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PUBLIC LAW 109–115—NOV. 30, 2005 Washington County Commuter Rail Project, Oregon, $15,000,000. West Corridor Light Rail, Colorado, $5,000,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

49 USC 5338 note.

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SEC. 140. The limitations on obligations for the programs of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2008, and other recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309. SEC. 142. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2005, under any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure may be transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. SEC. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds made available for a new fixed guideway systems projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in any appropriations Act prior to this Act may be used during this fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. SEC. 144. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels and facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facilities, including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities: Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used by the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger ferryboat services demonstration project to test the viability of different intraisland and inter-island ferry boat routes and technology: Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5302(a)(7), funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats may be used to acquire passenger ferry boats and to provide passenger ferry transportation services within areas of the State of Hawaii under the control or use of the National Park Service. SEC. 145. Amounts made available from the bus category of the Capital Investment Grants Account or Discretionary Grants Account in this or any other previous Appropriations Act that remain unobligated or unexpended in a grant for a multimodal transportation facility in Burlington, Vermont, may be used for site-preparation and design purposes of a multimodal transportation facility in a different location within Burlington, Vermont, than originally intended notwithstanding previous expenditures incurred such purposes at the original location. SEC. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds designated in the conference report accompanying Public Law 108– 447 and Public Law 108–199 for the King County Metro Park and Ride on First Hill, Seattle, Washington, shall be available

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