TRANSIT SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.

SEC. 3021. TRANSIT SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS. Section 16 is amended— (1) by striking “elderly and handicapped persons” each place it appears and inserting “elderly persons and persons with disabilities”; (2) in subsection (b)(2) by inserting “to the Governor of each State for allocation” before “to private”; (3) in subsection (b)(2) by inserting “or to public bodies approved by the State to coordinate services for elderly persons and persons with disabilities or to public bodies which certify to the Governor that no nonprofit corporations or associations are readily available in an area to provide the service under this subsection” after “inappropriate”; (4) by striking “and” at the end of subsection (b)(1), by striking the period at the end of subsection (b)(2) and inserting “; and”, and by inserting after subsection (b)(2) the following: “(3) eligible capital expenses under this section may include, at the option of the recipient, the acquisition of transportation services under a contract, lease, or other arrangement.”; (5) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; (6) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: “(c) Apportionment and Use of Funds.— 105 STAT. 2111 “(1) State program of projects.— Funds made available for purposes of subsection (b) may be used for transportation projects to assist in the provision of transportation services for elderly persons and persons with disabilities which are included in a State program of projects. Such programs shall be submitted annually to the Secretary for approval and shall contain an assurance that the program provides for maximum feasible coordination of transportation services assisted under this section with transportation services assisted by other Federal sources. “(2) Apportionment.— Sums made available for expenditure for purposes of subsection (b) shall be apportioned to the States on the basis of a formula administered by the Secretary which shall take into consideration the number of elderly persons and persons with disabilities in each State. “(3) Transfer of amounts.— Any amounts of a State’s apportionment under this subsection that remain available for obligation at the beginning of the 90-day period before the expiration of the period of availability of such amounts shall be available to the Governor for transfer to supplement funds apportioned to the State under section 18(a) or section 9(d). “(4) Leasing of vehicles.— The Secretary shall, not later than 60 days following the enactment of the Federal Transit Act, issue regulations to allow vehicles purchased under this section to be leased to local public bodies and agencies for the purpose of improving transportation services designed to meet the special needs of elderly persons and persons with disabilities.’ ; and (7) by striking subsection (f), as redesignated by this section, and inserting the following: “(f) Meal Delivery Service to Homebound Persons.— Transit service providers receiving assistance under this section or section 18(a) may coordinate and assist in providing meal delivery service for homebound persons on a regular basis if the meal delivery services do not conflict with the provision of transit services or result in a reduction of service to transit passengers.”.