PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 105 STAT. 2115 "(C) minimum standards for establishing and implementing safety plans by recipients of funds under this Act.". SEC. 3027. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT. Section 23(a) is amended— 49 USC app. (1) by striking paragraphs (1) through (5); l^l^- (2) by striking "Va of 1 percent of—" and inserting the following: "Va of 1 percent of the funds made available for any fiscal year to carry out sections 3, 9, or 18 of this Act, or interstate transfer transit projects under section 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on September 30, 1991, or a project under the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to contract with any person to oversee the construction of any major project under any such section. In addition to such amounts, the Secretary may as necessary use not more than ¥4 of 1 percent of the funds made available in any fiscal year to carry out a major project under section 3 to contract with any person to oversee the construction of such major project.". SEC. 3028. NEEDS SURVEY. The Act is amended by inserting after section 26 the following new section: "SEC. 27. NEEDS SURVEY AND TRANSFERABILITY STUDY. Reports. "(a) NEEDS SURVEY.—In January 1993 and in January of every i623. ^^^ second year thereafter, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives a report containing an evaluation of the extent to which current transit needs are adequately addressed and an estimate of the future transit needs of the Nation, including transit needs in rural areas (particularly access to health care facilities). Such report shall include the following: "(1) An assessment of needs related to rail modernization, guideway modernization, replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment, construction of bus related facilities, and construction of new fixed guideway systems and extensions to fixed guideway systems. "(2) A 5-year projection of the, maintenance and modernization needs that will result from aging of existing equipment and facilities, including the need to overhaul or replace existing bus fleets and rolling stock used on fixed guideway systems. "(3) A 5-year projection of the need to invest in the expansion of existing transit systems to meet changing economic, commuter, and residential patterns. "(4) An estimate of the level of expenditure needed to satisfy the needs identified above. "(5) An examination of existing Federal, State, and local resources as well as private resources that are or can reasonably be expected to be made available to support public transit. "(6) The gap between the level of expenditure estimated under paragraph (4) and the level of resources available to meet such needs identified under paragraph (5). " (b) TRANSFERABILITY STUDY. — "(1) IN GENERAL. — In January 1993 and in January of every second year thereafter, the Comptroller General shall transmit
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