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‘(2) FISCAL YEARS 2005 THROUGH 2009.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sec-
tion 5334—
‘(A) $78,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
‘(B) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘(C) $82,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
‘(D) $84,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
‘(E) $86,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
‘(g) TRUST FUND CAPITAL PROGRAM GRANTS.—
There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account 
of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 
5309(m)(2)(B)(i) and 5309(m)(2)(B)(iii)—
‘(1) $1,884,255,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
‘(2) $2,080,005,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘(3) $2,210,580,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
‘(4) $2,366,677,500 for fiscal year 2008; and 
‘(5) $2,518,882,500 for fiscal year 2009. 
‘(h) GENERAL FUND CAPITAL PROGRAM GRANTS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sec-
tions 5309(m)(2)(A) and 5309(m)(2)(B)(ii)—
‘(1) $1,391,170,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
‘(2) $1,561,670,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘(3) $1,673,720,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
‘(4) $1,777,785,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
‘(5) $1,904,255,000 for fiscal year 2009.
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‘(i) GRANTS AS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.—
‘(1) GRANTS FINANCED FROM HIGHWAY TRUST 
FUND.—A grant or contract approved by the Sec-
retary, that is financed with amounts made available 
under subsection (a)(l)(A), (a)(2), (b)(1), (c)(2), 
(d)(1)(A), (e)(1)(A), (f)(1)(A), or (g) is a contrac-
tual obligation of the Government to pay the Gov-
ernment’s share of the cost of the project. 
‘(2) 
GRANTS
FINANCED
FROM
GENERAL 
FUND.—A grant or contract, approved by the Sec-
retary, that is financed with amounts made available 
under 
subsection 
(a)(l)(B), 
(b)(2), 
(c)(1)(B), 
(d)(1)(B), (d)(2), (e)(1)(B), (e)(2), (f)(1)(B), (f)(2), 
or (h) is a contractual obligation of the Government 
to pay the Government’s share of the cost of the 
project only to the extent that amounts are provided 
in advance in an appropriations Act. 
‘(j) AVAILABILITY
OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts made 
available by or appropriated under subsections (a) through 
(h) shall remain available until expended.’. 
SEC. 3035. OVER-THE-ROAD BUS ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3038 of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 
note; 112 Stat. 392) is amended—
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(1) by striking the section heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘SEC. 3038. OVER-THE-ROAD BUS ACCESSIBILITY PRO-
GRAM.’; 
(2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following: 
‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE OF COSTS.—The Federal share 
of costs under this section shall be provided from funds 
made available to carry out this section. The Federal share 
of the costs for a project shall not exceed 80 percent of 
the project cost.’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following: 
‘(g) FUNDING.—
‘(1) INTERCITY, FIXED ROUTE OVER-THE-ROAD 
BUS SERVICE.—Of the amounts made available to 
carry out this section in each fiscal year, 75 percent 
shall be available for operators of over-the-road 
buses used substantially or exclusively in intercity, 
fixed-route over-the-road bus service to finance the 
incremental capital and training costs of the Depart-
ment of Transportation’s final rule regarding acces-
sibility of over-the-road buses. Such amounts shall 
remain available until expended.
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‘(2) OTHER OVER-THE-ROAD BUS SERVICE.—Of 
the amounts made available to carry out this section 
in each fiscal year, 25 percent shall be available for 
operators of other over-the-road bus service to fi-
nance the incremental capital and training costs of 
the Department of Transportation’s final rule re-
garding accessibility of over-the-road buses. Such 
amounts shall remain available until expended.’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents contained in section 1(b) of the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 3038 and inserting 
the following:
‘3038. Over-the-road bus accessibility program.’.
SEC. 3036. UPDATED TERMINOLOGY. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 53.—Chapter 53 is 
amended—
(1) in the chapter heading by striking ‘MASS’ 
and inserting ‘PUBLIC’; 
(2) in section 5310(h) by striking ‘Mass’ and 
inserting ‘Public’; 
(3) in the subsection heading for section 
5331(b) by striking ‘Mass’ and inserting ‘Public’; 
and 
(4) by striking ‘mass’ each place it appears in 
such chapter before ‘transportation’ and inserting
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‘public’, except in sections 5301(f), 5302(a)(7), 
5315, 5323(a)(1), and 5323(a)(1)(B). 
(b) TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chapters for 
subtitle III is amended in the item relating to chapter 53 
by striking ‘mass’ and inserting ‘public’. 
SEC. 3037. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS FOR NEW FIXED 
GUIDEWAY CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
(a) EXISTING
FULL
FUNDING
GRANT
AGREE-
MENTS.—The following projects are authorized for final 
design and construction for existing full funding grant 
agreements in not less than the amount specified for each 
fiscal year: 
(1) Baltimore—Central LRT Double Tracking 
$39,367,154 for fiscal year 2004, $28,777,920 for 
fiscal year 2005, and $12,655,664 for fiscal year 
2006. 
