``(i) the processes and procedures for evaluating and rating projects and recommending projects; and ``(ii) the Secretary's implementation of such processes and procedures; and ``(B) shall report to Congress on the results of such review by April 30 of each year.''. (j) Project Defined.--Section 5309 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(p) Project Defined.--In this section, the term `project' means, with respect to a new fixed guideway system or extension to an existing fixed guideway system, a minimum operable segment of the project.''. SEC. 3010. DOLLAR VALUE OF MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5309 note.>> (a) In General.--The Secretary shall not consider the dollar value of mobility improvements, as specified in the report required under section 5309(o) (as added by this Act), in evaluating projects under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, in developing regulations, or in carrying out any other duty of the Secretary. (b) Study.-- (1) In general.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the dollar value of mobility improvements and the relationship of mobility improvements to the overall transportation justification of a new fixed guideway system or extension to an existing system. (2) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2000, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the study under paragraph (1), including an analysis of the factors relevant to determining the dollar value of mobility improvements. SEC. 3011. LOCAL SHARE. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5307 note.>> (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal years 1999 through 2003, a recipient of assistance under section 5307 or 5309 of title 49, United States Code, may use, as part of the local matching funds for a capital project (as defined in section 5302(a) of title 49, United States Code), the proceeds from the issuance of revenue bonds. (b) Maintenance of Effort.--The Secretary shall approve of the use of the proceeds from the issuance of revenue bonds for the remainder of the net project cost (as defined in section 5302(a) of title 49, United States Code) only if the aggregate amount of financial support for mass transportation in the urbanized area from the State and affected local governmental authorities during the next 3 fiscal years, as programmed in the State Transportation Improvement Program under section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is not less than the aggregate amount provided by the State and affected local governmental authorities in the urbanized area during the preceding 3 fiscal years. (c) Report.-- (1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2003, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, a report on the recipients described in subsection (a) that have used, as part of the local matching funds for a capital project, the proceeds from the issuance of revenue bonds, during the period described in subsection (a). (2) Contents of report.--The report required by this subsection shall include-- (A) information on each project undertaken, the amount of the revenue bonds issued, and the status of repayment of the bonds; and (B) any recommendations of the Secretary regarding the application of this section. SEC. 3012. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS. (a) Fixed Guideway Technology.--The Secretary shall make grants for the study, design, and demonstration of fixed guideway technology. Of the amounts made available by or appropriated under section 5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall make funds available for the following projects in not less than the amounts specified for the fiscal year: (1) North Orange-South Seminole County, FL $750,000 for fiscal year 1999. (2) Galveston, TX fixed guideway activities $750,000 for fiscal year 1999. (3) Washoe County, NV Transit Technology, $1,250,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000. (b) Bus Technology.--The Secretary shall make grants for the study, design, and demonstration of bus technology. Of the amounts made available by or appropriated under section 5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall make funds available for the following projects in not less than the amounts specified for the fiscal year: (1) MBTA, MA Advanced Electric Transit Buses and Related Infrastructure, $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000. (2) Palm Springs, CA Fuel Cell Buses, $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000. (3) Gloucester, MA Intermodal Technology Center, $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000. (c) Advanced Propulsion Control System.-- (1) In general.--Of the amounts made available by or appropriated under section 5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be available to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (in this subsection referred to as ``SEPTA''), to be used only for the completion of the program to develop and deploy a new Advanced Propulsion Control System begun under the Request for Technical Proposals for Project S-2814-2. (2) Action required by septa.--This subsection shall take effect only if SEPTA issues a request for cost proposals to the 4 selectees from the full and open competition under SEPTA's Request for Technical Proposals for Project S-2814-2 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 3013. FORMULA GRANTS AND LOANS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) Section Heading.--Section 5310 is amended in the section heading by striking ``Grants'' and inserting ``Formula grants''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 5310 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by inserting ``formula'' before ``grants''. SEC. 3014. FORMULA PROGRAM FOR OTHER THAN URBANIZED AREAS. (a) In General.--Section 5311 is amended-- (1) in the section heading, by striking ``Financial assistance'' and inserting ``Formula grants''; and (2) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ``10 percent of the amount made available in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 5311 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by striking ``Financial assistance'' and inserting ``Formula grant''. SEC. 3015. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND TRAINING PROJECTS. (a) In General.--Section 5312 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(d) Joint Partnership Program for Deployment of Innovation.-- ``(1) Definition of consortium.--In this subsection, the term `consortium'-- ``(A) means 1 or more public or private organizations located in the United States that provide mass transportation service to the public and 1 or more businesses, including small- and medium-sized businesses, incorporated in a State, offering goods or services or willing to offer goods and services to mass transportation operators; and ``(B) may include, as additional members, public or private research organizations located in the United States, or State or local governmental authorities. ``(2) General authority.--The Secretary may, under terms and conditions that the Secretary prescribes, enter into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements with consortia selected in accordance with paragraph (4), to promote the early deployment of innovation in mass transportation services, management, operational practices, or technology that has broad applicability. This paragraph shall be carried out in consultation with the transit industry by competitively selected consortia that will share costs, risks, and rewards of early deployment of innovation. ``(3) Consortium contribution.--A consortium assisted under this subsection shall provide not less than 50 percent of the costs of any joint partnership project. Any business, organization, person, or governmental body may contribute funds to a joint partnership project. ``(4) Notice requirement.--The Secretary shall periodically give public notice of the technical areas for which joint partnerships are solicited, required qualifications of consortia desiring to participate, the method of selection and evaluation criteria to be used in selecting participating consortia and projects, and the process by which innovation projects described in paragraph (1) will be awarded. ``(5) Use of revenues.--The Secretary shall accept, to the maximum extent practicable, a portion of the revenues resulting from sales of an innovation project funded under this section. Such revenues shall be accounted for separately within the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and shall be available to the Secretary for activities under this subsection. Annual revenues that are less than $1,000,000 shall be available for obligation without further appropriation and shall not be subject to any obligation limitation. ``(e) International Mass Transportation Program.-- ``(1) Activities.--The Secretary is authorized to engage in activities to inform the United States domestic mass transportation community about technological innovations available in the international marketplace and activities that may afford domestic businesses the opportunity to become globally competitive in the export of mass transportation products and services. Such activities may include-- ``(A) development, monitoring, assessment, and dissemination domestically of information about worldwide mass transportation market opportunities; ``(B) cooperation with foreign public sector entities in research, development, demonstration, training, and other forms of technology transfer and exchange of experts and information; ``(C) advocacy, in international mass transportation markets, of firms, products, and services available from the United States; ``(D) informing the international market about the technical quality of mass transportation products and services through participation in seminars, expositions, and similar activities; and ``(E) offering those Federal Transit Administration technical services which cannot be readily obtained from the United States private sector to foreign public authorities planning or undertaking mass transportation projects if the cost of these services will be recovered under the terms of each project. ``(2) Cooperation.--The Secretary may carry out activities under this subsection in cooperation with other Federal agencies, State or local agencies, public and private nonprofit institutions, government laboratories, foreign governments, or any other organization the Secretary determines is appropriate. ``(3) Funding.--The funds available to carry out this subsection shall include revenues paid to the Secretary by any cooperating organization or person. Such revenues shall be accounted for separately within the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and shall be available to the Secretary to carry out activities under this subsection, including promotional materials, travel, reception, and representation expenses necessary to carry out such activities. Annual revenues that are less than $1,000,000 shall be available for obligation without further appropriation and shall not be subject to any obligation limitation. Not later than January 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall publish a report on the activities under this paragraph funded from the account.''. (b) Fuel Cell Bus and Bus Facilities Program.--Of the funds made available for each fiscal year to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code, $4,850,000 shall be available to carry out the fuel cell powered transit bus program and the intermodal transportation fuel cell bus maintenance facility. (c) Advanced Technology Pilot Project.-- <<NOTE: 49 USC 322 note.>> (1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants for the development of low speed magnetic levitation technology for public transportation purposes in urban areas to demonstrate energy efficiency, congestion mitigation, and safety benefits. (2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section 5001(a)(2) of this Act for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003, $5,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out this subsection. (3) Federal share.--The Federal share payable on account of activities carried out using a grant made under this subsection shall be 80 percent of the cost of such activities. SEC. 3016. NATIONAL PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS. Section 5314(a)(2) is amended by striking ``$2,000,000'' and inserting ``$3,000,000''. SEC. 3017. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE. (a) In General.