PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 105 STAT. 2185 "(6) REVOLVING LOAN FUND. — The Secretary shall establish a bus testing revolving loan fund with amounts authorized for such purpose under paragraph (5). The Secretary shall make available as repayable advances amounts from the fund to the person described in paragraph (3) for operating and maintaining the facility.". SEC. 6022. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE. The Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1601-1621) is amended by adding after section 28 the following new section: "SEC. 29. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE. 49 USC app. "(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall make grants to Rutgers University to establish a national transit institute. The institute shall develop and administer, in cooperation with the Federal Transit Administration, State transportation departments, public transit agencies, and national and international entities, training programs of instruction for Federal, State, and local transportation employees. United States citizens, and foreign nationals engaged or to be engaged in Federal-aid transit work. Such programs may include courses in recent developments, techniques, and procedures relating to transit planning, management, environmental factors, acquisition and joint use of rights-of-way, engineering, procurement strategies for transit systems, turn-key approaches to implementing transit systems, new technologies, emission reduction technologies, means of making transit accessible to individuals with disabilities, construction, maintenance, contract administration, and inspection. The Secretary shall delegate to the institute the authority vested in the Secretary for the development and conduct of educational and training programs relating to transit. "(b) FUNDING.— Not to exceed one-half of 1 percent of all funds made available for a fiscal year beginning Eifter September 30, 1991, to a State or public transit agency in the State for carrying out sections 3 and 9 of the Federal Transit Act shall be available for expenditure by the State and public transit agencies in the State, subject to approval by the Secretary, for payment of not to exceed 80 percent of the cost of tuition and direct educational expenses in connection with the education and training of State and local transportation department employees as provided in this section. "(c) PROVISION OF TRAINING. —Education and training of Federal, State, and local transportation employees authorized by this section shall be provided— "(1) by the Secretary at no cost to the States and local governments for those subject areas which are a Federal program responsibility; or "(2) in any case where such education and training are to be paid for under subsection (b) of this section, by the State, subject to the approval of the Secretary, through grants and contracts with public and private agencies, other institutions, individuals, and the institute. "(d) FUNDING. — The Secretary shall make available in equal amounts from funds provided under section 21(c)(3) and 21(c)(4) $3,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 for carrying out this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, approval by the Secretary of a grant with funds made available under this subsection shall be deemed a
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