NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.

SEC. 5401. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.(a) In General.—Section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 5505. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.“(a) In General.—“(1) Establishment and operation.—The Secretary of Transportation shall make grants under this section to eligible nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate national university transportation centers.“(2) Role of centers.—The role of each center shall be to advance significant transportation research on critical 119 STAT. 1815 national transportation issues and to expand the workforce of transportation professionals.“(b) Applicability of Requirements.—A grant received by an eligible nonprofit institution of higher learning under this section shall be available for the same purposes, and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, as a grant made to a nonprofit institution of higher learning under section 5506.“(c) Eligible Nonprofit Institution of Higher Learning Defined.—In this section, the term ‘eligible nonprofit institution of higher learning’ means each of the following: “(1) University of Alaska.“(2) Marshall University, West Virginia, on behalf of a consortium of West Virginia colleges and universities.“(3) University of Minnesota.“(4) University of Missouri, Rolla.“(5) Northwestern University.“(6) Oklahoma Transportation Center.“(7) Portland State University, in partnership with the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and the Oregon Institute of Technology.“(8) University of Vermont.“(9) Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University.“(10) University of Wisconsin.“(d) Grants.—The Secretary shall make a grant under this section to each eligible nonprofit institution of higher learning in an amount $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2005 and $3,500,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to carry out this section.” .(b) Funding.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(4) of this Act, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 5505 of such title.(c) Conforming Amendment.—The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 5505 and inserting the following: “5505. National university transportation centers.”.