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 110 STAT. 2964 PUBLIC LAW 104-205—SEPT. 30, 1996 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS For necessary expenses for university transportation centers as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5317(b), to remain available until expended, $6,000,000. TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5311, 5313, 5314, and 5315, to remain available until expended, $85,500,000, of which $39,500,000 shall be for activities under Metropolitan Planning (49 U.S.C. 5303); $4,500,000 for activities under Rural Transit Assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $8,250,000 for activities under State Planning and Research (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); $22,000,000 for activities under National Planning and Research (49 U.S.C. 5314); $8,250,000 for activities under Transit Cooperative Research (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)); and $3,000,000 for National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315). TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5338(a), $1,920,000,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $1,920,000,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration's formula grants account. DISCRETIONARY GRANTS (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $1,900,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 for grants under the contract authority in 49 U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That there shall be available for fixed guideway modernization, $760,000,000; there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, $380,000,000; and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for fixed guideway modernization projects, $8,890,000 made available under Public Law 102-240 and Public Law 102-143 under "Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary Grants" for projects specified in those Acts or identified in reports accompanying those Acts, not obligated by September 30, 1996; together with, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $744,000 funds made available for the "New Bedford and Fall River Massachusetts commuter rail extension" under Public Law 103-331; together with, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $47,322,000 funds made available for the "Chicago Central Area Circulator Project" in Public Law 103-122 and Public Law 103-331, shall be made available for new fixed guideway systems

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