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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 505. State planning and research
(a) General Rule. - Two percent of the sums apportioned to a
State for fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter under
section 104 (other than sections 104(f) and 104(h)) and under
section 144 shall be available for expenditure by the State, in
consultation with the Secretary, only for the following purposes:
(1) Engineering and economic surveys and investigations.
(2) The planning of future highway programs and local public
transportation systems and the planning of the financing of such
programs and systems, including metropolitan and statewide
planning under sections 134 and 135.
(3) Development and implementation of management systems under
section 303.
(4) Studies of the economy, safety, and convenience of surface
transportation systems and the desirable regulation and equitable
taxation of such systems.
(5) Research, development, and technology transfer activities
necessary in connection with the planning, design, construction,
management, and maintenance of highway, public transportation,
and intermodal transportation systems.
(6) Study, research, and training on the engineering standards
and construction materials for transportation systems described
in paragraph (5), including the evaluation and accreditation of
inspection and testing and the regulation and taxation of their
use.
(b) Minimum Expenditures on Research, Development, and Technology
Transfer Activities. -
(1) In general. - Subject to paragraph (2), not less than 25
percent of the funds subject to subsection (a) that are
apportioned to a State for a fiscal year shall be expended by the
State for research, development, and technology transfer
activities described in subsection (a), relating to highway,
public transportation, and intermodal transportation systems.
(2) Waivers. - The Secretary may waive the application of
paragraph (1) with respect to a State for a fiscal year if the
State certifies to the Secretary for the fiscal year that total
expenditures by the State for transportation planning under
sections 134 and 135 will exceed 75 percent of the funds
described in paragraph (1) and the Secretary accepts such
certification.
(3) Nonapplicability of assessment. - Funds expended under
paragraph (1) shall not be considered to be part of the
extramural budget of the agency for the purpose of section 9 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
(c) Federal Share. - The Federal share of the cost of a project
carried out using funds subject to subsection (a) shall be 80
percent unless the Secretary determines that the interests of the
Federal-aid highway program would be best served by decreasing or
eliminating the non-Federal share.
(d) Administration of Sums. - Funds subject to subsection (a)
shall be combined and administered by the Secretary as a single
fund and shall be available for obligation for the same period as
funds apportioned under section 104(b)(1).
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