FEASIBILITY STUDY OF USING HIGHWAY ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEMS.

SEC. 164. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF USING HIGHWAY ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEMS. (a) Grant Purpose.—The Secretary shall make a grant to the California Department of Transportation for the purpose of determining the feasibility and applicability of utilizing a highway electrification system as a source of energy for highway vehicles. Such grant shall cover the costs of activities necessary to make such determination, including (but not limited to) necessary land acquisition, construction of a test facility, research, planning, analysis, and engineering. (b) Grant Conditions.—A grant may only be made under this section if the California Department of Transportation agrees— (1) to conduct, through the test facility to be constructed under such grant, a study to determine the feasibility and applicability of using a highway electrification system as a source of energy for highway vehicles; and (2) to submit to the Secretary a report on the results of such study not later than three years after the date such construction is completed. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) of this section, out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), $970,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989. (d) Funding and Applicability of Title 23.—Except as provided in subsection (e), funds authorized by this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and such funds shall remain available until expended. (e) Federal Share.—The Federal share of the cost of conducting the study under this section shall not exceed 65 percent.