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49 USC § 5337 - Apportionment based on fixed guideway factors
Fixed guideway.— The term “fixed guideway” means a public transportation facility—
State.— The term “State” means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
State of good repair.— The term “state of good repair” has the meaning given that term by the Secretary, by rule, under section 5326
the recipient certifies that the recipient complies with the rule issued under section 5326
Eligible projects.— The Secretary may make grants under this section to assist State and local governmental authorities in financing capital projects to maintain public transportation systems in a state of good repair, including projects to replace and rehabilitate—
Inclusion in plan.— A recipient shall include a project carried out under paragraph (1) in the transit asset management plan of the recipient upon completion of the plan.
High Intensity Fixed Guideway State of Good Repair Formula.— (1)
In general.— Of the amount authorized or made available under section 5338
(a)(2)(I), 97.15 percent shall be apportioned to recipients in accordance with this subsection.
Area share.— (A)
In general.— 50 percent of the amount described in paragraph (1) shall be apportioned for fixed guideway systems in accordance with this paragraph.
Share.— A recipient shall receive an amount equal to the amount described in subparagraph (A), multiplied by the amount the recipient would have received under this section, as in effect for fiscal year 2011, if the amount had been calculated in accordance with section 5336
(b)(1) and using the definition of the term “fixed guideway” under subsection (a) of this section, as such sections are in effect on the day after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012, and divided by the total amount apportioned for all areas under this section for fiscal year 2011.
Recipient.— For purposes of this paragraph, the term “recipient” means an entity that received funding under this section, as in effect for fiscal year 2011.
Vehicle revenue miles and directional route miles.— (A)
In general.— 50 percent of the amount described in paragraph (1) shall be apportioned to recipients in accordance with this paragraph.
Vehicle revenue miles.— A recipient in an urbanized area shall receive an amount equal to 60 percent of the amount described in subparagraph (A), multiplied by the number of fixed guideway vehicle revenue miles attributable to the urbanized area, as established by the Secretary, divided by the total number of all fixed guideway vehicle revenue miles attributable to all urbanized areas.
Directional route miles.— A recipient in an urbanized area shall receive an amount equal to 40 percent of the amount described in subparagraph (A), multiplied by the number of fixed guideway directional route miles attributable to the urbanized area, as established by the Secretary, divided by the total number of all fixed guideway directional route miles attributable to all urbanized areas.
Limitation.— (A)
In general.— Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the share of the total amount apportioned under this subsection that is apportioned to an area under this subsection shall not decrease by more than 0.25 percentage points compared to the share apportioned to the area under this subsection in the previous fiscal year.
Special rule for fiscal year 2013.— In fiscal year 2013, the share of the total amount apportioned under this subsection that is apportioned to an area under this subsection shall not decrease by more than 0.25 percentage points compared to the share that would have been apportioned to the area under this section, as in effect for fiscal year 2011, if the share had been calculated using the definition of the term “fixed guideway” under subsection (a) of this section, as in effect on the day after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012.
Use of funds.— Amounts made available under this subsection shall be available for the exclusive use of fixed guideway projects.
Receiving apportionment.— (A)
In general.— Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for an area with a fixed guideway system, the amounts provided under this subsection shall be apportioned to the designated recipient for the urbanized area in which the system operates.
Exception.— An area described in the amendment made by section 3028(a) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178; 112 Stat. 366) shall receive an individual apportionment under this subsection.
Apportionment requirements.— For purposes of determining the number of fixed guideway vehicle revenue miles or fixed guideway directional route miles attributable to an urbanized area for a fiscal year under this subsection, only segments of fixed guideway systems placed in revenue service not later than 7 years before the first day of the fiscal year shall be deemed to be attributable to an urbanized area.
High Intensity Motorbus State of Good Repair.— (1)
Definition.— For purposes of this subsection, the term “high intensity motorbus” means public transportation that is provided on a facility with access for other high-occupancy vehicles.
Apportionment.— Of the amount authorized or made available under section 5338
(a)(2)(I), 2.85 percent shall be apportioned to urbanized areas for high intensity motorbus state of good repair in accordance with this subsection.
In general.— The amount described in paragraph (2) shall be apportioned to each area in accordance with this paragraph.
Vehicle revenue miles.— Each area shall receive an amount equal to 60 percent of the amount described in subparagraph (A), multiplied by the number of high intensity motorbus vehicle revenue miles attributable to the area, as established by the Secretary, divided by the total number of all high intensity motorbus vehicle revenue miles attributable to all areas.
Directional route miles.— Each area shall receive an amount equal to 40 percent of the amount described in subparagraph (A), multiplied by the number of high intensity motorbus directional route miles attributable to the area, as established by the Secretary, divided by the total number of all high intensity motorbus directional route miles attributable to all areas.
