118 STAT. 308 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That up to $300,000 of the funds provided under this heading may be used by the Federal Transit Administration for technical assistance and support and performance reviews of the Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants program: Provided further, That $20,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be transferred to and merged with funds for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus related facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’: Provided further, That $2,331,545 in unobligated balances made available in Public Law 106–69 and $2,182,937 in unobligated balances made available in Public Law 106–346 to carry out section 3037 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall be transferred to and merged with funds for new fixed guideway systems under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’. GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made avail able by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2006, and other recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309. SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2003, under any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure may be transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. SEC. 163. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels and facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facilities, including both the passenger and vehicle related elements of such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities: Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used by the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger ferryboat services demonstration project to test the viability of different intra island and inter island ferry boat routes and technology: Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5302(a)(7), funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats may be used to acquire passenger ferry boats and to provide passenger ferry transportation services within areas of the State of Hawaii under the control or use of the National Park Service. SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available to the Colorado Roaring Fork Transportation Authority under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital invest ment grants’’ in Public Laws 106–69 and 106–346 shall be available for expenditure on park and ride lots in Carbondale and Glenwood Springs, Colorado as part of the Roaring Fork Valley Bus Rapid Transit project. 49 USC 5338 note.
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