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 Ill STAT. 1436 PUBLIC LAW 105-66—OCT. 27, 1997 1, 1998: Provided further. That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle operators for any officer or employee, other than the president of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger motor vehicles for those officers or employees while in official travel status. FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, $45,738,000: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the execution of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, in an aggregate amount that exceeds $15,000,000. FORMULA GRANTS For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5310(a)(2), 5311, and 5336, to remain available until expended, $240,000,000: Provided, That no more than $2,500,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further. That of the funds provided under this heading for formula grants, no more than $150,000,000 may be used for operating assistance under 49 U.S.C. 5336(d): Provided further. That the limitation on operating assistance provided under this heading shall, for urbanized areas of less than 200,000 in population, be no less than 75 percent of the £unount of operating assistance such areas are eligible to receive under Public Law 103-331: Provided further. That in the distribution of the limitation provided under this heading to urbanized areas that had a population under the 1990 census of 1,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall direct each such area to give priority consideration to the impact of reductions in operating assistance on smaller transit authorities operating within the area and to consider the needs and resources of such transit authorities when the limitation is distributed among all transit authorities operating in the area. 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, $92,000,000, 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)); $36,750,000 for activities including National Planning and Research (49 U.S.C. 5314 and 5313(a)); and $3,000,000 for National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315).

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