Apportionment requirements.— For purposes of determining the number of high intensity motorbus vehicle revenue miles or high intensity motorbus directional route miles attributable to an urbanized area for a fiscal year under this subsection, only segments of high intensity motorbus systems placed in revenue service not later than 7 years before the first day of the fiscal year shall be deemed to be attributable to an urbanized area.
Distribution.— The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available for fixed guideway modernization under section 5309 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2012 as follows:
The first $497,700,000 shall be apportioned in the following urbanized areas as follows:
Baltimore, $8,372,000.
Boston, $38,948,000.
Chicago/Northwestern Indiana, $78,169,000.
Cleveland, $9,509,500.
New Orleans, $1,730,588.
New York, $176,034,461.
Northeastern New Jersey, $50,604,653.
Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey, $58,924,764.
Pittsburgh, $13,662,463.
San Francisco, $33,989,571.
Southwestern Connecticut, $27,755,000.
The next $70,000,000 shall be apportioned as follows:
50 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph (1), as provided in section 5336
50 percent in other urbanized areas eligible for assistance under section 5336
(b)(2)(A) to which amounts were apportioned under this section for fiscal year 1997, as provided in section 5336
(b)(2)(A) andsubsection (e)(1) of this section.
The next $5,700,000 shall be apportioned in the following urbanized areas as follows:
Pittsburgh, 61.76 percent.
Cleveland, 10.73 percent.
New Orleans, 5.79 percent.
21.72 percent in urbanized areas to which paragraph (2)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336
The next $186,600,000 shall be apportioned in each urbanized area to which paragraph (1) applies and in each urbanized area to which paragraph (2)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336
65 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph (1), as provided in section 5336
(b)(2)(A) andsubsection (e)(2) of this section.
35 percent to other urbanized areas eligible for assistance under section 5336
(b)(2)(A) if the areas contain fixed guideway systems placed in revenue service at least 7 years before the fiscal year in which amounts are made available and in any urbanized area if, before the first day of the fiscal year, the area satisfies the Secretary that the area has modernization needs that cannot adequately be met with amounts received under section 5336
(b)(2)(A), as provided in section 5336
The next $50,000,000 shall be apportioned as follows:
60 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph (1), as provided in section 5336
40 percent to urbanized areas to which paragraph (5)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336
Remaining amounts shall be apportioned as follows:
50 percent to urbanized areas to which paragraph (5)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336
Total Amounts Not Available.— In a fiscal year in which the total amounts authorized under subsection (a)(1) and (2) of this section are not available, the Secretary shall reduce on a proportionate basis the apportionments of all urbanized areas eligible under subsection (a)(1) or (2) to adjust for the amount not available.
New Jersey Transit Corporation.— Rail modernization amounts allocated to the New Jersey Transit Corporation under this section may be spent in any urbanized area in which the New Jersey Transit Corporation operates rail transportation, regardless of which urbanized area generates the financing.
Availability of Amounts.— An amount apportioned under this section—
remains available for 3 years after the fiscal year in which the amount is apportioned; and
that is unobligated at the end of the 3-year period shall be reapportioned for the next fiscal year among urbanized areas eligible under subsection (a)(1)–(3) of this section using the apportionment formula of this section.
Route Segments To Be Included in Apportionment Formulas.— (1)
1997 standard.— Amounts apportioned under paragraphs (2)(B), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) shall have attributable to each urbanized area only the number of fixed guideway revenue miles of service and number of fixed guideway route miles for segments of fixed guideway systems used to determine apportionments for fiscal year 1997.
Other standards.— Amounts apportioned under paragraphs (5) through (7) of subsection (a) shall have attributable to each urbanized area only the number of fixed guideway revenue miles of service and number of fixed guideway route-miles for segments of fixed guideway systems placed in revenue service at least 7 years before the fiscal year in which amounts are made available.
Adjustment.— For purposes of this section, an urbanized area with a population of 55,997, according to the most recent decennial census, shall be treated as an urbanized area eligible for assistance under section 5336
(b)(2)(A) to which amounts were apportioned under this section for fiscal year 1997. For the purposes of subsection (e)(1), the number of fixed guideway revenue vehicle miles of service and number of fixed guideway route miles for that urbanized area as of the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005 shall be considered to have been used to determine apportionments for fiscal year 1997.
Special Rule for October 1, 2011, Through March 31, 2012.— The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available for fixed guideway modernization under section 5309 for the period beginning on October 1, 2011, and ending on March 31, 2012, in accordance with subsection (a), except that the Secretary shall apportion 50 percent of each dollar amount specified in subsection (a).
