PUBLIC LAW 97-424—JAN. 6, 1983 No urbanized area in which commuter rail service is provided and which has a population of 750,000 or more shall receive less than 0.75 per centum of the sums made available under this paragraph. Under this paragraph, fixed guideway revenue vehicle or route miles provided, and passengers served thereby, in an urbanized area of less than 200,000 population, where such revenue vehicle miles or route miles and passengers served would otherwise be attributable to an urbanized area with a population of 1,000,000 or more in an adjacent State, shall be attributable to the public body in the State in which such urbanized area of less than 200,000 population is located as if the public body were an urbanized area of 200,000 or more so long as such public body contracts, directly or indirectly, for such service. For the purpose of this paragraph, the terms fixed guideway revenue vehicle miles' and 'fixed guideway route miles' shall include ferry boat operations directly or under contract by the designated recipient. "(c) Funds available under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be apportioned on the basis of a formula under which urbanized areas of less than 200,000 population shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the sum of— "(1) one-half of the total amount so apportioned multiplied by the ratio which the population of such urbanized area bears to the total population of all such urbanized areas in all the States as shown by the latest available Federal census; and "(2) one-half of the total amount so apportioned multiplied by a ratio for that urbanized area determined on the basis of population weighted by a factor of density, as determined by the Secretary. As used in this section, the term 'density' means the number of inhabitants per square mile. "(d)(1) The provisions of subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (m), and (n) of section 9 of this Act shall apply to grants made under this section, "(2)(A) Grants under this section shall be made for the purposes described in subsection (j) of section 9 of this Act, except that such grants may not be used for payment of operating expenses. "(B) The Federal grant for any project under this section shall not exceed 80 per centum of the net project cost of such project. "(3) The provisions of subsection (o) of section 9 shall apply to grants made under this section, except that amounts remaining unobligated at the end of the 3-year period shall be added to the amount available under section 3 for the succeeding fiscal year.".
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Definitions.
"Density." Grants. Ante, p. 2141.
EXISTING CAPITAL GRANT PROGRAM
SEC. 304. (a) Section 3(a)(2)(A) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (i); (2) by striking out the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following: "(iii) sufficient capability to maintain the facilities and equipment.", (b) Section 3(a) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(5) The Secretary shall take into account the adverse effect of decreased commuter rail service in considering applications for assistance under this section for the acquisition of rail lines and all
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