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 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 355 completely with amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account). "(D) PREVIOUSLY ISSUED LETTER OF INTENT OR FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT. —This subsection does not apply to projects for which the Secretary has issued a letter of intent or entered into a full funding grant agreement before the date of enactment of the Federal Transit Act of 1998.". (f) LETTERS OF INTENT AND FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREE- MENTS.—Section 5309(g) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading by striking "FINANCING" and inserting "FUNDING"; (2) by striking "full financing" each place it appears and inserting "full funding"; (3) in paragraph (1)(B)— (A) by striking "30 days" and inserting "60 days"; (B) by inserting before the first comma "or entering into a full funding grant agreement"; and (C) by striking "issuance of the letter." and inserting "letter or agreement. The Secretary shall include with the notification a copy of the proposed letter or agreement as well as the evaluations and ratings for the project."; and (4) in paragraph (4), by striking "50 percent" and all that follows through "obligated)" and inserting "an amount equivalent to the total authorizations under section 5338(b) for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems for Hscal years 2002 and 2003". (g) ALLOCATING AMOUNTS.—Section 5309(m) is amended to read as follows: "(m) ALLOCATING AMOUNTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Of the amounts made available by or appropriated under section 5338 for grants and loans under this section for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003— [ "(A) 40 percent shall be available for fixed guideway modernization; "(B) 40 percent shall be available for capital projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems; and "(C) 20 percent shall be available to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities. "(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. —Not more than 8 percent of the amounts made available in each fiscal year by paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for activities other than final design and construction. "(3) Bus AND BUS FACILITY GRANTS.— "(A) CONSIDERATION.—In making grants under paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall consider the age of buses, bus fleets, related equipment, and bus-related facilities. "(B) FUNDING FOR BUS TESTING FACILITY. —Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)(C), $3,000,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to carry out section 5318. "(4) FUNDING FOR CLEAN FUELS. —Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)(C), $50,000,000 shall be available

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