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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since 1965, the people and Government of the United 
        States have supported international voluntary family planning 
        programs, increasing the use of modern contraceptives in the 
        developing world from fewer than 10 percent of couples in 1965 
        to more than 40 percent of couples today.
            (2) United States funding for international family planning 
        is today providing services to 20 million couples in the 
        world's poorest countries, contributing to family well-being by 
        improving maternal health, reducing maternal and infant deaths, 
        preventing abortions, and improving the lives of millions of 
        families.
            (3) The United States spends on average three cents per 
        American per week for international family planning programs.
            (4) In the developing world, the use of modern 
        contraceptives reduces unintended pregnancies and the 
        probability that a woman will have an abortion by 85 percent.
            (5) President George W. Bush has stated that one of the 
        best ways to prevent abortion is by providing quality voluntary 
        family planning programs.
            (6) In developing countries at least 120 million married 
        couples who would like to postpone their next pregnancy, or 
        have no more children, do not have access to or are not using 
        modern contraception.
            (7) In sub-Saharan Africa, 46 percent of women who desire 
        to delay or end childbearing remain without access to voluntary 
        family planning and at risk of unintended pregnancy.
            (8) Each year more than 525,000 women die from causes 
        related to pregnancy and childbirth with 99 percent of these 
        deaths occurring in developing countries. An additional eight 
        million women each year suffer serious health complications 
        from pregnancy and childbirth.
            (9) A lack of birth spacing resulting in birth intervals of 
        9 to 14 months increases the risk of maternal death by 250 
        percent.
            (10) Birth spacing of at least 36 months is associated with 
        the lowest mortality risk for infants and children under five 
        years of age.
            (11) Approximately 10.8 million children under the age of 
        five die each year, more than 30,000 every day, frequently from 
        low birth-weight or from causes related to complications in the 
        mother's pregnancy.
            (12) Providing access to modern contraception in less 
        developed countries could prevent 1.4 million infant deaths and 
        142,000 maternal deaths annually.
            (13) Linking family planning programs with HIV/AIDS 
        prevention, care, and treatment programs helps to meet the 
        multiple health needs of couples while effectively using scarce 
        financial and human resources.
            (14) For HIV-positive women, family planning is the most 
        efficacious and cost-effective intervention to prevent 
        unintended pregnancies, decrease the risk of maternal death, 
        and avoid the transmission of HIV from mother-to-child, 
        premature birth, low birth weight, or infant death.
            (15) Rapid population growth over-stresses vital resources, 
        such as water, agricultural land, forests, and wildlife, 
        contributing to extreme poverty, infectious disease, limited 
        access to education, environmental destruction, food 
        insecurity, and resultant malnutrition.
            (16) Malnutrition in children is a contributing factor to 
        more than one-half of all child mortality, and malnutrition in 
        mothers account for a substantial proportion of neonatal 
        mortality.
            (17) United States-funded family planning programs have 
        been successfully linked with the conservation of natural 
        resources to ease growing population pressures, improve food 
        security, and keep families healthy and communities 
        economically viable.
            (18) Between 2005 and 2050, if family planning needs remain 
        unmet, the population is expected to grow by more than 300 
        percent in the developing countries of Afghanistan, Burkina 
        Faso, Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 
        Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, the 
        Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and Uganda.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that it should be a United States 
policy objective to--
            (1) partner with developing countries to expand access to 
        voluntary family planning programs and the supply of modern 
        contraceptives in order to--
                    (A) meet growing demand to allow couples to achieve 
                their desired family size;
                    (B) reduce maternal and child mortality;
                    (C) reduce unintended pregnancies and resulting 
                abortions;
                    (D) reduce the incidence of HIV transmission from 
                mother-to-child and extend the lives of HIV-positive 
                women thus reducing the number of orphaned children;
                    (E) conserve vital natural resources, including 
                water, agricultural land, and forested lands;
                    (F) improve food security; and
                    (G) enhance opportunities for lasting social and 
                economic development; and
            (2) strengthen public heath initiatives worldwide by 
        provide training, research, and services for a wide variety of 
        modern contraceptives and family planning methods that are 
        designed and implemented based on--
                    (A) community participation;
                    (B) the needs and values of beneficiaries; and
                    (C) adherence to the principles of voluntary 
                participation and informed consent.

SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS IN 
              DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 104(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(b)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``In order to'' and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--In order to''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Assistance to improve voluntary family planning 
        programs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The President, acting through 
                the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
                International Development, is authorized to provide 
                assistance, on such terms and conditions as the 
                President may determine, to improve voluntary family 
                planning programs in developing countries.
                    ``(B) Activities supported.--Assistance provided 
                under subparagraph (A) shall, to the maximum extent 
                practicable, be used to--
                            ``(i) improve public knowledge of voluntary 
                        family planning programs, including the 
                        availability of modern contraceptives and the 
                        health, economic, and natural resource benefits 
                        of voluntary family planning for individuals, 
                        families, and communities;
                            ``(ii) support a wide range of public and 
                        private voluntary family planning programs, 
                        including networks for community-based and 
                        subsidized commercial distribution of modern 
                        contraceptives;
                            ``(iii) expand formal and informal training 
                        for health care providers, health educators, 
                        including peer educators and outreach workers, 
                        managers, traditional birth attendants, 
                        counselors, and community-based distribution 
                        agents;
                            ``(iv) provide improved coordination 
                        between voluntary family planning programs and 
                        programs that receive United States Government 
                        assistance for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and 
                        other sexually transmitted infections, the 
                        prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, 
                        and the testing, treatment, and care of persons 
                        infected with HIV/AIDS and affected by HIV/AIDS 
                        to strengthen activities under such programs 
                        and enhance the cost-effectiveness of such 
                        programs; and
                            ``(v) strengthen supply chain logistics for 
                        the procurement and reliable distribution of 
                        safe and effective modern contraceptives, 
                        including coordination with the supply chain 
                        for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, 
                        to allow for maximum efficiency and cost-
                        savings.
                    ``(C) Priority.--In providing assistance under this 
                paragraph, priority shall be given to developing 
                countries with acute family planning and maternal 
                health needs based on criteria such as--
                            ``(i) the level of unmet need for voluntary 
                        family planning and modern contraceptives;
                            ``(ii) fertility rates;
                            ``(iii) high-risk birth rates;
                            ``(iv) the number of births unattended by 
                        skilled attendants;
                            ``(v) maternal mortality rates;
                            ``(vi) rates of mortality for infants and 
                        children under the age of five;
                            ``(vii) abortion rates;
                            ``(viii) the level of HIV/AIDS in women of 
                        reproductive age; and
                            ``(ix) additional criteria or country 
                        conditions, such as conflict, humanitarian 
                        crisis, large populations of refugees or 
                        internally displaced persons, or areas in which 
                        population growth threatens food security, 
                        vital natural resources, biodiversity, or 
                        endangered species.
                    ``(D) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
                            ``(i) AIDS.--The term `AIDS' has the 
                        meaning given the term in section 104A(g)(1) of 
                        this Act.
                            ``(ii) HIV.--The term `HIV' has the meaning 
                        given the term in section 104A(g)(2) of this 
                        Act.
                            ``(iii) HIV/AIDS.--The term `HIV/AIDS' has 
                        the meaning given the term in section 
                        104A(g)(3) of this Act.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The authority to provide assistance under 
section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by 
subsection (a), applies with respect to fiscal year 2007 and subsequent 
fiscal years.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    (a) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the President, acting 
through the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, shall transmit to the Committee on International Relations 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate a report on the implementation of section 104(b)(2) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 4(a)).
    (b) Contents.--The report shall include--
            (1) a description of efforts to implement the policies set 
        forth in section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961;
            (2) a description of the programs established pursuant to 
        such section; and
            (3) a detailed assessment of the impact of programs 
        established pursuant to such section, including--
                    (A) an estimate of annual expenditures on modern 
                contraceptive commodities and activities in support of 
                voluntary family planning programs on a country-by-
                country basis, to be based on information supplied by 
                national governments, donor agencies, and private 
                sector entities, to the maximum extent practicable;
                    (B) an assessment by country of the current unmet 
                need for, availability, and use of modern 
                contraception;
                    (C) an assessment of prior year and proposed 
                allocations of modern contraceptives in voluntary 
                family planning assistance by country, which describes 
                how each country's allocation meets the country's 
                needs; and
                    (D) a description of the quality of funded 
                voluntary family planning programs, as measured by 
                survey data or best available estimates, including--
                            (i) types of modern contraceptive methods 
                        offered to significant subgroups (defined by 
                        age, gender, income, and health profile, among 
                        others) on a reliable basis;
                            (ii) information provided to beneficiaries 
                        to enable decision making regarding benefits, 
                        risks, and efficacy of modern contraceptives;
                            (iii) mechanisms to encourage 
                        sustainability of voluntary family planning 
                        programs; and
                            (iv) voluntary family planning programs 
                        that are effective in responding to individual 
                        health needs of beneficiaries.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry 
out section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added 
by section 4(a) of this Act--
            (1) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            (2) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            (3) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
            (4) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
            (5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
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Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act of 2005 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance for voluntary family planning programs in developing countries, including activities to: (1) improve public knowledge of voluntary family planning programs; (2) support public and private voluntary family planning programs, including networks for community-based and subsidized commercial distribution of contraceptives; (3) expand training for health care providers and educators; (4) provide improved coordination between voluntary family planning programs and programs that receive U.S. assistance for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections; and (5) strengthen supply chain logistics for the procurement and distribution of safe contraceptives, including coordination with the supply chain for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment. Gives priority to developing countries with acute family planning and maternal health needs.

Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mercury Reduction and Energy 
Security Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') was 
        required by the terms of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 
        and a 1998 consent agreement to determine whether regulation of 
        mercury from electric utility steam generating units under 
        section 112 of the Clean Air Act was appropriate and necessary.
            (2) In a December 2000, regulatory finding, the EPA 
        concluded that regulation of mercury from electric utility 
        steam generating units was appropriate and necessary.
            (3) In 2005, the EPA withdrew its 2000 regulatory finding 
        in favor of a national cap-and-trade system for mercury 
        emissions from electric utility steam generating units, the 
        Clean Air Mercury Rule (``CAMR'').
            (4) CAMR was subsequently challenged in petitions for 
        review filed by 17 States.
            (5) The United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
        Columbia Circuit vacated the rule on February 8, 2008, finding 
        that once the EPA had listed electric utility steam generating 
        units as a source of hazardous air pollutants, it was required 
        by law to proceed with Maximum Achievable Control Technology 
        (``MACT'') regulations under section 112 of the Clean Air Act 
        unless it delisted the source category, under procedures set 
        forth in section 112(c)(9).
            (6) Mercury control technologies for coal-fired electric 
        utility steam generating units have advanced rapidly in the 
        last few years.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to protect public health 
and welfare, and the environment, through mercury emission reductions 
from electric utility steam generating units.

SEC. 3. MERCURY EMISSION REDUCTIONS.

    The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new title:

                    ``TITLE VII--MERCURY REDUCTIONS

``SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) Affected unit.--The term `affected unit' means a 
        coal-fired electric steam generating unit (including a 
        cogeneration unit) that--
                    ``(A) has a nameplate capacity greater than 25 
                megawatts; and
                    ``(B) generates electricity for sale.
            ``(2) Cogeneration unit.--The term `cogeneration unit' 
        means a stationary, coal-fired boiler or a stationary, coal-
        fired combustion turbine having equipment used to produce 
        electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial, 
        commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential 
        use of energy that produces during the 12-month period starting 
        on the date the unit first produces electricity and during any 
        calendar year after which the unit first produces electricity--
                    ``(A) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit--
                            ``(i) useful thermal energy not less than 5 
                        percent of total energy output; and
                            ``(ii) useful power that, when added to 
                        one-half of useful thermal energy produced, is 
                        not less than--
                                    ``(I) 42.5 percent of total energy 
                                input if useful thermal energy produced 
                                is 15 percent or more of total energy 
                                output; or
                                    ``(II) 45 percent of total energy 
                                input if useful thermal energy produced 
                                is less than 15 percent of total energy 
                                output; and
                    ``(B) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, 
                useful power not less than 45 percent of total energy 
                input.
            ``(3) Inlet mercury.--The term `inlet mercury' means the 
        quantity of mercury found--
                    ``(A) in the as-fired coal used by an affected 
                unit; or
                    ``(B) for an affected unit using coal that is 
                subjected to an advanced coal cleaning technology, in 
                the as-mined coal used by the affected unit.

