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in each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 to carry out section
5308.
‘‘(5) FUNDING FOR FERRY BOAT SYSTEMS.—
‘‘(A) Of the amounts made available under paragraph
(1)(B), $10,400,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years
1999 through 2003 for capital projects in Alaska or Hawaii,
for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to fixed
guideway systems that are ferry boats or ferry terminal
facilities, or that are approaches to ferry terminal facilities.
‘‘(B) Of the amounts appropriated under section
5338(h)(5), $3,600,000 shall be available in each of fiscal
years 1999 through 2003 for capital projects in Alaska
or Hawaii, for new fixed guideway systems and extensions
to fixed guideway systems that are ferry boats or ferry
terminal facilities, or that are approaches to ferry terminal
facilities.’’.
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) REPEAL.—Section 5309(f) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) [Reserved.]’’.
(2) CROSS REFERENCE.—Section 5328(a)(2) is amended by
striking ‘‘5309(e)(1)–(6) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘5309(e)’’.
(3) REFERENCES TO FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENTS.—
Chapter 53 is amended—
(A) in section 5320—
(i) by striking ‘‘full financing’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘full funding’’; and
(ii) in subsection (e) in the subsection heading,
by striking ‘‘FINANCING’’ and inserting ‘‘FUNDING’’; and
(B) in section 5328(a)(4) by striking ‘‘full financing’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘full funding’’.
(i) REPORTS.—Section 5309 is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(o) REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) FUNDING LEVELS AND ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS FOR FIXED
GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS.—
‘‘(A) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than the first Monday
in February of each year, the Secretary shall submit to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report
that includes a proposal on the allocation of amounts to
be made available to finance grants and loans for capital
projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions
to existing fixed guideway systems among applicants for
those amounts.
‘‘(B) RECOMMENDATIONS
ON
FUNDING.—The annual
report under this paragraph shall include evaluations and
ratings, as required under subsection (e), for each project
that is authorized or has received funds under this section
since the date of enactment of the Federal Transit Act
of 1998 or October 1 of the preceding fiscal year, whichever
date is earlier. The report shall also include recommenda-
tions of projects for funding based on the evaluations and
ratings and on existing commitments and anticipated fund-
ing levels for the next 3 fiscal years and for the next
10 fiscal years based on information currently available
to the Secretary.
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‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENTAL
REPORT
ON
NEW
STARTS.—The Sec-
retary shall submit a report to Congress on the 31st day of
August of each year that describes the Secretary’s evaluation
and rating of each project that has completed alternatives
analysis or preliminary engineering since the date of the last
report. The report shall include all relevant information that
supports the evaluation and rating of each project, including
a summary of each project’s financial plan.
‘‘(3) ANNUAL GAO REVIEW.—The General Accounting Office
shall—
‘‘(A) conduct an annual review of—
‘‘(i) the processes and procedures for evaluating
and rating projects and recommending projects; and
‘‘(ii) the Secretary’s implementation of such proc-
esses and procedures; and
‘‘(B) shall report to Congress on the results of such
review by April 30 of each year.’’.
(j) PROJECT DEFINED.—Section 5309 is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(p) PROJECT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘project’
means, with respect to a new fixed guideway system or extension
to an existing fixed guideway system, a minimum operable segment
of the project.’’.
SEC. 3010. DOLLAR VALUE OF MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not consider the dollar
value of mobility improvements, as specified in the report required
under section 5309(o) (as added by this Act), in evaluating projects
under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, in developing
regulations, or in carrying out any other duty of the Secretary.
(b) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General shall conduct
a study of the dollar value of mobility improvements and the
relationship of mobility improvements to the overall transpor-
tation justification of a new fixed guideway system or extension
to an existing system.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2000, the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report
on the results of the study under paragraph (1), including
an analysis of the factors relevant to determining the dollar
value of mobility improvements.
SEC. 3011. LOCAL SHARE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for fiscal years 1999 through 2003, a recipient of assistance under
section 5307 or 5309 of title 49, United States Code, may use,
as part of the local matching funds for a capital project (as defined
in section 5302(a) of title 49, United States Code), the proceeds
from the issuance of revenue bonds.
