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49 U.S.C. § 5338 — Authorizations

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49 U.S.C. § 5338 — Authorizations

**(a) Grants.—** (1) **In general.—** — There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 20005(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012 ([49 U.S.C. 5303](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5303&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 112–141), and section 3006(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015 ([49 U.S.C. 5310](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5310&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 114–94)— (A) $13,355,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; (B) $13,634,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; (C) $13,990,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; (D) $14,279,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and (E) $14,642,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. (2) **Allocation of funds.—** — Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)— (A) $184,647,343 for fiscal year 2022, $188,504,820 for fiscal year 2023, $193,426,906 for fiscal year 2024, $197,422,644 for fiscal year 2025, and $202,441,512 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5305; (B) $13,157,184 for fiscal year 2022, $13,432,051 for fiscal year 2023, $13,782,778 for fiscal year 2024, $14,067,497 for fiscal year 2025, and $14,425,121 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 20005(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012 ([49 U.S.C. 5303](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5303&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 112–141); (C) $6,408,288,249 for fiscal year 2022, $6,542,164,133 for fiscal year 2023, $6,712,987,840 for fiscal year 2024, $6,851,662,142 for fiscal year 2025, and $7,025,844,743 for fiscal y

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**(a) Grants.—** (1) **In general.—** — There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 20005(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012 ([49 U.S.C. 5303](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5303&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 112–141), and section 3006(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015 ([49 U.S.C. 5310](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5310&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 114–94)— (A) $13,355,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; (B) $13,634,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; (C) $13,990,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; (D) $14,279,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and (E) $14,642,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. (2) **Allocation of funds.—** — Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)— (A) $184,647,343 for fiscal year 2022, $188,504,820 for fiscal year 2023, $193,426,906 for fiscal year 2024, $197,422,644 for fiscal year 2025, and $202,441,512 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5305; (B) $13,157,184 for fiscal year 2022, $13,432,051 for fiscal year 2023, $13,782,778 for fiscal year 2024, $14,067,497 for fiscal year 2025, and $14,425,121 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 20005(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012 ([49 U.S.C. 5303](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5303&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 112–141); (C) $6,408,288,249 for fiscal year 2022, $6,542,164,133 for fiscal year 2023, $6,712,987,840 for fiscal year 2024, $6,851,662,142 for fiscal year 2025, and $7,025,844,743 for fiscal year 2026 shall be allocated in accordance with section 5336 to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307; (D) $371,247,094 for fiscal year 2022, $379,002,836 for fiscal year 2023, $388,899,052 for fiscal year 2024, $396,932,778 for fiscal year 2025, and $407,023,583 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to provide financial assistance for services for the enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities under section 5310; (E) $4,605,014 for fiscal year 2022, $4,701,218 for fiscal year 2023, $4,823,972 for fiscal year 2024, $4,923,624 for fiscal year 2025, and $5,048,792 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available for the pilot program for innovative coordinated access and mobility under section 3006(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015 ([49 U.S.C. 5310](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5310&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 114–94); (F) $875,289,555 for fiscal year 2022, $893,575,275 for fiscal year 2023, $916,907,591 for fiscal year 2024, $935,848,712 for fiscal year 2025, and $959,639,810 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to provide financial assistance for rural areas under section 5311; (G) $36,840,115 for fiscal year 2022, $37,609,743 for fiscal year 2023, $38,591,779 for fiscal year 2024, $39,388,993 for fiscal year 2025, and $40,390,337 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5312, of which— (i) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, $5,104,455 for fiscal year 2023, $5,237,739 for fiscal year 2024, $5,345,938 for fiscal year 2025, and $5,481,842 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5312(h); and (ii) $6,578,592 for fiscal year 2022, $6,716,026 for fiscal year 2023, $6,891,389 for fiscal year 2024, $7,033,749 for fiscal year 2025, and $7,212,560 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5312(i); (H) $11,841,465 for fiscal year 2022, $12,088,846 for fiscal year 2023, $12,404,500 for fiscal year 2024, $12,660,748 for fiscal year 2025, and $12,982,608 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5314, of which $6,578,592 for fiscal year 2022, $6,716,026 for fiscal year 2023, $6,891,389 for fiscal year 2024, $7,033,749 for fiscal year 2025, and $7,212,560 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available for the national transit institute under section 5314(c); (I) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, $5,104,455 for fiscal year 2023, $5,237,739 for fiscal year 2024, $5,345,938 for fiscal year 2025, and $5,481,842 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available for bus testing under section 5318; (J) $131,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, $134,930,000 for fiscal year 2023, $138,977,900 for fiscal year 2024, $143,147,237 for fiscal year 2025, and $147,441,654 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5334; (K) $5,262,874 for fiscal year 2022, $5,372,820 for fiscal year 2023, $5,513,111 for fiscal year 2024, $5,626,999 for fiscal year 2025, and $5,770,048 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5335; (L) $3,515,528,226 for fiscal year 2022, $3,587,778,037 for fiscal year 2023, $3,680,934,484 for fiscal year 2024, $3,755,675,417 