An Act to amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
PL 89-562 (S.3700), enacted 09/08/1966

80 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-562-SEPT. 8, 1966 
715 
or exchange, and (2) presently authorized assistance from power to 
irrigation at projects in the Pacific Northwest existing and authorized 
prior to the date of enactment of this subsection. 
" (c) On December 20, 1974, and thereafter at intervals coinciding 
with anniversary dates of Federal Power Commission general review 
of the rates and charges of the Bonneville Power Administration, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall recommend to the Congress any changes 
in the dollar limitations herein placed upon financial assistance to 
Pacific Northwest reclamation projects that he believes justified by 
changes in the cost-price levels existing on July 1, 1966, or by other 
relevant changes of circumstances." 
Approved September 7, 1966. 
Financial assist-
ance, limitations. 
Re commendations 
for changes. 
Public Law 89-562 
AN A C T 
To amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
September 8, 1966 
[S. 37 00] 
AUTHORIZATION 
SECTION 1. (a) The first sentence of section 4(b) of the Urban Mass 
Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by striking out "$150,000,000 
for fiscal year 1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "$150,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 1967,1968, and 1969". 
(b) Section 6(b) of such Act (redesignated section 6(c) by section 
3 of this Act) is amended by striking out "and to $30,000,000 on July 1, 
1966" and inserting in lieu thereof "to $30,000,000 on July 1, 1966, to 
$40,000,000 on July 1,1967, and to $50,000,000 on July 1,1968". 
Urban Mass 
Transportation Act 
of 1964, amend-
ment. 
78 Stat. 304. 
49 u s e 1603. 
78 Stat. 305; 
79 Stat. 47 5. 
49 u s e 160 5. 
ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN TECHNICAL STUDIES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS 
SEC. 2. (a) The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 9 through 12 as sections 12 
49usci608-
through 15, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 8 the following new sections: 
u 
GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL 
STUDIES 
"SEC. 9. The Secretary is authorized to make grants to States and 
local public bodies and agencies tliereof for the planning, engineering, 
and designing of urban mass transportation projects, and for other 
technical studies, to be included, or proposed to be included, in a pro-
gram (completed or under active preparation) for a unified or officially 
coordinated urban transportation system as a part of the comprehen-
sively planned development of the urban area. 
Activities assisted 
under this section may include (1) studies relating to management, 
operations, capital requirements, and economic feasibility; (2) prep-
aration of engineering and architectural surveys, plans, and specifica-
tions; and (3) other similar or related activities preliminary and in 
preparation for the construction, acquisition, or improved operation 
of mass transportation systems, facilities, and equipment. A grant 
under this section sliall be made in accordance with criteria established 
l)y the Secretary and shall not exceed two-thirds of the cost of carrying 
out the activities for which the grant is made. 
78 Stat. 304. 
49 u s e 1603. 
716 
PUBLIC LAW 89-562-SEPT. 8, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
"GRANTS FOR MANAGERIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 10. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to States, 
local bodies, and agencies thereof to provide fellowships for training 
of personnel employed in managerial, technical, and professional 
positions in the urban mass transportation field. Fellowships shall 
be for not more than one year of advanced training in public or private 
nonprofit institutions of higher education offering programs of grad-
uate study in business or public administration, or in other fields having 
application to the urban mass transportation industry. 
The State, 
local body, or agency receiving a grant under this section shall select 
persons for such fellowships on the basis of demonstrated ability and 
for the contribution which they can reasonably be expected to make 
to an efficient mass transportation operation. Not more than one hun-
dred fellowships shall be awarded in any year. The grant assistance 
under this section toward each such fellowship shall not exceed 
$12,000, nor 75 per centum of the sum of (1) tuition and other charges 
to the fellowship recipient, (2) any additional costs incurred by the 
educational institution in connection with the fellowship and billed 
to the grant recipient, and (3) the regular salary of the fellowship 
recipient for the period of the fellowship (to the extent that salary 
is actually paid or reimbursed by the grant recipient). 
"(b) Not more than 121/^ per centum of the fellowships authorized 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be awarded for the training of em-
ployees of mass transportation companies in any one State. 
"(c) The Secretary may make available to finance grants under this 
section not to exceed $1,500,000 per annum of the grant funds appro-
priated pursuant to section 4(b). 
"GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION 
PROBLEMS 
"SEC. 11. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to public 
and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning to assist in estab-
lishing or carrying on comprehensive research in the problems of 
transportation in urban areas. 
Such grants shall be used to conduct 
competent and qualified research and investigations into the theoreti-
cal or practical problems of urban transportation, or both, and to 
provide for the training of persons to carry on further research or to 
obtain employment in private or public organizations which plan, 
construct, operate, or manage urban transportation systems. 
Such 
research and investigations may include, without being limited to, the 
design and functionmg of urban mass transit systems; the design and 
functioning of urban roads and highways; the interrelationship be-
tween various modes of urban and interurban transportation; the role 
of transportation planning in overall urban planning; public pref-
erences in transportation; the economic allocation of transportation 
resources; and the legal, financial, engineering, and esthetic aspects 
of urban transportation. 
In making such grants the Secretary shall 
give preference to institutions of higher learning that undertake such 
research and training by bringing together knowledge and expertise 
in the various social science and technical disciplines that relate to 
urban transportation problems. 
"(b) The Secretary may make available to finance grants under 
this section not to exceed $3,000,000 per annum of the grant funds 
appropriated pursuant to section 4(b)." 
(b) Such Act is further amended— 
160^2^^^ ^^°'' 
(1) by striking out "section 10(c)" in section 3(c) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "section 13 (c)"; and 
49 use 1609. 
(2) by striking out "under this Act" in section 13(c) (as 
redesignated by subsection (a)) and inserting in lieu thereof 
"under section 3 of this Act". 
80 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-562-SEPT. 8, 1966 
717 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT 
SEC. 3. Section 6 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is 
^^ "^^ ^^°^' 
amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) 
and (d), and by adding after subsection (a) a new subsection as 
follows: 
"(b) The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Commerce, undertake a project to study and prepare a program of 
research, development, and demonstration of new systems of urban 
transportation that will carry people and goods within metropolitan 
areas speedily, safely, without polluting the air, and in a manner 
that wnll contribute to sound city planning. 
The program shall (1) 
concern itself with all aspects of new systems of urban transportation 
for metropolitan areas of various sizes, including technological, finan-
cial, economic, governmental, and social aspects; (2) take into ac-
count the most advanced available technologies and materials; and 
(3) provide national leadership to efforts of States, localities, private 
industry, universities, and foundations. 
The Secretary shall report 
Rep°rt to 
his findings and recommendations to the President, for submission 
to the Congress, as rapidly as possible and in any event not later than 
eighteen months after the effective date of this subsection."' 
STATE LIMITATION 
SEC. 4. Section 15 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 
^ Jt^^- 3
;
?
»
8
-
(as redesignated by section 2 of this Act) is amended by striking out 
the period and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ": 
Provided, 
That the Secretary may, without regard to such limitation, enter into 
contracts for grants under section 3 aggregating not to exceed $12,500,-
000 (subject to the total authorization provided in section 4(b)) with 
'^^ ^sc leoa. 
local public bodies and agencies in States where more than two-thirds 
of the maximum grants permitted in the respective State under this 
section has been obligated." 
Approved September 8, 1966. 
65-300 0-67—48