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‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE AREA.—The term ‘eligible 
area’ means an urbanized area with a popu-
lation of less than 200,000 that meets or ex-
ceeds 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 vehi-
cle revenue mile. 
‘‘(ii) Passenger miles traveled per ve-
hicle revenue hour. 
‘‘(iii) Vehicle revenue miles per capita. 
‘‘(iv) Vehicle revenue hours per capita. 
‘‘(v) Passenger miles traveled per cap-
ita. 
‘‘(vi) Passengers per capita. 
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT.— 
‘‘(A) 
APPORTIONMENT
FORMULA.—The 
amount to be apportioned under subsection 
(h)(3) shall be apportioned among eligible areas 
in the ratio that— 
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‘‘(i) the number of performance cat-
egories for which each eligible area meets 
or exceeds the industry average in urban-
ized areas with a population of at least 
200,000 but not more than 999,999; bears 
to 
‘‘(ii) the aggregate number of per-
formance 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 Sec-
retary shall calculate apportionments under this 
subsection for a fiscal year using data from the 
national transit database used to calculate ap-
portionments for that fiscal year under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(j) APPORTIONMENT FORMULA.—The amounts ap-
portioned under subsection (h)(2) shall be apportioned 
among urbanized areas as follows: 
‘‘(1) 75 percent of the funds shall be appor-
tioned among designated recipients for urbanized 
areas with a population of 200,000 or more in the 
ratio that— 
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‘‘(A) the number of eligible low-income in-
dividuals in each such urbanized area; bears to 
‘‘(B) the number of eligible low-income in-
dividuals in all such urbanized areas. 
‘‘(2) 25 percent of the funds shall be appor-
tioned among designated recipients for urbanized 
areas with a population of less than 200,000 in the 
ratio that— 
‘‘(A) the number of eligible low-income in-
dividuals in each such urbanized area; bears to 
‘‘(B) the number of eligible low-income in-
dividuals in all such urbanized areas.’’. 
SEC. 20028. STATE OF GOOD REPAIR GRANTS. 
Section 5337 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 5337. State of good repair grants 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions shall apply: 
‘‘(1) FIXED
GUIDEWAY.—The term ‘fixed 
guideway’ means a public transportation facility— 
‘‘(A) using and occupying a separate right- 
of-way for the exclusive use of public transpor-
tation; 
‘‘(B) using rail; 
‘‘(C) using a fixed catenary system; 
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‘‘(D) for a passenger ferry system; or 
‘‘(E) for a bus rapid transit system. 
‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(3) STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.—The term ‘state 
of good repair’ has the meaning given that term by 
the Secretary, by rule, under section 5326(b). 
‘‘(4) TRANSIT
ASSET
MANAGEMENT
PLAN.— 
The term ‘transit asset management plan’ means a 
plan developed by a recipient of funding under this 
chapter that— 
‘‘(A) includes, at a minimum, capital asset 
inventories and condition assessments, decision 
support tools, and investment prioritization; 
and 
‘‘(B) the recipient certifies that the recipi-
ent complies with the rule issued under section 
5326(d). 
‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The Secretary may 
make grants under this section to assist State and 
local governmental authorities in financing capital 
projects to maintain public transportation systems in 
a state of good repair, including projects to replace 
and rehabilitate— 
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‘‘(A) rolling stock; 
‘‘(B) track; 
‘‘(C) line equipment and structures; 
‘‘(D) signals and communications; 
‘‘(E) power equipment and substations; 
‘‘(F) passenger stations and terminals; 
‘‘(G) security equipment and systems; 
‘‘(H) maintenance facilities and equipment; 
‘‘(I) operational support equipment, includ-
ing computer hardware and software; 
‘‘(J) development and implementation of a 
transit asset management plan; and 
‘‘(K) other replacement and rehabilitation 
projects the Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION IN PLAN.—A recipient shall in-
clude a project carried out under paragraph (1) in 
the transit asset management plan of the recipient 
upon completion of the plan. 
‘‘(c) HIGH INTENSITY FIXED GUIDEWAY STATE OF 
GOOD REPAIR FORMULA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount authorized 
or made available under section 5338(a)(2)(M), 
$1,874,763,500 shall be apportioned to recipients in 
accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) AREA SHARE.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—50 percent of the 
amount described in paragraph (1) shall be ap-
portioned for fixed guideway systems in accord-
ance with this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) SHARE.—A recipient shall receive an 
amount equal to the amount described in sub-
paragraph (A), multiplied by the amount the 
recipient would have received under this section, 
as in effect for fiscal year 2011, if the amount 
had been calculated in accordance with section 
5336(b)(1) and using the definition of the term 
‘fixed guideway’ under subsection (a) of this 
section, as such sections are in effect on the 
day after the date of enactment of the Federal 
Public Transportation Act of 2012, and divided 
by the total amount apportioned for all areas 
under this section for fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(C) RECIPIENT.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the term ‘recipient’ means an entity 
that received funding under this section, as in 
effect for fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(3) VEHICLE
REVENUE
MILES
AND
DIREC-
TIONAL ROUTE MILES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—50 percent of the 
amount described in paragraph (1) shall be ap-
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portioned to recipients in accordance with this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(B) VEHICLE REVENUE MILES.—A recipi-
ent in an urbanized area shall receive an 
amount equal to 60 percent of the amount de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), multiplied by the 
number of fixed guideway vehicle revenue miles 
attributable to the urbanized area, as estab-
lished by the Secretary, divided by the total 
number of all fixed guideway vehicle revenue 
miles attributable to all urbanized areas. 
