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(A), there are authorized to be appropriated
$414,014,176 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out
section 5309.
‘‘(4) PLANNING.—
‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005,
$63,364,000 shall be available from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
carry out section 5308.
‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—In addition to the
amounts made available under subparagraph
(A), there are authorized to be appropriated
$9,052,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out sec-
tion 5308.
‘‘(C) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—Of the
amounts made available or appropriated under
this paragraph—
‘‘(i) 82.72 percent shall be allocated for
metropolitan 
planning 
under 
section
5308(c); and
‘‘(ii) 17.28 percent shall be allocated
for State planning under section 5308(d).
‘‘(5) RESEARCH.—
‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005,
$47,740,000 shall be available from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
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carry out sections 5311(b), 5312, 5313, 5314,
5315, and 5322.
‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—In addition to the
amounts made available under subparagraph
(A), there are authorized to be appropriated
$6,820,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out sec-
tions 5311(b), 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, and 5322.
‘‘(C) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds
made available or appropriated under this
paragraph—
‘‘(i) not less than $3,968,000 shall be
available to carry out programs of the Na-
tional Transit Institute under section 5315;
‘‘(ii) not less than $5,208,000 shall be
available to carry out section 5311(b)(2);
‘‘(iii) not less than $8,184,000 shall be
available to carry out section 5313; and
‘‘(iv) the remainder shall be available
to carry out national research and tech-
nology programs under sections 5312, 5314,
and 5322.
‘‘(6) 
UNIVERSITY
TRANSPORTATION
RE-
SEARCH.—
‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005,
$5,208,000 shall be available from the Mass
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Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
carry out sections 5505 and 5506.
‘‘(B) GENERAL
FUND.—In addition to
amounts made available under subparagraph
(A), there are authorized to be appropriated
$744,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out sec-
tions 5505 and 5506.
‘‘(C) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—Of the
amounts made available or appropriated under
this paragraph—
‘‘(i) $1,984,000 shall be available for
grants under 5506(f)(5) to the institution
identified in section 5505(j)(3)(E), as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of enactment
of the Federal Public Transportation Act of
2005;
‘‘(ii) $1,984,000 shall be available for
grants under section 5505(d) to the institu-
tion identified in section 5505(j)(4)(A), as
in effect on the date specified in clause (i);
and
‘‘(iii) $1,984,000 shall be available for
grants under section 5505(d) to the institu-
tion identified in section 5505(j)(4)(F), as
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in effect on the date specified in subclause
(I).
‘‘(C) SPECIAL
RULE.—Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to limit the trans-
portation research conducted by the centers re-
ceiving financial assistance under this section.
‘‘(7) ADMINISTRATION.—
‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005,
$67,704,000 shall be available from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
carry out section 5334.
‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—In addition to amounts
made available under subparagraph (A), there are
authorized to be appropriated $9,672,000 for fiscal
year 2005 to carry out section 5334.
‘‘(8) GRANTS AS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.—
‘‘(A) GRANTS FINANCED FROM HIGHWAY TRUST
FUND.—A grant or contract that is approved by the
Secretary and financed with amounts made available
under paragraph (1)(A), (2)(A), (3)(A), (4)(A),
(5)(A), (6)(A), or (7)(A) is a contractual obligation of
the United States Government to pay the Federal
share of the cost of the project.
‘‘(B) GRANTS
FINANCED
FROM
GENERAL
FUND.—A grant or contract that is approved by
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the Secretary and financed with amounts appro-
priated in advance under paragraph (1)(B),
(2)(B), (3)(B), (4)(B), (5)(B), (6)(B), or (7)(B)
is a contractual obligation of the United States
Government to pay the Federal share of the cost
of the project only to the extent that amounts are
appropriated for such purpose by an Act of Con-
gress.
‘‘(9) AVAILABILITY
OF
AMOUNTS.—Amounts
made available or appropriated under paragraphs (1)
through (6) shall remain available until expended.’’.
‘‘(b) FORMULA GRANTS AND RESEARCH.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund
to carry out sections 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310 through
5316, 5322, 5335, 5340, and 5505 of this title, and
sections 3037 and 3038 of the Federal Transit Act of
1998 (112 Stat. 387 et seq.)—
‘‘(A) $6,443,600,000 for fiscal year 2006;
‘‘(B) $6,709,644,000 for fiscal year 2007;
‘‘(C) $7,276,707,000 for fiscal year 2008;
and
‘‘(D) $7,737,026,000 for fiscal year 2009.
