Planning and Freight Planning Capacity Building Initiatives

Planning and Freight Planning Capacity Building Initiatives
Current Law	Administration Proposal H.R. 2088 & S. 1072 as Modified SAFETEA of 2003	House H.R. 3 as Reported TEA-LU	Senate H.R. 3 as Passed Senate SAFETEA of 2005
Planning Capacity Building
	Section 1505		Section 1522
No comparable provision.	New program funded over 6 years	No comparable provision	New program funded at $18.8 M over 5 years.
No comparable provision.	Program is funded through a $20 million setaside from STP, and an annual $5 million complementary program being established by FTA.	No comparable provision	Program is funded through a $3.7 million annual setaside from FHWA's administrative funds [§ 1103(a)].
No comparable provision.	Federal share will be up to 100%	No comparable provision	Federal share will be 100%
No comparable provision.	Eligible activities include research, program development, information collection and dissemination, and technical assistance.	No comparable provision	The program is to support enhancements in transportation planning. Eligible activities include research, program development, information collection and dissemination, and technical assistance.
No comparable provision.	Secretary may use the funds independently or make grants to Federal, State or local agencies; Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments or consortiums; authorities and associations; nonprofit or for-profit corporations; and institutions of higher learning.	No comparable provision	The "Use of Funds" language is modified and does not include the provision that the Secretary may use the funds independently beside making grants, cooperative agreements, etc.
No comparable provision.	Initiative to be administered by FHWA, in cooperation with FTA	No comparable provision	No comparable provision
No comparable provision.	Priority will be given to planning practices and processes that support: homeland security planning; performance based planning; safety planning; operations planning; freight planning; and integration of environment and planning.	No comparable provision	Priority will be given to planning practices and processes that support: the transportation elements of homeland security planning; performance based planning; safety planning; operations planning; freight planning; integration of environment and planning; and air quality planning.
Freight Planning Capacity Building
		Section 5206(504)(f)
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Establishes the Freight Planning Capacity Building Initiative to support enhancements in freight transportation planning.	No comparable provision.
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Eligible activities include: refinement of data and analysis tools; dissemination of best practices in freight transportation; and technical assistance to State and local transportation agencies.	No comparable provision.
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	The Federal share shall be up to 100%; funding to remain available until expended.	No comparable provision.
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Funding is provided by a deduction of $25 M over 5 years from the Training and Education Program.	No comparable provision.

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