PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005
119 STAT. 1819
awards by the Secretary under this section in May 2002 to operate university transportation centers (other than regional centers). ‘‘(5) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make a grant of $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to a nonprofit institution of higher learning to establish and operate a Tier I university transportation center. ‘‘(g) TIER II UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.— ‘‘(1) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall make grants to the nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate the 22 Tier II university transportation centers referred to in subsection (c)(2)(B). ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make a grant of $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to a nonprofit institution of higher learning to establish and operate a Tier II university transportation center. ‘‘(h) SUPPORT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit institution of higher learning shall provide assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the research and education activities of its university transportation center will support the national strategy for surface transportation research, as identified by— ‘‘(1) the report of the National Highway Research and Technology Partnership entitled ‘Highway Research and Technology: The Need for Greater Investment’, dated April 2002; and ‘‘(2) the programs of the National Research and Technology Program of the Federal Transit Administration. ‘‘(i) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit institution of higher learning shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to ensure that the institution will maintain total expenditures from all other sources to establish and operate a university transportation center and related research activities at a level at least equal to the average level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years prior to award of a grant under this section. ‘‘(j) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the costs of activities carried out using a grant made under this section shall be 50 percent of such costs. The non-Federal share may include funds provided to a recipient under section 503, 504(b), or 505 of title 23. ‘‘(k) PROGRAM COORDINATION.— ‘‘(1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate the research, education, and technology transfer activities that grant recipients carry out under this section, disseminate the results of the research, and establish and operate a clearinghouse to disseminate the results of the research. ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—At least annually, and consistent with the plan developed under section 508 of title 23, the Secretary shall review and evaluate programs of grant recipients. ‘‘(3) MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.—The Secretary shall expend not more than $400,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 from amounts made available to carry out this section to carry out management and oversight of the centers receiving assistance under this section and section 5505.
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