112 STAT. 388 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 welfare benefits, will increase the likelihood of those workers getting and keeping jobs; and (9) many residents of cities and rural areas would like to take advantage of mass transit to gain access to suburban employment opportunities. (b) DEFINITIONS. —In this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ELIGIBLE LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL.—The term "eligible low-income individual" means an individual whose family income is at or below 150 percent of the poverty line (as that term is defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), including any revision required by that section) for a family of the size involved. (2) ELIGIBLE PROJECT AND RELATED TERMS. — (A) IN GENERAL.— The term "eligible project" means an access to jobs priaject or a reverse commute project. (B) ACCESS TO JOBS PROJECT.—The term "access to jobs project" means a project relating to the development of transportation services designed to transport welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals to and from jobs and activities related to their employment. The Secretary may make access to jobs grants for— (i) capital projects and to finance operating costs of equipment, facilities, and associated capital maintenance items related to providing access to jobs under this section; (ii) promoting the use of transit by workers with nontraditional work schedules; (iii) promoting the use by appropriate agencies of transit vouchers for welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals under specific terms and conditions developed by the Secretary; and (iv) promoting the use of employer-provided transportation, including the transit pass benefit program under section 132 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (C) REVERSE COMMUTE PROJECT.—The term "reverse commute project" means a project related to the development of transportation services designed to transport residents of urban areas, urbanized areas, and areas other than urbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities, including any project to— (i) subsidize the costs associated with adding reverse commute bus, train, carpool, van routes, or service from urban areas, urbanized areas, and areas other than urbanized areas, to suburban workplaces; (ii) subsidize the purchase or lease by a nonprofit organization or public agency of a van or bus dedicated to shuttling employees from their residences to a suburban workplace; or (iii) otherwise facilitate the provision of mass transportation services to suburban employment opportunities. (3) EXISTING TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROVIDERS.—The term "existing transportation service providers" means mass
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