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 119 STAT. 1610

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

area acting with the consent of the Federal land management agency, alone or in partnership with a Federal land management agency or other governmental or nongovernmental participant. ‘‘(5) QUALIFIED PROJECT.—The term ‘qualified project’ means a planning or capital project in or in the vicinity of an eligible area that— ‘‘(A) is an activity described in section 5302(a)(1)(A), 5303, 5304, 5305, or 5309(b); ‘‘(B) involves— ‘‘(i) the purchase of rolling stock that incorporates clean fuel technology or the replacement of buses of a type in use on the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005 with clean fuel vehicles; or ‘‘(ii) the deployment of alternative transportation vehicles that introduce innovative technologies or methods; ‘‘(C) relates to the capital costs of coordinating the Federal land management agency public transportation systems with other public transportation systems; ‘‘(D) provides a nonmotorized transportation system (including the provision of facilities for pedestrians, bicycles, and nonmotorized watercraft); ‘‘(E) provides waterborne access within or in the vicinity of an eligible area, as appropriate to and consistent with this section; or ‘‘(F) is any other alternative transportation project that— ‘‘(i) enhances the environment; ‘‘(ii) prevents or mitigates an adverse impact on a natural resource; ‘‘(iii) improves Federal land management agency resource management; ‘‘(iv) improves visitor mobility and accessibility and the visitor experience; ‘‘(v) reduces congestion and pollution (including noise pollution and visual pollution); or ‘‘(vi) conserves a natural, historical, or cultural resource (excluding rehabilitation or restoration of a non-transportation facility). ‘‘(c) FEDERAL AGENCY COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.—The Secretary shall develop cooperative arrangements with the Secretary of the Interior that provide for— ‘‘(1) technical assistance in alternative transportation; ‘‘(2) interagency and multidisciplinary teams to develop Federal land management agency alternative transportation policy, procedures, and coordination; and ‘‘(3) the development of procedures and criteria relating to the planning, selection, and funding of qualified projects and the implementation and oversight of the program of projects in accordance with this section. ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, may use not more than 10 percent of the amount made available for a fiscal year under section 5338(b)(2)(J) to carry out planning, research, and technical

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