``SEC. 702. MERCURY REDUCTION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Annual Limitation for Affected Units.--Except as provided in 
subsection (f), an affected unit in operation before or after the date 
of enactment of this title shall be subject to the following emission 
limitations on an annual average calendar year basis with respect to 
mercury:
            ``(1) Calendar years 2012 through 2014.--For the period 
        beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending on December 31, 2014, 
        the less stringent limitation of the following (calculated on a 
        one-year rolling average):
                    ``(A) 80 percent capture of inlet mercury.
                    ``(B) An emission rate of 1.60 pounds of mercury 
                per trillion British thermal units of input coal.
            ``(2) Calendar year 2015 and thereafter.--For calendar year 
        2015 and each calendar year thereafter, the less stringent 
        limitation of the following (calculated on a one-year rolling 
        average):
                    ``(A) 90 percent capture of inlet mercury.
                    ``(B) An emission rate of 0.80 pounds of mercury 
                per trillion British thermal units of input coal.
    ``(b) Averaging Across Units Within a Facility or State.--(1) An 
owner or operator of more than one affected unit at a single facility 
may demonstrate compliance with the applicable annual average emission 
limitations under subsection (a) by averaging emissions from all 
affected units at that facility, weighted by total input coal British 
thermal units.
    ``(2) An owner or operator of more than one affected unit or units 
within a State may demonstrate compliance with the applicable annual 
average emission limitations under subsection (a) by averaging 
emissions from all affected units owned or operated by that owner or 
operator within such State, weighted by total input coal British 
thermal units, if all affected units are owned or operated by the same 
entity.
    ``(3) If an affected unit is owned or operated by more than one 
entity, the State in which the affected unit is located shall allocate 
to each such owner or operator an appropriate portion of the generation 
from the affected unit for purposes of averaging emissions pursuant to 
paragraph (1) or (2).
    ``(c) Reference Methods for Measuring Mercury Emissions.--(1) The 
owner or operator of an affected unit shall use any of the following 
methods as a reference method to calibrate the instruments used to 
measure the mercury concentration in emissions from affected units:
                    ``(A) ASTM D6784-02, `Standard Test Method for 
                Elemental, Oxidized, Particle-Bound and Total Mercury 
                in Flue Gas Generated from Coal-Fired Stationary 
                Sources' (Ontario Hydro Method).
                    ``(B) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 29, 
                `Determination of Metals Emissions from Stationary 
                Sources'.
                    ``(C) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 30A, 
                `Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions 
                from Stationary Sources (Instrumental Analyzer 
                Procedure)'.
                    ``(D) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 30B, 
                `Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions 
                from Coal-Fired Combustion Sources Using Carbon Sorbent 
                Traps'.
    ``(2) The Administrator may revise or supplement the list of 
permitted methods set forth in paragraph (1) to reflect improvements or 
other developments in the measurement of mercury emissions from coal-
fired electric steam generating units.
    ``(d) Monitoring System.--(1) The owner or operator of an affected 
unit shall install and operate a continuous emissions monitoring system 
(CEMS) to measure the quantity of mercury that is emitted from each 
affected unit.
    ``(2) For purposes of complying with paragraph (1), the owner or 
operator of an affected unit may use--
            ``(A) any CEMS that meets the requirements in Performance 
        Specification 12A (PS-12A), `Specifications and Test Procedures 
        for Total Vapor-Phase Mercury Continuous Monitoring Systems in 
        Stationary Sources';
            ``(B) a mercury concentration CEMS that meets the 
        requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part 75; or
            ``(C) a sorbent trap monitoring system that meets the 
        requirements of 40 C.F.R. 75.15 and 40 C.F.R. Part 75, Appendix 
        K, `Quality Assurance and Operating Procedures for Sorbent Trap 
        Monitoring Systems';
            ``(3) The Administrator may revise or supplement the list 
        of permitted monitoring systems set forth in paragraph (2) to 
        reflect improvements or other developments in mercury emissions 
        reduction technologies and mercury emissions monitoring 
        systems.
    ``(e) Excess Emissions.--(1) Except as provided in subsection (f), 
the owner or operator of an affected unit that emits mercury in excess 
of the applicable annual average emission limitation under subsection 
(a) shall pay an excess emissions penalty determined under paragraph 
(2).
