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reservation roads and bridges, of a fair and equitable share of funds apportioned to such State under section 104 of this title." (d) No funds appropriated under the expanded definition of this section shall be expended without the formal consent of the governing body of the tribe band or group of Indians or Alaskan Natives for whose use the Indian reservation roads and bridges are intended. RURAL H I G H W A Y P U B L I C TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

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^^^- ^^^- Section 147 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 is amended to read as follows: " (a) To encourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating vehicles on highways for transportation of passengers within rural areas and small urban areas, and between such areas and urbanized areas, in order to enhance access of rural populations to employment, health care, retail centers, Appropriations, education, and public services, there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, of which $50,000,000 shall be out of the Highway Trust Fund, to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out demonstration projects for public mass transportation on highways in rural areas and small urban areas. Projects eligible for Federal funds under this section shall include highway traffic control devices, the construction of passenger loading areas and facilities, including shelters, fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities to serve bus and other public mass transportation passengers, the purchase of passenger equipment other than rolling stock for fixed rail, and the payment from the General Fund for operating expenses incurred as a result of providing such service. To the extent intercity bus service is provided under the program, preference shall be given to private bus operators who lawfully have provided rural highway passenger transportation over the routes or within the general area of the demonstration project. "(b) Prior to the obligation of any funds for a demonstration project under this section, the Secretary shall provide for public Notice. notice of any application for funds under this section which notice shall include the name of the applicant and the area to be served. Hearing. Withlu slxty days thereafter, a public hearing on the project shall be held within the proposed service area." DEMONSTRATION P R O J E C T

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amended by relettering subsection (a) as paragraph (a)(1) and adding the following new paragraph: "(2) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such arrangements as may be necessary to carry out an engineering and Lafayette, ind. feasibility study for a demonstration project in Lafayette, Indiana, Appropriation, -f^j. relocation of railroad lines from the central area of the city. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $360,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975." TRANSPORTATION FOR ELDERLY A N D H A N D I C A P P E D PERSONS 23 USC 142 note.

SEC. 105. (a) I t is hereby declared to be the national policy that elderly and handicapped persons have the same right as other persons to utilize mass transportation facilities and services; that special efforts shall be made in the planning, design, construction, and operation of mass transportation facilities and services so that the availability to elderly and handicapped persons of mass transportation

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