FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION Administrative Expenses For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, $13,400,000: Provided, That no more than 115 STAT. 848$67,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds in this Act available for the execution of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs associated with audits and investigations of transit-related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,600,000 for the National transit database shall remain available until expended. Formula Grants (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, $718,400,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $3,592,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles for special transportation needs and construction of temporary transportation facilities for the VIII Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah: Provided further, That in allocating the funds designated in the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall make grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation, 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, as amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3008 of Public Law 105–178 and 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(3)(C), $50,000,000 of the funds to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred to and merged with funding provided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities under “Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants”. University Transportation Research For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes. Transit Planning and Research For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $116,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 is available to carry out programs under the National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is available to carry out transit cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $55,422,400 is available for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304. and 5305), $11,577,600 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $31,500,000 is available for the national planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).115 STAT. 849 Trust Fund Share Of Expenses (liquidation of contract authorization) (highway trust fund) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 53105315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–178, $5,397,800,000, to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,873,600,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants account: Provided further, That $93,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s transit planning and research account: Provided further, That $53,600,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s administrative expenses account: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s university transportation research account: Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and reverse commute grants program: Provided further, That $2,272,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s capital investment grants account. Capital Investment Grants (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C, 5308, 5309, 5318, and 5327, $568,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $2,841,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be available for fixed guideway modernization, $1,136,400,000; there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, $568,200,000, together with $50,000,000 transferred from “Federal Transit Administration, Formula Grants”; and there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems $1,136,400,000, together with $1,488,840 of the funds made available under “Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants” in Public Law 105–277; to be available as follows: $10,296,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects; $1,000,000 for the Albuquerque, New Mexico, light rail project; $25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line extension project; $13,000,000 for the Baltimore, Maryland, central light rail transit double track project; $1,500,000 for the Baltimore, Maryland, rail transit project; $2,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama, transit corridor project; $10,631,245 for the Boston, Massachusetts, South Boston Piers transitway project; $500,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts, urban ring transit project; $7,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, South corridor light rail transit project;115 STAT. 850 $32,750,000 for the Chicago, Illinois, Douglas branch reconstruction project; $55,000,000 for the Chicago, Illinois, METRA commuter rail and line extension projects; $3,000,000 for the Chicago, Illinois, Ravenswood reconstruction project; $6,000,000 for the Cleveland, Ohio, Euclid corridor transportation project; $70,000,000 for the Dallas, Texas, North Central light rail transit extension project; $55,000,000 for the Denver, Colorado, Southeast corridor light rail transit project; $192,492 for the Denver, Colorado, Southwest corridor light rail transit project; $150,000 for the Des Moines, Iowa, DSM bus feasibility project; $200,000 for the Dubuque, Iowa, light rail feasibility project; $25,000,000 for the Dulles corridor, Virginia, bus rapid transit project; $27,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-County commuter rail upgrades project; $2,000,000 for the Fort Worth, Texas, Trinity railway express project; $750,000 for the Grand Rapids, Michigan, ITP metro area, major corridor project; $12,000,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid transit project; $10,000,000 for the Houston, Texas, Metro advanced transit project; $300,000 for the Iowa, Metrolink light rail feasibility project; $1,500,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas-Kansas City, Missouri, 1–35 commuter rail project; $2,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee, Wisconsin, commuter rail extension project; $55,000,000 for the Largo, Maryland, metrorail extension project; $2,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river rail project; $14,744,420 for the Long Island Rail Road, New York, East Side access project; $9,289,557 for the Los Angeles, California, North Hollywood extension project; $7,500,000 for the Los Angeles, California, East Side corridor light rail transit project; $3,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New Hampshire commuter rail extension project; $12,000,000 for the Maryland (MARC) commuter rail improvements projects; $19,170,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Medical center rail extension project; $5,000,000 for the Miami, Florida, South Miami-Dade busway extension project; $10,000,000 for the Minneapolis-Rice, Minnesota, Northstar corridor commuter rail project; $50,000,000 for the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, Hiawatha corridor light rail transit project;115 STAT. 851 $4,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, East corridor commuter rail project; $141,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson-Bergen light rail transit project; $15,000,000 for the New Orleans, Louisiana, Canal Street car line project; $1,200,000 for the New Orleans, Louisiana, Desire corridor streetcar project; $2,000,000 for the New York, New York, Second Avenue subway project; $20,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth, New Jersey, rail link project; $2,500,000 for the Northeast Indianapolis, Indiana, downtown corridor project; $2,500,000 for the Northern Indiana South Shore commuter rail project; $6,500,000 for the Ocean side-Escondido, California, light rail extension project; $500,000 for the Ohio, Central Ohio North corridor rail (COTA) project; $5,000,000 for the Pawtucket-TF Green, Rhode Island, commuter rail and maintenance facility project; $9,000,000 for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Schuykill Valley metro project; $10,000,000 for the Phoenix, Arizona, Central Phoenix/East Valley corridor project; $8,000,000 for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, North Shore connector light rail transit project; $18,000,000 for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage II light rail transit reconstruction project; $64,000,000 for the Portland, Oregon, Interstate MAX light rail transit extension project; $20,000,000 for the Puget Sound, Washington, RTA Sounder commuter rail project; $9,000,000 for the Raleigh, North Carolina, Triangle transit project; $328,000 for the Sacramento, California, light rail transit extension project; $14,000,000 for the Salt Lake City, Utah, CBD to University light rail transit project; $3,000,000 for the Salt Lake City, Utah, University Medical Center light rail transit extension project; $60,000,000 for the San Diego, California, Mission Valley East light rail project; $1,000,000 for the San Diego, California, Mid Coast corridor project; $75,673,790 for the San Francisco, California, BART extension to the airport project; $113,336 for the San Jose, California, Tasman West light rail transit project; $40,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tren Urbano project; $1,700,000 for the Sioux City, Iowa, light rail project; $28,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair, Missouri, metrolink extension project; $5,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut, urban transitway project;115 STAT. 852 $3,000,000 for the Stockton, California, Altamont commuter rail project; $3,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express station improvements project; $500,000 for the Washington County, Oregon, Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail project; $2,500,000 for the Wasilla, Alaska, alternative route project; and $400,000 for the Yosemite, California, area regional transportation system project. Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants Notwithstanding section 3037(1)(3) of Public Law 105–178, as amended, for necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $125,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That up to $250,000 of the funds provided under this heading may be used by the Federal Transit Administration for technical assistance and support and performance reviews of the Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants program.