Pub. L. 102-143, tit. III, sec. 325

Sec. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall, with regard to the Discretionary Grants program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, by February 14, 1992, enter into a full funding grant agreement with the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met) for the construction of the locally preferred alternative for the Westside Light Rail Project, including systems related costs, as defined in Public Law 101–516. That full funding agreement shall provide for a future amendment under the same terms and conditions set forth above, for the extension known as the Hillsboro project which extends from S.W. 185th Avenue to the Transit Center in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon. Subject to a regional decision documented in the Hillsboro project’s preferred alternatives report, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon to initiate preliminary engineering on the Hillsboro project, which shall proceed independent of and concurrent with the project between downtown Portland, Oregon and S.W. 185th Avenue.