INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORTATION.

SEC. 3023. INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORTATION. Section 18 is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(i) Intercity Bus Transportation.— “(1) Funding of program.— Subject to paragraph (2), a State shall expend not less than 5 percent of the amounts made available to such State under this section in fiscal year 1992, 10 percent of such amounts in fiscal year 1993, and 15 percent of such amounts in fiscal year 1994 and each fiscal year beginning 105 STAT. 2112thereafter to carry out a program for the development and support of intercity bus transportation. Eligible activities under such a program include planning and marketing for intercity bus transportation, capital grants for intercity bus shelters, joint-use stops and depots, operating grants through purchase-of-service agreements, user-side subsidies and demonstration projects, and coordination of rural connections between small transit operations and intercity bus carriers. “(2) Certification.— A State shall not be required to comply with paragraph (1) in any fiscal year in which the Governor certifies to the Secretary that the intercity bus service needs of the State are being adequately met. “(3) Special rule.— For fiscal year 1992, a State may meet the requirement of paragraph (1) by expending to carry out the program described in paragraph (1) at least 50 percent of the increase in the amount allocated to the State under this section between fiscal year 1991 and fiscal year 1992.”.