109 STAT. 448 PUBLIC LAW 104-50—NOV. 15, 1995 five percent of the amount of operating assistance such areas are Urban and rural eligible to receive under Public Law 103-331: Provided further, areas. That in the distribution of the limitation provided under this heading to urbanized areas that had a population under the 1990 census of 1,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall direct each such area to give priority consideration to the impact of reductions in operating assistance on smaller transit authorities operating within the area and to consider the needs and resources of such transit authorities when the limitation is distributed among all transit authorities operating in the area. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS For necessary expenses for university transportation centers as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5317(b), to remain available until expended, $6,000,000. TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5311, 5313, 5314, and 5315, to remain available until expended, $85,500,000 of which $39,500,000 shall be for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5303, $4,500,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2), $8,250,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5313(b), $22,000,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5314, $8,250,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5313(a), and $3,000,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5315. TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5338(a), $1,120,850,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $1,120,850,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration's formula grants account. DISCRETIONARY GRANTS (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $1,665,000,000 in fiscal year 1996 for grants under the contract authority in 49 U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That there shall be available for fixed guideway modernization, $666,000,000; there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, $333,000,000; and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for fixed guideway modernization projects, $21,631,250 made available under Public Law 102-388 under "Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary Grants" for projects specified in that Act or identified in reports accompanying
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