Pub. L. 106-246, div. B, tit. II, ch. 6, sec. 2603

Sec. 2603. (a) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall make a grant for the purpose of carrying out the first year of a 2-year program to implement in five metropolitan areas pilot design programs developed under section 365(a)(2) of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (113 Stat. 1028-1029). (b) The Administrator shall ensure that each pilot design program is implemented in accordance with recommendations developed by the National Telecommuting and Air Quality Steering Committee, in consultation with the local design teams. (c) Grants received under subsection (a) may be used for— (1) protocol development in the five metropolitan areas; (2) marketing of the telecommute, emissions reduction, pollution credits strategy and recruitment of participating employers; and (3) data gathering on emissions reductions. (d) In addition to the grant under subsection (a), for the purpose of carrying out the second year of the 2-year program referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator shall— (1) make a grant of $750,000 to the National Environmental Policy Institute (a nonprofit private entity incorporated under the laws of and located in the District of Columbia); and (2) make grants totaling $1,250,000 to local agencies within the five metropolitan areas referred to in subsection (a). (e) Not later than 360 days from first day of the second year of the 2-year program referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the program. 114 STAT. 559 (f) The Administrator shall carry out this section in collaboration with the Secretary of Transportation. (g) There is appropriated to the Department of Transportation, “Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy”, $2,000,000 to carry out this section. Such amounts shall be transferred to and administered by the Environmental Protection Agency and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.