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 PUBLIC LAW 97-424—JAN. 6, 1983

96 STAT. 2151

AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS—URBAN MASS TRANSIT PROGRAM

SEC. 307. Section 5 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended— (1) by adding immediately after subsection (c)(4) the following: "(5) Apportionments under this section for fiscal year 1975 shall be deemed to have lapsed on September 30, 1977, and apportionments under this section for fiscal year 1976 shall be deemed to have lapsed on September 30, 1978."; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(o) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any sums apportioned under this section before October 1, 1982, and available for expenditure in any urbanized area or part thereof on such date shall remain available for expenditure in such area or part in accordance with the provisions of this section until September 30, 1985. Any sums so apportioned remaining unobligated on October 1, 1985, shall be added to amounts available for apportionment under section 9 of this Act for the fisced year ending September 30, 1986.".

49 USC 1604.

Ante, p. 2141.

COMPETmVE PROCUREMENT

SEC. 308. Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 12 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended to read as follows: "(2) In lieu of requiring that contracts for the acquisition of rolling stock be awarded based on consideration of performance, standardization, life-cycle costs and other factors, or on the basis of lowest initial capital cost, such contracts may be awarded based on a competitive procurement process. The Secretary shall report to Congress within a year of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 1982 on any legislative or administrative revisions required to ensure that procurement procedures are fair and competitive.".

49 USC 1608.

Report to Congress. Ante, p. 2140.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 309. (a) Section 12(c)(l) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following:, and such term also means any bus rehabilitation project which extends the economic life of a bus five years or more". (b) Section 12(c)(2) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by inserting "or rails" immediately after "separate right-of-way" and by striking out the semicolon at the end of such section and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and also means a public transportation facility which uses a fixed catenary system and utilizes a right-of-way usable by other forms of transportation;".

49 USC 1608.

PERFORMANCE REPORTS

SEC. 310. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall report to Congress in January of 1984 and in January of every second year thereafter his estimates of the current performance and condition of public mass transportation systems together with recommendations for any necessary administrative or legislative revisions. (b) In reporting to Congress pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall prepare a comprehensive assessment of public transportation facilities in the United States. The Secretary shall also assess future needs for such facilities and estimate future capital requirements

Submittal to Congress. 49 USC 1601c.

Public transportation facilities, assessment.

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