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‘‘(1) AREAWIDE SOLICITATIONS.—A recipient of 
funds apportioned under subsection (c)(1)(A) shall 
conduct, in cooperation with the appropriate metro-
politan planning organization, an areawide solicita-
tion for applications for grants to the recipient and 
subrecipients under this section. 
‘‘(2) STATEWIDE SOLICITATION.—A recipient of 
funds apportioned under subsection (c)(1)(B) or 
(c)(1)(C) shall conduct a statewide solicitation for 
applications for grants to the recipient and sub-
recipients under this section. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—Recipients and subrecipi-
ents seeking to receive a grant from funds appor-
tioned under subsection (c) shall submit to the re-
cipient an application in the form and in accordance 
with such requirements as the recipient shall estab-
lish. 
‘‘(4) GRANT
AWARDS.—The recipient shall 
award grants under paragraphs (1) and (2) on a 
competitive basis. 
‘‘(e) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a grant under this section shall be subject 
to all the requirements of section 5307.
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‘‘(2) 
EMPLOYEE
PROTECTIVE
ARRANGE-
MENTS.—Section 5333(b) shall apply to grants 
under this section, except that the Secretary of 
Labor shall utilize, for urbanized areas with a popu-
lation of less than 200,000 and for other than ur-
banized areas, a special warranty described in sec-
tion 215.7 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations 
(as in effect on the date of enactment of the Federal 
Public Transportation Act of 2005), that provides a 
fair and equitable arrangement to protect the inter-
est of employees. 
‘‘(3) 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. 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall coordi-
nate activities under this section with related activi-
ties under programs of other Federal departments 
and agencies. 
‘‘(2) WITH NONPROFIT PROVIDERS.—A recipi-
ent that transfers funds to an apportionment under 
section 5336 pursuant to subsection (c)(2) shall cer-
tify that the project for which the funds are re-
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quested under this section has been coordinated with 
nonprofit providers of services. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(g) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—
‘‘(1) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—A grant for a capital 
project under this section may not exceed 80 percent 
of the net capital costs of the project, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—A grant made 
under this section for operating assistance may not 
exceed 50 percent of the net operating costs of the 
project, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—The remainder of the net 
project costs—
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‘‘(A) may be provided from an undistrib-
uted cash surplus, a replacement or deprecia-
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. 
‘‘(5) 
LIMITATION
ON
OPERATING
ASSIST-
ANCE.—A recipient carrying out a program of oper-
ating assistance under this section may not limit the 
level or extent of use of the Government grant for 
the payment of operating expenses.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 53 is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 5316 the following:
‘‘5317. New freedom program.’’.
SEC. 3019. BUS TESTING FACILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5318 is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) FACILITY.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall maintain one facility for testing a new bus model 
for maintainability, reliability, safety, performance (in-
cluding braking performance), structural integrity, fuel 
economy, emissions, and noise.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘under section 
5309(m)(1)(C) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry 
out this section’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(e) ACQUIRING NEW BUS MODELS.—Amounts ap-
propriated or made available under this chapter may be 
obligated or expended to acquire a new bus model only 
if a bus of that model has been tested at the facility main-
tained by the Secretary under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5323(c) is 
repealed.
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SEC. 3020. BICYCLE FACILITIES. 
The first sentence of section 5319 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘5309(h),’’ and inserting 
‘‘5309(g),’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and 5311’’ and inserting 
‘‘5311, and 5320’’. 
SEC. 3021. TRANSIT IN THE PARKS PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5320 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 5320. Transit in the parks pilot program 
‘‘(a) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘public transportation’ means general or 
special transportation to the public by a conveyance that 
is publicly or privately owned. Such term does not include 
schoolbus or charter transportation but does include sight-
seeing transportation. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transpor-
tation Act of 2005, the Secretary of Transportation and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a memo-
randum of understanding to establish a transit in the 
parks pilot program in accordance with the requirements 
of this section. 
