APPORTIONMENTS OF FORMULA GRANTS.

SEC. 3034. APPORTIONMENTS OF FORMULA GRANTS.(a) Apportionments.—Section 5336 is amended—(1) by striking subsections (d), (h), and (k);(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (i), and (j) as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively;(3) by adding at the end the following:“(i) Apportionments.—Of the amounts made available for each fiscal year under subsections (a)(1)(C)(vi) and (b)(2)(B) of section 5338—“(1) one percent shall be apportioned, in fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter, to certain urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 in accordance with subsection (j); and“(2) any amount not apportioned under paragraph (1) shall be apportioned to urbanized areas in accordance with subsections (a) through (c).”; and(4) in subsection (a), by striking “Of the amount made available or appropriated under section 5338(a) of this title” and inserting “Of the amount apportioned under subsection (i)(2)”.(b) Small Transit Intensive Cities Formula.—Section 5336 is amended by adding at the end the following:“(j) Small Transit Intensive Cities Formula.—“(1) Definitions.—In this subsection, the following definitions apply:“(A) Eligible area.—The term ‘eligible area’ means an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000 119 STAT. 1628 that meets or exceeds in one or more performance categories the industry average for all urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000 but not more than 999,999, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (c)(2).“(B) Performance category.—The term ‘performance category’ means each of the following:“(i) Passenger miles traveled per vehicle revenue mile.“(ii) Passenger miles traveled per vehicle revenue hour.“(iii) Vehicle revenue miles per capita.“(iv) Vehicle revenue hours per capita.“(v) Passenger miles traveled per capita.“(vi) Passengers per capita.“(2) Apportionment.—“(A) Apportionment formula.—The amount to be apportioned under subsection (i)(1) shall be apportioned among eligible areas in the ratio that—“(i) the number of performance categories for which each eligible area meets or exceeds the industry average in urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000 but not more than 999,999; bears to“(ii) the aggregate number of performance categories for which all eligible areas meet or exceed the industry average in urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000 but not more than 999,999.“(B) Data used in formula.—The Secretary shall calculate apportionments under this subsection for a fiscal year using data from the national transit database used to calculate apportionments for that fiscal year under this section.”.(c) Study on Incentives in Formula Programs.—Section 5336 is amended by adding at the end the following:“(c) Study on Incentives in Formula Programs.—“(1) Study.—The Secretary shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility and appropriateness of developing and implementing an incentive funding system under sections 5307 and 5311 for operators of public transportation.“(2) Report.—“(A) In general.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005, the Secretary shall submit a report on the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.“(B) Contents.—The report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include—“(i) an analysis of the availability of appropriate measures to be used as a basis for the distribution of incentive payments;“(ii) the optimal number and size of any incentive programs;“(iii) what types of systems should compete for various incentives;“(iv) how incentives should be distributed; and119 STAT. 1629“(v) the likely effects of the incentive funding system.”.(d) Technical Amendments.—Section 5336 is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by striking “of this title” and inserting “to carry out section 5307”; (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, except that the amount apportioned to the Anchorage urbanized area under subsection (b) shall be available to the Alaska Railroad for any costs related to its passenger operations”;(3) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting “and, beginning in fiscal year 2006, 60 percent of the directional route miles attributable to the Alaska Railroad passenger operations” after “recipient”; and(4) in subsection (h), by striking “a grant made under” each place it appears and inserting “a grant made with funds apportioned under”.