Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 86.djvu/507

 86 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-349-JULY 13, 1972

"(c) The aggregate principal amount of obligations which may be guaranteed under this section shall not exceed $1,200,000,000; except that (1) no obligation may be guaranteed under this section if, taking into account the principal amount of that obligation, the aggregate amount of principal of outstanding obligations guaranteed under this section exceeds $900,000,000 unless the local participating governments (A) make, in accordance with agreements entered into with the Transit Authority, capital contributions to the Transit Authority for the Adopted Regional System in a total amount not le^ than 50 per centum of the amount by which the principal of such obligation causes such aggregate amount of principal to exceed $900,0(30,000, or (B) have entered into enforceable commitments with the Transit Authority to make such contributions by the end of the fiscal year in which such obligation is issued, and (2) obligations eligible for guarantees under this section which are issued solely for the purpose of refunding existing obligations previously guaranteed under this section may be guaranteed without regard to the $1,200,000,000 limitation. "(d) The interest on any obligation of the Transit Authority issued after the date of the enactment of this section shall be included in gross income for the purposes of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (C

465 Limitations.

68A Stat. 5.

26 USC 1.

REIMBURSEMENT FOR INTEREST AND RELATED COSTS

"SEC. 10. The Secretary of Transportation shall make periodic payments to the Transit Authority upon request therefor by the Transit Authority in such amounts as may be necessary to equal one-fourth of the total of the— " (1) net interest cost, and " (2) fees, commissions, and other costs of issuance, which the Secretary determines the Transit Authority incurred on its obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this section. ((AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION

"SEC. 11. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation such amounts as may be necessary to enable him to discharge his responsibilities under guarantees issued by him under section 9 and to make the payments to the Transit Authority in accordance with section 10. Amounts appropriated under this section shall be available without fiscal year limitation. "(b) If at any time the moneys available to the Secretary of Trans- Notes or obiigations, '"'"""'=•'• portation are insufficient to enable him to discharge his responsibilities *'""'' issuance. under guarantees issued by him under section 9 or to make payments to the Transit Authority m accordance with section 10, he shall issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such forms and denominations, bearing such maturities, and subject to such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Redemption of such notes or obligations shall be made by the Secretary of Transportation from appropriations available under subsection (a) of this section. Such notes or other obligations shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities during the month preceding the issuance of the notes or other obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase any notes or other obligations issued hereunder and for that purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act and the purposes ^° f,T^\l^^' for which securities may be issued under that Act are extended to 31 '""^""''' ^' u s e 774. include any purchase of such notes or obligations. The Secretary of

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