(2) Chicago—Chicago Transit Authority Doug-
las Branch Reconstruction $83,655,202 for fiscal 
year 2004, $84,320,000 for fiscal year 2005, and 
$45,825,190 for fiscal year 2006. 
(3) 
Chicago—Chicago 
Transit 
Authority 
Ravenswood Expansion Project $9,841,789 for fiscal 
year 2004, $39,680,000 for fiscal year 2005, 
$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $40,000,000 for
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fiscal year 2007, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 
and $65,152,615 for fiscal year 2009. 
(4) Cleveland—Euclid Corridor Transportation 
Project 
$10,825,967 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2004, 
$24,800,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $24,974,513 
for fiscal year 2006. 
(5) Dallas—North Central LRT Extension 
$29,684,097 for fiscal year 2004. 
(6) 
Denver 
Southeast 
Corridor 
LRT 
$78,734,308 for fiscal year 2004, $79,360,000 for 
fiscal year 2005, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, 
$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $77,192,758 
for fiscal year 2008. 
(7) Fort Lauderdale—Tri-Rail Commuter Rail 
Upgrade $18,118,733 for fiscal year 2004 and 
$11,318,230 for fiscal year 2005. 
(8) Los Angeles—Metro Gold Line Eastside 
Extension 
$59,520,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2005, 
$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $100,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2007, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 
and $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(9) 
Memphis—Medical 
Center 
Extension 
$9,101,281 for fiscal year 2004. 
(10) Metra North Central Corridor Commuter 
Rail $19,177,300 for fiscal year 2004, $20,000,000
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for fiscal year 2005, and $20,613,452 for fiscal year 
2006. 
(11) Metra Southwest Corridor Commuter Rail 
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $20,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2005, and $7,281,395 for fiscal year 
2006. 
(12) Metra Union Pacific West Line Extension 
$17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $12,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2005, and $14,285,749 for fiscal year 
2006. 
(13) Minneapolis—Hiawatha Corridor LRT 
$73,793,730 for fiscal year 2004 and $33,428,865 
for fiscal year 2005. 
(14) New Jersey Urban Core—Hudson-Bergen 
LRT MOS–2 $98,417,885 for fiscal year 2004, 
$99,200,000 for fiscal year 2005, $100,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2006, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, 
and $53,202,995 for fiscal year 2008. 
(15) New Jersey Urban Core—Newark-Eliza-
beth Rail Link MOS–1 $22,209,000 for fiscal year 
2004, 
$316,907 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2005, 
and 
$1,025,169 for fiscal year 2006. 
(16) New Orleans MOS–1 Canal Street 
$22,922,877 for fiscal year 2004 and $16,613,047 
for fiscal year 2005.
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(17) Phoenix—Central Phoenix/East Valley 
LRT $74,400,000 for fiscal year 2005, $90,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006, $90,000,000 for fiscal year 
2007, $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 
$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(18) Pittsburgh—Stage II LRT Reconstruction 
$31,733,314 for fiscal year 2004 and $1,131,666 for 
fiscal year 2005. 
(19) Portland—Interstate MAX LRT Exten-
sion $76,273,861 for fiscal year 2004, $23,292,160 
fiscal year 2005, and $18,292,550 for fiscal year 
2006. 
(20) 
Salt 
Lake 
City—Medical 
Center 
$30,178,231 for fiscal year 2004 and $8,765,421 for 
fiscal year 2005. 
(21) San Diego—Mission Valley East LRT Ex-
tension 
$63,971,625 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2004, 
$80,896,880 fiscal year 2005, and $8,353,424 for 
fiscal year 2006. 
(22) San Diego—Oceanside Escondido Rail 
Corridor 
$47,240,585 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2004, 
$54,560,000 fiscal year 2005, and $12,211,061 for 
fiscal year 2006. 
(23) San Francisco—BART Extension to San 
Francisco Airport $98,417,890 for fiscal year 2004,
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$99,200,000 fiscal year 2005, and $82,655,680 for 
fiscal year 2006. 
(24) San Juan—Tren Urbano $19,683,577 for 
fiscal year 2004, $44,263,040 fiscal year 2005, and 
$10,555,900 for fiscal year 2006. 
(25) Seattle—Central Link Initial Segment 
LRT $73,813,414 for fiscal year 2004, $79,360,000 
for fiscal year 2005, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 
2006, 
$80,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2007, 
$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $24,668,149 
for fiscal year 2009. 
(26) Washington DC/MD—Largo Metrorail Ex-
tension $63,971,625 for fiscal year 2004 and 
$76,156,450 for fiscal year 2005. 
