§ 5305. Planning programs
(a)
State Defined.—
In this section, the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
(b)
General Authority.—
(1)
Grants and agreements.—
Under criteria established by the Secretary, the Secretary may award grants to States, authorities of the States, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governmental authorities, and make agreements with other departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the Government to—
(2)
Eligible activities.—
Activities eligible under paragraph (1) include the following:
(A)
Studies related to management, planning, operations, capital requirements, and economic feasibility.
(c)
Purpose.—
To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that amounts appropriated or made available under section
5338 to carry out this section and sections
5303,
5304, and
5306 are used to support balanced and comprehensive transportation planning that considers the relationships among land use and all transportation modes, without regard to the programmatic source of the planning amounts.
(d)
Metropolitan Planning Program.—
(1)
Apportionment to states.—
(A)
In general.—
The Secretary shall apportion 80 percent of the amounts made available under subsection (g)(1) among the States to carry out sections
5303 and
5306 in the ratio that—
(2)
Allocation to mpo’s.—
Amounts apportioned to a State under paragraph (1) shall be made available, not later than 30 days after the date of apportionment, to metropolitan planning organizations in the State designated under this section under a formula that—
(e)
State Planning and Research Program.—
(1)
Apportionment to states.—
(A)
In general.—
The Secretary shall apportion the amounts made available under subsection (g)(2) among the States for grants and contracts to carry out this section and sections
5304,
5306,
5315, and
5322 in the ratio that—
(f)
Government’s Share of Costs.—
The Government’s share of the cost of an activity funded using amounts made available under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the activity unless the Secretary determines that it is in the interests of the Government not to require a State or local match.
(g)
Allocation of Funds.—
Of the funds made available by or appropriated to carry out this section under section
5338
(c) for fiscal years 2005 through 2009—
(h)
Availability of Funds.—
Funds apportioned under this section to a State that have not been obligated in the 3-year period beginning after the last day of the fiscal year for which the funds are authorized shall be reapportioned among the States.