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80 Stat. 403. 5 USC 1501.

78 Stat. 302. 49 USC 1601 note. 49 USC 1602.

PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973

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becomes a contractual obligation of the United States. No general funds shall be obligated under authority of this paragraph after June 30, 1981. No nonhighway public mass transit project shall be approved under this paragraph unless the Secretary has received assurances satisfactory to him from the State that public mass transportation systems will fully utilize the proposed project. The provision of assistance under this paragraph shall not be construed as bringing within the application of chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, any nonsupervisory employee of an urban mass transportation system (or of any other agency or entity performing related functions) to whom such chapter is otherwise inapplicable. Funds available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of this paragraph shall be supplementary to and not in substitution for funds authorized and available for obligation pursuant to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended. The provisions of section 3(e)(4) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, shall apply in carrying out this paragraph." rUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION STUDIES

Evaluation.

Report to Congress. Tax revenues, study.

Appropriation.

SEC. 138. (a) The Secretary shall, in cooperation with the Governor of each State and appropriate local officials, make an evaluation of that portion of the 1972 National Transportation Report, pertaining to public mass transportation. Such evaluation shall include all urban areas. The evaluation shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) I^etining the public mass transportation needs contained in such report. (2) Developing a program to accomplish the needs of each urban area for public mass transportation. (3) Analyzing the existing funding capabilities of Federal, State, and local governments for meeting such needs. (4) Analyzing other funding capabilities of Federal, State, and local governments for meeting such needs. (5) Determining the operating and maintenance costs relating to the public mass transportation system. (6) Determining and comparing fare structures of all public mass transportation systems. The Secretar}^ shall, not later than July 1, 1974, report to Congress the results of this evaluation together with his recommendations for necessary legislation. (b) The Secretary shall conduct a study of revenue mechanisms, including a tax on fuels used in the provision of urban mass transportation service, and an additional gasoline tax imposed in urban areas, which could be used now or in the future to finance transportation activities receiving financial assistance from the Highway Trust Fund. Such study shall include an analysis of the magnitude of the various potential sources of user tax revenues, the rates at which such taxes could be levied (including possible differential rates), the mechanisms for collection of such taxes, the incidence of such taxes, and the potential impact on transit usage caused by such taxes. The Secretary shall report to the Congress the findings of his studj?^ by no later than the 180th day after the date of enactment of this section. (c) There is hereby auhorized not to exceed $10,000,000 to carry out this section. FERRY OPERATIONS

84 Stat. 1736.

SEC. 139. (a) The last subsection of section 129 of title 23, United States Code, is hereby redesignated as subsection (g).

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