--Section 5315(a) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (5) by inserting ``and architectural design'' before the semicolon at the end; (2) in paragraph (7) by striking ``carrying out'' and inserting ``delivering''; (3) in paragraph (11) by inserting ``, construction management, insurance, and risk management'' before the semicolon at the end; (4) in paragraph (13) by striking ``and'' at the end; (5) in paragraph (14) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (6) by adding at the end the following: ``(15) innovative finance; and ``(16) workplace safety.''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 5315 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by striking ``mass transportation'' and inserting ``transit''. SEC. 3018. BUS TESTING FACILITIES. (a) Operation and Maintenance.--Section 5318(b) is amended-- (1) by striking ``make a contract with'' and inserting ``enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to,''; (2) by inserting ``or organization'' after ``person''; (3) by inserting ``, cooperative agreement, or grant'' after ``The contract''; and (4) by inserting ``mass transportation'' after ``and other''. (b) Availability of Amounts.--Section 5318(d) is amended by striking ``make a contract with'' and inserting ``enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to,''. SEC. 3019. BICYCLE FACILITIES. Section 5319 is amended by striking ``under this section is for 90 percent of the cost of the project'' and inserting ``made eligible by this section is for 90 percent of the cost of the project, except that, if the grant or any portion of the grant is made with funds required to be expended under section 5307(k) and the project involves providing bicycle access to mass transportation, that grant or portion of that grant shall be at a Federal share of 95 percent''. SEC. 3020. GENERAL PROVISIONS ON ASSISTANCE. (a) Technical Amendment.--Section 5323(d) is amended by striking ``Buying and Operating Buses.--'' and inserting ``Condition on Charter Bus Transportation Service.--''. (b) Buy America.--Section 5323(j)(7) is amended to read as follows: ``(7) Opportunity to correct inadvertent error.--The Secretary may allow a manufacturer or supplier of steel, iron, or manufactured goods to correct after bid opening any certification of noncompliance or failure to properly complete the certification (but not including failure to sign the certification) under this subsection if such manufacturer or supplier attests under penalty of perjury that such manufacturer or supplier submitted an incorrect certification as a result of an inadvertent or clerical error. The burden of establishing inadvertent or clerical error is on the manufacturer or supplier.''. (c) Government's Share.--Section 5323(i) is amended to read as follows: ``(i) Government Share of Costs for Certain Projects.--A grant for a project to be assisted under this chapter that involves acquiring vehicle-related equipment required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) or vehicle-related equipment (including clean fuel or alternative fuel vehicle-related equipment) for purposes of complying with or maintaining compliance with the Clean Air Act, is for 90 percent of the net project cost of such equipment attributable to compliance with those Acts. The Secretary shall have discretion to determine, through practicable administrative procedures, the costs of such equipment attributable to compliance with those Acts.''. (d) HHS and Public Transit Service.--Section 5323 is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections (l) and (m), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following: ``(k) Participation of Governmental Agencies in Design and Delivery of Transportation Services.--To the extent feasible, governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations that receive assistance from Government sources (other than the Department of Transportation) for nonemergency transportation services-- ``(1) shall participate and coordinate with recipients of assistance under this chapter in the design and delivery of transportation services; and ``(2) shall be included in the planning for those services.''. (e) Submission of Certifications.--Section 5323 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(n) Submission of Certifications.--A certification required under this chapter and any additional certification or assurance required by law or regulation to be submitted to the Secretary may be consolidated into a single document to be submitted annually as part of a grant application under this chapter. <<NOTE: Publication.>> The Secretary shall publish annually a list of all certifications required under this chapter with the publication required under section 5336(e)(2).''. (f) Grant Requirements.--Section 5323 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(o) Grant Requirements.--The grant requirements under sections 5307 and 5309 apply to any project under this chapter that receives any assistance or other financing under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998.''. SEC. 3021. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5307 note.>> PILOT PROGRAM FOR INTERCITY RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FROM MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to determine the benefits of using funds from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for intercity passenger rail. Any assistance provided to the State of Oklahoma under sections 5307 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code, during fiscal years 1998 through 2003 may be used for capital improvements to, and operating assistance for, intercity passenger rail service. (b) Report.-- (1) In general.--Not later than October 1, 2002, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the pilot program established under this section. (2) Contents.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include-- (A) an evaluation of the effect of the pilot program on alternative forms of transportation within the State of Oklahoma; (B) an evaluation of the effect of the program on operators of mass transportation and their passengers; (C) a calculation of the amount of Federal assistance provided under this section transferred for the provision of intercity passenger rail service; and (D) an estimate of the benefits to intercity passenger rail service, including the number of passengers served, the number of route miles covered, and the number of localities served by intercity passenger rail service. SEC. 3022. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. (a) Efficient Procurement.--Section 5325 is amended-- (1) by striking subsections (b) and (c); (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b); and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(c) Efficient Procurement.--A recipient may award a procurement contract under this chapter to other than the lowest bidder when the award furthers an objective consistent with the purposes of this chapter, including improved long-term operating efficiency and lower long-term costs.''. SEC. 3023. SPECIAL PROCUREMENTS. (a) Turnkey System Projects.--Section 5326(a) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ``(1) Turnkey system project defined.--In this subsection, the term `turnkey system project' means a project under which a recipient enters into a contract with a seller, firm, or consortium of firms to design and build a mass transportation system or an operable segment thereof that meets specific performance criteria. Such project may also include an option to finance, or operate for a period of time, the system or segment or any combination of designing, building, operating, or maintaining such system or segment.''; (2) in paragraph (2)-- (A) by inserting ``Selection of turnkey proj- ects.--'' after ``(2)''; and (B) by inserting ``or an operable segment of a mass transportation system'' after ``transportation system''; (3) in paragraph (3) by inserting ``Demonstrations.--'' after ``(3)''; and (4) by aligning paragraphs (2) and (3) with paragraph (1) of such section, as amended by paragraph (1) of this section. (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 5326 is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: ``(c) Acquiring Rolling Stock.--A recipient of financial assistance under this chapter may enter into a contract to expend that assistance to acquire rolling stock-- ``(1) based on-- ``(A) initial capital costs; or ``(B) performance, standardization, life cycle costs, and other factors; or ``(2) with a party selected through a competitive procurement process. ``(d) Procuring Associated Capital Maintenance Items.--A recipient of assistance under section 5307 procuring an associated capital maintenance item under section 5307(b) may enter into a contract directly with the original manufacturer or supplier of the item to be replaced, without receiving prior approval of the Secretary, if the recipient first certifies in writing to the Secretary that-- ``(1) the manufacturer or supplier is the only source for the item; and ``(2) the price of the item is no more than the price that similar customers pay for the item.''. (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5334(b)(4) is amended by striking ``5323(a)(2), (c) and (e), 5324(c), and 5325 of this title'' and inserting ``5323(a)(2), 5323(c), 5323(e), 5324(c), 5325(a), 5325(b), 5326(c), and 5326(d)''. SEC. 3024. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW. (a) Limitation on Use of Available Amounts.--Section 5327(c)(2) is amended-- (1) by striking ``make contracts'' and inserting ``enter into contracts''; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence the following: ``and to provide technical assistance to correct deficiencies identified in compliance reviews and audits carried out under this section''. (b) Financial Plan.--Section 5327 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Financial Plan.--A recipient of financial assistance for a project under this chapter with an estimated total cost of $1,000,000,000 or more shall submit to the Secretary an annual financial plan for the project. The plan shall be based on detailed annual estimates of the cost to complete the remaining elements of the project and on reasonable assumptions, as determined by the Secretary, of future increases in the cost to complete the project.''. SEC. 3025. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. (a) Training and Conference Costs.--Section 5334(a) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (8) by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) in paragraph (9) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(10) collect fees to cover the costs of training or conferences, including costs of promotional materials, sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration to promote mass transportation and credit amounts collected to the appropriation concerned.''. (b) Technical Amendments.-- (1) Section heading.--The heading for section 5334 is amended by inserting ``provisions'' after ``Administrative''. (2) Table of sections.--The item relating to section 5334 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by inserting ``provisions'' after ``Administrative''. (c) Proceeds From Sale of Transit Assets.--Section 5334(g) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(4) Proceeds from the sale of transit assets.-- ``(A) In general.--When real property, equipment, or supplies acquired with assistance under this chapter are no longer needed for mass transportation purposes as determined under the applicable assistance agreement, the Secretary may authorize the sale, transfer, or lease of the assets under conditions determined by the Secretary and subject to the requirements of this subsection. ``(B) Use.--The net income from asset sales, uses, or leases (including lease renewals) under this subsection shall be used by the recipient to reduce the gross project cost of other capital projects carried out under this chapter. ``(C) Relationship to other authority.--The authority of the Secretary under this subsection is in addition to existing authorities controlling allocation or use of recipient income otherwise permissible in law or regulation in effect prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph.''. SEC. 3026. REPORTS AND AUDITS. (a) National Transit Database.--Section 5335(a) is amended-- (1) by striking ``Reporting System and Uniform System of Accounts and Records'' and inserting ``National Transit Database''; and (2) in paragraph (1)-- (A) by striking ``by uniform categories,'' and inserting ``using uniform categories''; and (B) by striking ``and a uniform system of accounts and records'' and inserting ``and using a uniform system of accounts''. (b) Reports.--Section 5335 is amended-- (1) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b). SEC. 3027. APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FORMULA GRANTS. (a) In General.