110 STAT. 2964
PUBLIC LAW 104-205—SEPT. 30, 1996
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS
For necessary expenses for university transportation centers
as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5317(b), to remain available until
expended, $6,000,000.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as
authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5311, 5313, 5314, and 5315, to
remain available until expended, $85,500,000, of which $39,500,000
shall be for activities under Metropolitan Planning (49 U.S.C. 5303);
$4,500,000 for activities under Rural Transit Assistance (49 U.S.C.
5311(b)(2)); $8,250,000 for activities under State Planning and
Research (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); $22,000,000 for activities under
National Planning and Research (49 U.S.C. 5314); $8,250,000 for
activities under Transit Cooperative Research (49 U.S.C. 5313(a));
and $3,000,000 for National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315).
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
5338(a), $1,920,000,000, to remain available until expended and
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That
$1,920,000,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of
the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration's
formula grants account.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which
are in excess of $1,900,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 for grants under
the contract authority in 49 U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That there
shall be available for fixed guideway modernization, $760,000,000;
there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and
purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction
of bus-related facilities, $380,000,000; and, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, except for fixed guideway modernization
projects, $8,890,000 made available under Public Law 102-240 and
Public Law 102-143 under "Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary Grants" for projects specified in those Acts or identified
in reports accompanying those Acts, not obligated by September
30, 1996; together with, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, $744,000 funds made available for the "New Bedford and
Fall River Massachusetts commuter rail extension" under Public
Law 103-331; together with, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, $47,322,000 funds made available for the "Chicago Central
Area Circulator Project" in Public Law 103-122 and Public Law
103-331, shall be made available for new fixed guideway systems
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