Sec. 21008. Formula grants for rural areas
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Section 5311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (c)(1), as amended by division G, by striking subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)and inserting the following: $5,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be distributed on a competitive basis by the Secretary. $30,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be apportioned as formula grants, as provided in subsection (j). ; and in subsection (j)(1)— in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) and inserting (American Indian Areas, Alaska Native Areas, and Hawaiian Home Lands, as defined by the Bureau of the Census) ; and by adding at the end the following: If more than 1 Indian tribe provides public transportation service on tribal lands in a single Tribal Statistical Area, and the Indian tribes do not determine how to allocate the funds apportioned under clause
(iii)of subparagraph
(A)between the Indian tribes, the Secretary shall allocate the funds such that each Indian tribe shall receive an amount equal to the total amount apportioned under such clause
(iii)multiplied by the ratio of the number of annual unlinked passenger trips provided by each Indian tribe, as reported to the National Transit Database, to the total unlinked passenger trips provided by all the Indian tribes in the Tribal Statistical Area. .