118 STAT. 3211 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 for such fiscal year revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day before the enact ment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under section 1015 of the Inter modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation limitation shall apply to transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, except that obligation authority made available for such programs under such limitation shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years. (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation limita tion under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds: (1) that are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal aid highways programs (other than the program under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, and highway related programs under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States shall be made in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code. (f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obliga tions for Federal aid highway and highway safety construction pro grams for future fiscal years. SEC. 111. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal aid highways and highway safety construction. SEC. 112. Of the funds made available to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics in fiscal year 2005, $400,000 shall be available to administer section 5402 of title 39, United States Code. SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, item number 89 is amended by striking ‘‘Construct I–495/Route 2 interchange east of existing interchange to provide access to commuter rail station, Littleton’’ and inserting ‘‘Ayer commuter rail station improvements, land acquisition and parking improve ments’’. Deadline.
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