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, $14,600,000: Provided, That no more than $73,000,000 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, $767,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $3,839,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3008 of Public Law 105–178, $50,000,000 of the funds to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred to and merged with funding 117 STAT. 401 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, $24,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $122,000,000 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)), $60,385,600 is available for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305), $12,614,400 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). 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, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–178, $5,781,000,000, to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $3,071,200,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants account: Provided further, That $97,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s transit planning and research account: Provided further, That $58,400,000 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 $120,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and reverse commute grants program: Provided further, That $2,428,800,000 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, $607,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $3,036,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That there 117 STAT. 402 shall be available for fixed guideway modernization, $1,214,400,000; there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, $607,200,000, which shall include $50,000,000 made available under 5309(m)(3)(C) of this title, plus $50,000,000 transferred from “Federal Transit Administration, Formula Grants”; and there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems $1,214,400,000, together with $45,000,000 transferred from the Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants Program account and all unobligated balances made available in Public Law 105–277 to carry out section 3037 of Public Law 105–178, as amended; to be available as follows: Alaska-Hawaii Setaside, $10,296,000; Altamont, CA, Commuter Express Maintenance Facility San Joaquin Rail Commission, $1,000,000; Atlanta North Springs, GA (North Line Extension), $16,110,000; Baltimore, MD, Central LRT Double Tracking Project, $18,000,000; Birmingham, AL, Transit Corridor Study, $2,000,000; Boston, MA, North Shore Corridor Project, $338,000; Boston, MA, South Boston Piers Transitway, $681,000; Bridgeport, CT, Intermodal Transportation Center Project, $2,500,000; Burlington-Middlebury, VT, Commuter Rail, $1,500,000; Central Phoenix/East Valley, AZ, Light Rail, $12,000,000; Charlotte, NC, South Corridor Light Rail Transit Project, $11,000,000; Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Dougals Branch Reconstruction, $55,000,000; Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Ravenswood Reconstruction, $3,000,000; Cleveland, OH, Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, $6,000,000; Dallas, TX, North Central Light Rail Extension, $60,000,000; Denver, CO, Southeast Center LRT (T-REX), $70,000,000; Fort Lauderdale, Tri-County Commuter Rail Upgrades, $29,250,000; Houston, TX, Advanced Metro Transit Plan, $11,000,000; Las Vegas, NV, Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway, $7,000,000; Little Rock, AR, River Rail Streetcar Project, $1,700,000; Los Angeles, CA, Eastside Corridor LRT, $4,000,000; Los Angeles, CA, North Hollywood Red Line, $40,490,000; Lowell, MA to Nashua, NH, Commuter Rail Extension, $3,000,000; Maryland, MARC Commuter Rail Improvements, $11,750,000; Memphis, TN, Medical Center Rail Extension, $15,610,000; Metra Commuter Rail and Line Extension Projects (North Central, Union Pacific West, SouthWest), $52,000,000; Metro North Rolling Stock, CT, $4,000,000; Minneapolis, MN, Hiawatha Corridor LRT, $60,000,000; Minneapolis, MN, Northstar Corridor, $5,000,000; Nashville, TN, East Corridor Commuter Rail, $4,000,000;117 STAT. 403 New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail—MOS1, $19,200,000; New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail—MOS2, $50,000,000; New Orleans, LA, Canal Street Streetcar Project, $22,000,000; New York, Long Island Railroad East Side Access Project, $13,500,000; New York, Second Avenue Subway, $2,000,000; Newark-Elizabeth, NJ, Rail Link, $60,000,000; Northern Indiana South Shore Commuter Rail Project, $2,500,000; Oceanside-Escondido, CA, Rail Corridor, $13,600,000; Ogden to Provo, UT, Commuter Rail Corridor, $5,000,000; Orange County, CA, Centerline Light Rail Project, $1,500,000; Pawtucket, RI, Layover Facility, $4,500,000; Pittsburgh, PA, North Shore Connector, $7,025,000; Pittsburgh, PA, Stage II LRT Reconstruction, $26,250,000; Portland, OR, Interstate MAX Light Rail Extension, $70,000,000; Puget Sound, WA, Sounder Commuter Rail, $30,000,000; Raleigh, NC, Triangle Transit Regional Rail Service, $9,000,000; Salt Lake City, UT, CBD to University LRT, $68,760,000; Salt Lake City, UT, Medical Center LRT, $12,000,000; Salt Lake City, UT, North/South LRT, $720,000; San Diego, CA, Trolley Mission Valley East LRT Extension, $65,000,000; San Francisco, CA, BART Extension to San Francisco Airport, $100,000,000; San Francisco, CA, Third Street Light Rail Extension (Phase II), $1,500,000; San Jose, CA, Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project, $250,000; San Juan, PR, Tren Urbano, $40,000,000; Scranton, PA to New York City, NY, Passenger Rail Service, $2,000,000; SEPTA, PA, Schuylkill Valley Metro Line, $9,000,000; St. Louis, MO, Metrolink, St. Clair Extension, $3,370,000; Stamford, CT, Urban Transitway, $10,000,000; Vermont Transportation Authority Rolling Stock, $500,000; Virginia Railway Express project, $2,000,000; Washington, DC, Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project, $26,500,000; Washington, DC/MD, Largo Extension, $60,000,000; Wilmington, DE, Train Station improvements, $2,000,000; Wilsonville-Beaverton Commuter Rail Line, OR, $2,500,000. Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants Notwithstanding section 3037(l)(3) of Public Law 105–178, as amended, for necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $150,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, 117 STAT. 404 That up to $300,000 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: Provided further, That $45,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading together with all unobligated balances made available in Public Law 105–277 to carry out section 3037 of Public Law 105–178 shall be transferred to and merged with funds for new fixed guideway systems under the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grants account.