PUBLIC LAW 105-178—JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 387 any recommendations for enhanced coordination between the Department of Transportation and other Federal departments and agencies that provide funding for non-emergency transportation, SEC. 3035. FINAL ASSEMBLY OF BUSES. 49 USC 5323 (a) IN GENERAL,—All buses manufactured on or after September 1, 1999, that are purchased with Federal funds by recipients of assistance from the Federal Transit Administration shall conform with the Federal Transit Administration Guidance on Buy America Requirements, dated March 18, 1997. (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. —For purposes of this section, a bus shall be considered to be manufactured on or after September 1, 1999, if the manufacturing process for that bus is not completed on or before August 31, 1999, SEC. 3036. CLEAN FUEL VEHICLES. 49 USC 5308 (a) STUDY,—The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the various low and zero emission fuel technologies for transit vehicles, including compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, biodiesel fuel, battery, alcohol based fuel, hybrid electric, fuel cell, and clean diesel to determine— (1) the status of the development and use of such technologies; (2) the environmental benefits of such technologies under the Clean Air Act; and (3) the cost of such technologies and any associated equipment. (b) REPORT. —Not later than January 1, 2000, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the study, together with recommendations for incentives to encourage the use of low and zero emission fuel technology for transit vehicles, SEC. 3037. JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS. 49 USC 5309 (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds that— ^°^' (1) two-thirds of all new jobs are in the suburbs, whereas three-quarters of welfare recipients live in rural areas or central cities; (2) even in metropolitan areas with excellent public transit systems, less than half of the jobs are accessible by transit; (3) in 1991, the median price of a new car was equivalent to 25 weeks of salary for the average worker, and considerably more for the low-income worker; (4) not less than 9,000,000 households and 10,000,000 Americans of driving age, most of whom are low-income workers, do not own cars; (5) 94 percent of welfare recipients do not own cars; (6) nearly 40 percent of workers with annual incomes below $10,000 do not commute by car; (7) many of the 2,000,000 Americans who will have their Temporary Assistance to Needy Families grants (under the State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)) terminated by the year 2002 will be unable to get to jobs they could otherwise hold; (8) increasing the transit options for low-income workers, especially those who are receiving or who have recently received
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