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PUBLIC LAW 91-453-OCT. 15, 1970
[84 STAT.
under this Act, the Secretary is authorized to make grants or loans for the specific purpose of assisting States and local public bodies and agencies thereof in providing mass transportation services which are planned, designed, and carried out so as to meet the special needs of elderly and handicapped persons. Grants and loans made under the preceding sentence shall be subject to all of the terms, conditions, requirements, and provisions applicable to grants and loans made Ante, p. 962. under section 3(a), and shall be considered for the purposes of all other laws to have been made under such section. Of the total amount of the obligations which the Secretary is authorized to incur on behalf Ante, p. 965. ^f ^j^g United States under the first sentence of section 4(c), l^^ per centum may be set aside and used exclusively to finance the programs and activities authorized by this subsection (including administrative costs). "(c) Of any amounts made available to finance research, develop82^stft°5*35°^' ment, and demonstration projects under section 6 after the date of the 49 USC 16*05. enactment of this section, I14 per centum may be set aside and used exclusively to increase the information and technology which is available to provide improved transportation facilities and services planned and designed to meet the special needs of elderly and handicapped persons, e'r^n""^^^*'^ " (^) ^ ^ ^ purposes of this Act, the term 'handicapped person' means any individual who, by reason of illness, injury, a^e, congenital malfunction, or other permanent or temporary incapacity or disability, is unable without special facilities or special planning or design to utilize mass transportation facilities and services as effectively as persons who are not so affected." ^^^'^ySEC. 9. The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study of the feasibility of providing Federal assistance to help defray the operating costs of mass transportation companies in urban areas and note "^^ ^^°^ ^^ ^^y changes in the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 which "°Report to would be uecessary in order to provide such assistance, and shall Congress. report his findings and recommendations to the Congress within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 10. The Secretary of Transportation shall in all ways (including the provision of technical assistance) encourage industries adversely affected by reductions in Federal Government spending on space, military, and other Federal projects to compete for the contracts provided for under sections 3 and 6 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (49 U.S.C. 1602 and 1605), as amended by this Act. SEC. 11. Nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants, under the authority of sections 6(a), 9, and 11 of the Urban Mass Transportation 80 Stat. 715. ^ ^ t Qf 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1605(a), 1607a, and 1607c), and 49 u*sc* ^6^08^* Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1968, for projects or activities prinote. marily concerned with the relationship of urban transportation systems to the comprehensively planned development of urban areas, or the role of transportation planning in overall urban planning, out of funds appropriated to him for that purpose. 83*sta!r826"63. ^^^: '^^' Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting the following after paragraph (129): " (130) Deputy Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Department of Transportation.".
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