(i) the use of public input in the de-
velopment of transportation plans; and 
(ii) the commitment of community 
leaders to the success and timely imple-
mentation of projects eligible for assistance 
under this section. 
(d) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to each community selected to participate in 
the program. 
(2) RECIPIENTS.—A recipient of a grant rep-
resenting a community under the program shall be 
a local or regional governmental organization, multi- 
county special district, or Indian tribe that the Sec-
retary determines is suitably equipped and organized 
to carry out the objectives and requirements of this 
section. Such organizations include metropolitan 
planning organizations and other regional planning 
organizations. 
(3) SUBRECIPIENTS.—A recipient of a grant 
under the program may suballocate funds from the 
grant to a nonprofit organization to carry out the 
purposes of the program. 
(4) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.—To 
fulfill the Nation’s need to achieve and document 
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mode shift to bicycling and walking over time, the 
4 communities that received pilot funding under sec-
tion 1807 of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1460) may 
be among the communities selected by the Secretary 
under subsection (c). 
(5) GRANTS AMOUNTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
make a grant as low as $5,000,000 and as high 
as $15,000,000 per fiscal year for a community 
participating in the program. The Secretary 
shall ensure that grant awards under the pro-
gram are sufficiently high to enable a mode 
shift to active transportation. 
(B) 
JUSTIFICATION
FOR
LARGER 
GRANTS.—Subject to the $15,000,000 per fiscal 
year limit set forth in subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary may justify a grant in a higher 
amount for a community under the program 
based on the population served, greater oppor-
tunities to shift trips to bicycling and walking, 
or use of innovative design features. 
(e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Grants made to commu-
nities under this section shall be used for one or more of 
the following purposes: 
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(1) To carry out projects to construct networks 
of active transportation infrastructure facilities, in-
cluding sidewalks, bikeways, and pedestrian and bi-
cycle trails, that connect people with public transpor-
tation, workplaces, schools, residences, businesses, 
recreation areas, and other community activity cen-
ters. 
(2) To carry out projects to provide for bicycle 
boxes, cycle tracks, bicycle boulevards, dual traffic 
signals, and bicycle sharing stations. 
(3) To carry out projects to restore and up-
grade current active transportation infrastructure 
facilities. 
(4) To carry out projects to support educational 
activities, safety-oriented activities, and technical as-
sistance to further the purpose of the program. 
(f) PROGRAM MEASURES.—In carrying out the pro-
gram, the Secretary shall develop statistical information 
on changes in motor vehicle, active transportation, and 
public transportation usage in communities participating 
in the program and assess how the changes impact conges-
tion and energy usage, impact the frequency of bicycling 
and walking, and impact health, safety, and the environ-
ment. In addition, the Secretary shall develop interim 
measures of progress, which may include indicators of 
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public engagement, educational outcomes, and project ad-
vancement into planning and development. 
(g) DEADLINES.— 
(1) REQUEST
FOR
APPLICATIONS.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Reg-
ister a request for applications pursuant to sub-
section (c)(1). 
(2) SELECTION
OF
INITIAL
COMMUNITIES.— 
Not later than 180 days after such date of enact-
ment, the Secretary shall select initial communities 
to participate in the program under subsection 
(c)(2)(A). 
(3) 
SELECTION
OF
ADDITIONAL
COMMU-
NITIES.—Not later than September 30, 2012, the 
Secretary shall select additional communities to par-
ticipate in the program under subsection (c)(2)(B). 
(4) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants 
to selected to participate in the program under sub-
section (c)— 
(A) for fiscal year 2011, not later than the 
later of— 
(i) the 60th day after the date of the 
selection of communities under subsection 
(c)(2)(A); and 
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(ii) the 30th day of the fiscal year; 
and 
(B) for each of fiscal years 2012 through 
2015, not later than 30th day of the fiscal year. 
(h) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit 
to Congress— 
(A) an interim report on progress made 
under the program not later than September 
30, 2014; and 
(B) a final report on progress made under 
the program not later than September 30, 
2016. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include the Secretary’s findings 
concerning the best practices of communities partici-
pating in the program and the impediments experi-
enced by such communities relating to program de-
velopment and achieving a mode shift to active 
transportation. 
(i) FUNDING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated out of the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) to carry out this section— 
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(A) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
(B) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(C) $466,666,666 for fiscal year 2013; 
(D) $466,666,666 for fiscal year 2014; 
and 
(E) $466,666,668 for fiscal year 2015. 
(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this section shall be available 
for obligation and administered in the same manner 
as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of 
title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal 
share of the cost of a project carried out using the 
funds shall be 100 percent, and the funds shall re-
main available until expended and shall not be trans-
ferable. 
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
(A) SET ASIDE.—Each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall set aside not more than 1.5 percent 
of the funds made available to carry out this 
section to cover the costs of administrative, re-
search, technical assistance, communications, 
and training activities under the program. 
(B) CONTRACTS
AND
OTHER
AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may enter into con-
tracts with for-profit organizations, or con-
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tracts, partnerships, or cooperative agreements 
with other government agencies, institutions of 
higher learning, or nonprofit organizations, to 
perform activities with amounts set aside under 
subparagraph (A). The Federal share of the 
cost of such activities may be up to 100 per-
cent. 
(C) LIMITATION
ON
STATUTORY
CON-
STRUCTION.—Nothing in this paragraph may 
be construed to prohibit a community from re-
ceiving research or other funds under title 23 or 
49, United States Code. 
(j) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS.— 
(1) NONINFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS.—Non-
infrastructure projects and infrastructure projects 
that do not involve or lead directly to construction 
assisted under this subsection shall not be treated as 
projects on a Federal-aid system under chapter 1 of 
title 23, United States Code. 
(2) INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS.—Not later 
than one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall develop regulations or guid-
ance (or both) for Federal-aid projects under this 
section that encourages the use of the programmatic 
categorical exclusion, expedited procurement tech-
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niques, and other best practices to facilitate produc-
tive and timely expenditure for projects that are 
small, low impact, and constructed within an exist-
ing built environment. 
(3) STATE
PROCESSES.—The Secretary shall 
work with State departments of transportation to 
ensure that any guidance or regulation developed 
under paragraph (2) is being implemented by States 
and the Federal Highway Administration consist-
ently to avoid unnecessary delays in implementing 
projects and to ensure the effective use of Federal 
dollars. 
(k) ASSISTANCE
TO
INDIAN
TRIBES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary may 
enter into grants agreements, self-determination con-
tracts, and self-governance compacts under the authority 
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) with eligible Indian tribes 
to carry out the purposes of this Act, and such grant 
agreements, self-determination contracts, and self-govern-
ance compacts shall be administered in accordance with 
that Act. 
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