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(iv) extent to which the applicant demonstrates 
an innovative approach that is responsive to the identi-
fied service needs of the rural population; and 
(v) extent to which the applicant demonstrates 
that the communities being served have been consulted 
in the planning process. 
(9) HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—For the management of a program 
to improve and enhance the coordination of Federal 
resources for human services transportation with those 
of the Department of Transportation, $1,600,000 in each 
of fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 shall be provided 
to a national non-profit organization that is competitively 
selected by the Secretary. Such organization shall have 
demonstrated 
expertise 
in 
issues 
of 
transportation 
coordination and in providing technical assistance to local 
transportation organizations. 
(B) ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITIES.—Under this program, the 
organization selected by the Secretary shall—
(i) establish an advisory panel consisting of Fed-
eral, State, and local officials and organizations; 
(ii) prepare an inventory of human service 
transportation agencies operating in the United States; 
(iii) prepare an inventory of Federal transportation 
spending; 
(iv) develop a program of technical assistance and 
training for human services transportation organiza-
tions that shall include on-site technical assistance, 
a resource clearinghouse, and preparation of technical 
manuals; 
(v) prepare an annual report for the Secretary 
on activities under this program and make rec-
ommendations for improving coordination. 
(10) PORTLAND, OREGON STREETCAR PROTOTYPE PURCHASE 
AND DEPLOYMENT.—Not less than $1,000,000 shall be made 
available in each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 
by the Secretary to TriMet for the purchase and deployment 
of a domestically manufactured streetcar. 
(11) PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
PARTICIPATION
PILOT
PRO-
GRAM.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allocated under this 
section for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, 
$1,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be made available 
by the Secretary to establish a pilot program to support 
planning and public participation activities related to public 
transportation projects. 
(B) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Activities eligible to be car-
ried out under the pilot program may include the following: 
(i) Improving data collection analysis and transpor-
tation access for all users of the public transportation 
systems. 
(ii) Supporting public participation through the 
project development phases. 
(iii) Using innovative techniques to improve the 
coordination of transportation alternatives. 
(iv) Enhancing the coordination of public transpor-
tation benefits and services.
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(v) Contracting with stakeholders to focus on the 
delivery of transportation plans and programs. 
(vi) Measuring and reporting on the annual 
performance of the transportation systems. 
(12) TRANSPORTATION HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND FUEL 
CELL RESEARCH.—$500,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 
2009 for a transportation hybrid electric vehicle and fuel cell 
research program at the University of Alabama. 
(13) TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—
$500,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for trauma 
care system research and development at the University of 
Alabama in Birmingham. 
(14) TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
AND
LOGISTICS 
RESEARCH.—$500,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 
for transportation infrastructure and logistics research at the 
University of Alabama in Huntsville. 
(15) NATIONAL BUS RAPID TRANSIT INSTITUTE.—$1,750,000 
in each of fiscal years 2006 though 2009 for the National 
Bus Rapid Transit Institute at the University of South Florida. 
(16) 
APPLICATION
OF
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
TO 
TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS AND SECURITY.—$400,000 in each 
of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for research on the application 
of information technology to transportation logistics and secu-
rity at the Northern Kentucky University. 
(17) 
INTELLIGENT
TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM
PILOT 
PROJECT.—$465,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 
for an intelligent transportation system pilot project with the 
National Consortium on Remote Sensing in Transportation 
Flows at the Ohio State University. 
(18) REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER.—$500,000 
in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for a regional public 
safety training center at the Lehigh-Carbon Community Col-
lege. 
(19) TRANSIT
SECURITY
TRAINING
FACILITY.—$750,000 in 
each of fiscal years 2006 though 2009 for a transit security 
training facility in Chester County, Pennsylvania. 
(20) SMALL URBAN AND RURAL TRANSIT CENTER.—$800,000 
in fiscal year 2006, $800,000 in fiscal year 2007, $1,200,000 
in fiscal year 2008, and $1,200,000 in fiscal year 2009 for 
the Small Urban and Rural Transit Center at North Dakota 
State University. 
(21) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT.—
$500,000 in fiscal year 2006, $540,000 in fiscal year 2007, 
$550,000 in fiscal year 2008, and $625,000 in fiscal year 2009 
for the Southeastern Connecticut Advanced Technology Bus 
Rapid Transit Project. 
(22) GREATER NEW HAVEN TRANSIT DISTRICT FUEL CELL-
POWERED
BUS
RESEARCH.—$500,000 in fiscal year 2006, 
$540,000 in fiscal year 2007, $550,000 in fiscal year 2008, 
and $625,000 in fiscal year 2009 for the Greater New Haven 
Transit District Fuel Cell-Powered Bus Research. 
(23) CENTER FOR ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES.—
$500,000 in fiscal year 2006, $540,000 in fiscal year 2007, 
$540,000 in fiscal year 2008, and $625,000 in fiscal year 2009 
for the Rutgers Center for Advanced Transportation Initiatives 
(CAIT).
