Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/1623

 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

119 STAT. 1605

‘‘(B) may be derived from amounts appropriated to or made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation. ‘‘(4) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—For purposes of paragraph (3)(B), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal or State funds to be used for transportation purposes. ‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—A recipient carrying out a program of operating assistance under this section may not limit the level or extent of use of the Government grant for the payment of operating expenses. ‘‘(i) PROGRAM EVALUATION.— ‘‘(1) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Beginning one year after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005, and every 2 years thereafter, the Comptroller General shall— ‘‘(A) conduct a study to evaluate the grant program authorized by this section; and ‘‘(B) transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report describing the results of the study under subparagraph (A). ‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005, the Secretary shall— ‘‘(A) conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the grant program authorized by this section and the effectiveness of recipients making grants to subrecipients under this section; and ‘‘(B) transmit to the committees referred to in paragraph (1)(B) a report describing the results of the study under subparagraph (A).’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5315 the following:

Deadline.

Reports.

‘‘5316. Job access and reverse commute formula grants.’’.

(c) REPEAL.—Effective October 1, 2005, section 3037 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5309 note; 112 Stat. 387) is repealed.

49 USC 5309 note.

SEC. 3019. NEW FREEDOM PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 is amended by inserting after section 5316 the following: ‘‘§ 5317. New freedom program ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions apply: ‘‘(1) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘recipient’ means a designated recipient (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) and a State that receives a grant under this section directly. ‘‘(2) SUBRECIPIENT.—The term ‘subrecipient’ means a State or local governmental authority, nonprofit organization, or operator of public transportation services that receives a grant under this section indirectly through a recipient.

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