urban mass transportation act of 1964

urban mass transportation act of 1964 Sec. 301. (a) The fifth sentence of section 4(a) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended to read as follows “The Federal grant for any such project to be assisted under section 3 shall be in an amount equal to 80 per centum of the net project cost.” (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to projects which were not subject to administrative reservation on or before July 1, 1973. (c) Section 4(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by striking out “$3,100,000,000” in the first and third sentences and inserting in lieu thereof “$6,100,000,000”. (d) Section 9 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended— (1) by striking out “to make grants” in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “to contract for and make grants”; (2) by striking out “and designing” in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “designing, and evaluation”; (3) by striking out “and (3)” in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “(3) evaluation of previously funded projects; and (4)”; (4) by inserting “or contract” after “A grant” in the third sentence ;and (5) by striking out all that follows “Secretary” in the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a period. (e) The provision of assistance under the amendments made by this section shall not be construed as bringing within the application of chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, any nonsupervisory employee of an urban mass transportation system (or of any other agency or entity performing related functions) to whom such chapter is otherwise inapplicable. (f) Section 12 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(f) No person shall on the ground of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal assistance under this Act or carried on under this Act. This provision will be enforced through agency provisions and rules similar to those already established, with respect to racial and other discrimination, under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, this remedy is not exclusive and will not prejudice or cut off any other legal remedies available to a discriminates.” (g) Section 16(b) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended to read as follows: “(b) In addition to the grants and loans otherwise provided for under this Act, the Secretary is authorized to make grants and loans— “(1) to States and local public bodies and agencies thereof for the specific purpose of assisting them in providing mass transportation services which are planned, designed, and carried out so as to meet the special needs of elderly and handicapped persons, with such grants and loans being subject to all of the terms, conditions, requirements, and provisions applicable to grants and loans made under section 3(a) and being considered for the purposes of all other laws to have been made under such section; and 87 Stat. 296 “(2) to private nonprofit corporations and associations for the specific purpose of assisting them in providing transportation services meeting the special needs of elderly and handicapped persons for whom mass transportation services planned, designed, and carried out under paragraph (1) are unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate, with such grants and loans being subject to such terms, conditions, requirements, and provisions (similar insofar as may be appropriate to those applicable to grants and loans under paragraph (1)) as the Secretary may determine to be necessary or appropriate for purposes of this paragraph. Of the total amount of the obligations which the Secretary is authorized to incur on behalf of the United States under the first sentence of section 4(c), 2 per centum may lie set aside and used exclusively to finance the programs and activities authorized by this subsection (including administrative costs).”