--Section 5336 is amended in the section heading by striking ``block grants'' and inserting ``formula grants''. (b) Repeal.--Section 5336(d) is amended to read as follows: ``(d) [Reserved.]''. (c) <<NOTE: 49 USC 5307 note.>> Continuation of Operating Assistance to Certain Larger Urbanized Areas.-- (1) Provision of assistance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period described in paragraph (2), the Secretary may continue to provide assistance under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, to finance the operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in mass transportation in any urbanized area (as that term is defined in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code) with a population of at least 200,000, if the Secretary determines that-- (A) the number of the total bus revenue vehicle- miles operated in or directly serving the area is less than 600,000; and (B) the number of buses operated in or directly serving the area does not exceed 15. (2) Period described.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the period described in this paragraph is the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the earlier of-- (A) 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act; and (B) the date on which the Secretary determines that-- (i) the number of the total bus revenue vehicle-miles operated in or directly serving the area is greater than or equal to 600,000; and (ii) the number of buses operated in or directly serving the area exceeds 15. SEC. 3028. APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIXED GUIDEWAY MODERNIZATION. (a) Distribution.--Section 5337(a) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Distribution.--The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available for fixed guideway modernization under section 5309 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 as follows: ``(1) The first $497,700,000 shall be apportioned in the following urbanized areas as follows: ``(A) Baltimore, $8,372,000. ``(B) Boston, $38,948,000. ``(C) Chicago/Northwestern Indiana, $78,169,000. ``(D) Cleveland, $9,509,500. ``(E) New Orleans, $1,730,588. ``(F) New York, $176,034,461. ``(G) Northeastern New Jersey, $50,604,653. ``(H) Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey, $58,924,764. ``(I) Pittsburgh, $13,662,463. ``(J) San Francisco, $33,989,571. ``(K) Southwestern Connecticut, $27,755,000. ``(2) The next $70,000,000 shall be apportioned as follows: ``(A) 50 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph (1), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A). ``(B) 50 percent in other urbanized areas eligible for assistance under section 5336(b)(2)(A) to which amounts were apportioned under this section for fiscal year 1997, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section. ``(3) The next $5,700,000 shall be apportioned in the following urbanized areas as follows: ``(A) Pittsburgh, 61.76 percent. ``(B) Cleveland, 10.73 percent. ``(C) New Orleans, 5.79 percent. ``(D) 21.72 percent in urbanized areas to which paragraph (2)(B)(ii) applies, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section. ``(4) The next $186,600,000 shall be apportioned in each urbanized area to which paragraph (1) applies and in each urbanized area to which paragraph (2)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section. ``(5) The next $70,000,000 shall be apportioned as follows: ``(A) 65 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph (1), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section. ``(B) 35 percent to other urbanized areas eligible for assistance under section 5336(b)(2)(A) if the areas contain fixed guideway systems placed in revenue service at least 7 years before the fiscal year in which amounts are made available and in any urbanized area if, before the first day of the fiscal year, the area satisfies the Secretary that the area has modernization needs that cannot adequately be met with amounts received under section 5336(b)(2)(A), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section. ``(6) The next $50,000,000 shall be apportioned as follows: ``(A) 60 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph (1), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section. ``(B) 40 percent to urbanized areas to which paragraph (5)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section. ``(7) Remaining amounts shall be apportioned as follows: ``(A) 50 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph (1), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section. ``(B) 50 percent to urbanized areas to which paragraph (5)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section.''. (b) Route Segments To Be Included in Apportionment Formulas.-- Section 5337 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(e) Route Segments To Be Included in Apportionment Formulas.-- ``(1) 1997 standard.--Amounts apportioned under paragraphs (2)(B), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) shall have attributable to each urbanized area only the number of fixed guideway revenue miles of service and number of fixed guideway route miles for segments of fixed guideway systems used to determine apportionments for fiscal year 1997. ``(2) Other standards.--Amounts apportioned under paragraphs (5) through (7) of subsection (a) shall have attributable to each urbanized area only the number of fixed guideway revenue miles of service and number of fixed guideway route-miles for segments of fixed guideway systems placed in revenue service at least 7 years before the fiscal year in which amounts are made available.''. SEC. 3029. AUTHORIZATIONS. (a) In General.--Section 5338 is amended to read as follows: ``Sec. 5338. Authorizations ``(a) Formula Grants.-- ``(1) Fiscal year 1998.-- ``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5307, 5310, and 5311, $2,260,000,000 for fiscal year 1998. ``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5307, 5310, and 5311, $240,000,000 for fiscal year 1998. ``(C) Allocation of funds.--Of the aggregate of amounts made available by and appropriated under this paragraph for a fiscal year-- ``(i) $4,849,950 shall be available to the Alaska Railroad for improvements to its passenger operations under section 5307; ``(ii) $62,219,389 shall be available to provide transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities under section 5310; ``(iii) $134,077,934 shall be available to provide financial assistance for other than urbanized areas under section 5311; and ``(iv) $2,298,852,727 shall be available to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307. ``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.-- ``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5307, 5308, 5310, and 5311-- ``(i) $2,280,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; ``(ii) $2,478,400,000 for fiscal year 2000; ``(iii) $2,676,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; ``(iv) $2,873,600,000 for fiscal year 2002; and ``(v) $3,071,200,000 for fiscal year 2003. ``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5307, 5308, 5310, and 5311-- ``(i) $570,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; ``(ii) $619,600,000 for fiscal year 2000; ``(iii) $669,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; ``(iv) $718,400,000 for fiscal year 2002; and ``(v) $767,800,000 for fiscal year 2003. ``(C) Allocation of funds.--Of the aggregate of amounts made available by and appropriated under this paragraph for a fiscal year-- ``(i) $4,849,950 shall be available to the Alaska Railroad for improvements to its passenger operations under section 5307; ``(ii) $50,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 5308; and ``(iii) of the remaining amount-- ``(I) 2.4 percent shall be available to provide transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities under section 5310; ``(II) 6.37 percent shall be available to provide financial assistance for other than urbanized areas under section 5311; and ``(III) 91.23 percent shall be available to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307. ``(b) Capital Program Grants and Loans.-- ``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 5309, $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1998. ``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.-- ``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 5309-- ``(i) $1,805,600,000 for fiscal year 1999; ``(ii) $1,960,800,000 for fiscal year 2000; ``(iii) $2,116,800,000 for fiscal year 2001; ``(iv) $2,272,800,000 for fiscal year 2002; and ``(v) $2,428,800,000 for fiscal year 2003. ``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5309-- ``(i) $451,400,000 for fiscal year 1999; ``(ii) $490,200,000 for fiscal year 2000; ``(iii) $529,200,000 for fiscal year 2001; ``(iv) $568,200,000 for fiscal year 2002; and ``(v) $607,200,000 for fiscal year 2003. ``(c) Planning.-- ``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5303, 5304, 5305, and 5313(b), $47,750,000 for fiscal year 1998. ``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.-- ``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5303, 5304, 5305, and 5313(b)-- ``(i) $43,200,000 for fiscal year 1999; ``(ii) $46,400,000 for fiscal year 2000; ``(iii) $51,200,000 for fiscal year 2001; ``(iv) $52,800,000 for fiscal year 2002; and ``(v) $57,600,000 for fiscal year 2003. ``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5303, 5304, 5305, and 5313(b)-- ``(i) $10,800,000 for fiscal year 1999; ``(ii) $11,600,000 for fiscal year 2000; ``(iii) $12,800,000 for fiscal year 2001; ``(iv) $13,200,000 for fiscal year 2002; and ``(v) $14,400,000 for fiscal year 2003. ``(C) Allocation of funds.--Of the funds made available by or appropriated under this paragraph for a fiscal year-- ``(i) 82.72 percent shall be available for metropolitan planning under sections 5303, 5304, and 5305; and ``(ii) 17.28 percent shall be available for State planning under section 5313(b). ``(d) Research.-- ``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322, $44,250,000 for fiscal year 1998. ``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.-- ``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322-- ``(i) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; ``(ii) $37,600,000 for fiscal year 2000; ``(iii) $37,600,000 for fiscal year 2001; ``(iv) $39,200,000 for fiscal year 2002; and ``(v) $39,200,000 for fiscal year 2003. ``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322-- ``(i) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; ``(ii) $9,400,000 for fiscal year 2000; ``(iii) $9,400,000 for fiscal year 2001; ``(iv) $9,800,000 for fiscal year 2002; and ``(v) $9,800,000 for fiscal year 2003. ``(C) Allocation of funds.--Of the funds made available by or appropriated under this paragraph for a fiscal year-- ``(i) not less than $5,250,000 shall be available for providing rural transportation assistance under section 5311(b)(2); ``(ii) not less than $8,250,000 shall be available for carrying out transit cooperative research programs under section 5313(a); ``(iii) not less than $4,000,000 shall be available to carry out programs under the National Transit Institute under section 5315; and ``(iv) the remainder shall be available for carrying out national planning and research programs under sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, and 5322. ``(e) University Transportation Research.-- ``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5317(b) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1998. ``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.-- ``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 5317(b), $4,800,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003. ``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5317(b), $1,200,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003. ``(f) Administration.-- ``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5334, $45,738,000 for fiscal year 1998. ``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.-- ``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 5334-- ``(i) $43,200,000 for fiscal year 1999; ``(ii) $48,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; ``(iii) $51,200,000 for fiscal year 2001; ``(iv) $53,600,000 for fiscal year 2002; and ``(v) $58,400,000 for fiscal year 2003. ``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5334-- ``(i) $10,800,000 for fiscal year 1999; ``(ii) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; ``(iii) $12,800,000 for fiscal year 2001; ``(iv) $13,400,000 for fiscal year 2002; and ``(v) $14,600,000 for fiscal year 2003. ``(g) Grants as Contractual Obligations.-- ``(1) Grants financed from the highway trust fund.