    ``(2) The excess emissions penalty for mercury shall be an amount 
equal to $50,000 for each pound of mercury emitted in excess of the 
applicable annual average emission limitation under subsection (a). 
Such penalty shall be prorated for each fraction of a pound.
    ``(f) Best Practices.--(1) Effective, January 1, 2015, if the owner 
or operator of any affected unit fails to achieve the annual average 
emission limitation under subsection (a)(2), such owner or operator may 
notify the Administrator of such failure prior to March 1, 2015, and 
request an alternate emissions limitation for mercury with respect to 
such affected unit. Such owner or operator shall submit to the 
Administrator mercury emissions data measured by a CEMS that complies 
with subsection (d) for evaluation. If the Administrator determines 
that such owner or operator has properly installed and operated such 
CEMS and control technology designed to achieve such annual average 
emission limitation and is unable to meet such limitation, the 
Administrator may, not later than April 1, 2016, establish an alternate 
emissions limitation for mercury with respect to such affected unit 
based on the optimal performance of properly installed and operated 
control technology.
    ``(2) With respect to any affected unit, for any year for which an 
alternate emissions limitation for mercury is in place for such 
affected unit, the Administrator may review such alternate emissions 
limitation and impose a more stringent emissions limitation for mercury 
for the subsequent year based on new data regarding the demonstrated 
control capabilities of the type of control technology installed and 
operated at such affected unit.
    ``(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an owner or 
operator of an affected unit failing to achieve the annual average 
emission limitation under subsection (a)(2) that notifies the 
Administrator of such failure and requests and alternate emissions 
limitation for mercury pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be considered in 
compliance with this section (and not subject to any excess emissions 
penalty) for the period beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending on the 
date such an alternate emissions limitation is implemented.
    ``(B) An owner or operator described in subparagraph (A) shall pay 
an excess emissions penalty, as determined under subsection (e)(2), for 
the period described in such subparagraph, if such owner or operator 
operates or maintains the affected unit, including any associated air 
pollution control equipment, in a manner that is inconsistent with good 
air pollution control practices for the minimization of mercury 
emissions, as determined by the Administrator. In determining whether 
the owner or operator of the affected unit operates and maintains the 
affected unit in a manner that is consistent with good air pollution 
control practices for the minimization of mercury emissions, the 
Administrator may review the emissions monitoring data and operating 
and maintenance procedures of the affected unit and may inspect the 
affected unit.
    ``(4)(A) With respect to any affected unit for which an alternate 
emissions limitation for mercury is in place under this subsection, the 
owner or operator of such affected unit that emits mercury in excess of 
such alternate emissions limitation shall pay an excess emissions 
penalty determined under subparagraph (B).
    ``(B) The excess emissions penalty for mercury for an owner or 
operator of an affected unit described in subparagraph (A) shall be an 
amount equal to $50,000 for each pound of mercury emitted in excess of 
the alternate emissions limitation for mercury in place for such 
affected unit. Such penalty shall be prorated for each fraction of a 
pound.
    ``(g) Sole Limitation on Mercury.--This title shall apply the sole 
emission standard or limitation under this Act with regard to the 
emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units and 
shall supersede any other such requirement under section 112 or any 
other provision of this Act.
    ``(h) Relationship to Other Law.--Except as otherwise specifically 
provided in this title, nothing in this title precludes a State or 
political subdivision of a State from adopting or enforcing any 
additional requirements for the control or abatement of mercury 
emissions, except that no State or political subdivision thereof shall 
adopt or attempt to enforce any standard relating to the reduction or 
control of mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating 
units that is less stringent than the standards provided in this 
title.''.
answer:
Mercury Reduction and Energy Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require affected units (coal-fired electric steam generating units that have nameplate capacities greater than 25 megawatts and generate electricity for sale) to reduce mercury emissions by the less stringent limitation of: (1) 80% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 1.6 pounds of mercury per trillion British thermal units (Btu) of input coal for the period beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending December 31, 2014; and (2) 90% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 0.8 pounds of mercury per trillion Btu of input coal by 2015 and each year thereafter.

