§5311. Financial assistance for other than urbanized areas
(a)
(b)
(2) The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a rural transportation assistance program in nonurbanized areas. In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary may make grants and contracts for transportation research, technical assistance, training, and related support services in nonurbanized areas.
(c)
(d)
(e)
(2) Except as provided in this section, a State carrying out a program of operating assistance under this section may not limit the level or extent of use of the Government grant for the payment of operating expenses.
(f)
(A) planning and marketing for intercity bus transportation;
(B) capital grants for intercity bus shelters;
(C) joint-use stops and depots;
(D) operating grants through purchase-of-service agreements, user-side subsidies, and demonstration projects; and
(E) coordinating rural connections between small mass transportation operations and intercity bus carriers.
(2) A State does not have to comply with paragraph (1) of this subsection in a fiscal year in which the chief executive officer of the State certifies to the Secretary of Transportation that the intercity bus service needs of the State are being met adequately.
(g)
(2) A grant of the Government for a capital project under this section may not be more than 80 percent of the net cost of the project, as determined by the Secretary of Transportation. A grant to pay a subsidy for operating expenses may not be more than 50 percent of the net cost of the operating expense project. At least 50 percent of the remainder shall be provided in cash from sources other than amounts of the Government or revenues from providing mass transportation. Transit system amounts that make up the remainder shall be from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital.
(h)
(i)
(j)
(2) This subsection does not affect or discharge a responsibility of the Secretary of Transportation under a law of the United States.
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 5311(a) | 49 App.:1614(c) (3d sentence). | July 9, 1964,
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| 5311(b)(1) | 49 App.:1614(b) (1st sentence 18th–last words, 2d, last sentences), (c) (2d sentence words between 1st and 2d commas). | |
| 5311(b)(2) | 49 App.:1614(h). | July 9, 1964,
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| 5311(c) | 49 App.:1614(a) (1st sentence). | July 9, 1964,
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| 49 App.:1614(a) (2d sentence). | July 9, 1964,
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| 49 App.:1614(c) (1st sentence). | July 9, 1964,
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| 5311(d) | 49 App.:1614(b) (1st sentence 1st–17th words), (c) (2d sentence words before 1st and after 2d commas). | |
| 5311(e)(1) | 49 App.:1614(d). | |
| 5311(e)(2) | 49 App.:1614(c) (4th sentence). | July 9, 1964,
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| 5311(f) | 49 App.:1614(i). | July 9, 1964,
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| 5311(g)(1) | 49 App.:1614(e) (last sentence). | July 9, 1964,
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| 5311(g)(2) | 49 App.:1614(e) (1st–4th sentences). | |
| 5311(h) | 49 App.:1614(c) (last sentence). | July 9, 1964,
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| 5311(i) | 49 App.:1614(g) (related to this section). | July 9, 1964,
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| 5311(j) | 49 App.:1614(f). |
In subsection (a), the words "Eligible" and "and agencies thereof" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b)(1), the words "The Secretary of Transportation may make grants" are added for clarity and consistency in this chapter. The word "equitable" is omitted as being included in "fair".
In subsection (b)(2), the words "establish and" are omitted as executed. The word "direct" is omitted as surplus.
In subsection (c), the words "for expenditure in each fiscal year" are omitted as surplus. The words "so that" are substituted for "Such sums shall be made available for expenditure for public transportation projects in areas other than urbanized areas on the basis of a formula under which" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "will be entitled to" and "as designated by the Bureau of the Census" are omitted as surplus. The words "United States" are substituted for "all the States" for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. The words "available", "a period of", and "the close of" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (d), the words "included in a program under subsection (b) of this section" are substituted for 49 App.:1614(b) (1st–17th words) and "which are appropriate for areas other than urbanized areas" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "for assistance" are added for clarity.
In subsection (e)(1), the words "of funds under this section. Such technical assistance" and "(public and private)" are omitted as surplus.
In subsections (e)(2) and (g)(2), the word "grant" is substituted for "share" for consistency in this chapter.
In subsection (f), the text of 49 App.:1614(i)(3) is omitted as obsolete.
In subsection (f)(1), before clause (A), the words "Subject to paragraph (2)" are omitted as surplus. The reference to fiscal year 1992 is omitted as obsolete.
In subsection (g)(2), the words "under this chapter", "as defined by the Secretary", "Any public or private", "solely", and "available in" are omitted as surplus.
Subsection (h) is substituted for 49 App.:1614(c) (last sentence) for clarity and consistency in this chapter and to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (j)(1), the text of 49 App.:1614(f) (1st sentence) is omitted as unnecessary because of section 5334(a) of the revised title and 49:322(a). The words "in carrying out projects" are omitted as surplus.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 5310, 5319, 5323, 5327, 5331, 5333, 5334, 5336, 5338 of this title; title 42 section 3035l.