12 2 STA T . 1 605PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 4 4 —J U NE 6 , 200 8(2)FUT U RES TR A TE GICH IGH W A Y RESEARCH P R O GRA M.—Sec-tion5 2 10 o fsu c hA ct (11 9 St a t.1 8 0 4 )isa m en d ed— (A) by st r i k in g subsection (c)
and ( B ) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). (c) C O N TRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made a v ai l able under this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds w ere a p portioned under chapter 1 of title 2 3,U nited States Code, e x cept that the Federal share shall be determined under section 510(f) of that title. (d) APP L ICA B ILITY O FO BLIGATION L IMITATION.—Funds made available under this section shall be sub j ect to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc- tion programs under section 1102 the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, E fficient T ransportation E q uity Act
A Legacy for Users (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 119 Stat. 115 7 ) or any other Act. (e) E Q UITY BONUS FORMULA.— N otwithstanding any other provi- sion of law, in allocating funds for the equity bonus program under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Secretary of Transportation shall make the required calculations under that section as if this section had not been enacted. (f) FUN D ING FOR R ESEARCH ACTI V ITIES.—Of the amount made available by section 5101(a)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1779)— (1) at least $ 1,000,000 shall be made available for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out section 502(h) of title 23, United States Code; and (2) at least $4,900,000 shall be made available for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out section 502(i) of that title. (g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—Section 502 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the first subsection (h), relating to infrastructure investment needs reports beginning with the report for J anuary 31, 1999. (2) ADVANCED TRAVEL FORECASTING PROCEDURES PRO- GRAM.—Section 5512(a)(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1829) is amended by striking ‘ ‘ P ROGRAM APPRECIATION.— ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM APPLICATION.—’’. (3) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—Section 550 6 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (A) in subsection (c)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘tier’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier’’; (B) in subsection (i)— (i) by striking ‘‘ I n order to’’ and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to’’; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Nothing in paragraph (1) requires a nonprofit institution of higher learning designated as a Tier II university transportation center to maintain total expendi- tures as described in paragraph (1) in excess of the amount of the grant awarded to the institution.’’; and (C) in subsection (k)(3) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to carry out this section’’ 23USC1 3 5note.
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