‘‘(C) DIRECTIONAL ROUTE MILES.—A re-
cipient in an urbanized area shall receive an 
amount equal to 40 percent of the amount de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), multiplied by the 
number of fixed guideway directional route 
miles attributable to the urbanized area, as es-
tablished by the Secretary, divided by the total 
number of all fixed guideway directional route 
miles attributable to all urbanized areas. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the share of the total 
amount apportioned under this section that is 
apportioned to an area under this subsection 
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shall not decrease by more than 0.25 percent-
age points compared to the share apportioned 
to the area under this subsection in the pre-
vious fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR 
2012.—In fiscal year 2012, the share of the 
total amount apportioned under this section 
that is apportioned to an area under this sub-
section shall not decrease by more than 0.25 
percentage points compared to the share that 
would have been apportioned to the area under 
this section, as in effect for fiscal year 2011, if 
the share had been calculated using the defini-
tion of the term ‘fixed guideway’ under sub-
section (a) of this section, as in effect on the 
day after the date of enactment of the Federal 
Public Transportation Act of 2012. 
‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available 
under this subsection shall be available for the exclu-
sive use of fixed guideway projects. 
‘‘(6) RECEIVING APPORTIONMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), for an area with a fixed 
guideway system, the amounts provided under 
this section shall be apportioned to the des-
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ignated recipient for the urbanized area in 
which the system operates. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—An area described in 
the amendment made by section 3028(a) of the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(Public Law 105–178; 112 Stat. 366) shall re-
ceive an individual apportionment under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(7) APPORTIONMENT
REQUIREMENTS.—For 
purposes of determining the number of fixed guide-
way vehicle revenue miles or fixed guideway direc-
tional route miles attributable to an urbanized area 
for a fiscal year under this subsection, only segments 
of fixed guideway systems placed in revenue service 
not later than 7 years before the first day of the fis-
cal year shall be deemed to be attributable to an ur-
banized area. 
‘‘(d) FIXED GUIDEWAY STATE OF GOOD REPAIR 
GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants under this section to assist State and local 
governmental authorities in financing fixed guideway 
capital projects to maintain public transportation 
systems in a state of good repair. 
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‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE
PROCESS.—The Secretary 
shall solicit grant applications and make grants for 
eligible projects on a competitive basis. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY
CONSIDERATION.—In making 
grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 
priority to grant applications received from recipi-
ents receiving an amount under this section that is 
not less than 2 percent less than the amount the re-
cipient would have received under this section, as in 
effect for fiscal year 2011, if the amount had been 
calculated using the definition of the term ‘fixed 
guideway’ under subsection (a) of this section, as in 
effect on the day after the date of enactment of the 
Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012. 
‘‘(e) HIGH INTENSITY MOTORBUS STATE OF GOOD 
REPAIR.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘high intensity motorbus’ means 
public transportation that is provided on a facility 
with access for other high-occupancy vehicles. 
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT.—Of the amount author-
ized or made available under section 5338(a)(2)(M), 
$112,500,000 shall be apportioned to urbanized 
areas for high intensity motorbus state of good re-
pair in accordance with this subsection. 
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‘‘(3) VEHICLE
REVENUE
MILES
AND
DIREC-
TIONAL ROUTE MILES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—$60,000,000 of the 
amount described in paragraph (2) shall be ap-
portioned to each area in accordance with this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(B) VEHICLE
REVENUE
MILES.—Each 
area shall receive an amount equal to 60 per-
cent of the amount described in subparagraph 
(A), multiplied by the number of high intensity 
motorbus vehicle revenue miles attributable to 
the area, as established by the Secretary, di-
vided by the total number of all high intensity 
motorbus vehicle revenue miles attributable to 
all areas. 
‘‘(C) DIRECTIONAL ROUTE MILES.—Each 
area shall receive an amount equal to 40 per-
cent of the amount described in subparagraph 
(A), multiplied by the number of high intensity 
motorbus directional route miles attributable to 
the area, as established by the Secretary, di-
vided by the total number of all high intensity 
motorbus directional route miles attributable to 
all areas. 
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‘‘(4) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
HIGH
INTENSITY 
MOTORBUS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—$52,500,000 of the 
amount described in paragraph (2) shall be ap-
portioned— 
‘‘(i) in accordance with this para-
graph; and 
‘‘(ii) among urbanized areas within a 
State in the same proportion as funds are 
apportioned within a State under section 
5336, except subsection (b), and shall be 
added to such amounts. 
‘‘(B) TERRITORIES.—Of the amount de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), $500,000 shall be 
distributed among the territories, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) STATES.—Of the amount described in 
subparagraph (A), each State shall receive 
$1,000,000. 
‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient may transfer 
any part of the apportionment under this subsection 
for use under subsection (c). 
‘‘(6) APPORTIONMENT
REQUIREMENTS.—For 
purposes of determining the number of high inten-
sity motorbus vehicle revenue miles or high intensity 
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