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 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 817 Transportation and Industrial Productivity at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. (4) The Secretary shall make grants to the University of Arkansas to establish a national rural transportation center. The center shall conduct research, training, and technology transfer activities in the development, management, and operation of intermodal transportation systems in rural areas. (5)(A) The Secretary shall make grants to the University of Idaho to establish a National Center for Advanced Transportation Technology. The Center shall be established and operated in partnership with private industry and shall conduct industry-driven research and development activities that focus on transportationrelated manufacturing and engineering processes, materials, and equipment. (B) The Secretary shall make grants to the University of Idaho to plan, design, and construct a building in which to conduct the research and development activities of the Center. (C) Amounts authorized by section 5338(e)(2) of this title may be obligated in the same way as amounts apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23 (except that the Government share of the cost of the activities conducted under this paragraph is 80 percent and the amounts remain available until expended) and are not subject to an obligational limitation. (D) A grant made under this paragraph is not subject to the requirements of this section (except this paragraph). (c) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall provide for coordinating research, education, training, and technology transfer activities that grant recipients carry out under this section, the dissemination of the results of the research, and the establishment and operation of a clearinghouse between the centers and the transportation industry. At least annually, the Secretary shall review and evaluate programs the grant recipients carry out. The Secretary may use not more than one percent of amounts made available from Government sources to carry out this section to carry out this subsection. (d) OBLIGATION CEILING. — Amounts authorized to carry out this section (except subsection (b)(3)) are subject to obligational limitations established under section 1002 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240, 105 Stat. 1916). (e) AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVI- TIES.— At least 5 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section in a fiscal year are available to carry out technology transfer activities. (f) ALLOCATION AMONG GOVERNMENT REGIONS. —The Secretary shall allocate amounts available to carry out this section equitably among the Government regions. § 5318. Bus testing facility (a) ESTABLISHMENT.-— The Secretary of Transportation shall establish one facility for testing a new bus model for maintainability, reliability, safety, performance (including braking performance), structural integrity, fuel economy, emissions, and noise. The facility shall be established by renovating a facility built with assistance of the United States Government to train rail personnel. (b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. —The Secretary shall make a contract with a qualified person to operate and maintain the University of Arkansas. University of Idaho. Business and industry. Contracts.

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