Specifies methods that owners or operators of affected units are required to use as reference methods in calibrating the instruments used to measure the mercury concentrations in emissions from affected units.

Establishes excess emissions penalties for mercury. Sets forth compliance provisions.

Authorizes: (1) owners or operators of affected units that fail to achieve such limitations to request an alternate emission limitation; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish alternate limitations if the Administrator determines that the owner or operator has properly installed and operated continuous emissions monitoring system and control technology designed to achieve such limitations and is unable to achieve such limitations; and (3) the Administrator, after granting alternate limitations, to impose more stringent emissions limitations in subsequent years. Makes such alternate limitations effective January 1, 2015.

Provides that this Act supersedes any other requirement in such Act with regard to the emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Transportation Preservation 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The American Public Transportation Association 
        estimates that since January 1, 2009, 84 percent of transit 
        systems have raised fares, cut service or are considering one 
        of those actions.
            (2) Many low-income workers, older Americans, and people 
        with disabilities depend on transit service to get to jobs and 
        health care. Reduced service and higher fares can have a 
        devastating effect on their quality of life.
            (3) Millions of Americans use transit every day. Reduced 
        transit service makes it harder for workers to access jobs and 
        puts more cars on the road, worsening already bad traffic 
        congestion in many metropolitan areas.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY OPERATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

    (a) General Authority.--The Secretary of Transportation may make 
grants to States and designated recipients that receive funding under 
chapter 53, United States Code, for the operating costs of equipment 
and facilities for use in public transportation.
    (b) Apportionment of Funds.--Of the funds made available under this 
section--
            (1) 80 percent shall be apportioned in accordance with 
        section 5336 of title 49, United States Code;
            (2) 10 percent shall be apportioned in accordance with 
        section 5340 of title 49, United States Code; and
            (3) 10 percent shall be apportioned to other than urbanized 
        areas in accordance with section 5311 of title 49, United 
        States Code.
    (c) Use of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amounts apportioned to a State or urbanized area pursuant to 
        subsection (b) shall be used--
                    (A) for operating expenses necessary to--
                            (i) restore a reduction in public 
                        transportation service and related workforce 
                        reductions; or
                            (ii) rescind all or a portion of a fare 
                        increase;
                if such reduction or increase was due to decreased 
                State or local funding or farebox revenue, that 
                occurred on or after January 1, 2009; and
                    (B) to prevent reductions or increases described in 
                subparagraph (A) through September 30, 2011.
            (2) Exception.--
                    (A) In general.--If a recipient submits a 
                certification to the Secretary that the recipient has 
                not had a major reduction in public transportation 
                service, as described in section 5307(d)(1)(I) of title 
                49, United States Code, or a fare increase as a result 
                of decreased State or local operating funding, and will 
                be able to avoid such reductions or increases through 
                September 30, 2011, without the funds made available by 
                this section, a recipient may use the funds to replace, 
                rehabilitate, or repair existing transit capital assets 
                used in public transportation as defined under section 
                5302(a)(10) of title 49, United States Code.
                    (B) Use of remaining funds.--A recipient may use 
                any remaining funds made available by this section to 
                replace, rehabilitate, or repair existing transit 
                capital assets used in public transportation as defined 
                under section 5302(a)(10) of title 49, United States 
                Code if that recipient has--
                            (i) restored a major reduction in public 
                        transportation service or rescinded a fare 
                        increase; and
                            (ii) is able to avoid reductions or 
                        increases described in paragraph (1)(B).
    (d) Requirements.--Applicable requirements of chapter 53 of title 
49, United States Code, shall apply to funding provided under this 
section. Section 1101(b) of Public Law 109-59 (119 Stat. 1156) shall 
apply to funding provided under this section.
    (e) Government Share of Costs.--A grant under this section shall 
be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent of the net cost 
of the project.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000,000 to remain 
available for obligation through September 30, 2011.
    (g) Funds Availability.--Funds apportioned under this section and 
obligated on or before September 30, 2011, shall be expended on or 
before July 1, 2012.
    (h) Oversight.--Three-quarters of 1 percent of the funds available 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), and one-half of 1 
percent of the funds available under paragraph (3) of subsection (b), 
shall be provided for administrative expenses and program management 
oversight, and such funds shall be available through September 30, 
2013.
answer:

Public Transportation Preservation Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make emergency grants to states and designated recipients (urbanized areas) for the operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation projects. Prescribes a formula for the apportionment of grant funds.

Requires amounts apportioned to a state or urbanized area, with a specified exception, to be used for operating expenses necessary to restore or prevent a reduction in public transportation service and related workforce reductions, or to rescind all or a portion of a fare increase, that: (1) occurs between January 1, 2009, and September 30, 2011; and (2) is due to decreased state or local funding or farebox revenue.

Authorizes a recipient which certifies that it has not had a major reduction in public transportation service, or a fare increase as a result of decreased state or local operating funding, and will be able to avoid such reductions or increases through FY2011 without the funds made available by this Act, to use such funds to replace, rehabilitate, or repair existing transit capital assets used in public transportation.

Sets the amount of a grant, at the option of the recipient, at up to 100% of the net cost of a project.