105 STAT. 2118 PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 grants and contracts consistent with the purposes of sections 6, 8,10,11, and 20 of this Act. "(A) APPORTIONMENT FORMULA.—Amounts shall be apportioned to the States in the ratio which the population in urbanized areas in each State bears to the total population in urbanized areas, in all the States as shown by the latest available decennial census, except that no State shall receive less than ¥2 of 1 percent of the amount apportioned under this section. "(B) ALLOCATION WITHIN A STATE. — A State may authorize a portion of its funds made available under this subsection to be used to supplement funds available under subsection (a)(D, as the State deems appropriate. "(h) NATIONAL PROGRAM.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The funds made available under section 21(c)(4), shall be available to the Secretary for grants or contracts for the purposes of section 6, 8,10,11, or 20 of this Act, as the Secretary deems appropriate, "(2) COMPLIANCE WITH ADA.—Of the amounts available under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make available not less than $2,000,000 to provide transit-related technical assistance, demonstration programs, research, public education, and other activities that the Secretary deems appropriate to help transit providers achieve compliance with the Americans with Disabil- Contracts. ities Act of 1990. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall carry out this subsection through contract with a national nonprofit organization serving persons with disabilities with demonstrated capacity to carry out these activities. "(3) SPECIAL INITIATIVES. — Of the amounts available under paragraph (1), an amount not to exceed 25 percent shall be available to the Secretary for special demonstration initiatives subject to such terms, conditions, requirements, and provisions as the Secretary deems consistent with the requirements of this Act, except that the provisions of section 3(e)(4) shall apply to operational grants funded for purposes of section 6. For nonrenewable grants that do not exceed $100,000, the Secretary shall provide expedited procedures governing compliance with requirements of this Act. " (4) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.— "(A) PROGRAM.—The Secretary is authorized to undertake a program of transit technology development in coordination with affected entities. "(B) INDUSTRY TECHNICAL PANEL.— The Secretary shall establish an Industry Technical Panel consisting of representatives of transportation suppliers and operators and others involved in technology development. A majority of the Panel members shall represent the supply industry. The Panel shall assist the Secretary in the identification of priority technology development areas and in establishing guidelines for project development, project cost sharing, and project execution. "(C) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall develop guidelines for cost sharing in technology development projects funded under this section. Such guidelines shall be flexible in nature and reflect the extent of technical risk, market risk, and anticipated supplier benefits and pay back periods.
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