(b) FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.—The fol-
lowing projects are authorized for final design and con-
struction for fiscal years 2004 through 2009 under para-
graphs (1)(B), (2)(A), and (2)(B)(ii) of section 5309(m) 
of title 49, United States Code: [To be supplied] 
(c) ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS AND PRELIMINARY EN-
GINEERING.—The following projects are authorized for al-
ternatives analysis and preliminary engineering for fiscal 
years 2004 through 2009 under paragraphs (1)(B), 
(2)(A), and (2)(B)(ii) of section 5309(m) of title 49, 
United States Code: [To be supplied]
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(d) RULES RELATING TO FUNDING.—
(1) SUBSECTION (A) PROJECTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to expend funds made available under 
section 5309(m) of title 49, United States 
Code, for final design and construction of 
projects authorized by subsection (a) as existing 
full funding grant agreements. 
(B) MINIMUM
FUNDING
LEVELS.—The 
Secretary shall make available not less than the 
following amounts for projects authorized by 
subsection (a): $1,065,923,445 for fiscal year 
2004, $1,071,360,586 for fiscal year 2005, 
$729,169,747 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2006, 
$490,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2007, 
$410,395,753 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2008, 
and 
$259,820,764 for fiscal year 2009. 
(2) SUBSECTION (B) PROJECTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Projects authorized by 
subsection (b) for final design and construction 
are also authorized for alternatives analysis and 
preliminary engineering. 
(B) MINIMUM
FUNDING
LEVELS.—The 
Secretary shall make available not less than the 
following amounts for projects authorized by
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subsection (b): $30,584,075 for fiscal year 
2004, $186,149,050 for fiscal year 2005, 
$683,631,289 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2006, 
$1,024,856,176 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2007, 
$1,199,242,825 for fiscal year 2008, and 
$1,456,006,690 for fiscal year 2009. 
(C) PRIORITY.—In making funds available 
under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall 
first make such funds available for any full 
funding grant agreement executed by the Sec-
retary in fiscal year 2005 after the date of en-
actment of this Act and for any full funding 
grant agreement executed by the Secretary in 
the amount indicated in fiscal years 2005 
through 2009 in the amount indicated in the 
‘Schedule of Federal Funds for the Project’ in-
cluded in such agreement. 
(3) SUBSECTION (C) PROJECTS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Effective October 1, 
2006, projects authorized by subsection (c) for 
alternatives analysis and preliminary engineer-
ing are also authorized for final design and con-
struction. 
(B) MAXIMUM
FUNDING
LEVELS.—The 
Secretary shall make available not more than
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the following amounts for projects authorized 
by subsection (c): $95,348,480 for fiscal year 
2004, $109,348,664 for fiscal year 2005, and 
$122,852,264 for fiscal year 2006. 
(C) MAXIMUM FUNDING LEVELS FOR AL-
TERNATIVES ANALYSIS AND PRELIMINARY EN-
GINEERING.—In fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 
2009, the Secretary shall make available not 
more than the following amounts for projects 
authorized by subsection (b), and projects au-
thorized by subsection (c), to conduct alter-
natives analysis and preliminary engineering ac-
tivities: $131,726,624 in fiscal year 2007, 
$139,968,572 
in 
fiscal 
year 
2008, 
and 
$149,984,996 in fiscal year 2009. 
(e) NEW JERSEY URBAN CORE PROJECT.—Section 
3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991 (112 Stat. 380; 105 Stat. 2122) is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘associated components to and 
at the contiguous New Jersey Meadowlands Sports 
Complex),’ and inserting ‘to and at the contiguous 
New Jersey Meadowlands Sports Complex), includ-
ing a connection to the Hudson River Waterfront
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Transportation System, the Lackawanna Cutoff,’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘in Lakewood to Freehold to 
Matawan or Jamesburg, New Jersey, as described in 
section 3035(p) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2131)’ and 
inserting ‘from Lakehurst to the Northeast Corridor 
or the New Jersey Coast Line’. 
(f) NEW JERSEY TRANS-HUDSON MIDTOWN COR-
RIDOR.—Project elements of the New Jersey Trans-Hud-
son Midtown Corridor advanced with 100 percent non-
Federal funds shall be given consideration by the Federal 
Transit Administration when evaluating the local share 
and mobility improvements of the project in the new starts 
rating process, including the purchase of bilevel rail equip-
ment. 
SEC. 3038. PROJECTS FOR BUS AND BUS-RELATED FACILI-
TIES. 
Of the amounts made available to carry out section 
5309(m)(2)(B)(iii) of title 49, United States Code, for 
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008, the Secretary 
shall make funds available for the following projects in not 
less than the amounts specified for the fiscal year: [To 
be supplied]