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transmit to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report 
on low-cost solutions to reducing congestion and 
transportation-related energy use and mitigating the 
effects of climate change. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the 
Center to carry out its duties under section 102(g) of title 
49, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal years 2008 through 2011. 
Subtitle B—Highways and Transit 
PART 1—PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 8201. GRANTS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
SERVICES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts 
allocated 
under 
section 
5338(b)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code, to 
carry out section 5307 of such title, there is author-
ized to be appropriated $750,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out such section 
5307. Such funds shall be apportioned in accordance 
with section 5336 (other than subsections (i)(1) and 
(j)) of such title but may not be combined or com-
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mingled with any other funds apportioned under 
such section 5336. 
(2) FORMULA GRANTS FOR OTHER THAN UR-
BANIZED AREAS.—In addition to amounts allocated 
under section 5338(b)(2)(G) of title 49, United 
States Code, to carry out section 5311 of such title, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out 
such section 5311. Such funds shall be apportioned 
in accordance with such section 5311 but may not 
be combined or commingled with any other funds 
apportioned under such section 5311. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding sections 5307 
and 5311 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary 
of Transportation may make grants under such sections 
from amounts appropriated under subsection (a) only for 
one or more of the following: 
(1) If the recipient of the grant is reducing, or 
certifies to the Secretary that, during the term of 
the grant, the recipient will reduce one or more fares 
the recipient charges for public transportation, those 
operating costs of equipment and facilities being 
used to provide the public transportation that the re-
cipient is no longer able to pay from the revenues 
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derived from such fare or fares as a result of such 
reduction. 
(2) If the recipient of the grant is expanding, 
or certifies to the Secretary that, during the term of 
the grant, the recipient will expand public transpor-
tation service, those operating and capital costs of 
equipment and facilities being used to provide the 
public transportation service that the recipient in-
curs as a result of the expansion of such service. 
(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Federal share of the costs for which 
a grant is made under this section shall be 100 percent. 
(d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated 
under this section shall remain available for a period of 
2 fiscal years. 
SEC. 8202. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE FOR CLEAN AIR 
ACT COMPLIANCE. 
Notwithstanding section 5323(i)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, a grant for a project to be assisted 
under chapter 53 of such title during fiscal years 2008 
and 2009 that involves acquiring clean fuel or alternative 
fuel vehicle-related equipment or facilities for the purposes 
of complying with or maintaining compliance with the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) shall be for 100 
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‘‘SEC. 54D. QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
ASSISTANCE BONDS. 
‘‘(a) QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
ASSISTANCE BOND.—For purposes of this subchapter, the 
term ‘qualified residential energy efficiency assistance 
bond’ means any bond issued as part of an issue if— 
‘‘(1) 100 percent of the available project pro-
ceeds of such issue are to be used for 1 or more 
qualified residential energy efficiency assistance pur-
poses, 
‘‘(2) not less than 20 percent of the available 
project proceeds of such issue are to be used for 1 
or more qualified low-income residential energy effi-
ciency assistance purposes, 
‘‘(3) repayments of principal and applicable in-
terest on financing provided by the issue are used 
not later than the close of the 3-month period begin-
ning on the date the prepayment (or complete repay-
ment) is received to redeem bonds which are part of 
the issue or to provide for 1 or more qualified resi-
dential energy efficiency assistance purposes, 
‘‘(4) the bond is issued by a State, and 
‘‘(5) the issuer designates such bond for pur-
poses of this section. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION
ON AMOUNT
OF BONDS DES-
IGNATED.—The maximum aggregate face amount of 
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