FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION Administrative Expenses For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration’s programs authorized by the Federal Transit Act and 23 U.S.C. chapter 1 in connection with these activities, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $43,060,000. Formula Grants (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 9, 16(b)(2), and 18 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain available until expended, $1,350,000,000: Provided, That no more than $2,500,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this head for formula grants no more than $710,000,000 may be used for operating assistance under section 9(k)(2) of the Federal Transit Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this head, $16,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of planning, delivery and temporary use of transit vehicles for special transportation needs of the XXVth Summer Olympiad and the Xth Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, of which $5,600,000 shall be available for the Paralympic Games: Provided further, That in allocating the funds designated in the preceding proviso, the Secretary may make grants to any public body the Secretary deems appropriate, and such grants shall not be subject to any local share requirement or limitation on operating assistance under this Act or the Federal Transit Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this head, $8,000,000 shall be transferred to the Federal Transit Administration’s Transit Planning and Research account and be administered108 STAT. 2483 in accordance with section 26(b) of the Federal Transit Act, as amended. University Transportation Centers For necessary expenses for university transportation centers as authorized by section 11(b) of the Federal Transit Act, to remain available until expended, $6,000,000. Transit Planning and Research For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as authorized by section 26 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain available until expended, $92,250,000. Trust Fund Share of Transit Programs (liquidation of contract authorization) (highway trust fund) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section 21(a) of the Federal Transit Act, $1,150,000,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $1,150,000,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants account. Discretionary Grants (limitation on obligations) (highway trust fund) None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $1,725,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 for grants under the contract authority in section 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision of law, there shall be available for fixed guideway modernization, $725,000,000; there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, $353,330,000; and there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems, $646,670,000, to be available as follows: $24,000,000 for the South Boston Piers transitway project; $25,000,000 for the Chicago central area circulator project; $16,925,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff LRT project; $2,500,000 for the DART North Central light rail extension project; $3,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project; $10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County commuter rail project; $30,000,000 for the Houston Regional Bus Plan program; $165,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail (MOS-3) project; $1,000,000 for the Miami Metrorail north corridor extension project; $107,000,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core project; $10,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street Corridor project; 108 STAT. 2484 $55,000,000 for the New York Queens Connection project; $1,200,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky rail line project; $5,000,000 for the Orange County Transitway project; $10,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Busway projects; $98,000,000 for the Portland Westside LRT project; $5,000,000 for the Salt Lake City light rail project: Provided, That such funding may be made available for related high-occupancy vehicle lane and intermodal corridor design costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 103–122, funds provided for the Salt Lake City light rail project in that Act may be used for final design; $20,150,000 for the San Francisco BART Extension/Tasman corridor project; $5,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico Tren Urbano project; $2,350,000 for the Seattle-Renton-Tacoma commuter rail project; $12,095,000 for the St. Louis Metro Link LRT project; $3,000,000 for the Maryland Central Corridor LRT project; $3,600,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts to Portland, Maine Transportation Corridor Program; $14,000,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail project; $500,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland commuter rail project; $5,000,000 for the Twin Cities central corridor project; $2,500,000 for the Wisconsin central commuter project; $2,500,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal, New York, New York. $1,100,000 for the Boston metropolitan “Urban Ring” project; $1,500,000 for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey line; $750,000 for the New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts commuter rail extensions; and $4,000,000 for the West Shore Line, New Jersey. Mass Transit Capital Fund (liquidation of contract authorization) (highway trust fund) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act, administered by the Federal Transit Administration, $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended. Interstate Transfer Grants—Transit For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4) related to transit projects, $48,030,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding the formula for apportionment under 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4)(J), of the amount made available under this head, only $9,500,000 shall be available for the substitute transit project approved under section 1045 of Public Law 102–240. 108 STAT. 2485 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–551, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.