for fiscal year 2025, and $3,850,496,668 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5337, of which $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5337(f); (M) $603,992,657 for fiscal year 2022, $616,610,699 for fiscal year 2023, $632,711,140 for fiscal year 2024, $645,781,441 for fiscal year 2025, and $662,198,464 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available for the bus and buses facilities program under section 5339(a); (N) $447,257,433 for fiscal year 2022, $456,601,111 for fiscal year 2023, $468,523,511 for fiscal year 2024, $478,202,088 for fiscal year 2025, and $490,358,916 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available for buses and bus facilities competitive grants under section 5339(b) and no or low emission grants under section 5339(c), of which $71,561,189 for fiscal year 2022, $73,056,178 for fiscal year 2023, $74,963,762 for fiscal year 2024, $76,512,334 for fiscal year 2025, and $78,457,427 for fiscal year 2026 shall be available to carry out section 5339(c); and (O) $741,042,792 for fiscal year 2022, $756,523,956 for fiscal year 2023, $776,277,698 for fiscal year 2024, $792,313,742 for fiscal year 2025, and $812,455,901 for fiscal year 2026, to carry out section 5340 to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307 and rural areas under section 5311, of which— (i) $392,752,680 for fiscal year 2022, $400,957,696 for fiscal year 2023, $411,427,180 for fiscal year 2024, $419,926,283 for fiscal year 2025, and $430,601,628 for fiscal year 2026 shall be for growing States under section 5340(c); and (ii) $348,290,112 for fiscal year 2022, $355,566,259 for fiscal year 2023, $364,850,518 for fiscal year 2024, $372,387,459 for fiscal year 2025, and $381,854,274 for fiscal year 2026 shall be for high density States under section 5340(d). **(b) Capital Investment Grants.—** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out [section 5309 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5309&num=0&edition=prelim) and section 3005(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015 ([49 U.S.C. 5309](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5309&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 114–94), $3,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. **(c) Oversight.—** (1) **In general.—** — Of the amounts made available to carry out this chapter for a fiscal year, the Secretary may use not more than the following amounts for the activities described in paragraph (2): (A) 0.5 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5305. (B) 0.75 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5307. (C) 1 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5309. (D) 1 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 601 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432; 126 Stat. 4968).11 So in original. Should be “122 Stat. 4968).” See References in Text note below. (E) 0.5 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5310. (F) 0.5 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5311. (G) 1 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5337, of which not less than 0.25 percent of amounts made available for this subparagraph shall be available to carry out section 5329. (H) 0.75 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5339. (2) **Activities.—** — The activities described in this paragraph are as follows: (A) Activities to oversee the construction of a major capital project. (B) Activities to review and audit the safety and security, procurement, management, and financial compliance of a recipient or subrecipient of funds under this chapter. (C) Activities to provide technical assistance generally, and to provide technical assistance to correct deficiencies identified in compliance reviews and audits carried out under this section. (D) Activities to carry out section 5334. (3) **Government share of costs.—** — The Government shall pay the entire cost of carrying out a contract under this subsection. (4) **Availability of certain funds.—** — Funds made available under paragraph (1)(C) shall be made available to the Secretary before allocating the funds appropriated to carry out any project under a full funding grant agreement. **(d) Grants as Contractual Obligations.—** (1) **Grants financed from highway trust fund.—** — A grant or contract that is approved by the Secretary and financed with amounts made available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund pursuant to this section is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Government share of the cost of the project. (2) **Grants financed from general fund.—** — A grant or contract that is approved by the Secretary and financed with amounts appropriated in advance from the General Fund of the Treasury pursuant to this section is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Government share of the cost of the project only to the extent that amounts are appropriated for such purpose by an Act of Congress. **(e) Availability of Amounts.—** Amounts made available by or appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended.

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49 U.S.C. § 5305 — Planning programs

**(a) State Defined.—** In this section, the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. **(b) General Authority.—** (1) **Grants and agreements.—** — Under criteria established by the Secretary, the Secretary may award grants to States, authorities of the States, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governmental authorities, and make agreements with other departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the Government to— (A) develop transportation plans and programs; (B) plan, engineer, design, and evaluate a public transportation project; and (C) conduct technical studies relating to public transportation. (2) **Eligible activities.—** — Activities eligible under paragraph (1) include the following: (A) Studies related to management, planning, operations, capital requirements, and economic feasibility. (B) Evaluating previously financed projects. (C) Peer reviews and exchanges of technical data, information, assistance, and related activities in support of planning and environmental analyses among metropolitan planning organizations and other transportation planners. (D) Other similar and related activities preliminary to and in preparation for constructing, acquiring, or improving the operation of facilities and equipment. **(c) Purpose.—** To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that amounts appropriated or made available under section 5338 to carry out this section and sections 5303, 5304, and 5306 are used to support balanced and comprehensive transportation planning that considers the relationships among land use and all transportation modes, without regard to the programmatic source of the planning amounts. **(d) Metropolitan Planning Program.—** (1) **Apportionment

