PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 2885 census information) to demonstrate the feasibility of commercial application, including safety of specific vehicle design, of using alternative fuels for urban buses and other motor vehicles used for mass transit. (2) The cooperative agreements and joint ventures under paragraph (1) may include interested or affected private firms willing to provide assistance in cash, or in kind, for any such demonstration. (3) Federal assistance provided under cooperative agreements and joint ventures entered into under paragraph (1) to demonstrate the feasibility of commercial application of using alternative fuels for urban buses shall be in addition to Federal assistance provided under any other law for such purpose. (b) LIMITATIONS. — (1) The Secretary of Transportation may not enter into cooperative agreement or joint ventiire under subsection (a) with any municipal, county, or regional transit authority, unless such government body agrees to provide 20 percent of the costs of such demonstration. (2) The Secretary of Transportation may grant such priority under this section to any entity that demonstrates that the use of alternative fuels for transportetion would have a significant beneficial effect on the environment. (c) SCHOOL BUSES. —The Secretary of Transportetion may also provide, in accordance with such rules as he may prescribe, financial assistance to any agency, municipaUty, or political subdivision in an urban area referred to in subsection (a), of any State or the District of Columbia for the purpose of meeting the incremental coste of school buses that are dedicated vehicles and used regularly for such transportetion during the school term. Such costs may include the purchase and installation of alternative fuel refueling facilities to be used for school bus refueling, and the conversion of school buses to dedicated vehicles. The l^retary of Transportetion may provide such assistance directly to a person who is a contractor of such agency, municipality, or political subdivision, upon the request of the agency, municipalityr, or political subdivision, and who, under such contract, provides for such transportetion. Any conversion under this subsection shall comply with the warranty and safety requiremente for alternative fuel conversions contained in section 247 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. (d) FUNDING AUTHORIZATION. — T here are authorized to be appropriated not more than $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995 for purposes of this section. SEC. 411. CERTIFICATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMS. 42 USC 13237. The Secretary shall ensure that the Federal Government esteblishes and carries out a program for the certification of training programs for technicians who are responsible for motor vehicle installation of equipment that converte gasoline or diesel-fueled motor vehicles into dedicated vehicles or dual fueled vehicles, and for the maintenance of such converted motor vehicles. A training program shall not be certified under the program established under this section unless it provides technicians with instruction on the proper and safe installation procedures and techniques, adherence to specifications (including original equipment manufacturer specifications), motor vehicle operating procedures, emissions testing, and other appropriate mechanical concerns applicable to these motor vehicle conversions. The Secretary shall ensure that, in the development of the program required under this section, original
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