‘‘(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pilot program 
shall be to encourage and promote the development of 
transportation systems described in section 5301(a) within
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units of the National Park System to improve visitor mo-
bility and enjoyment (including visitors with disabilities), 
reduce pollution and congestion, and enhance resource 
protection through the use of public transportation. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.—The program 
shall be administered by the Secretary of Transportation, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(e) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—
‘‘(1) PLANNING.—The memorandum of under-
standing under subsection (b) shall include transpor-
tation planning procedures that are consistent with 
the metropolitan and statewide planning processes 
required under chapter 52. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.—The memorandum of under-
standing shall include descriptions of programs and 
activities eligible for assistance under the pilot pro-
gram. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The memorandum of un-
derstanding shall limit or modify the applicability of 
the provisions referred to in subsection (f) to the ex-
tent necessary to carry out the objectives of this sec-
tion and to be compatible with the laws and regula-
tions governing units of the National Park System. 
‘‘(f) ELIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS.—Except as provided 
under subsection (e)(3), the Secretary may provide funds
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made available to carry out this section to the Secretary 
of the Interior under interagency agreements for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
‘‘(1) PLANNING, ENGINEERING, DESIGN, AND 
EVALUATION.—Planning, engineering, design, and 
evaluation of public transportation projects in units 
of the National Park System, and for technical stud-
ies, in accordance with section 5305(b)(2). 
‘‘(2) 
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
CAPITAL 
PROJECTS.—Public transportation capital projects 
(as defined in section 5302(a)(1)) for such units in 
accordance with all the terms and conditions to 
which a grant is made under subsections (a), (b), 
(c), and (d) of section 5307 and such other terms 
and conditions as are determined by the Secretary. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall act as the des-
ignated recipient for the purposes of subsection 
(a)(2) of section 5307. 
‘‘(3) OPERATING
COSTS.—Operating costs of 
equipment and facilities used in public transpor-
tation for such units. 
‘‘(g) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—
‘‘(1) CAPITAL
PROJECTS.—The Government 
share of the cost of any capital project or activity
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under this section shall be 100 percent of the costs 
of the project, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—A grant made 
under this section for operating assistance may not 
exceed 50 percent of the net operating costs of the 
project, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(h) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed as superseding, amending, modifying, or re-
pealing any provision of law applicable to units of the Na-
tional Park System.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
such chapter is further amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 5320 and inserting the following:
‘‘5320. Transit in the parks pilot program.’’.
SEC. 3022. HUMAN RESOURCE PROGRAMS. 
Section 5322 is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) In General.—’’ before 
‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) GRANTS
TO
HIGHER
LEARNING
INSTITU-
TIONS.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary may make grants to nonprofit institutions of 
higher learning—
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‘‘(A) to conduct research and investiga-
tions into the theoretical or practical problems 
of public transportation; and 
‘‘(B) to train individuals to conduct fur-
ther research or obtain employment in an orga-
nization that plans, builds, operates, or man-
ages a public transportation system. 
‘‘(2) RESEARCH
AND
INVESTIGATIONS.—Re-
search and investigations under this subsection in-
clude—
‘‘(A) the design and use of public transpor-
tation systems and public roads and highways; 
‘‘(B) the interrelationship between various 
modes of urban, suburban, rural, and intercity 
transportation; 
‘‘(C) the role of transportation planning in 
overall urban planning; 
‘‘(D) public preferences in transportation; 
‘‘(E) the economic allocation of transpor-
tation resources; and 
‘‘(F) the legal, financial, engineering, and 
esthetic aspects of public transportation. 
‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—When making a grant 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to an institution that brings together knowl-
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edge and expertise in the various social science and 
technical disciplines related to public transportation 
problems. 
‘‘(c) FELLOWSHIPS.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary may make grants to States, local govern-
mental authorities, and operators of public transpor-
tation systems to provide fellowships to train per-
sonnel employed in managerial, technical, and pro-
fessional positions in the public transportation field. 
‘‘(2) TERMS.—
‘‘(A) PERIOD OF TRAINING.—A fellowship 
under this subsection may be for not more than 
one year of training in an institution that offers 
a program applicable to the public transpor-
tation industry. 
‘‘(B) SELECTION
OF
INDIVIDUALS.—The 
recipient of the grant shall select an individual 
on the basis of demonstrated ability and for the 
contribution the individual reasonably can be 
expected to make to an efficient public trans-
portation operation. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNT.—A grant for a fellowship 
may not be more than the lesser of $65,000 or 
75 percent of—