(B) reduces congestion or improves safety. 
(c) AVAILABILITY
OF
GRANT
FUNDING.—Grant 
funding awarded to a grant recipient under the program 
shall remain available to be obligated by the recipient dur-
ing the fiscal year in which the grant funding is disbursed 
and the three fiscal years following that fiscal year. Grant 
funding not obligated by a grant recipient during the pe-
riod provided under this subsection shall be returned to 
the Secretary and made available for making other grants 
under the program. 
(d) APPLICATION PROCESS.—In carrying out the 
program, the Secretary shall establish a process for eligi-
ble entities to apply for grants, which shall include the 
submission to the Secretary of an application containing 
the following: 
(1) A description of the aerotropolis transpor-
tation system to be assisted with the grant, includ-
ing— 
(A) the geographic scope of the system; 
and 
(B) the components that comprise the sys-
tem. 
(2) A description of the projects to be assisted 
with the grant. 
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(3) With respect to each of the projects de-
scribed under paragraph (2), a description of— 
(A) the status of the project; 
(B) how the project will develop the appli-
cable aerotropolis transportation system; 
(C) the jobs to be created by the project; 
(D) the costs and benefits of the project; 
and 
(E) the plans and timeline for moving the 
project to completion. 
(e) GRANT SELECTION.— 
(1) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
making 
grants 
under the program, the Secretary shall consider, 
with respect to a proposed project, whether the 
project facilitates any of the following: 
(A) Improvement of the mobility of goods 
or passengers. 
(B) 
Enhancement 
of 
intermodal 
connectivity with respect to freight or passenger 
transportation. 
(C) Improvement of the condition of 
freight or passenger transportation infrastruc-
ture, including bringing such infrastructure into 
a state of good repair. 
(D) Reductions in congestion. 
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(E) Improvement of safety, including 
through reductions in transportation accidents, 
injuries, and fatalities. 
(F) Incorporation of new and innovative 
technologies into the transportation system, in-
cluding intelligent transportation systems. 
(G) Enhancement of national or regional 
economic development, growth, and competitive-
ness. 
(H) Non-Federal contributions to the 
project, including contributions from public-pri-
vate partnerships. 
(I) Reductions in dependence on foreign 
oil. 
(J) Reductions in air or water pollution. 
(2) PRIORITIES.—In making grants under the 
program, the Secretary shall give priority to appli-
cants that demonstrate any of the following: 
(A) A strategic plan for the development of 
an aerotropolis transportation system and fund-
ing directed to that development. 
(B) Existing infrastructure and services 
sufficient for the development of an aerotropolis 
transportation system. 
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(C) A capacity for using grant funds to ef-
ficiently and effectively develop an aerotropolis 
transportation system. 
(D) Public-private partnerships that will 
assist in completing proposed projects. 
(E) An inability to complete pre-construc-
tion activities for proposed projects without 
grant assistance. 
(f) REPORTS.—In each year in which a grant recipi-
ent receives funding under the program, that recipient 
shall submit to the Secretary a report that includes a de-
scription of the following: 
(1) The activities carried out by that recipient 
with grant funds in the preceding year. 
(2) The impact of those activities, including in 
comparison to the objectives for those activities. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) 
AEROTROPOLIS
TRANSPORTATION
SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘‘aerotropolis transportation sys-
tem’’ means a planned and coordinated multimodal 
freight and passenger transportation network that, 
as determined by the Secretary, provides efficient, 
cost-effective, 
sustainable, 
and 
intermodal 
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connectivity to a defined region of economic signifi-
cance centered around a major airport. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means any of the following: 
(A) A State government or political sub-
division thereof. 
(B) A local government or political subdivi-
sion thereof. 
(C) A metropolitan planning organization. 
(D) A regional planning organization. 
(E) An organization comprised of more 
than one entity specified in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D). 
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