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PUBLIC LAW 91-453-OCT. 15, 1970

[84 STAT.

TITLE XIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS separability.

gEc. 1301. If the provisioHS of Mij part of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be held invalid, the provisions of the other parts and their application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Approved October 15, 1970.

Public Law 91-453 October 15, 1970 [S.3154]

Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1970.

78 Stat. 3 0 2. 49 USC 1601 note.

Federal financial a s s i s t 78 Stat. 3 0 3.

Grants and loans.

Eligible f a c i l i t i e s and equipment.

AN ACT To provide long-term financing for expanded urban mass transportation programs, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress finds that the rapid urbanization and the continued dispersal of population and activities within urban areas has made the ability of all citizens to move quickly and at a reasonable cost an urgent national problem; that it is imperative, if efficient, safe, and convenient transportation compatible with soundly planned urban areas is to be achieved, to continue and expand the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964; and that success will require a Federal commitment for the expenditure of at least $10,000,000,000 over a twelve-year period to permit confident and continuing local planning, and greater flexibility in program administration. I t is the purpose of this Act to create a partnership which permits the local community, through Federal financial assistance, to exercise the initiative necessary to satisfy its urban mass transportation requirements. SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1602), is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and (2) by striking out subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in lieu thereof subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), as follows: " (a) The Secretary is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and on such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to make grants or loans (directly, through the purchase of securities or equipment trust certificates, or otherwise) to assist States and local public bodies and agencies thereof in financing the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, and improvement of facilities and equipment for use, by operation or lease or otherwise, in mass transportation service in urban areas and in coordinating such service with highway and other transportation in such areas. Eligible facilities and equipment may include land (but not public highways), buses and other rolling stock, and other real and personal property needed for an efficient and coordinated mass transportation system. No grant or loaoi shall be provided under this section unless the Secretary deter-, mines that the applicant has or will have—

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