Sec. 105. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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In addition to amounts authorized under section 101, there is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Account for fiscal year 2021, for activities under this subsection, $209,900,000. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2021, obligations for activities authorized under this paragraph shall not exceed $209,900,000. Amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021 under paragraph
(1)shall be distributed as follows: Subject to section 31104(c) of title 49, United States Code— $80,512,000 for carrying out section 31102 (except subsection (l)) of title 49, United States Code); $14,208,000 for carrying out section 31102(l) of title 49, United States Code; and $23,680,000 for carrying out section 31313 of title 49, United States Code. $91,500,000 for carrying out section 31110 of title 49, United States Code. Except as provided in subsection (b), amounts made available under this section shall be made available for obligation and administered as if made available under chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code. Notwithstanding chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, or any regulations adopted pursuant to such chapter, for the duration of fiscal year 2021 with respect to all financial assistance made available under subsection
(a)and section 101, the Secretary of Transportation may— reimburse recipients under section 31104(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, in an amount that is 100 percent of the costs described in such section; and waive the maintenance of effort requirement under 31102(f) of title 49, United States Code, for all States without requiring States to request a waiver. Notwithstanding section 31104(f) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall extend the periods of availability described in such section by 1 year. The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall ensure that funds made available under subsection (a)(2)(B) are used, to the maximum extent practicable, to support— the acceleration of planned investments to modernize the Administration’s information technology and information management systems; the completion of outstanding statutory mandates required by MAP–21 (112–141) and the FAST Act (114–94); and a Large Truck Crash Causal Factors Study of the Administration.