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 PUBLIC LAW 95-187—NOV. 16, 1977

91 STAT. 1385

Public Law 95-187 95th Congress An Act To amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to revise the program of Federal operating assis*:ance provided under section 17 of such Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. Section 17 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended— (1) by striking out "50 percent" in subsection (d)(4) and inserting in lieu thereof "80 percent"; (2) by striking out "and" at the end of subsection (d)(3): (3) by striking out the period at the end of subsection (d)(4) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; (4) by inserting the following new paragraph after subsection (d)(4): "(5) 50 percent for the 24-month period succeeding the period specified in subparagraph (4) of this subsection."; (5) by striking out the last sentence of subsection (d); and (6) by striking out "$125,000,000" in the first sentence of subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof "$185,000,000" and by amending the second sentence of such subsection to read as follows: "There are authorized to be appropriated for liquidation of the obligations incurred under this section not to exceed $40,000,000 by September 30, 1976, $95,000,000 by September 30, 1977, $125,000,000 by September 30, 1978, $155,000,000 by September 30, 1979, and $185,000,000 by September 30, 1980.". SEC. 2. The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 18. (a) The Secretary shall provide financial assistance annually for the purpose of reimbursing States, local public bodies and agencies thereof for the cost of financially supporting or operating rail passenger service provided by railroads designated as class I. "(b) Financial assistance under subsection (a) of this section shall not be available to support (1) intercity rail passenger service provided pursuant to an agreement with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under section 403(b)(2) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, as amended (45 U.S.C. 562(b)); and (2) rail passenger service required by section 304(e)(4) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 744 (e)). "(c) The Secretary shall distribute financial assistance authorized by subsection (a) pro rata on the basis of the passenger-miles attributable to each eligible rail passenger service, except that (1) for the purposes of such apportionment in no case shall any State, local public body or agency thereof supporting or operating rail passenger service eligible for assistance under this section be credited with more than 30 per centum of the total passenger miles eligible for such assistance for the calendar year ending immediately prior to the commencement of the Federal fiscal year for which the distribution is made, and (2) no Federal grant for the payment of subsidies for operating expenses shall exceed 50 per centum of the total operating losses of such service.

Nov. 16, 1977 [H.R. 83461

Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, amendment. Federal operating assistance program, revision. 49 USC 1613.

Rail passenger service, reimbursement to States. 49 USC 1614. Intercity rail passenger service, exclusion.

Pro rata passenger-miles distribution.

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