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 844; Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(14),Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4379; Pub. L. 102–240, title III, § 3049(b), as added Pub. L. 105–130, § 8,Dec. 1, 1997, 111 Stat. 2559; Pub. L. 105–178, title III, §§ 3028, 3029(b)(12),June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 366, 373; Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9009(p),July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 858; Pub. L. 108–88, § 8(b)(2),Sept. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 1121; Pub. L. 109–59, title III, § 3035(a),Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1629; Pub. L. 110–244, title II, § 201(m),June 6, 2008, 122 Stat. 1611; Pub. L. 111–147, title IV, § 435,Mar. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 89; Pub. L. 111–322, title II, § 2305,Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3528; Pub. L. 112–5, title III, § 305,Mar. 4, 2011, 125 Stat. 19; Pub. L. 112–30, title I, § 135,Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 352.)
Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 5337(a) 49 App.:1602(h) (1)–(4). July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88–365, 78 Stat. 302, § 3(h)(1)–(6); added Aug. 22, 1974, Pub. L. 93–503, § 110, 88 Stat. 1573; Nov. 6, 1978, Pub. L. 95–599, § 302(d), 92 Stat. 2737; restated Dec. 18, 1991, Pub. L. 102–240, § 3008, 105 Stat. 2091.
5337(b) 49 App.:1602(h)(5).
5337(c) 49 App.:1602(h)(6).
5337(d) 49 App.:1602(h)(7). July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88–365, 78 Stat. 302, §3(h)(7); added Oct. 6, 1992, Pub. L. 102–388, § 502(c), 106 Stat. 1566.
The date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005, referred to in subsec. (f), is the date of enactment of title III of Pub. L. 109–59, which was approved Aug. 10, 2005.
2011—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–30, § 135(1), substituted “2012” for “2011” in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 112–5, § 305(1), substituted “2011” for “2010” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 112–30, § 135(2), added subsec. (g).
Pub. L. 112–5, § 305(2), struck out subsec. (g). Text read as follows: “The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available for fixed guideway modernization under section 5309 for the period beginning October 1, 2010, and ending March 4, 2011, in accordance with subsection (a), except that the Secretary shall apportion 155/365ths of each dollar amount specified in subsection (a).”
2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–147, § 435(1), substituted “2010” for “2009” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 111–322amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available for fixed guideway modernization under section 5309 for the period beginning October 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010, in accordance with subsection (a), except that the Secretary shall apportion 25 percent of each dollar amount specified in subsection (a).”
Pub. L. 111–147, § 435(2), added subsec. (g).
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–244substituted “for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009” for “for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003” in introductory provisions.
2005—Pub. L. 109–59, § 3035(a)(1), substituted “Apportionment based on fixed guideway factors” for “Apportionment of appropriations for fixed guideway modernization” in section catchline.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3035(a)(2), added subsec. (f).
2003—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108–88struck out subsec. (e) relating to special rule.
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–178, § 3028(c), as added by Pub. L. 105–206, in par. (2)(B), substituted “(e)(1)” for “(e)”, in par. (3)(D), substituted “(2)(B)” for “(2)(B)(ii)” and “(e)(1)” for “(e)”, in par. (4), substituted “(e)(1)” for “(e)”, and in pars. (5) to (7), substituted “(e)(2)” for “(e)” wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 105–178, § 3028(a), amended heading and text of subsec. (a) generally, substituting provisions relating to distribution for fiscal years 1998 through 2003 for provisions relating to percentage distribution for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1993–1997 and for period of Oct. 1, 1997 through Mar. 31, 1998.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105–178, § 3028(b), added subsec. (e) relating to route segments to be included in apportionment formulas.
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 105–178, § 3029(b)(12), which directed substitution of “subsections (b) and (h)(4) ofsection 5338” for “section 5338
(f)”, could not be executed because “section 5338
(f)” does not appear in text.
1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–240, § 3049(b)(1), as added by Pub. L. 105–130, inserted “and for the period of October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998,” after “1997,” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–240, § 3049(b)(2), as added by Pub. L. 105–130, added subsec. (e).
1994—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 103–429substituted “section 5336
(b)(2)(A) of this title” for “section 5336
Pub. L. 108–310, § 8(b),Sept. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 1154, provided that: “The Secretary of Transportation shall determine the amount that each urbanized area is to be apportioned for fixed guideway modernization under section 5337 of title 49, United States Code, on a pro rata basis to reflect the partial fiscal year 2005 funding made available by sections 5338(b)(2)(A)(vii) and 5338(b)(2)(B)(vii) of such title.”
Pub. L. 108–88, § 8(b)(1),Sept. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 1121, as amended by Pub. L. 108–202, § 9(b),Feb. 29, 2004, 118 Stat. 485; Pub. L. 108–224, § 7(b),Apr. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 633; Pub. L. 108–263, § 7(b),June 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 704, which directed the Secretary of Transportation to determine the amount that each urbanized area would be apportioned for fixed guideway modernization under section 5337 of this title on a pro rata basis reflecting partial fiscal year 2004 funding made available under section 5338 of this title, was repealed by Pub. L. 108–280, § 7(b),July 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 882.
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