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the amount that may be apportioned under this section 
in the next fiscal year. 
(g) APPLICATION OF OTHER SECTIONS.—Sections 
5302, 5318, 5323, 5332, 5333, and 5336(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, apply to this section and to a grant 
made under this section. 
(h) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available to 
carry out section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, 
$38,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $41,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2006, $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $47,000,000 
for fiscal year 2008, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 
shall be available to carry out this section. 
(i) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section 5336 is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘of this title’ and inserting 
‘to carry out section 5307’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘, except 
that the amount apportioned to the Anchorage 
urbanized area under subsection (b) shall be 
available to the Alaska Railroad for any costs 
related to its passenger operations’;
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(2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘and the 
Alaska Railroad passenger operations’ after ‘recipi-
ent’; 
(3) in subsection (j) by striking ‘a grant made 
under’ each place it appears and inserting ‘a grant 
made with funds apportioned under’; and 
(4) in subsection (k)(1) by striking ‘section 
5302(a)(13) of this title’ and inserting ‘section 
5302(a)’. 
SEC. 3041. ALLOCATIONS FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH AND 
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 
to section 5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, for na-
tional research and technology programs under sections 
5312, 5314, and 5322 of such title shall be allocated by 
the Secretary as follows: 
(1) SAFETY
AND
EMERGENCY
PREPARED-
NESS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—For carrying out safety 
and emergency preparedness research activities 
consisting of technical assistance, training, and 
data analysis and reporting to improve public 
transportation system safety and security and 
emergency preparedness—
(i) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
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(ii) $7,400,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(iii) $7,800,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(iv) $8,200,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
and 
(v) $8,700,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(B) PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
NATIONAL 
SECURITY STUDY.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall enter into an 
agreement with the National Academy of 
Sciences to conduct a study and evaluation 
of the value major public transportation 
systems in the United States serving the 
38 urbanized areas that have a population 
of more than 1,000,000 individuals provide 
to the Nation’s security and the ability of 
such systems to accommodate the evacu-
ation, egress or ingress of people to or 
from critical locations in times of emer-
gency. 
(ii) ALTERNATIVE ROUTES.—For each 
system described in clause (i) the study 
shall identify—
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(I) potential alternative routes 
for evacuation using other transpor-
tation modes such as highway, air, 
marine, and pedestrian activities; and 
(II) transit routes that, if dis-
rupted, do not have sufficient transit 
alternatives available. 
(iii) REPORT.—Not later than 24 
months after the date of entry into the 
agreement, the Academy shall submit to 
the Secretary and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate a final report on the 
results of the study and evaluation, to-
gether with such recommendations as the 
Academy considers appropriate. 
(iv) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made 
available under section 5338(d) of title 49, 
United States Code, $250,000 shall be 
available for each of fiscal years 2005 and 
2006 to carry out this subparagraph. 
(2) EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE.—For 
carrying out equipment and infrastructure research
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activities on public transportation and infrastructure 
technologies and methods and voluntary industry 
standards development—
(A) $5,700,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(B) $6,200,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(C) $6,550,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(D) $6,900,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(E) $7,200,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(3) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS EF-
FICIENCY.—For carrying out public transportation 
operations efficiency research activities on high-per-
formance public transportation services and other in-
novations in fleet operations and maintenance—
(A) $4,700,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(B) $4,900,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(C) $5,200,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(D) $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(E) $5,800,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(4) ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE
AND
ENVIRON-
MENTAL PROTECTION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—For carrying out en-
ergy independence and environmental protection 
research activities on improved public transpor-
tation energy use and propulsion systems and 
public transportation oriented development—
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(i) $3,700,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(ii) $3,900,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(iii) $4,150,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(iv) $4,300,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
and 
(v) $4,300,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(B) 
TRANSIT-ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT 
CENTER.—Of the funds allocated for each of 
fiscal years 2005 through 2009 under subpara-
graph (A), not less than $1,000,000 shall be 
made available by the Secretary for establish-
ment and operation of a national center for 
transit-oriented development—
(i) to develop standards and defini-
tions for transit-oriented development adja-
cent to public transportation facilities; 
(ii) to develop system planning guid-
ance, performance criteria, and modeling 
techniques for metropolitan planning agen-
cies and public transportation agencies to 
maximize ridership through land use plan-
ning and adjacent development; and 
(iii) to provide research support and 
technical assistance to public transpor-
tation agencies, metropolitan planning