Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/340

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118 STAT. 310 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, Public Law 107–87, under ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’, in the amount of $400,000 shall be available for obligation for the replace ment, rehabilitation, or purchase of buses or related equipment, or the construction of bus related facilities: Provided, That this amount shall be in addition to the amount available in fiscal year 2002 for these purposes. SEC. 168. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of calculating the non New Starts share of the total project cost of both phases of San Francisco Muni’s Third Street Light Rail Transit project for fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of Transpor tation shall include all non New Starts contributions made towards Phase 1 of the two phase project for engineering, final design and construction, and also shall allow non New Starts funds expended on one element or phase of the project to be used to meet the non New Starts share requirement of any element or phase of the project: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act for the San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail Transit Project shall be obligated if the Federal Transit Administra tion determines that the project is found to be ‘‘not recommended’’ after evaluation and computation of revised transportation system user benefit data. SEC. 169. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in Public Law 105–277 for the Cleveland Berea Red Line Extension to the Hopkins International Airport project may be used for the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project. SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds designated to the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) on pages 1305 through 1307 of the Joint Explanatory State ment of the Committee of Conference for Public Law 108–7 may be available to CTAA for any project or activity authorized under section 3037 of Public Law 105–178 upon receipt of an application. SEC. 171. After the last section of the Federal Transit Act, 49 U.S.C. chapter 53, add the following section: ‘‘SEC. 3042. UTAH TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. ‘‘(a) COORDINATION.—FTA and FHWA are directed to work with the Utah Transit Authority and the Utah Department of Transportation to coordinate the development regional commuter rail and the northern segment of I–15 reconstruction located in the Wasatch Front corridor extending from Brigham City to Payson, Utah. Coordination includes integration of preliminary engineering and design, a simplified method for allocating project costs among eligible FTA and FHWA funding sources, and a unified accounting and audit process. ‘‘(b) GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING.—For purposes of determining and allocating the nongovernmental and governmental share of costs, the following projects comprise a related program of projects: regional commuter rail, the TRAX light rail system, TRAX exten sions to the Medical Center and to the Gateway Intermodal Center, and the northern segment of I–15 reconstruction. The governmental share of project costs appropriated from the section 5309 New Start program shall conform to the share specified in the extension or reauthorization of TEA21.’’. SEC. 172. Funds apportioned to the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority to carry out section 5307 of title 49,