--A grant or contract approved by the Secretary, that is financed with amounts made available under subsection (a)(1)(A), (a)(2)(A), (b)(1), (b)(2)(A), (c)(2)(A), (d)(2)(A), (e)(2)(A), or (f)(2)(A) is a contractual obligation of the United States Government to pay the Government's share of the cost of the project. ``(2) Grants financed from general funds.--A grant or contract, approved by the Secretary, that is financed with amounts made available under subsection (a)(1)(B), (a)(2)(B), (b)(2)(B), (c)(2)(B), (d)(2)(B), (e)(2)(B), (f)(2)(B), or (h) is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Government's share of the cost of the project only to the extent that amounts are provided in advance in an appropriations Act. ``(h) Additional Amounts.--In addition to amounts made available by or appropriated under subsections (a) through (f), there are authorized to be appropriated-- ``(1) to carry out sections 5303, 5304, 5305, and 5313(b)-- ``(A) for fiscal year 1999, $32,000,000; ``(B) for fiscal year 2000, $33,000,000; ``(C) for fiscal year 2001, $34,000,000; ``(D) for fiscal year 2002, $35,000,000; and ``(E) for fiscal year 2003, $36,000,000; ``(2) to carry out section 5307, $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003; ``(3) to carry out section 5308, $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003; ``(4) to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(A), $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003; ``(5) to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(B)-- ``(A) for fiscal year 1999, $600,000,000; ``(B) for fiscal year 2000, $610,000,000; ``(C) for fiscal year 2001, $620,000,000; ``(D) for fiscal year 2002, $630,000,000; and ``(E) for fiscal year 2003, $630,000,000; ``(6) to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(C), $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003; ``(7) to carry out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322-- ``(A) for fiscal year 1999, $31,000,000; ``(B) for fiscal year 2000, $31,000,000; ``(C) for fiscal year 2001, $33,000,000; ``(D) for fiscal year 2002, $33,000,000; and ``(E) for fiscal year 2003, $34,000,000; and ``(8) to carry out section 5334-- ``(A) for fiscal year 1999, $13,000,000; ``(B) for fiscal year 2000, $14,000,000; ``(C) for fiscal year 2001, $16,000,000; ``(D) for fiscal year 2002, $17,000,000; and ``(E) for fiscal year 2003, $18,000,000. ``(i) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts made available by or appropriated under subsections (a) through (e), and paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (h), shall remain available until expended.''. (b) Conforming Amendments.--Chapter 53 is amended as follows: (1) In sections 5303(h)(1), 5303(h)(2)(A), and 5303(h)(3)(A), by striking ``section 5338(g)(1)'' each place it appears and inserting ``subsection (c) or (h)(1) of section 5338''. (2) In section 5303(h)(1) by striking ``-5306'' and inserting ``and 5305''. (3) In section 5303(h)(4) by striking ``section 5338(g)'' and inserting ``subsection (c) or (h)(1) of section 5338''. (4) In section 5313(a)(1) by striking ``Fifty percent of the amounts made available under section 5338(g)(3)'' and inserting ``The amounts made available under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C)(ii) of section 5338(d)''. (5) In section 5313(b)(1) by striking ``Fifty percent of the amounts made available under section 5338(g)(3)'' and inserting ``The amounts made available under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C)(ii) of section 5338(c)''. (6) In section 5314(a)(1) by striking ``section 5338(g)(4)'' and inserting ``subsections (d) and (h)(7) of section 5338''. (7) In section 5317(e)(5)(C) by striking ``5338(e)(2)'' and inserting ``5338(e)''. (8) In section 5318(d) by striking ``5338(j)(5)'' and inserting ``5309(m)(1)(C)''. (9) In section 5333(b) by striking ``5338(j)(5)'' each place it appears and inserting ``5338(b)''. (10) In section 5336(a) by striking ``5338(f)'' and inserting ``5338(a)''. (11) In section 5336(e)(1) by striking ``section 5338(f)'' and inserting ``subsections (a) and (h)(2) of section 5338''. (12) In section 5337(e)(1) by striking ``section 5338(f)'' and inserting ``subsections (b) and (h)(4) of section 5338''. SEC. 3030. PROJECTS FOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS. (a) Final Design and Construction.--The following projects are authorized for final design and construction for fiscal years 1998 through 2003 under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code: (1) Atlanta--Athens Commuter Rail. (2) Atlanta--Griffin Commuter Rail. (3) Atlanta--North Line Extension. (4) Austin--NW/North Central/SE--Airport LRT. (5) Baltimore--Central LRT Extension to Glen Burnie. (6) Boston--Massport Airport Intermodal Transit Connector. (7) Boston--North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension to Beverly. (8) Charlotte--South Corridor Transitway. (9) Chicago--Navy Pier-McCormick Place Busway. (10) Chicago--North Central Upgrade Commuter Rail. (11) Chicago--Ravenswood Line Extension. (12) Chicago--Southwest Extension. (13) Chicago--West Line Expansion. (14) Cleveland--Akron-Canton Commuter Rail. (15) Cleveland--Berea Metroline Extension. (16) Cleveland--Blue Line Extension. (17) Cleveland--Euclid Corridor Extension. (18) Cleveland--I-90 Corridor to Ashtabula County. (19) Cleveland--Waterfront Line Extension. (20) Dallas--North Central Extension. (21) Dallas--Ft. Worth RAILTRAN (Phase II). (22) Denver--East Corridor (Airport). (23) Denver--Southeast LRT (I-25 between 6th & Lincoln). (24) Denver--Southwest LRT. (25) Denver--West Corridor LRT. (26) East St. Louis-St. Clair County--Mid-America Airport Corridor. (27) Ft. Lauderdale-West Palm Beach-Miami Tri-County Commuter Rail. (28) Galveston--Trolley Extension. (29) Hartford--Griffin Line. (30) Hollis--Ketchikan Ferry. (31) Houston--Regional Bus Plan--Phase I. (32) Kansas City--I-35 Commuter Rail. (33) Kansas City--Southtown Corridor. (34) Kenosha-Racine--Milwaukee Rail Extension. (35) Las Vegas Corridor. (36) Little Rock--River Rail. (37) Los Angeles--Metrolink San Bernadino Line. (38) Los Angeles--MOS-3. (39) Los Angeles--Metrolink (Union Station-Fullerton). (40) Louisville--Jefferson County Corridor. (41) MARC--Commuter Rail Improvements. (42) Maryland Light Rail Double Track. (43) Memphis--Medical Center Extension. (44) Miami--East-West Multimodal Corridor. (45) Miami--North 27th Avenue Corridor. (46) Miami--South Busway Extension. (47) Milwaukee--East-West Corridor. (48) Monterey County Commuter Rail. (49) Nashua, NH--Lowell, MA Commuter Rail. (50) Nashville--Commuter Rail. (51) New Orleans--Canal Streetcar. (52) New York--8th Avenue Subway Connector. (53) New York--Brooklyn--Staten Island Ferry. (54) New York--Long Island Railroad East Side Access. (55) New York--Staten Island Ferry--Whitehall Intermodal Terminal. (56) New York Susquehanna and Western Commuter Rail. (57) New Jersey Urban Core. (58) Norfolk--Virginia Beach Corridor. (59) Orange County--Fullerton--Irvine Corridor. (60) Orlando--I-4 Central Florida Light Rail System. (61) Philadelphia--Schuykill Valley Metro. (62) Phoenix--Fixed Guideway. (63) Colorado--Roaring Fork Valley Rail. (64) Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System. (65) Pittsburgh--MLK Busway Extension. (66) Portland--South-North Corridor. (67) Portland--Westside-Hillsboro Corridor. (68) Raleigh-Durham--Regional Transit Plan. (69) Sacramento--Folsom Extension. (70) Sacramento--Placer County Corridor. (71) Sacramento--South Corridor. (72) Salt Lake City--Light Rail (Airport to University of Utah). (73) Salt Lake City--Ogden-Provo Commuter Rail. (74) Salt Lake City--South LRT. (75) San Diego--Mid-Coast LRT Corridor. (76) San Diego--Mission Valley East Corridor. (77) San Diego--Oceanside--Escondido Corridor. (78) San Francisco--BART to San Francisco International Airport Extension. (79) San Francisco--Bayshore Corridor. (80) San Jose--Tasman Corridor Light Rail. (81) San Juan--Tren Urbano. (82) San Juan--Tren Urbano Extension to Minellas. (83) Santa Cruz--Fixed Guideway. (84) Seattle--Southworth High Speed Ferry. (85) Seattle--Sound Move Corridor. (86) South Boston--Piers Transitway. (87) St. Louis--Cross County Corridor. (88) Stockton--Altamont Commuter Rail. (89) Tampa Bay--Regional Rail. (90) Twin Cities--Northstar Corridor (Downtown Minneapolis- Anoka County-St. Cloud). (91) Twin Cities--Transitways Corridors. (92) Washington--Richmond Rail Corridor Improvements. (93) Washington, D.C.--Dulles Corridor Extension. (94) Washington, D.C.--Largo Extension. (95) West Trenton Line (West Trenton-Newark). (96) Westlake--Commuter Rail Link. (97) Pittsburgh North Shore-Central Business District Corridor. (98) Pittsburgh--Stage II Light Rail. (99) Boston--North-South Rail Link. (100) Spokane--South Valley Corridor Light Rail. (101) Miami--Palmetto Metrorail. (102) Morgantown--Personal Rapid Transit. (103) Santa Monica--Busway. (104) Northwest New Jersey--Northeast Rail Corridor. (105) Southeastern North Carolina Corridor. (106) Chicago--Douglas Branch. (107) San Joaquin--Regional Transit Corridor. (108) Albuquerque--High Capacity Corridor. (b) Alternatives Analysis and Preliminary Engineering.--The following projects are authorized for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering for fiscal years 1998 through 2003 under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code: (1) Atlanta--Georgia 400 Multimodal Corridor. (2) Atlanta--MARTA Extension (S. De Kalb-Lindbergh). (3) Atlanta--MARTA I-285 Transit Corridor. (4) Atlanta--MARTA Marietta-Lawrenceville Corridor. (5) Atlanta--MARTA South De Kalb Comprehensive Transit Program. (6) Baltimore--Metropolitan Rail Corridor. (7) Baltimore--People Mover. (8) Bergen County Cross--County Light Rail. (9) Birmingham Transit Corridor. (10) Boston--Urban Ring. (11) Charleston--Monobeam. (12) Chicago--Comiskey Park Station. (13) Chicago--Inner Circumferential Commuter Rail. (14) Cumberland/Dauphin County Corridor 1 Commuter Rail. (15) Dallas--DART LRT Extensions. (16) Dallas--Las Colinas Corridor. (17) Dayton--Regional Riverfront Corridor. (18) El Paso--International Fixed Guideway (El Paso-Juarez). (19) Fremont--South Bay Corridor. (20) Houston--Advanced Transit Program. (21) Jacksonville--Fixed Guideway Corridor. (22) Knoxville--Electric Transit. (23) Lorain--Cleveland Commuter Rail. (24) Los Angeles--MOS-4 East Side Extension (II). (25) Los Angeles--MOS-4 San Fernando Valley East-West. (26) Los Angeles--LOSSAN (Del Mar-San Diego). (27) Maine High Speed Ferry Service. (28) Maryland Route 5 Corridor. (29) Memphis--Regional Rail Plan. (30) Miami--Kendall Corridor. (31) Miami--Northeast Corridor. (32) New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor. (33) New Orleans--Airport--CBD Commuter Rail. (34) New Orleans--Desire Streetcar. (35) New York--Astoria--East Elmhurst Extension. (36) New York--Broadway--Lafayette & Bleecker Street Transfer. (37) New York--Brooklyn--Manhattan Access. (38) New York--Lower Manhattan Access. (39) New York--Manhattan East Side Link. (40) New York--Midtown West Intermodal Terminal. (41) New York--Nassau Hub. (42) New York--North Shore Railroad. (43) New York--Queens West Light Rail Link. (44) New York--St. George's Ferry Intermodal Terminal. (45) Newburgh--LRT System. (46) North Front Range Corridor. (47) Northeast Indianapolis Corridor. (48) Oakland Airport--BART Connector. (49) Providence--Pawtucket Corridor. (50) Philadelphia--Broad Street Line Extension. (51) Philadelphia--Cross County Metro. (52) Philadelphia--Lower Marion Township. (53) Pinellas County--Mobility Initiative Project. (54) Redlands--San Bernardino Transportation Corridor. (55) Riverside--Perris Rail Passenger Service. (56) Salt Lake City--Draper Light Rail Extension. (57) Salt Lake City--West Jordan Light Rail Extension. (58) San Francisco--CalTrain Extension to Hollister. (59) Scranton--Laurel Line Intermodal Corridor. (60) SEATAC--Personal Rapid Transit. (61) Toledo--CBD to Zoo. (62) Union Township Station (Raritan Valley Line). (63) Washington County Corridor (Hastings-St. Paul). (64) Washington, D.C.--Georgetown-Ft. Lincoln. (65) Williamsburg--Newport News-Hampton LRT. (66) Cincinnati/N. Kentucky--Northeast Corridor. (67) Northeast Ohio--commuter rail. (68) California--North Bay Commuter Rail. (c) Project Authorizations.-- (1) In general.