Sec. 3031. NEW JERSEY URBAN CORE PROJECT

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## SEC. 3031 NEW JERSEY URBAN CORE PROJECT ###

(a)Contractual Commitments ####

(1)Full funding grant agreement Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall negotiate and enter into a full funding grant agreement under section 3 of the Federal Transit Act for those elements of the New Jersey Urban Core Project which can be fully funded in fiscal years 1992 through 1997. Such grant agreement shall not preclude the allocation of Federal funds for those elements of the project not covered under such grant agreement. ####

(2)Payment The grant agreement under paragraph

(1)shall provide that the Federal share of the cost of the New Jersey Urban Core Project shall be paid by the Secretary from amounts provided under section 3 of the Federal Transit Act as follows: #####

(A)Not less than $95,900,000 for fiscal year 1992. #####

(B)Not less than $71,700,000 for fiscal year 1993. #####

(C)Not less than $64,800,000 for fiscal year 1994. #####

(D)Not less than $146,000,000 for fiscal year 1995. #####

(E)Not less than a total of $256,000,000 for fiscal years 1996 and 1997. Nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding other Federal funds from being committed to the project. ####

(3)Allocations #####

(A)Rail connection between penn station newark and broad street station, newark Of the amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, and for the period of October 1, 2004, through July 30, 2005, the Secretary shall set aside 10 percent, but not more than $5,000,000, per fiscal year for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of the rail connection between Penn Station, Newark and Broad Street Station, Newark. #####

(B)Newark-newark international airport-elizabeth transit link Of the amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, and for the period of October 1, 2004, through July 30, 2005, the Secretary, after making the set aside under subparagraph (A), shall set aside 10 percent, but not more than $5,000,000 per fiscal year for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of the Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link, including construction of the auxiliary New Jersey Transit station, described in subsection (d). #####

(C)Light rail connection and alignment within and serving the city of elizabeth Of the amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, and for the period of October 1, 2004, through July 30, 2005, the Secretary, after making the set-aside under subparagraphs

(A)and (B), shall set aside 10 percent but not more than $5,000,000 per fiscal year for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of the light rail connection and alignment within and serving the city of Elizabeth as described in subsection (d). ###

(b)Non-Federal Share Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of calculating non-Federal contributions to the net cost of the New Jersey Urban Core Project, the Secretary shall include all non-Federal contributions made on or after January 1, 1987, for construction of any element of the project. Non-Federal funds committed to one element of the project may be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement for any other element of the project. ###

(c)Exemption From Certain Requirements The requirements contained in section 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to the New Jersey Urban Core Project. No element of the project shall be subject to the major capital investment policy of the Federal Transit Administration. ###

(d)Elements of Urban Core Project For the purposes of this section, the New Jersey Urban Core Project consists of the following elements: Secaucus Transfer (including relocation and construction of the Bergen County and Pascack Valley Rail Lines and the relocation of the Main/Bergen Connection with construction of a rail station and to and at the contiguous New Jersey Meadowlands Sports Complex), including a connection to the Hudson River Waterfront Transportation System, the Lackawanna Cutoff, Kearny Connection, Waterfront Connection, Northeast Corridor Signal System, Hudson River Waterfront Transportation System (including a connection from the Vince Lombardi Station to Saddlebrook and Edgewater), restoration of commuter rail service along the Northern Branch Line or the West Shore Line, Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link (including construction of an auxiliary New Jersey Light Rail Transit station, providing access from the Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link to the Newark International Airport), a rail connection between Penn Station Newark and Broad Street Station, Newark, New York Penn Station Concourse, the restoration of commuter rail service from Lakehurst to the Northeast Corridor or the New Jersey Coast Line, a light rail extension of the Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link from Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the towns of Cranford, Westfield, Fanwood, and Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey, and any appropriate light rail connections and alignments within the city of Elizabeth to be determined by the city of Elizabeth and the New Jersey Department of Transportation (and which shall include connecting midtown Elizabeth to Route 1 Park and Ride, the Elizabeth Car House Museum, Division Street, Singer Place, Ferry Terminal, Jersey Gardens Mall, Elizabeth Port to Lot D at Newark Airport) and any appropriate fixed guideway system in Passaic County, and the equipment needed to operate revenue service associated with improvements made by the project. The project includes elements advanced with 100 percent non-Federal funds.