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49 U.S.C. § 5310 — Formula grants for the enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities

**(a) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) **Recipient.—** — The term “recipient” means— (A) a designated recipient or a State that receives a grant under this section directly; or (B) a State or local governmental entity that operates a public transportation service. (2) **Subrecipient.—** — The term “subrecipient” means a State or local governmental authority, a private nonprofit organization, or an operator of public transportation that receives a grant under this section indirectly through a recipient. **(b) General Authority.—** (1) **Grants.—** — The Secretary may make grants under this section to recipients for— (A) public transportation projects planned, designed, and carried out to meet the special needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities when public transportation is insufficient, inappropriate, or unavailable; (B) public transportation projects that exceed the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ([42 U.S.C. 12101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); (C) public transportation projects that improve access to fixed route service and decrease reliance by individuals with disabilities on complementary paratransit; and (D) alternatives to public transportation that assist seniors and individuals with disabilities with transportation. (2) **Limitations for capital projects.—** (A) *Amount available.—* — The amount available for capital projects under paragraph (1)(A) shall be not less than 55 percent of the funds apportioned to the recipient under this section. (B) *Allocation to subrecipients.—* — A recipient of a grant under paragraph (1)(A) may allocate the amounts provided under the gr

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49 U.S.C. § 5303 — Metropolitan transportation planning

**(a) Policy.—** It is in the national interest— (1) to encourage and promote the safe and efficient management, operation, and development of resilient surface transportation systems that will serve the mobility needs of people and freight and foster economic growth and development within and between States and urbanized areas and better connect housing and employment, while minimizing transportation-related fuel consumption and air pollution through metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes identified in this chapter; and (2) to encourage the continued improvement and evolution of the metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes by metropolitan planning organizations, State departments of transportation, and public transit operators as guided by the planning factors identified in subsection (h) and section 5304(d). **(b) Definitions.—** In this section and section 5304, the following definitions apply: (1) **Metropolitan planning area.—** — The term “metropolitan planning area” means the geographic area determined by agreement between the metropolitan planning organization for the area and the Governor under subsection (e). (2) **Metropolitan planning organization.—** — The term “metropolitan planning organization” means the policy board of an organization established as a result of the designation process under subsection (d). (3) **Nonmetropolitan area.—** — The term “nonmetropolitan area” means a geographic area outside designated metropolitan planning areas. (4) **Nonmetropolitan local official.—** — The term “nonmetropolitan local official” means elected and appointed officials of general purpose local government in a nonmetropolitan area with responsibility for transportation. (5) **Regional transportation planning orga

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5 U.S.C. § 5313 — Positions at level II

Level II of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):

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23 U.S.C. § 101 — Definitions and declaration of policy

**(a) Definitions.—** In this title, the following definitions apply: (1) **Apportionment.—** — The term “apportionment” includes unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization laws. (2) **Asset management.—** — The term “asset management” means a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on both engineering and economic analysis based upon quality information, to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the lifecycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost. (3) **Carpool project.—** — The term “carpool project” means any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools, including provision of carpooling opportunities to the elderly and individuals with disabilities, systems for locating potential riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related traffic control devices, designating existing facilities for use for preferential parking for carpools, and real-time ridesharing projects, such as projects where drivers, using an electronic transfer of funds, recover costs directly associated with the trip provided through the use of location technology to quantify those direct costs, subject to the condition that the cost recovered does not exceed the cost of the trip provided. (4) **Construction.—** — The term “construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway or any project eligible for assistance under this title, including bon

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49 U.S.C. § 5309 — Fixed guideway capital investment grants

**(a) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) **Applicant.—** — The term “applicant” means a State or local governmental authority that applies for a grant under this section. (2) **Core capacity improvement project.—** — The term “core capacity improvement project” means a substantial corridor-based capital investment in an existing fixed guideway system that increases the capacity of a corridor by not less than 10 percent. The term does not include project elements designed to maintain a state of good repair of the existing fixed guideway system. (3) **Corridor-based bus rapid transit project.—** — The term “corridor-based bus rapid transit project” means a small start project utilizing buses in which the project represents a substantial investment in a defined corridor as demonstrated by features that emulate the services provided by rail fixed guideway public transportation systems, including defined stations; traffic signal priority for public transportation vehicles; short headway bidirectional services for a substantial part of weekdays; and any other features the Secretary may determine support a long-term corridor investment, but the majority of which does not operate in a separated right-of-way dedicated for public transportation use during peak periods. (4) **Fixed guideway bus rapid transit project.—** — The term “fixed guideway bus rapid transit project” means a bus capital project— (A) in which the majority of the project operates in a separated right-of-way dedicated for public transportation use during peak periods; (B) that represents a substantial investment in a single route in a defined corridor or subarea; and (C) that includes features that emulate the services provided by rail fixed guideway public