(b) MAINTENANCE
OF EFFORT.—The Secretary shall approve
of the use of the proceeds from the issuance of revenue bonds
for the remainder of the net project cost (as defined in section
5302(a) of title 49, United States Code) only if the aggregate amount
of financial support for mass transportation in the urbanized area
from the State and affected local governmental authorities during
the next 3 fiscal years, as programmed in the State Transportation
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Improvement Program under section 135 of title 23, United States
Code, is not less than the aggregate amount provided by the State
and affected local governmental authorities in the urbanized area
during the preceding 3 fiscal years.
(c) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2003, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate,
a report on the recipients described in subsection (a) that
have used, as part of the local matching funds for a capital
project, the proceeds from the issuance of revenue bonds, during
the period described in subsection (a).
(2) CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—The report required by this
subsection shall include—
(A) information on each project undertaken, the
amount of the revenue bonds issued, and the status of
repayment of the bonds; and
(B) any recommendations of the Secretary regarding
the application of this section.
SEC. 3012. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS.
(a) FIXED GUIDEWAY TECHNOLOGY.—The Secretary shall make
grants for the study, design, and demonstration of fixed guideway
technology. Of the amounts made available by or appropriated
under section 5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary
shall make funds available for the following projects in not less
than the amounts specified for the fiscal year:
(1) North Orange-South Seminole County, FL $750,000
for fiscal year 1999.
(2) Galveston, TX fixed guideway activities $750,000 for
fiscal year 1999.
(3) Washoe County, NV Transit Technology, $1,250,000
for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
(b) BUS TECHNOLOGY.—The Secretary shall make grants for
the study, design, and demonstration of bus technology. Of the
amounts made available by or appropriated under section 5338(d)
of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall make funds
available for the following projects in not less than the amounts
specified for the fiscal year:
(1) MBTA, MA Advanced Electric Transit Buses and
Related Infrastructure, $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1999
and 2000.
(2) Palm Springs, CA Fuel Cell Buses, $1,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
(3) 
Gloucester, 
MA 
Intermodal 
Technology 
Center,
$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
(c) ADVANCED PROPULSION CONTROL SYSTEM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available by or
appropriated under section 5338(d) of title 49, United States
Code, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $3,000,000 for fiscal
year 2000, and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be available
to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (in this
subsection referred to as ‘‘SEPTA’’), to be used only for the
completion of the program to develop and deploy a new
Advanced Propulsion Control System begun under the Request
for Technical Proposals for Project S–2814–2.
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(2) ACTION REQUIRED BY SEPTA.—This subsection shall take
effect only if SEPTA issues a request for cost proposals to
the 4 selectees from the full and open competition under
SEPTA’s Request for Technical Proposals for Project S–2814–
2 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 3013. FORMULA GRANTS AND LOANS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF
ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES.
(a) SECTION HEADING.—Section 5310 is amended in the section
heading by striking ‘‘Grants’’ and inserting ‘‘Formula grants’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section
5310 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by inserting
‘‘formula’’ before ‘‘grants’’.
SEC. 3014. FORMULA PROGRAM FOR OTHER THAN URBANIZED AREAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5311 is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Financial assist-
ance’’ and inserting ‘‘Formula grants’’; and
(2) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘10 percent of the amount
made available in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993,
and’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section
5311 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by striking
‘‘Financial assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘Formula grant’’.
SEC. 3015. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND TRAIN-
ING PROJECTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5312 is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(d) JOINT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEPLOYMENT OF INNOVA-
TION.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF CONSORTIUM.—In this subsection, the
term ‘consortium’—
‘‘(A) means 1 or more public or private organizations
located in the United States that provide mass transpor-
tation service to the public and 1 or more businesses,
including small- and medium-sized businesses, incor-
porated in a State, offering goods or services or willing
to offer goods and services to mass transportation opera-
tors; and
‘‘(B) may include, as additional members, public or
private research organizations located in the United States,
or State or local governmental authorities.
‘‘(2) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may, under terms
and conditions that the Secretary prescribes, enter into grants,
contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements with
consortia selected in accordance with paragraph (4), to promote
the early deployment of innovation in mass transportation serv-
ices, management, operational practices, or technology that has
broad applicability. This paragraph shall be carried out in
consultation with the transit industry by competitively selected
consortia that will share costs, risks, and rewards of early
deployment of innovation.
‘‘(3) CONSORTIUM
CONTRIBUTION.—A consortium assisted
under this subsection shall provide not less than 50 percent
of the costs of any joint partnership project. Any business,