Pub. L. 94-188, tit. II, sec. 203

Sec. 203. Section 513 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, is amended to read as follows: “regional transportation “Sec. 513. (a) Each regional commission, with the assistance of the Secretary of Transportation, is authorized to conduct and facilitate full and complete investigations and studies of the transportation needs of economic development regions established under this title. Such studies and investigations should analyze the effectiveness of regional transportation systems for meeting the purposes of this Act. The information gathered from these studies and investigations should determine the types of transportation facilities needed in the region and be of value in planning for such transportation facilities. “(b) Each regional commission, with the assistance of the Secretary of Transportation, is authorized to make grants for the planning of regional transportation networks and to make grants for the construction, purchase of equipment, and operation (including payment of operating deficits) for transportation demonstration projects. Grants under this section shall be made solely out of funds specifically appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this title and shall not be taken into account in the computation of the allotments among the States made pursuant to any other provisions of law. 89 STAT. 1088 “(c) No grant for the construction or equipment for any component of a demonstration transportation project shall exceed 80 per centum of such cost. The Federal contribution may be provided entirely from funds authorized under this section or in combination with funds authorized under other Federal grant-in-aid programs for the construction of transportation facilities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds authorized under this section may be used to increase the Federal share of any such project to 80 per centum of the cost of such facilities. “(d) Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the funds apportioned to each regional commission under section 509 of this title shall be expended in any one fiscal year for the purpose of carrying out this section.”.