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49 U.S.C. § 5314 — Technical assistance and workforce development

**(a) Technical Assistance and Standards.—** (1) **Technical assistance and standards development.—** (A) *In general.—* — The Secretary may make grants and enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements (including agreements with departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government) to carry out activities that the Secretary determines will assist recipients of assistance under this chapter to— (i) more effectively and efficiently provide public transportation service; (ii) administer funds received under this chapter in compliance with Federal law; and (iii) improve public transportation. (B) *Eligible activities.—* — The activities carried out under subparagraph (A) may include— (i) technical assistance; and (ii) the development of voluntary and consensus-based standards and best practices by the public transportation industry, including standards and best practices for safety, fare collection, intelligent transportation systems, accessibility, procurement, security, asset management to maintain a state of good repair, operations, maintenance, vehicle propulsion, communications, and vehicle electronics. (2) **Technical assistance.—** — The Secretary, through a competitive bid process, may enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements with national nonprofit organizations that have the appropriate demonstrated capacity to provide public-transportation-related technical assistance under this subsection. The Secretary may enter into such contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements to assist providers of public transportation to— (A) comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ([42 U.S.C. 12101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title4

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49 U.S.C. § 5321 — Crime prevention and security

The Secretary of Transportation may make capital grants from amounts available under [section 5338 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5338&num=0&edition=prelim) to public transportation systems for crime prevention and security. This chapter does not prevent the financing of a project under this section when a local governmental authority other than the grant applicant has law enforcement responsibilities.

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49 U.S.C. § 5337 — State of good repair grants

**(a) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) **Fixed guideway.—** — The term “fixed guideway” means a public transportation facility— (A) using and occupying a separate right-of-way for the exclusive use of public transportation; (B) using rail; (C) using a fixed catenary system; (D) for a passenger ferry system; or (E) for a bus rapid transit system. (2) **State.—** — The term “State” means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. (3) **State of good repair.—** — The term “state of good repair” has the meaning given that term by the Secretary, by rule, under section 5326(b). (4) **Transit asset management plan.—** — The term “transit asset management plan” means a plan developed by a recipient of funding under this chapter that— (A) includes, at a minimum, capital asset inventories and condition assessments, decision support tools, and investment prioritization; and (B) the recipient certifies that the recipient complies with the rule issued under section 5326(d). **(b) General Authority.—** (1) **Eligible projects.—** — The Secretary may make grants under this section to assist State and local governmental authorities in financing capital projects to maintain public transportation systems in a state of good repair, including projects to replace and rehabilitate— (A) rolling stock; (B) track; (C) line equipment and structures; (D) signals and communications; (E) power equipment and substations; (F) passenger stations and terminals; (G) security equipment and systems; (H) maintenance facilities and equipment; (I) operational support equipment, including computer hardware and software; (J) development and implementation of a transit asset management plan; and

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49 U.S.C. § 5303 — Metropolitan transportation planning

Page 242 TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION § 5303 Subsec. (a)(1)(J) to (L). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3004(b)(3)–(5), added subpars. (J) to (L). Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3002(b)(4), substituted ‘‘public transportation’’ for ‘‘mass transportation’’ in introductory provisions and subpar. (A). Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3004(c), substituted ‘‘Individual with a disability’’ for ‘‘Handicapped indi- vidual’’ in heading and ‘‘individual with a disability’’ for ‘‘handicapped individual’’ in text. Pub. L. 109–59, § 3002(b)(4), substituted ‘‘public trans- portation’’ for ‘‘mass transportation’’ in two places. Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3004(d), amended head- ing and text of par. (7) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘The term ‘mass transportation’ means transportation by a conveyance that provides regular and continuing general or special transpor- tation to the public, but does not include school bus, charter, or sightseeing transportation.’’ Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3002(b)(4), substituted ‘‘public transportation’’ for ‘‘mass transportation’’ in subpars. (A) and (B). Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3004(e), amended head- ing and text of par. (10) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘The term ‘public transportation’ means mass transportation.’’ Subsec. (a)(14) to (16). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3002(b)(4), sub- stituted ‘‘public transportation’’ for ‘‘mass transpor- tation’’ wherever appearing. Subsec. (a)(17). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3004(f), reenacted heading without change and amended text of par. (17) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘The term ‘urbanized area’ means an area— ‘‘(A) encompassing at least an urbanized area with- in a State that the Secretary of Commerce des- ignates; and ‘‘(B)

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