Federal Transit Administration

Federal Transit Administration transit infrastructure grants For an additional amount for “Transit Infrastructure Grants”, $14,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading in this Act—(1) $13,271,310,572 shall be for grants to recipients eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, and administered as if such funds were provided under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code (apportioned in accordance with section 5336 of such title (other than subsections (h)(1) and (h)(4))), and section 5337 of title 49, United States Code (apportioned in accordance with such section), except that funds apportioned under section 5337 shall be added to funds apportioned under 5307 for administration under 5307: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation (referred to under this heading in this Act as the “Secretary”) shall allocate the amounts provided in the preceding proviso under sections 5307 and 5337 of title 49, United States Code, in the same ratio as funds were provided under the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2534) and shall allocate such amounts not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the amounts allocated to any urbanized area from amounts made available under this paragraph in this Act when combined with the amounts allocated to that urbanized area from funds appropriated under this heading in title XII of division B of 134 STAT. 1946 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 599)) may not exceed 75 percent of that urbanized area’s 2018 operating costs based on data contained in the National Transit Database: Provided further, That for any urbanized area for which the calculation in the preceding proviso exceeds 75 percent of the urbanized area’s 2018 operating costs, the Secretary shall distribute funds in excess of such percent to urbanized areas for which the calculation in the preceding proviso does not exceed 75 percent, in the same proportion as amounts allocated under the first proviso of this paragraph in this Act: Provided further, That no recipient in an urbanized area may receive more than $4,000,000,000 from the amounts allocated under this paragraph in this Act in combination with the amounts provided under this heading in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 599) until 75 percent of the funds provided to the recipient under this heading in such title XII are obligated and only after the recipient certifies to the Secretary that the use of such funds in excess of such amount is necessary to prevent layoffs or furloughs directly related to demonstrated revenue losses directly attributable to COVID–19;(2) $50,034,973 shall be for grants to recipients or subrecipients eligible under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code, and the Secretary shall apportion such funds in accordance with such section: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate such funds in the same ratio as funds were provided under the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2534) and shall allocate such funds not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act; and(3) $678,654,455 shall be for grants to recipients or subrecipients eligible under section 5311 of title 49, United States Code (other than subsections (b)(3), (c)(1)(A), and (f)), and the Secretary shall apportion such funds in accordance with such section: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate such funds in the same ratio as funds were provided under the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2534) and shall allocate funds within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the amounts allocated to any State (as defined in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code) for rural operating costs from amounts made available under this heading in this Act when combined with the amounts allocated to each such State for rural operating costs from funds appropriated under this heading in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 599) may not exceed 125 percent of that State’s combined 2018 rural operating costs of the recipients and subrecipients in the State based on data contained in the National Transit Database: Provided further, That for any State for which the calculation in the preceding proviso exceeds 125 percent of the State’s combined 2018 rural operating costs of the recipients and subrecipients in the State, the Secretary shall distribute funds in excess of such percent to States for which the calculation in the preceding proviso does not exceed 125 percent in the same proportion as amounts allocated under the first proviso of this paragraph in this Act:134 STAT. 1947 Provided further, That the Secretary shall not waive the requirements of section 5333 of title 49, United States Code, for funds appropriated under this heading in this Act or for funds previously made available under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, or section 5311, 5337, or 5340 of such title as a result of COVID–19: Provided further, That the provision of funds under this heading in this Act shall not affect the ability of any other agency of the Government, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a State agency, or a local governmental entity, organization, or person, to provide any other funds otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) or (b) of section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, section 5310(b)(2)(A) of that title, or any provision of chapter 53 of that title, funds provided under this heading in this Act are available for the operating expenses of transit agencies related to the response to a COVID–19 public health emergency, including, beginning on January 20, 2020, reimbursement for operating costs to maintain service and lost revenue due to the COVID–19 public health emergency, including the purchase of personal protective equipment, and paying the administrative leave of operations or contractor personnel due to reductions in service: Provided further, That to the maximum extent possible, funds made available under this heading in this Act and in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 599) shall be directed to payroll and operations of public transit (including payroll and expenses of private providers of public transportation), unless the recipient certifies to the Secretary that the recipient has not furloughed any employees: Provided further, That such operating expenses are not required to be included in a transportation improvement program, long-range transportation plan, statewide transportation plan, or a statewide transportation improvement program: Provided further, That private providers of public transportation shall be considered eligible subrecipients of funding provided under this heading in this Act and in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 599): Provided further, That unless otherwise specified, applicable requirements under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to funding made available under this heading in this Act, except that the Federal share of the costs for which any grant is made under this heading in this Act shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided further, That the amount made available under this heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund of the Treasury and shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth in any Act: Provided further, That the Federal share of costs for any unobligated grant funds under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code, as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act, up to $10,000,000 may be retained by the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration to fund ongoing program management and oversight activities described in sections 5334 and 5338(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, and shall be in addition to any other appropriations for such purpose: Provided further, That the amounts repurposed under this heading in this Act that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 134 STAT. 1948 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.