PUBLIC LAW 95-599—NOV. 6, 1978
92 STAT. 2739
applicant, made under authority of this Act; (2) the balance as of the last day of each quarter of the unobligated, uncommitted, and unreserved apportionments made under this Act; (3) the balance of imobligated, uncommitted, and unreserved sums available for expenditure at the discretion of the Secretary under this Act as of the end of such quarter; (4) a listing of letters of intent issued; and (5) a status report on all outstanding letters of intent. "(2) On or before October 1, 1979, the Secretary shall report to Congress on authorization requests for sections 3 and 5 of this Act Ante, p. 2735, for fiscal years 1981 through 1984. On or before October 1, 1981, the infra. Secretary shall report to Congress on authorization requests for sections 3 and 5 of this Act for fiscal years 1983 through 1986. Such authorization requests shall contain a description and analysis of the methods used and the assumptions relied upon by the Secretary. "(i) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to States and local Grants. public bodies, using sums available pursuant to section 4(c)(3)(A) of this section, for projects for the deployment of innovative techniques and methods in the management and operation of public transportatation services. In each fiscal year grants for any one State shall not exceed twelve and one-half per centum of the funds available for the purposes of this subsection." URBAN MASS TRANSIT PROGRAM
SEC. 304. (a) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 5 of the Urban Funds, apportionment. Mass Transportation Act of 1964 are amended to read as follows: "(a)(1)(A) To make grants for construction or operating assist- 49 USC 1604. ance purposes under this subsection, the Secretary shall apportion for expenditure in fiscal years 1975 through 1980 the sums authorized by subsection (c)(1) of this section and appropriated pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of this section. For subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary shall apportion the sums appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. Such sums shall be made available for expenditure in urbanized areas or parts thereof on the basis of a formula under which urbanized areas or parts thereof will be entitled to receive an amount equal to the sum of— "(i) one-half of the total amount so apportioned multiplied by the ratio which the population of such urbanized area or part thereof, as designated by the Bureau of Census, bears to the total population of all the urbanized areas in all the States as shown by the latest available Federal census; and "(ii) one-half of the total amount so apportioned multiplied by a ratio for that urbanized area determined on the basis of population weighted by a factor of density, as determined by the Secretary. As used in this section, the term 'density' means the number of inhabi- "Density." tants per square mile. "(B) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of Appropriation this paragraph, $900,000,000 in each fiscal year for the fiscal years authorization. ending September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982. "(2)(A) To make grants for construction or operating assistance purposes under this subsection, the Secretary shall apportion for expenditure in each fiscal year the sums appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. "(i) Eighty-five per centum of such sums shall be made available for expenditure in only those urbanized areas or parts thereof with
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