--Of the total amount made available by or authorized under section 5338(b) of title 49, United States Code, to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(B) for fiscal years 1998 through 2003: (A) $3,000,000,000 shall be available for the following projects: (i) Birmingham Transit Corridor, $87,500,000. (ii) San Diego-Mission Valley East Corridor, $325,000,000. (iii) Denver-Southeast LRT (I-25 between 6th and Lincoln), $10,000,000. (iv) Colorado--Roaring Fork Valley Rail, $40,000,000. (v) Hartford--Griffin Line, $33,000,000. (vi) Bridgeport--Intermodal Corridor, $34,000,000. (vii) New London--Waterfront Access, $10,000,000. (viii) Old Saybrook--Hartford Rail Extension, $10,000,000. (ix) Stamford--Fixed Guideway Connector, $18,000,000. (x) Orlando--I-4 Central Florida Light Rail System, $100,000,000. (xi) Miami--Palmetto Metrorail, $8,000,000. (xii) Tampa Bay--Regional Rail, $2,000,000. (xiii) Fort Lauderdale--West Palm Beach--Miami Tri-County Commuter Rail, $20,000,000. (xiv) Miami--East-West Multimodal Corridor, $20,000,000. (xv) Chicago--CTA Douglas Branch, $315,000,000. (xvi) Indianapolis Region Commuter Rail, $10,000,000. (xvii) Sioux City--Light Rail, $10,000,000. (xviii) MARC--Commuter Rail Improvements, $185,000,000. (xix) Baltimore--Light Rail Double Track, $120,000,000. (xx) Boston--North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension to Beverly, $50,000,000. (xxi) Twin Cities--Transitways Corridors, $120,000,000. (xxii) Twin Cities--Northstar Corridor (Downtown Minneapolis--Anoka County--St. Cloud), $6,000,000. (xxiii) I-35 Commuter Rail, $30,000,000. (xxiv) Las Vegas Corridor, $155,000,000. (xxv) New Jersey--Bergen County Cross County Light Rail, $5,000,000. (xxvi) New Jersey--Trans Hudson Midtown Corridor, $5,000,000. (xxvii) Santa Fe--Eldorado Rail Link, $10,000,000. (xxviii) Albuquerque Alvarado Intermodal Center, $5,000,000. (xxix) Albuquerque Light Rail, $90,000,000. (xxx) New York--Long Island Railroad East Side Access, $353,000,000. (xxxi) New York--Second Avenue Subway, $5,000,000. (xxxii) New York--Whitehall Ferry Terminal, $40,000,000. (xxxiii) New York--St. George's Ferry Intermodal Terminal, $20,000,000. (xxxiv) New York--Nassau Hub, $10,000,000. (xxxv) New Jersey--New York Midtown West Ferry Terminal, $16,300,000. (xxxvi) Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Corridor, $65,000,000. (xxxvii) Portland South--North Corridor, $25,000,000. (xxxviii) Philadelphia--Schuylkill Valley Metro, $75,000,000. (xxxix) Allegheny County Stage II Light Rail, $100,200,000. (xl) Philadelphia--Pittsburgh High Speed Rail, $10,000,000. (xli) Cumberland/Dauphin County Corridor 1 Commuter Rail, $20,000,000. (xlii) Pittsburgh North Shore--Central Business District, $20,000,000. (xliii) Providence--Boston Commuter, $10,000,000. (xliv) Rhode Island Integrated Intermodal Transportation, $25,000,000. (xlv) Dallas--North Central Extension, $188,000,000. (xlvi) Dallas--Southeast Corridor, $20,000,000. (xlvii) Dallas--Northwest Corridor, $12,000,000. (xlviii) Washington, D.C., Dulles Corridor Extension, $86,000,000. (xlix) Seattle--Tacoma Commuter Rail, $40,000,000. (l) San Joaquin Regional Intermodal Corridor, $14,000,000. (li) Railtran Corridor Light Rail, $12,000,000. (B) The remainder shall be available for projects listed in subsections (a) and (b). (2) Additional funds.-- (A) In general.--The total amount authorized in section 5338(h)(5) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1999 through 2003 shall be available for projects listed in subsections (a) and (b). (B) Priority for salt lake city olympics.-- (i) In general.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 5338(h)(5), $640,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games for the following projects: (I) North/South Light Rail. (II) Airport to University of Utah Light Rail. (III) Intermodal Facilities. (IV) Park and Ride Lots. (V) Bus Acquisition. (ii) Government share.--The Government share of the costs of projects assisted under this subparagraph shall not exceed 80 percent. For purposes of determining the nongovernmental share for projects authorized under this subparagraph, highway, aviation, and transit projects shall be considered to be a program of projects. (iii) Use of funds.--Funds provided under this subparagraph shall be available for planning and capital assistance. (3) High priority project.--The Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project shall be given priority consideration by the Secretary for funds made available under paragraph (1)(B). In addition, that project is authorized for construction with funds available under section 5338(h)(5) of title 49, United States Code. (d) Effect of Authorization.-- (1) In general.-- (A) Subsection (a) projects.--Projects authorized by subsection (a) for final design and construction are also authorized for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering. (B) Subsection (b) <<NOTE: Effective date.>> projects.--Effective October 1, 2000, projects authorized by subsection (b) for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering are also authorized for final design and construction. (2) Fixed guideway authorization.--The project authorized by subsection (a)(3) includes an additional 28 rapid rail cars and project scope changes from amounts authorized by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. (3) Intermodal center authorizations.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each of the following projects are eligible for funding under section 5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code: (A) Huntington, West Virginia Intermodal Facility project. (B) Huntsville Intermodal Center project. (e) New Jersey Urban Core Project.-- (1) Allocations.--Section 3031(a) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(3) Allocations.-- ``(A) Rail connection between penn station newark and broad street station, newark.--Of the amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the Secretary shall set aside 10 percent, but not more than $5,000,000, per fiscal year for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of the rail connection between Penn Station, Newark and Broad Street Station, Newark. ``(B) Newark-newark international airport-elizabeth transit link.--Of the amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the Secretary, after making the set aside under subparagraph (A), shall set aside 10 percent, but not more than $5,000,000 per fiscal year for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of the Newark- Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link, including construction of the auxiliary New Jersey Transit station, described in subsection (d). ``(C) Light rail connection and alignment within and serving the city of elizabeth.--Of the amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the Secretary, after making the set-aside under subparagraphs (A) and (B), shall set aside 10 percent but not more than $5,000,000 per fiscal year for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of the light rail connection and alignment within and serving the city of Elizabeth as described in subsection (d).''. (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 3031(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is amended-- (A) by striking ``section 3(i) of the Federal Transit Act (relating to criteria for new starts)'' and inserting ``section 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code,''; and (B) by striking ``; except'' and all that follows through ``such element''. (3) Elements of new jersey urban core project.--Section 3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is amended-- (A) by inserting after ``Secaucus Transfer'' the following: ``(including relocation and construction of the Bergen County and Pascack Valley Rail Lines and the relocation of the Main/Bergen Connection with construction of a rail station and associated components to and at the contiguous New Jersey Meadowlands Sports Complex)''; (B) by striking ``, Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link'' and inserting ``(including a connection from the Vince Lombardi Station to Saddlebrook and Edgewater), restoration of commuter rail service along the Northern Branch Line of the West Shore Line, Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link (including construction of an auxiliary New Jersey Light Rail Transit station directly connected to and integrated with the Amtrak Northeast Corridor Station at Newark International Airport, providing access from the Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link to the Newark International Airport)''; and (C) by inserting after ``New York Penn Station Concourse,'' the following: ``the restoration of commuter rail service in Lakewood to Freehold to Matawan or Jamesburg, New Jersey, as described in section 3035(p) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2131), a light rail extension of the Newark-Newark International Airport- Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link from Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the towns of Cranford, Westfield, Fanwood, and Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey, and any appropriate light rail connections and alignments within the city of Elizabeth to be determined by the city of Elizabeth and the New Jersey Department of Transportation (and which shall include connecting midtown Elizabeth to Route 1 Park and Ride, the Elizabeth Car House Museum, Division Street, Singer Place, Ferry Terminal, Jersey Gardens Mall, Elizabeth Port to Lot D at Newark Airport) and any appropriate fixed guideway system in Passaic County,''. (f) Los Angeles MOS-3 Project.-- (1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the Los Angeles MOS-3 project referenced in subsection (a)(38) may include any fixed guideway project or projects selected by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for development in the transportation corridors to be served by the 3 extensions of MOS-3 of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail project, as described in section 3034(i) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. (2) Alternatives.--In considering fixed guideway alternatives and selecting any revised preferred alternative in the East Side or Mid City corridors of MOS-3, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall-- (A) fully evaluate the potential impact of the alternatives on the integrity of the neighborhoods in the corridor involved; (B) address the capacity of the alternatives to serve transit dependent riders; (C) identify and address any disproportionately high and adverse effects on minority and low income populations, in accordance with the Executive Order on Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice (EO 12898; February 11, 1994); and (D) otherwise comply with all applicable Federal and State planning and environmental requirements. (g) Baltimore-Washington Transportation Improvements Program.-- Section 3035(nn) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2134) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) by inserting ``, and alternatives for double tracking and related improvements'' after ``Penn Station extensions''; (B) by inserting ``shall provide for double tracking and related improvements and'' after ``under this paragraph''; and (C) by inserting after the first sentence the following: ``Funds for projects under this paragraph shall be provided at an 80 percent Government share. In applying the local share evaluation criteria in section 5309, of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall compare the aggregate expenditure of State and local funds, including Federal highway funds provided by the State of Maryland, for all phases of the Central Corridor Light Rail project.''; and (2) in paragraph (2)-- (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, including capacity and efficiency improvements through construction of a Penn-Camden Connection, MARC maintenance and storage facilities, and other capacity related improvements, and the Silver Spring Intermodal Center'' before the period; and (B) in the second sentence, by inserting ``provide for construction of the Penn-Camden Connection, MARC maintenance and storage facilities, and other capacity related improvements, and the Silver Spring Intermodal Center, and shall'' after ``shall''. SEC. 3031. PROJECTS FOR BUS AND BUS-RELATED FACILITIES. (a) Guaranteed Funding.--Of the amounts made available to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000, the Secretary shall make funds available for the following projects in not less than the amounts specified for the fiscal year: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1999 (in FY 2000 (in Project millions) millions) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 . Albuquerque, NM buses..................... 1.250 1.250 2 . Alexandria, VA bus maintenance facility... 1.000 1.000 3 . Alexandria, VA King Street Station access. 1.100 0.000 4 . Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority buses and transit system improvements.......... 0.842 0.842 5 . Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority Logan Valley Mall Suburban Transfer Center..... 0.080 0.000 6 . Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority Transit Center improvements.............. 0.424 0.000 7 . Arkansas Highway and Transit Department buses.................................... 0.200 2.000 8 . Armstrong County-Mid County, PA bus facilities and buses..................... 0.150 0.150 9 . Atlanta, GA MARTA buses................... 9.000 13.500 1 0 . Austin, TX buses.......................... 1.250 1.250 1 1 . Babylon, NY Intermodal Center............. 1.250 1.250 1 2 . Birmingham-Jefferson County, AL buses..... 1.250 1.250 1 3 . Boulder/Denver, CO RTD buses.............. 0.625 0.625 1 4 . Bradford County, Endless Mountain Transportation Authority buses........... 1.000 0.000 1 5 . Brookhaven Town, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans........................... 0.225 0.000 1 6 . Brooklyn-Staten Island, NY Mobility Enhancement buses........................ 0.800 0.000 1 7 . Broward County, FL buses.................. 1.000 0.000 1 8 . Buffalo, NY Auditorium Intermodal Center.. 2.000 2.000 1 9 . Buffalo, NY Crossroads Intermodal Station. 1.000 0.000 2 0 . Cambria County, PA bus facilities and buses.................................... 0.575 0.575 2 1 . Centre Area, PA Transportation Authority buses.................................... 1.250 1.250 2 2 . Chambersburg, PA Transit Authority buses.. 0.300 0.000 2 3 . Chambersburg, PA Transit Authority Intermodal Center........................ 1.000 0.000 2 4 . Chester County, PA Paoli Transportation Center................................... 1.000 1.000 2 5 . Altoona, PA Pedestrian Crossover.......... .800 0.000 2 6 . Cleveland, OH Triskett Garage bus maintenance facility..................... 0.625 0.625 2 7 . Crawford Area, PA Transportation buses.... 0.500 0.000 2 8 . Culver City, CA CityBus buses............. 1.250 1.250 2 9 . Davis, CA Unitrans transit maintenance facility................................. 0.625 0.625 3 0 . Dayton, OH Multimodal Transportation Center................................... 0.625 0.625 3 1 . Daytona, FL Intermodal Center............. 2.500 2.500 3 2 . Duluth, MN Transit Authority community circulation vehicles..................... 1.000 1.000 3 3 . Duluth, MN Transit Authority intelligent transportation systems................... 0.500 0.500 3 4 . Duluth, MN Transit Authority Transit Hub.. 0.500 0.500 3 5 . Dutchess County, NY Loop System buses..... 0.521 0.521 3 6 . East Hampton, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans........................... 0.100 0.000 3 7 . Erie, PA Metropolitan Transit Authority buses.................................... 1.000 1.000 3 8 . Everett, WA Multimodal Transportation Center................................... 1.950 1.950 3 9 . Fayette County, PA Intermodal Facilities and buses................................ 1.270 1.270 4 0 . Fayetteville, AR University of Arkansas Transit System buses..................... 0.500 0.500 4 1 . Fort Dodge, IA Intermodal Facility (Phase II)...................................... 0.885 0.885 4 2 . Gary, IN Transit Consortium buses......... 1.250 1.250 4 3 . Grant County, WA buses and vans........... 0.600 0.000 4 4 . Greensboro, NC Multimodal Center.......... 3.340 3.339 4 5 . Greensboro, NC Transit Authority buses.... 1.500 1.500 4 6 . Greensboro, NC Transit Authority small buses and vans........................... 0.321 0.000 4 7 . Hartford, CT Transportation Access Project 0.800 0.000 4 8 . Healdsburg, CA Intermodal Facility........ 1.000 1.000 4 9 . Honolulu, HI bus facility and buses....... 2.250 2.250 5 0 . Hot Springs, AR Transportation Depot and Plaza.................................... 0.560 0.560 5 1 . Humboldt, CA Intermodal Facility.......... 1.000 0.000 5 2 . Huntington, WV Intermodal Facility........ 8.000 12.000 5 3 . Illinois statewide buses and bus-related equipment................................ 6.800 8.200 5 4 . Indianapolis, IN buses.................... 5.000 5.000 5 5 . Iowa/Illinois Transit Consortium bus safety and security...................... 1.000 1.000 5 6 . Ithaca, NY TCAT bus technology improvements............................. 1.250 1.250 5 7 . Lackawanna County, PA Transit System buses 0.600 0.600 5 8 . Lakeland, FL Citrus Connection transit vehicles and related equipment........... 1.250 1.250 5 9 . Lane County, OR Bus Rapid Transit......... 4.400 4.400 6 0 . Lansing, MI CATA bus technology improvements............................. 0.600 0.000 6 1 . Little Rock, AR Central Arkansas Transit buses.................................... 0.300 0.300 6 2 . Livermore, CA automatic vehicle locator... 1.000 1.000 6 3 . Long Island, NY CNG transit vehicles and facilities............................... 1.250 1.250 6 4 . Los Angeles County, CA Foothill Transit buses.................................... 1.625 1.250 6 5 . New York, NY West 72nd St. Intermodal Station.................................. 1.750 1.750 6 6 . Los Angeles, CA San Fernando Valley smart shuttle buses............................ 0.300 0.000 6 7 . Los Angeles, CA Union Station Gateway Intermodal Transit Center................ 1.250 1.250 6 8 . Maryland statewide bus facilities and buses.................................... 7.000 11.500 6 9 . Rensslear, NY Rensslear Intermodal Bus Facility................................. 1.000 6.000 7 0 . Mercer County, PA buses................... 0.750 0.000 7 1 . Miami Beach, FL Electric Shuttle Service.. 0.750 0.750 7 2 . Miami-Dade, FL buses...................... 2.250 2.250 7 3 . Michigan statewide buses.................. 10.000 13.500 7 4 . Milwaukee County, WI buses................ 4.000 6.000 7 5 . Mineola/Hicksville, NY LIRR Intermodal Centers.................................. 1.250 1.250 7 6 . Modesto, CA bus maintenance facility...... 0.625 0.625 7 7 . Monroe County, PA Transportation Authority buses.................................... 1.000 0.000 7 8 . Monterey, CA Monterey-Salinas buses....... 0.625 0.625 7 9 . Morongo Basin, CA Transit Authority bus facility................................. 0.650 0.000 8 0 . New Haven, CT bus facility................ 2.250 2.250 8 1 . New Jersey Transit jitney shuttle buses... 1.750 1.750 8 2 . Newark, NJ Morris & Essex Station access and buses................................ 1.250 1.250 8 3 . Northstar Corridor, MN Intermodal Facilities and buses..................... 6.000 10.000 8 4 . Norwich, CT buses......................... 2.250 2.250 8 5 . Ogden, UT Intermodal Center............... 0.800 0.800 8 6 . Oklahoma statewide bus facilities and buses.................................... 5.000 5.000 8 7 . Orlando, FL Downtown Intermodal Facility.. 2.500 2.500 8 8 . Providence, RI buses and bus maintenance facility................................. 2.250 3.294 8 9 . Perris, CA bus maintenance facility....... 1.250 1.250 9 0 . Philadelphia, PA Frankford Transportation Center................................... 5.000 5.000 9 1 . Philadelphia, PA Intermodal 30th Street Station.................................. 1.250 1.250 9 2 . Portland, OR Tri-Met buses................ 1.750 1.750 9 3 . Pritchard, AL bus transfer facility....... 0.500 0.000 9 4 . Reading, PA BARTA Intermodal Transportation Facility.................. 1.750 1.750 9 5 . Red Rose, PA Transit Bus Terminal......... 1.000 0.000 9 6 . Richmond, VA GRTC bus maintenance facility 1.250 1.250 9 7 . Riverhead, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans................................. 0.125 0.000 9 8 . Robinson, PA Towne Center Intermodal Facility................................. 1.500 1.500 9 9 . Rome, NY Intermodal Center................ 0.400 0.000 10 0 . Sacramento, CA CNG buses.................. 1.250 1.250 10 1 . San Francisco, CA Islais Creek Maintenance Facility................................. 1.250 1.250 10 2 . San Juan, Puerto Rico Intermodal access... 0.600 0.600 10 3 . Santa Clarita, CA facilities and buses.... 1.250 1.250 10 4 . Santa Cruz, CA bus facility............... 0.625 0.625 10 5 . Santa Rosa/Cotati, CA Intermodal Transportation Facilities................ 0.750 0.750 10 6 . Seattle, WA Intermodal Transportation Terminal................................. 1.250 1.250 10 7 . Shelter Island, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans........................... 0.100 0.000 10 8 . Smithtown, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans................................. 0.125 0.000 10 9 . Somerset County, PA bus facilities and buses.................................... 0.175 0.175 11 0 . South Amboy, NJ Regional Intermodal Transportation Initiative................ 1.250 1.250 11 1 . South Bend, IN Urban Intermodal Transportation Facility.................. 1.250 1.250 11 2 . South Carolina statewide Virtual Transit Enterprise............................... 1.220 1.220 11 3 . South Dakota statewide bus facilities and buses.................................... 1.500 1.500 11 4 . Southampton, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans................................. 0.125 0.000 11 5 . Southold, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans................................. 0.100 0.000 11 6 . Springfield, MA Union Station............. 1.250 1.250 11 7 . St. Louis, MO Bi-state Intermodal Center.. 1.250 1.250 11 8 . Denver, CO Stapleton Intermodal Center.... 1.250 1.250 11 9 . Suffolk County, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans........................... 0.100 0.000 12 0 . Texas statewide small urban and rural buses.................................... 4.000 4.500 12 1 . Towamencin Township, PA Intermodal Bus Transportation Center.................... 1.500 1.500 12 2 . Tuscaloosa, AL Intermodal Center.......... 1.000 0.000 12 3 . Ukiah, CA Transportation Center........... 0.500 0.000 12 4 . Utah Transit Authority, UT Intermodal Facilities............................... 1.500 1.500 12 5 . Utah Transit Authority/Park City Transit, UT buses................................. 6.500 6.500 12 6 . Utica, NY Union Station................... 2.100 2.100 12 7 . Utica and Rome, NY bus facilities and buses.................................... 0.500 0.000 12 8 . Washington County, PA Intermodal Facilities............................... 0.630 0.630 12 9 . Washington, D.C. Intermodal Transportation Center................................... 2.500 2.500 13 0 . Washoe County, NV transit improvements.... 2.250 2.250 13 1 . Waterbury, CT bus facility................ 2.250 2.250 13 2 . West Virginia statewide Intermodal Facility and buses....................... 5.000 5.000 13 3 . Westchester County, NY Bee-Line transit system fareboxes......................... 0.979 0.979 13 4 . Westchester County, NY Bee-Line transit system shuttle buses..................... 1.000 1.000 13 5 . Westchester County, NY DOT articulated buses.................................... 1.250 1.250 13 6 . Westmoreland County, PA Intermodal Facility................................. 0.200 0.200 13 7 . Wilkes-Barre, PA Intermodal Facility...... 1.250 1.250 13 8 . Williamsport, PA Bus Facility............. 1.200 1.200 13 9 . Windsor, CA Intermodal Facility........... 0.750 0.750 14 0 . Wisconsin statewide bus facilities and buses.................................... 8.000 12.000 14 1 . Woodland Hills, CA Warner Center Transportation Hub....................... 0.325 0.625 14 2 . Worcester, MA Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center.................... 2.500 2.500 14 3 . Lynchburg, VA buses....................... 0.200 0.000 14 4 . Harrisonburg, VA buses.................... 0.200 0.000 14 5 . Roanoke, VA buses......................... 0.200 0.000 14 6 . Allegheny County, PA buses................ 0.000 1.500 14 7 . Mount Vernon, WA Multimodal Center........ 1.750 1.750 14 8 . New Bedford/Fall River, MA Mobile Access to health care........................... 0.250 0.000 14 9 . Philadelphia, PA Regional Transportation System for Elderly and Disabled.......... 0.750 0.000 15 0 . Clark County, NV Regional Transportation Commission............................... 1.250 1.250 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (b) General Fund Authorization.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000, there are authorized to be appropriated for the following projects: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1999 (in FY 2000 (in Project millions) millions) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 . Everett, WA Multimodal Transportation Center................................... 1.000 1.000 2 . Rennslear, NY Rennslear Intermodal Bus Facility................................. 4.000 0.000 3 . Rochester, NY Rochester Central Bus Facility................................. 12.500 12.500 4 . Long Beach, NY Long Beach Central Bus Facility................................. 0.750 0.750 5 . Broome County, NY Buses and Related Equipment................................ 