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tion cash fund or reserve, a service agreement
with a State or local social service agency or a
private social service organization, or new cap-
ital; and
‘‘(B) may be derived from amounts appro-
priated to or made available to a department or
agency of the Government (other than the De-
partment of Transportation) that are eligible to
be expended for transportation.
‘‘(4) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—For purposes
of paragraph (3)(B), the prohibitions on the use of
funds for matching requirements under section
403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal
or State funds to be used for transportation pur-
poses.
‘‘(d) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section
shall be subject to all requirements of a grant under
section 5307. A grant to a subrecipient under this
section shall be subject to such requirements to the
extent the Secretary considers appropriate.
‘‘(2) COORDINATION
WITH
NONPROFIT
PRO-
VIDERS.—A recipient that transfers funds to an ap-
portionment under section 5336(a)(1) pursuant to
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subsection (b)(2) shall certify that the project for
which the funds are requested under this section has
been coordinated with nonprofit providers of serv-
ices.
‘‘(3) PROJECT
SELECTION
AND
PLANNING.—
Beginning in fiscal year 2007, a recipient of funds
under this section shall certify that—
‘‘(A) the projects selected were derived
from a locally developed, coordinated public
transit-human services transportation plan; and
‘‘(B) the plan was developed through a
process that included representatives of public,
private, and nonprofit transportation and
human services providers and participation by
the public.
‘‘(4) FAIR AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—A
recipient of a grant under this section shall certify
that allocations of the grant to subrecipients are dis-
tributed on a fair and equitable basis.
‘‘(e) STATE PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to
carry out this section may be used for transportation
projects to assist in providing transportation services
for elderly individuals and individuals with disabil-
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ities that are included in a State program of
projects.
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL.—A program
shall be submitted annually to the Secretary for ap-
proval and shall contain an assurance that the pro-
gram provides for maximum feasible coordination of
transportation services assisted under this section
with transportation services assisted by other Gov-
ernment sources.
‘‘(f) LEASING VEHICLES.—Vehicles acquired under
this section may be leased to local governmental authori-
ties to improve transportation services designed to meet
the special needs of elderly individuals and individuals
with disabilities.’’; and
(3) by redesignating subsections (h) through (j)
as subsections (g) through (i), respectively.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to
section 5310 and inserting the following:
‘‘5310. Formula grants for special needs of elderly individuals and individuals
with disabilities.’’.
SEC. 3012. FORMULA GRANTS FOR OTHER THAN URBAN-
IZED AREAS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 5311(a) is amended to
read as follows:
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‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following
definitions apply:
‘‘(1) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘recipient’ means a
State that receives a Federal transit program grant
directly from the Government.
‘‘(2) SUBRECIPIENT.—The term ‘subrecipient’
means a State or local governmental authority, non-
profit organization, or operator of public transpor-
tation services that receives a Federal transit pro-
gram grant indirectly through a recipient.’’.
(b) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—Section 5311(b) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary may make grants to other
than urbanized areas under this section for the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(A) Public transportation capital projects.
‘‘(B) Operating costs of equipment and fa-
cilities for use in public transportation.
‘‘(C) Acquisition of public transportation
services, including service agreements with pri-
vate providers of public transportation services.
‘‘(2) STATE PROGRAM.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section shall be used for
projects included in a State program for public
transportation projects, including service agree-
ments with private providers of public transpor-
tation.
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—The program shall be
submitted annually to the Secretary for ap-
proval.
‘‘(C) APPROVAL.—The Secretary may ap-
prove the program only if the Secretary finds
that the program provides a fair distribution of
amounts in the State, including Indian reserva-
tions, and the maximum feasible coordination of
public transportation service assisted under this
section with transportation service assisted by
other Federal sources.
‘‘(3) RURAL
TRANSPORTATION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
carry out a rural transportation assistance pro-
gram in other than urbanized areas.
‘‘(B) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—In car-
rying out this paragraph, the Secretary may use
not more than 2 percent of the amount made
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available to carry out this section to make
grants and contracts for transportation re-
search, technical assistance, training, and re-
lated support services in other than urbanized
areas.
‘‘(C) PROJECTS OF A NATIONAL SCOPE.—
Not more than 15 percent of the amounts avail-
able under subparagraph (B) may be used by
the Secretary to carry out projects of a national
scope, with the remaining balance provided to
the States.’’.
(c) APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 5311(c) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(c) APPORTIONMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall appor-
tion amounts made available to carry out this sec-
tion among the States in the ratio that—
‘‘(A) the population of other than urban-
ized areas in each State, as shown by the most
recent Government decennial census of popu-
lation; bears to
‘‘(B) the population of all other than ur-
banized areas in the United States, as shown by
that census.