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‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts
made available under paragraph (1) for each fiscal
year—
‘‘(A) 0.092 percent shall be available for
grants to the Alaska Railroad under section 5307
for improvements to its passenger operations;
‘‘(B) 1.75 percent shall be available to carry
out section 5308;
‘‘(C) 2.05 percent shall be available to pro-
vide financial assistance for job access and re-
verse commute projects under section 3037 of the
Federal Transit Act of 1998 (49 U.S.C. 5309
note);
‘‘(D) 3.00 percent shall be available to pro-
vide financial assistance for services for elderly
persons and persons with disabilities under sec-
tion 5310;
‘‘(E) 0.125 percent shall be available to
carry out section 3038 of the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310
note);
‘‘(F) 6.25 percent shall be available to pro-
vide financial assistance for other than urban-
ized areas under section 5311;
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‘‘(G) 0.89 percent shall be available to carry
out transit cooperative research programs under
section 5313, the National Transit Institute
under section 5315, university research centers
under section 5505, and national research pro-
grams under sections 5312, 5313, 5314, and
5322, of which—
‘‘(i) 17.0 percent shall be allocated to
carry out transit cooperative research pro-
grams under section 5313;
‘‘(ii) 7.5 percent shall be allocated to
carry out programs under the National
Transit Institute under section 5315, in-
cluding not more than $1,000,000 to carry
out section 5315(a)(16);
‘‘(iii) 11.0 percent shall be allocated to
carry out the university centers program
under section 5505; and
‘‘(iv) any funds made available under
this subparagraph that are not allocated
under clauses (i) through (iii) shall be allo-
cated to carry out national research pro-
grams under sections 5312, 5313, 5314, and
5322;
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‘‘(H) $25,000,000 shall be available for each
of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to carry
out section 5316;
‘‘(I) there shall be available to carry out
section 5335—
‘‘(i) $3,900,000 in fiscal year 2006;
‘‘(ii) $4,200,000 in fiscal year 2007;
‘‘(iii) $4,600,000 in fiscal year 2008;
and
‘‘(iv) $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2009;
‘‘(J) 6.25 percent shall be allocated in ac-
cordance with section 5340 to provide financial
assistance for urbanized areas under section
5307 and other than urbanized areas under sec-
tion 5311; and
‘‘(K) 22.0 percent shall be allocated in ac-
cordance with section 5337 to provide financial
assistance under section 5309(i)(3); and
‘‘(L) any amounts not made available
under subparagraphs (A) through (K) shall be
allocated in accordance with section 5336 to pro-
vide financial assistance for urbanized areas
under section 5307.
‘‘(3) UNIVERSITY CENTERS PROGRAM.—
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‘‘(A) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts allo-
cated under paragraph (2)(G)(iii), $1,000,000
shall be available in each of the fiscal years 2006
through 2009 for Morgan State University to
provide transportation research, training, and
curriculum development.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The university spec-
ified under subparagraph (A) shall be considered
a University Transportation Center under sec-
tion 510 of title 23, and shall be subject to the
requirements under subsections (c), (d), (e), and
(f) of such section.
‘‘(C) REPORT.—In addition to the report
required under section 510(e)(3) of title 23, the
university specified under subparagraph (A)
shall annually submit a report to the Secretary
that describes the university’s contribution to
public transportation.
‘‘(4) BUS GRANTS.—In addition to the amounts
made available under paragraph (1), there shall be
available from the Mass Transit Account of the High-
way Trust Fund to carry out section 5309(i)(2)(B)—
‘‘(A) $864,101,000 for fiscal year 2006;
‘‘(B) $899,778,000 for fiscal year 2007;
‘‘(C) $975,823,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
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‘‘(D) $1,037,552,000 for fiscal year 2009.
‘‘(c) MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section
5309(i)(2)(A)—
‘‘(1) $1,503,299,000 for fiscal year 2006;
‘‘(2) $1,565,367,000 for fiscal year 2007;
‘‘(3) $1,697,663,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
‘‘(4) $1,805,057,000 for fiscal year 2009.
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
carry out section 5334—
‘‘(1) $89,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
‘‘(2) $92,675,000 for fiscal year 2007;
‘‘(3) $100,507,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
‘‘(4) $106,865,000 for fiscal year 2009.
‘‘(e) GRANTS AS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.—
‘‘(1) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT FUNDS.—A grant
or contract approved by the Secretary that is fi-
nanced with amounts made available under sub-
section (b)(1), (b)(4), or (d) is a contractual obliga-
tion of the United States Government to pay the Fed-
eral share of the cost of the project.
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—A grant or con-
tract approved by the Secretary that is financed with
amounts made available under subsection (c) is a