2.700 2.700 6 . Long Island, NY CNG Transit Vehicles and Facilities............................... 3.050 3.050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC. 3032. CONTRACTING OUT STUDY. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5301 note.>> (a) Study.--Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the effect of contracting out mass transportation operation and administrative functions on cost, availability and level of service, efficiency, safety, quality of services provided to transit- dependent populations, and employer-employee relations. (b) Terms of Agreement.--The agreement entered into in subsection (a) shall provide that-- (1) the Transportation Research Board, in conducting the study, consider the number of grant recipients that have contracted out services, the size of the population served by such grant recipients, the basis for decisions regarding contracting out, and the extent to which contracting out was affected by the integration and coordination of resources of transit agencies and other Federal agencies and programs; and (2) the panel conducting the study shall include representatives of transit agencies, employees of transit agencies, private contractors, academic and policy analysts, and other interested persons. (c) Report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of entry into the agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report containing the results of the study. (d) Funding.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this section $250,000 for fiscal year 1998. (e) Contractual Obligation.--Entry into an agreement to carry out this section that is financed with amounts made available under subsection (c) is a contractual obligation of the United States to pay the Government's share of the cost of the study. SEC. 3033. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA STUDY. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5336 note.>> (a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine whether the formula for apportioning funds to urbanized areas under section 5336 of title 49, United States Code, accurately reflects the transit needs of the urbanized areas and, if not, whether any changes should be made either to the formula or through some other mechanism to reflect the fact that some urbanized areas with a population between 50,000 and 200,000 have transit systems that carry more passengers per mile or hour than the average of those transit systems in urbanized areas with a population over 200,000. (b) Report.--Not later than December 31, 1999, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the study conducted under this section, together with any proposed changes to the method for apportioning funds to urbanized areas with a population over 50,000. SEC. 3034. COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. <<NOTE: 49 USC 301 note.>> (a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of Federal departments and agencies (other than the Department of Transportation) that receive Federal financial assistance for non-emergency transportation services. (b) Contents.--In conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall-- (1) identify each Federal department and agency (other than the Department of Transportation) that has received Federal financial assistance for non-emergency transportation services in any of the 3 fiscal years preceding the date of enactment of this Act; (2) identify the amount of such assistance received by each Federal department and agency in such fiscal years; and (3) identify the projects and activities funded using such financial assistance. (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report containing the results of the study and any recommendations for enhanced coordination between the Department of Transportation and other Federal departments and agencies that provide funding for non-emergency transportation. SEC. 3035. FINAL ASSEMBLY OF BUSES. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5323 note.>> (a) In General.--All buses manufactured on or after September 1, 1999, that are purchased with Federal funds by recipients of assistance from the Federal Transit Administration shall conform with the Federal Transit Administration Guidance on Buy America Requirements, dated March 18, 1997. (b) Rule of Construction.--For purposes of this section, a bus shall be considered to be manufactured on or after September 1, 1999, if the manufacturing process for that bus is not completed on or before August 31, 1999. SEC. 3036. CLEAN FUEL VEHICLES. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5308 note.>> (a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the various low and zero emission fuel technologies for transit vehicles, including compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, biodiesel fuel, battery, alcohol based fuel, hybrid electric, fuel cell, and clean diesel to determine-- (1) the status of the development and use of such technologies; (2) the environmental benefits of such technologies under the Clean Air Act; and (3) the cost of such technologies and any associated equipment. (b) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2000, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the study, together with recommendations for incentives to encourage the use of low and zero emission fuel technology for transit vehicles. SEC. 3037. JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5309 note.>> (a) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1) two-thirds of all new jobs are in the suburbs, whereas three-quarters of welfare recipients live in rural areas or central cities; (2) even in metropolitan areas with excellent public transit systems, less than half of the jobs are accessible by transit; (3) in 1991, the median price of a new car was equivalent to 25 weeks of salary for the average worker, and considerably more for the low-income worker; (4) not less than 9,000,000 households and 10,000,000 Americans of driving age, most of whom are low-income workers, do not own cars; (5) 94 percent of welfare recipients do not own cars; (6) nearly 40 percent of workers with annual incomes below $10,000 do not commute by car; (7) many of the 2,000,000 Americans who will have their Temporary Assistance to Needy Families grants (under the State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)) terminated by the year 2002 will be unable to get to jobs they could otherwise hold; (8) increasing the transit options for low-income workers, especially those who are receiving or who have recently received welfare benefits, will increase the likelihood of those workers getting and keeping jobs; and (9) many residents of cities and rural areas would like to take advantage of mass transit to gain access to suburban employment opportunities. (b) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) Eligible low-income individual.--The term ``eligible low-income individual'' means an individual whose family income is at or below 150 percent of the poverty line (as that term is defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), including any revision required by that section) for a family of the size involved. (2) Eligible project and related terms.-- (A) In general.--The term ``eligible project'' means an access to jobs project or a reverse commute project. (B) Access to jobs project.--The term ``access to jobs project'' means a project relating to the development of transportation services designed to transport welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals to and from jobs and activities related to their employment. The Secretary may make access to jobs grants for-- (i) capital projects and to finance operating costs of equipment, facilities, and associated capital maintenance items related to providing access to jobs under this section; (ii) promoting the use of transit by workers with nontraditional work schedules; (iii) promoting the use by appropriate agencies of transit vouchers for welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals under specific terms and conditions developed by the Secretary; and (iv) promoting the use of employer-provided transportation, including the transit pass benefit program under section 132 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (C) Reverse commute project.--The term ``reverse commute project'' means a project related to the development of transportation services designed to transport residents of urban areas, urbanized areas, and areas other than urbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities, including any project to-- (i) subsidize the costs associated with adding reverse commute bus, train, carpool, van routes, or service from urban areas, urbanized areas, and areas other than urbanized areas, to suburban workplaces; (ii) subsidize the purchase or lease by a nonprofit organization or public agency of a van or bus dedicated to shuttling employees from their residences to a suburban workplace; or (iii) otherwise facilitate the provision of mass transportation services to suburban employment opportunities. (3) Existing transportation service providers.--The term ``existing transportation service providers'' means mass transportation operators and governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations that receive assistance from Federal, State, or local sources for nonemergency transportation services. (4) Qualified entity.--The term ``qualified entity'' means-- (A) with respect to any proposed eligible project in an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000, the applicant or applicants selected by the appropriate metropolitan planning organization that meets the requirements of this section, including the planning and coordination requirements in subsection (i), from among local governmental authorities and agencies and nonprofit organizations; and (B) with respect to any proposed eligible project in an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000, or an area other than an urbanized area, the applicant or applicants selected by the chief executive officer of the State in which the area is located that meets the requirements of this section, including the planning and coordination requirements in subsection (i), from among local governmental authorities and nonprofit organizations. (5) Welfare recipient.--The term ``welfare recipient'' means an individual who receives or received aid or assistance under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (whether in effect before or after the effective date of the amendments made by title I of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2110)) at any time during the 3- year period before the date on which the applicant applies for a grant under this section. (c) General Authority.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary may make access to jobs grants and reverse commute grants under this section to assist qualified entities in financing eligible projects. (2) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate activities under this section with related activities under programs of other Federal departments and agencies. (d) Applications.--Each qualified entity seeking to receive a grant under this section for an eligible project shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish. (e) Prohibition.--Grants awarded under this section may not be used for planning or coordination activities. (f) Factors for Consideration.--In awarding grants under this section to applicants under subsection (d), the Secretary shall consider-- (1) the percentage of the population in the area to be served by the applicant that are welfare recipients; (2) in the case of an applicant seeking assistance to finance an access to jobs project, the need for additional services in the area to be served by the applicant (including bicycling) to transport welfare recipients and eligible low- income individuals to and from specified jobs, training, and other employment support services, and the extent to which the proposed services will address those needs; (3) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates-- (A) coordination with, and the financial commitment of, existing transportation service providers; and (B) coordination with the State agency that administers the State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act; (4) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates maximum utilization of existing transportation service providers and expands transit networks or hours of service, or both; (5) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates an innovative approach that is responsive to identified service needs; (6) the extent to which the applicant-- (A) in the case of an applicant seeking assistance to finance an access to jobs project, presents a regional transportation plan for addressing the transportation needs of welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals; and (B) identifies long-term financing strategies to support the services under this section; (7) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates that the community to be served has been consulted in the planning process; and (8) in the case of an applicant seeking assistance to finance a reverse commute project, the need for additional services identified in a regional transportation plan to transport individuals to suburban employment opportunities, and the extent to which the proposed services will address those needs. (g) Competitive Grant Selection.