RESTORATIONS TO RESEARCH TITLE.

SEC. 9011. RESTORATIONS TO RESEARCH TITLE. (a) University Transportation Research Funding.— Section 5001(a)(7) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended— (1) by striking “$31,150,000” each place it appears and inserting “$25,650,000”; (2) by striking “$32,750,000” each place it appears and inserting “$27,250,000”; and (3) by striking “$32,000,000” each place it appears and inserting ”$26,500,000”. (b) Obligation Ceiling.— Section 5002 of such Act is amended by striking “$403,150,000” and all that follows through “$468,000,000” and inserting ”$397,650,000 for fiscal year 1998, $403,650,000 for fiscal year 1999, $422,450,000 for fiscal year 2000, $437,250,000 for fiscal year 2001, $447,500,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $462,500,000”. (c) Use of Funds for ITS.— Section 5210 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended by adding at the end the following: “(d) Use of Innovative Financing.— “(1) In general.— The Secretary may use up to 25 percent of the funds made available to carry out this subtitle to make available loans, lines of credit, and loan guarantees for projects that are eligible for assistance under this subtitle and that have significant intelligent transportation system elements. “(2) Consistency with other law.— Credit assistance described in paragraph (1) shall be made available in a manner consistent with the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998.”. (d) University Transportation Research.— Section 5110 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: “(d) Technical Adjustments.— Section 5505 of title 49, United States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this section), is amended— “(1) in subsection (g)(2) by striking ‘section 5506,’ and inserting ‘section 508 of title 23, United States Code,’; (2) in subsection (i)— “(A) by inserting ‘Subject to section 5338(e):’ after ‘(i)Number and Amount of Grants.—’and112 STAT. 864 “(B) by striking ‘institutions’ each place it appears and inserting ‘institutions or groups of institutions’; and “(3) in subsection (j)(4)(B) by striking ‘on behalf of and all that follows before the period and inserting ‘on behalf of a consortium which may also include West Virginia University Institute of Technology, the College of West Virginia, and Bluefield State College’.”. (e) Technical Corrections.— Section 5115 of such Act is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking “Director” and inserting “Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics”; (2) in subsection (b) by striking “Bureau” and inserting “Bureau of Transportation Statistics,”; and (3) in subsection (c) by striking “paragraph (1)” and inserting “subsection (a)”. (f) Corrections to Certain Oklahoma Projects.— Section 5116 of such Act is amended— (1) in subsection (e)(2) by striking “$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2001” and inserting “$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2002”; and (2) in subsection (f)(2) by striking “$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2002” and inserting “$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2001”. (g) Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Reference.— Section 5117(b)(3)(B)(ii) of such Act is amended by striking “local departments of transportation” and inserting “the Department of Transportation”. (h) Fundamental Properties of Asphalts and Modified Asphalts.— Section 5117(b)(5)(B) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking “1999” and inserting “1998”; and (2) by striking “$3,000,000 per fiscal year” and inserting “$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003”.