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 112 STAT. 216 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 Riverside County line may be credited toward the State matching share for any Federal-aid project beginning construction after the SR-91 toll road was opened to traffic; and (2) private expenditures for the future SR-125 toll road in San Diego County, California, from SR-905 to San Miguel Road may be credited against the State match share for Federal-aid highway projects beginning after SR-125 is opened to traffic. (j) TOLLS ON PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no tolls shall be collected during the 6- year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for travel either entering Bedford and exiting Breezewood, Pennsylvania, or entering Breezewood and exiting Bedford. (k) ViCKSBURG AND JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.— Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds authorized by this Act (including amendments made by this Act) for transportation projects in the State of Mississippi may be used for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, or rehabilitating rail lines in the vicinity of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi. SEC. 1218. MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 321 the following: ment program "(a) DEFINITIONS. —In this section, the following definitions apply: "(1) ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS. —The term 'eligible project costs'— "(A) means the capital cost of the fixed guideway infrastructure of a MAGLEV project, including land, piers, guideways, propulsion equipment and other components attached to guideways, power distribution facilities (including substations), control and communications facilities, access roads, and storage, repair, and maintenance facilities, but not including costs incurred for a new station; and "(B) includes the costs of preconstruction planning activities. "(2) FULL PROJECT COSTS.— The term 'full project costs' means the total capital costs of a MAGLEV project, including eligible project costs and the costs of stations, vehicles, and equipment. "(3) MAGLEV.—The term 'MAGLEV means transportation systems employing magnetic levitation that would be capable of safe use by the public at a speed in excess of 240 miles per hour or under 50 miles per hour. "(4) PARTNERSHIP POTENTIAL. —The term 'partnership potential' has the meaning given the term in the commercial feasibility study of high-speed ground transportation conducted under section 1036 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1978). "(b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—
 * § 322. Magnetic levitation transportation technology deploy-

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