--The Secretary shall conduct a national solicitation for applications for grants under this section. Grantees shall be selected on a competitive basis. (h) Cost Sharing.-- (1) Maximum amount.--The amount of a grant under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the total project cost. (2) Nongovernmental share.-- (A) In general.--The portion of the total cost of an eligible project that is not funded under this section-- (i) shall be provided in cash from sources other than revenues from providing mass transportation, but may include amounts received under a service agreement; and (ii) may be derived from amounts appropriated to or made available to a department or agency of the Federal Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation. (B) Inapplicability.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act shall not apply to Federal or State funds to be used for transportation services. (i) Planning Requirements.-- (1) In general.--The requirements of sections 5303 through 5306 of title 49, United States Code, apply to any grant made under this section. (2) Coordination.--Each application for a grant under this section shall reflect coordination with and the approval of affected transit grant recipients. The eligible access to jobs projects financed under this section shall be part of a coordinated public transit-human services transportation planning process. (j) Grant Requirements.--A grant under this section shall be subject to-- (1) all of the terms and conditions to which a grant made under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, is subject; and (2) such other terms and conditions as are determined by the Secretary. (k) Program Evaluation.-- (1) Comptroller general.--Beginning 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall-- (A) conduct a study to evaluate the grant program authorized under this section; and (B) submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report describing the results of each study under subparagraph (A). (2) Department of transportation.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall-- (A) conduct a study to evaluate the access to jobs grant program authorized under this section; and (B) submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report describing the results of the study under subparagraph (A). (l) Authorization and Allocation.-- (1) In general.-- (A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this section-- (i) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; (ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; (iii) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; (iv) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and (v) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2003. (B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section-- (i) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; (ii) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; (iii) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; (iv) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and (v) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2003. (C) Additional amounts from the general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraphs (A) and (B), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section-- (i) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; (ii) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; (iii) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and (iv) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002. (2) Set-aside for reverse commute projects.--Of amounts made available by or appropriated under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) to carry out this section in each fiscal year, not more than $10,000,000 shall be used for grants for reverse commute projects. (3) Allocation.--The amounts made available by or appropriated under paragraph (1) to carry out this section in each fiscal year shall be allocated as follows: (A) 60 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects in urbanized areas with populations of at least 200,000. (B) 20 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects in urbanized areas with populations of at least 200,000. (C) 20 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects in areas other than urbanized areas. SEC. 3038. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5310 note.>> RURAL TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM. (a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) Intercity, fixed-route over-the-road bus service.--The term ``intercity, fixed-route over-the-road bus service'' means regularly scheduled bus service for the general public, using an over-the-road bus, that-- (A) operates with limited stops over fixed routes connecting 2 or more urban areas not in close proximity; (B) has the capacity for transporting baggage carried by passengers; and (C) makes meaningful connections with scheduled intercity bus service to more distant points. (2) Other over-the-road bus service.--The term ``other over- the-road bus service'' means any other transportation using over-the-road buses including local fixed-route service, commuter service, and charter or tour service (including tour or excursion service that includes features in addition to bus transportation such as meals, lodging, admission to points of interest or special attractions or the services of a tour guide). (3) Over-the-road bus.--The term ``over-the-road bus'' means a bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment. (b) General Authority.--The Secretary shall make grants under this section to operators of over-the-road buses to finance the incremental capital and training costs of complying with the Department of Transportation's final rule regarding accessibility of over-the-road buses required by section 306(a)(2)(B) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12186(a)(2)(B)). (c) Grant Criteria.--In selecting applicants for grants under this section, the Secretary shall consider-- (1) the identified need for over-the-road bus accessibility for persons with disabilities in the areas served by the applicant; (2) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates innovative strategies and financial commitment to providing access to over-the-road buses to persons with disabilities; (3) the extent to which the over-the-road bus operator acquires equipment required by the final rule prior to any required timeframe in the final rule; (4) the extent to which financing the costs of complying with the Department of Transportation's final rule regarding accessibility of over-the-road buses presents a financial hardship for the applicant; and (5) the impact of accessibility requirements on the continuation of over-the-road bus service, with particular consideration of the impact of the requirements on service to rural areas and for low-income individuals. (d) Competitive Grant Selection.--The Secretary shall conduct a national solicitation for applications for grants under this section. Grantees shall be selected on a competitive basis. (e) Federal Share of Costs.--The Federal share of costs under this section shall be provided from funds made available to carry out this section. The Federal share of the costs for a project shall not exceed 50 percent of the project cost. (f) Grant Requirements.--A grant under this section shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions applicable to subrecipients who provide intercity bus transportation under section 5311(f) of title 49, United States Code, and such other terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. (g) Funding.-- (1) Intercity, fixed-route over-the-road bus service.--Of amounts made available by or appropriated under section 5338(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code (before allocation under section 5338(a)(2)(C) of that title), the following amounts shall be available for operators of intercity, fixed- route over-the-road bus service to finance the incremental capital and training costs of the Department of Transportation's final rule regarding accessibility of over-the-road buses: (A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999. (B) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000. (C) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2001. (D) $5,250,000 for fiscal year 2002. (E) $5,250,000 for fiscal year 2003. (2) Other over-the-road bus service.--Of amounts made available by or appropriated under section 5338(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code (before allocation under section 5338(a)(2)(C) of that title), $6,800,000 shall be available for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003 for operators of other over-the-road bus service to finance the incremental capital and training costs of the Department of Transportation's final rule regarding accessibility of over-the-road buses. SEC. 3039. <<NOTE: 23 USC 138 note.>> STUDY OF TRANSIT NEEDS IN NATIONAL PARKS AND RELATED PUBLIC LANDS. (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to encourage and promote the development of transportation systems for the betterment of the national parks and other units of the National Park System, national wildlife refuges, recreational areas, and other public lands in order to conserve natural, historical, and cultural resources and prevent adverse impact, relieve congestion, minimize transportation fuel consumption, reduce pollution (including noise and visual pollution), and enhance visitor mobility and accessibility and the visitor experience. (b) Study.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall undertake a comprehensive study of alternative transportation needs in national parks and related public lands managed by Federal land management agencies in order to carry out the purposes described in subsection (a). The study shall be submitted to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate not later than January 1, 2000. (2) Study elements.--The study required by paragraph (1) shall-- (A) identify transportation strategies that improve the management of the national parks and related public lands; (B) identify national parks and related public lands with existing and potential problems of adverse impact, high congestion, and pollution, or which can benefit from alternative transportation modes; (C) assess the feasibility of alternative transportation modes; and (D) identify and estimate the costs of alternative transportation modes for each of the national parks and related public lands referred to in paragraph (1). SEC. 3040. OBLIGATION CEILING. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total of all obligations from amounts made available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund by, and amounts appropriated under, subsections (a) through (f) of section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, and subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 3037(l)(1) of this Act, shall not exceed-- (1) $5,315,000,000 in fiscal year 1999; (2) $5,798,000,000 in fiscal year 2000; (3) $6,271,000,000 in fiscal year 2001; (4) $6,746,000,000 in fiscal year 2002; and (5) $7,226,000,000 in fiscal year 2003. SEC. 3041. <<NOTE: 49 USC 5338 note.>> ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EXTENSION ACT OF 1997. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall ensure that the total apportionments and allocations made to a designated grant recipient under section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 1998 shall be reduced by the amount apportioned to such designated recipient pursuant to section 8 of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 1997 (111 Stat. 2559). (b) Fixed Guideway Modernization Adjustment.--In making the apportionments described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall adjust the amount apportioned to each urbanized area for fixed guideway modernization for fiscal year 1998 to reflect the method for apportioning funds in section 5337(a) of title 49, United States Code.