MULTIMODAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

SEC. 1962. MULTIMODAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.—The Secretary shall make available from funds in the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for multimodal facility improvements, construction, and ferry acquisition by North Bay Ferry Service, Inc., located at Port Sonoma in Petaluma, California. (b) Contract Authority.—Funds appropriated to carry out this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that such funds shall remain available until expended. (c) Limitation.—Not more than 50 percent of funds appropriated to carry out this section shall be used for facility improvements and construction. (d) Federal Share.—The Federal Share of the cost of a facility improvement or construction project under this section shall be 80 percent. (e) Requirement.—Ferries to which assistance is provided under this section shall be purchased by a United States company that designs and builds vessels in the United States.