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 PUBLIC LAW 105-178—JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 359 (2) ACTION REQUIRED BY SEPTA. —This subsection shall take effect only if SEPTA issues a request for cost proposals to the 4 selectees from the full and open competition under SEPTA'S Request for Technical Proposals for Project S-2814- 2 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 3013. FORMULA GRANTS AND LOANS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL- ITIES. (a) SECTION HEADING.— Section 5310 is amended in the section heading by striking "Grants" and inserting "Formula grants". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— The item relating to section 5310 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by inserting "formula" before "grants". SEC. 3014. FORMULA PROGRAM FOR OTHER THAN URBANIZED AREAS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 5311 is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking "Financial assistance" and inserting "Formula grants"; and (2) in subsection (f)(1) by striking "10 percent of the amount made available in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. — The item relating to section 5311 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by striking "Financial assistance" and inserting "Formula grant". SEC. 3015. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND TRAIN- ING PROJECTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5312 is amended by adding at the end the following: "(d) JOINT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEPLOYMENT OF INNOVA- TION.— "(1) DEFINITION OF CONSORTIUM.— In this subsection, the term 'consortium'— "(A) means 1 or more public or private organizations located in the United States that provide mass transportation service to the public and 1 or more businesses, including small- and medium-sized businesses, incorporated in a State, offering goods or services or willing to offer goods and services to mass transportation operators; and "(B) may include, as additional members, public or private research organizations located in the United States, or State or local governmental authorities. "(2) GENERAL AUTHORITY. —The Secretary may, under terms and conditions that the Secretary prescribes, enter into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements with consortia selected in accordance with paragraph (4), to promote the early deployment of innovation in mass transportation services, management, operational practices, or technology that has broad applicability. This paragraph shall be carried out in consultation with the transit industry by competitively selected consortia that will share costs, risks, and rewards of early deployment of innovation. "(3) CONSORTIUM CONTRIBUTION.—A consortium assisted under this subsection shall provide not less than 50 percent of the costs of any joint partnership project. Any business. 59-194O-98 - 13:QL3Part1

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