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(24) INSTITUTE
OF
TECHNOLOGY’S
TRANSPORTATION, ECO-
NOMIC, AND LAND USE SYSTEM.—$500,000 in fiscal year 2006, 
$540,000 in fiscal year 2007, $540,000 in fiscal year 2008, 
and $625,000 in fiscal year 2009 for the New Jersey Institute 
of Technology’s Transportation, Economic, and Land Use 
System program (TELUS). 
(25) REGIONAL TRANSIT TRAINING CONSORTIUM PILOT PRO-
GRAM.—$270,000 in fiscal year 2006, $380,000 in fiscal year 
2007, $380,000 in fiscal year 2008, and $450,000 in fiscal year 
2009 for the Southern California Regional Transit Training 
Consortium Pilot Program. 
(b) REMAINDER.—After making allocations under subsection (a), 
the remainder of funds made available by section 5338(d) of title 
49, United States Code, for national research and technology pro-
grams under sections 5312, 5314, and 5322 for a fiscal year shall 
be allocated at the discretion of the Secretary to other transit 
research, development, demonstration and deployment projects 
authorized by sections 5312, 5314, and 5322 of such title. 
SEC. 3047. FORGIVENESS OF GRANT AGREEMENT. 
(a) LANE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law (including any regulation), any outstanding 
balances on the following grant agreements made to the Lane 
County Transit District, Oregon, do not have to be repaid: 
(1) Federal Contract Number OR–03–0087. 
(2) Federal Contract Number OR–90–X094. 
(b) PEE DEE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY.—The debt identi-
fied in the 2000 Triennial Review of the Pee Dee Regional Transit 
Authority as owed to the Federal Transit Administration by the 
Pee Dee Regional Transit Authority does not have to be repaid. 
SEC. 3048. COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall undertake a 30-day review of efforts to 
use cooperative procurement to determine whether benefits are 
sufficient to formally incorporate cooperative procurement into the 
mass transit program. In particular, the Secretary shall review 
the progress made under the pilot program authorized under section 
166 of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 
(49 U.S.C. 5397 note; 118 Stat. 309), based on experience to date 
in the pilot program and any available reports to Congress sub-
mitted under such section 166. The Secretary shall also consider 
information gathered from grantees about cooperative procurement, 
whether or not related to the pilot program. 
SEC. 3049. TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFITS. 
(a) TRANSIT PASS TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFITS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective as of the first day of the next 
fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, each covered agency shall implement a program under 
which all qualified Federal employees serving in or under such 
agency shall be offered transit pass transportation fringe bene-
fits, as described in paragraph (2). 
(2) BENEFITS DESCRIBED.—The benefits described in this 
paragraph are the transit pass transportation fringe benefits 
which, under section 2 of Executive Order No. 13150, are 
required to be offered by Federal agencies in the National 
Capital Region on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—
(A) the term ‘‘covered agency’’ means any agency, to 
the extent of its facilities in the National Capital Region; 
(B) the term ‘‘agency’’ means any agency (as defined 
by 7905(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code), the Postal 
Rate Commission, and the Smithsonian Institution; 
(C) the term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ includes the 
District of Columbia and every county or other geographic 
area covered by section 2 of Executive Order No. 13150; 
(D) the term ‘‘Executive Order No. 13150’’ refers to 
Executive Order No. 13150 (5 U.S.C. 7905 note); 
(E) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ is used in the same 
way as under section 2 of Executive Order No. 13150; 
and 
(F) any determination as to whether or not one is 
a ‘‘qualified Federal employee’’ shall be made applying the 
same criteria as would apply under section 2 of Executive 
Order No. 13150. 
(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be considered to require that a covered agency—
(A) terminate any program or benefits in existence 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, or postpone 
any plans to implement (before the effective date referred 
to in paragraph (1)) any program or benefits permitted 
or required under any other provision of law; or 
(B) discontinue (on or after the effective date referred 
to in paragraph (1)) any program or benefits referred to 
in subparagraph (A), so long as such program or benefits 
satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (3). 
(b) AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BETWEEN 
THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND MASS TRANSIT FACILITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1344 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as sub-
sections (h) and (i), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g)(1) If and to the extent that the head of a Federal agency, 
in his or her sole discretion, deems it appropriate, a passenger 
carrier may be used to transport an officer or employee of a Federal 
agency between the officer’s or employee’s place of employment 
and a mass transit facility (whether or not publicly owned) in 
accordance with succeeding provisions of this subsection. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding section 1343, a Federal agency that pro-
vides transportation services under this subsection (including by 
passenger carrier) may absorb the costs of such services using 
any funds available to such agency, whether by appropriation or 
otherwise. 
‘‘(3) In carrying out this subsection, a Federal agency, to the 
maximum extent practicable and consistent with sound budget 
policy, should—
‘‘(A) use alternative fuel vehicles for the provision of 
transportation services; 
‘‘(B) to the extent consistent with the purposes of this 
subsection, provide transportation services in a manner that 
does not result in additional gross income for Federal income 
tax purposes; and