§ 5338. Authorizations
(a)
Fiscal Year 2005.—
(1)
Formula grants.—
(A)
Trust fund.—
For fiscal year 2005, $3,499,927,776 shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections
5307,
5308,
5310, and
5311 and section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note ).
(B)
General fund.—
In addition to the amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated $499,989,824 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out sections
5307,
5308,
5310, and
5311 and section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note ).
(C)
Allocation of funds.—
Of the amounts made available or appropriated under this paragraph—
(i)
$4,811,150 shall be available to the Alaska Railroad for improvements to its passenger operations under section
5307;
(ii)
$5,208,000 shall be available to provide over-the-road bus accessibility grants under section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note ) to operators of intercity, fixed-route over-the-road buses;
(iii)
$1,686,400 shall be available to provide over-the-road bus accessibility grants under section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note ) to operators of over-the-road buses providing other than intercity, fixed-route service;
(iv)
$94,526,689 shall be available to provide transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities under section
5310;
(v)
$250,889,588 shall be available to provide financial assistance for other than urbanized areas under section
5311;
(vi)
$3,593,195,773 shall be available to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section
5307; and
(2)
Job access and reverse commute.—
(3)
Capital program grants.—
(A)
Trust fund.—
For fiscal year 2005, $2,898,100,224 shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out section
5309.
(B)
General fund.—
In addition to the amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated $414,014,176 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out sections
5308,
5309, and
5318 and section 3015(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 361).
(C)
Allocation of funds.—
Of the amounts made available or appropriated under this paragraph—
(ii)
$669,600,000 shall be available for capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase bus and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities under section
5309;
(iv)
$1,437,829,600 shall be available for capital projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems under section
5309;
(vii)
$4,811,200 shall be available to carry out the fuel cell bus and bus facilities program under section 3015(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 361).
(4)
Planning.—
(A)
Trust fund.—
For fiscal year 2005, $63,364,000 shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections
5303,
5304,
5305, and
5313
(b), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005.
(B)
General fund.—
In addition to the amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated $9,052,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out sections
5303,
5304,
5305, and
5313
(b), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005.
(5)
Research.—
(A)
Trust fund.—
For fiscal year 2005, $47,740,000 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.
(B)
General fund.—
In addition to the amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated $6,820,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out sections
5311
(b)(2),
5312,
5313
(a),
5314,
5315, and
5322.
(C)
Allocation of funds.—
Of the funds made available or appropriated under this paragraph—
(i)
not less than $3,968,000 shall be available to carry out programs under the National Transit Institute under section 5315, of which not more than $992,000 shall be available to carry out section
5315
(a)(16);
(ii)
not less than $5,208,000 shall be available to provide rural transportation assistance under section
5311
(b)(2);
(iii)
not less than $8,184,000 shall be available to carry out transit cooperative research programs under section
5313
(a);
(iv)
not less than $2,976,000 shall be available to carry out Project Action under section
5312; and
(6)
University transportation research.—
(A)
Trust fund.—
For fiscal year 2005, $5,208,000 shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out section
5505.
(B)
General fund.—
In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated $744,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out section
5505.
(C)
Allocation of funds.—
Of the amounts made available or appropriated under this paragraph—
(7)
Administration.—
(A)
Trust fund.—
For fiscal year 2005, $67,704,000 shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out section
5334.
(B)
General fund.—
In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated $9,672,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out section
5334.
(b)
Formula and Bus Grants.—
(1)
In general.—
There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections
5305,
5307,
5308,
5309,
5310,
5311,
5316,
5317,
5320,
5335,
5339, and
5340 and section 3038 of the Federal Transit Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 387 et seq.)— [1]
(2)
Allocation of funds.—
Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)—
(A)
$95,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $99,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $107,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $113,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section
5305;
(B)
$3,466,681,000 for fiscal year 2006, $3,606,175,000 for fiscal year 2007, $3,910,843,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $4,160,365,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be allocated in accordance with section
5336 to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section
5307;
(C)
$43,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $49,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $51,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section
5308;
(D)
$1,391,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $1,448,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $1,570,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $1,666,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be allocated in accordance with section
5337 to provide financial assistance under section
5309
(m)(2)(B);
(E)
$822,250,000 for fiscal year 2006, $855,500,000 for fiscal year 2007, $927,750,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $984,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section
5309
(m)(2)(C);
(F)
$112,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $117,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $127,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $133,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to provide financial assistance for services for elderly persons and persons with disabilities under section
5310;
(G)
$388,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $404,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $438,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $465,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to provide financial assistance for other than urbanized areas under section
5311;
(H)
$138,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $144,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $156,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $164,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section
5316;
(I)
$78,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $81,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $87,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $92,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section
5317;
(J)
$22,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $26,900,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section
5320;
(K)
$3,500,000 in fiscal year 2006; $3,500,000 in fiscal year 2007; $3,500,000 in fiscal year 2008; and $3,500,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section
5335;
(L)
$25,000,000 in fiscal year 2006; $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2007; $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2008; and $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section
5339;
(M)
$388,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $404,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $438,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $465,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be allocated in accordance with section
5340 to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section
5307 and other than urbanized areas under section
5311; and
(c)
Capital Investment Grants.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section
5309
(m)(2)(A)—
(d)
Research and University Research Centers.—
(1)
In general.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out transit cooperative research programs under section
5313, the National Transit Institute under section
5315, university research centers under section
5506, and national research programs under sections
5312,
5313,
5314, and
5322 $58,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $61,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $65,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $69,750,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which—
(A)
$9,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $9,300,000 for fiscal year 2007, $9,600,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be allocated to carry out transit cooperative research programs under section
5313;
(B)
$4,300,000 shall be allocated for each fiscal year to carry out programs under the National Transit Institute under section 5315, of which not more than $1,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be used to carry out section
5315
(b)(2)(P);
(C)
$7,000,000 shall be allocated for each fiscal year to carry out the university centers program under section
5506;
(D)
$3,000,000 shall be allocated for each fiscal year to carry out Project Action under section
5314
(a)(2);
(2)
University centers program.—
(A)
Allocation.—
Of the amounts allocated under paragraph (1)(C), the following amounts shall be available to provide transportation research, training, and curriculum development:
(i)
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for the University of Tennessee—Knoxville National Transportation Research Center.
(ii)
$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for Texas A&M University—Texas Transportation Institute.
(iv)
$400,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the Small Urban and Rural Transit Center at North Dakota State University.
(v)
$550,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 and $650,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 for the University Transportation Center at the University of Alabama.
(vi)
$450,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 and $550,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 for the Injury Control Research Center at the University of Alabama Birmingham.
(B)
Requirements.—
The universities specified in subparagraph (A) shall be considered to be university transportation centers under section
5506 and shall be subject to the requirements of subsections (b), (h), (i), (k), (l), and (m) of such section.
(f)
Grants as Contractual Obligations.—
(1)
Grants financed from highway trust fund.—
A grant or contract that is approved by the Secretary and financed with amounts made available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund pursuant to this section is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Federal share of the cost of the project.
(2)
Grants financed from general fund.—
A grant or contract that is approved by the Secretary and financed with amounts appropriated in advance from the General Fund of the Treasury pursuant to this section is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Federal share of the cost of the project only to the extent that amounts are appropriated for such purpose by an Act of Congress.
(g)
Availability of Amounts.—
Amounts made available by or appropriated under subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall remain available until expended.
[1] So in original. Probably should be “(112 Stat. 392)—”.