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 108 STAT. 800 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 for Federal Procurement Policy, the Secretary decides the system provides for competitive procurement. Approval of a system under this subsection does not relieve a recipient of the duty to certify under subsection (d)(1)(E) of this section. (m) OPERATING FERRIES OUTSIDE URBANIZED AREAS.—A vessel used in ferryboat operations financed under section 5336 of this title that is part of a State-operated ferry system may be operated occasionally outside the urbanized area in which service is provided to accommodate periodic maintenance if existing ferry service is not reduced significantly by operating outside the area. (n) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—(1) Section 1001 of title 18 applies to a certificate or submission under this section. The Secretary may end a grant under this section and seek reimbursement, directly or by offsetting amounts available under section 5336 of this title, when a false or fraudulent statement or related act within the meaning of section 1001 is made in connection with a certification or submission. (2) Sections 5302, 5318, 5323(a)(1), (d), and (f), 5332, and 5333 of this title apply to this section and to a grant made under this section. Except as provided in this section, no other provision of this chapter applies to this section or to a grant made under this section. § 5308. Mass Transit Account block grants (a) GENERAL AUTHORITY. —The Secretary of Transportation may make grants under this section to be used only for capital projects (including capital maintenance items). (b) APPLICATION OF OTHER SECTIONS.— (1) Sections 5307(a)- (d), (h)-(l), and (n) and 5336(a)-(c), (f), (g), and (j) of this title apply to amounts made available under section 5338(a) of this title to carry out this section. (2) Sections 5307(e) and 5336(d) of this title apply to grants under this section. §5309. Discretionary grants and loans (a) GENERAL AUTHORITY. —The Secretary of Transportation may make grants and loans under this section to assist State and local governmental authorities in financing— (1) capital projects for new fixed guideway systems, and extensi(ms to existing fixed guideway systems, including the acquisition of real property, the initial acquisition of rolling ^i. "• stock for the systems, alternatives analysis related to the development of the systems, and the acquisition of rights of way, and relocation, for fixed guideway corridor development for "^ projects in the advanced stages of alternatives analysis or preliminary engineering; (2) capital projects, including property and improvements (except public highways other than fixed guideway facilities), needed for an efficient and coordinated mass transportation • 7 system; (3) the capital costs of coordinating mass transportation with other transportation; (4) the introduction of new technology, through innovative and improved products, into mass transportation; (5) transportation projects that enhance urban economic development or incorporate private investment, including commercial and residential development, because the projects—

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