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PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 105 STAT. 2187 in fiscal year 1992 for making the grant under clause (i). "(iv) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.— Funds authorized by clause (iii) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal share of the cost of activities conducted with the grant under clause (i) shall be 80 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended. Funds authorized by clause (iii) shall not be subject to any obligation limitation. "(9) NATIONAL RURAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY CENTER.— The Secretary shall make grants under this section to the University of Arkansas to establish a national rural transportation center. Such center shall conduct research, training, and technology transfer activities in the development, management, and operation of intermodal transportation systems in rural areas. " (10) NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION TECH- NOLOGY.— "(A) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall make grants under paragraph (10) to the University of Idaho to establish a National Center for Advanced Transportation technology. Such center shall be established and operated in partnership with private industry and shall conduct industry driven research and development activities which focus on transportation-related manufacturing and engineering processes, materials, and equipment. "(B) GRANTS.— The Secretary shall make grants to the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, for planning, design, and construction of a building in which the research and development activities of the National Center for Advanced Transportation Technology may be conducted. "(C) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1992, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1994 for making the grants under subparagraph (B). "(D) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized by subparagraph (C) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal share of the cost of activities conducted with the grant under subparagraph (B) shall be 80 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended. Funds authorized by subparagraph (B) shall not be subject to any obligation limitation. "(E) APPLICABILITY OF GRANT REQUIREMENTS. — Any grant entered into under this paragraph shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection Qo) of this section. "(11) PROGRAM COORDINATION. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall provide for the coordination of research, education, training, and technology transfer activities carried out by grant recipients under this subsection, the dissemination of the results of such research, and the establishment and operation of a clearinghouse between such centers and the transportation Arkansas. Idaho. Idaho.