Sec. 3016. Bus and bus facility grants
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Section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: The Secretary may make grants under this section to assist eligible recipients described in subsection (b)(1) in financing capital projects— to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment; and to construct bus-related facilities. Eligible recipients under this section are designated recipients that operate fixed route bus service or that allocate funding to fixed route bus operators.
A designated recipient that receives a grant under this section may allocate amounts of the grant to subrecipients that are public agencies or private nonprofit organizations engaged in public transportation. Funds made available for making grants under this subsection shall be distributed as follows: $65,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021 shall be allocated to all States and territories, with each State receiving $1,250,000, and each territory receiving $500,000, for each such fiscal year.
The remainder of the funds not otherwise distributed under paragraph
(1)shall be allocated pursuant to the formula set forth in section 5336 (other than subsection
(b)of that section). The Governor of a State may transfer any part of the State's apportionment under subparagraph
(A)to supplement— amounts apportioned to the State under section 5311(c); or amounts apportioned to urbanized areas under subsections
(a)and
(c)of section 5336. The Governor of a State may expend in an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000 any amounts apportioned under paragraph (1)(B) that are not allocated to designated recipients in urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more. Amounts made available under this subsection may be obligated by a recipient for 3 years after the fiscal year in which the amount is apportioned. Not later than 30 days after the end of the 3-year period described in subparagraph (A), any amount that is not obligated on the last day of that period shall be added to the amount that may be apportioned under this subsection in the next fiscal year. For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, the Secretary shall carry out a pilot program under which an eligible designated recipient (as described in subsection (c)(1)) in an urbanized area with population of not less than 200,000 and not more than 999,999 may elect to participate in a State pool in accordance with this paragraph. The purpose of a State pool shall be to allow for transfers of formula grant funds made available under this subsection among the designated recipients participating in the State pool in a manner that supports the transit asset management plans of the designated recipients under section 5326. A State, and designated recipients in the State described in subparagraph (A), may submit to the Secretary a request for participation in the program under procedures to be established by the Secretary. A designated recipient for a multistate area may participate in only 1 State pool. For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each State participating in the program the total amount of funds that otherwise would be allocated to the urbanized areas of the designated recipients participating in the State’s pool for that fiscal year pursuant to the formula referred to in paragraph (1). A State shall distribute the amount that is allocated to the State for a fiscal year under subparagraph
(D)among the designated recipients participating in the State’s pool in a manner that supports the transit asset management plans of the recipients under section 5326. A State participating in the program shall develop an allocation plan for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2021 to ensure that a designated recipient participating in the State’s pool receives under the program an amount of funds that equals the amount of funds that would have otherwise been available to the designated recipient for that period pursuant to the formula referred to in paragraph (1). The Secretary shall make grants under this subsection for a fiscal year to a designated recipient participating in a State pool following notification by the State of the allocation amount determined under subparagraph (E). The Secretary may make grants under this subsection to eligible recipients described in subsection (b)(1) to assist in financing capital projects described in subsection (a). In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the age and condition of buses, bus fleets, related equipment, and bus-related facilities of an eligible recipient. A State may submit a statewide application on behalf of a public agency or private nonprofit organization engaged in public transportation in rural areas or other areas for which the State allocates funds. The submission of a statewide application shall not preclude the submission and consideration of any application under this subsection from other eligible recipients in an urbanized area in a State. The Secretary shall— disclose all metrics and evaluation procedures to be used in considering grant applications under this subsection upon issuance of the notice of funding availability in the Federal Register; and publish a summary of final scores for selected projects, metrics, and other evaluations used in awarding grants under this subsection in the Federal Register. Any amounts made available to carry out this subsection— shall remain available for 2 fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the amount is made available; and following the period of availability shall be made available to be apportioned under subsection
(c)for the following fiscal year. Of the amounts made available under this subsection, not more than 15 percent in fiscal year 2016 and not more than 5 percent in each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 may be awarded to a single recipient. If the Secretary determines that there are not sufficient grant applications that meet the metrics described in paragraph (4)(A) to utilize the full amount of funds made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year, the Secretary may use the remainder of the funds for making apportionments under sections 5307 and 5311. A grant under this section shall be subject to the requirements of— section 5307 for recipients of grants made in urbanized areas; and section 5311 for recipients of grants made in rural areas. A grant for a capital project under this section shall be for 80 percent of the net capital costs of the project. A recipient of a grant under this section may provide additional local matching amounts. The remainder of the net project cost shall be provided— in cash from non-Government sources other than revenues from providing public transportation services; from revenues derived from the sale of advertising and concessions; from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital; or from amounts received under a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or private social service organization. In this section, the following definitions apply: The term State means a State of the United States. The term territory means the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands. . The analysis for chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 5339 and inserting the following: 5339. Bus and bus facility grants. .