§ 5313. — State planning and research programs.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 49USC5313]
TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 53--MASS TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 5313. State planning and research programs
(a) Cooperative Research Program.--(1) The amounts made available
under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C)(ii) of section 5338(d) of this title are
available for a mass transportation cooperative research program. The
Secretary of Transportation shall establish an independent governing
board for the program. The board shall recommend mass transportation
research, development, and technology transfer activities the Secretary
considers appropriate.
(2) The Secretary may make grants to, and cooperative agreements
with, the National Academy of Sciences to carry out activities under
this subsection that the Secretary decides are appropriate.
(b) State Planning and Research.--(1) The amounts made available
under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C)(ii) of section 5338(c) of this title
shall be apportioned to States for grants and contracts consistent with
the purposes of sections 5303-5306, 5312, 5315, 5317,\1\ and 5322 of
this title. The amounts shall be apportioned so that each State receives
an amount equal to the population in urbanized areas in the State,
divided by the population in urbanized areas in all States, as shown by
the latest available decennial census. However, a State must receive at
least .5 percent of the amount apportioned under this subsection.
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(2) A State, as the State considers appropriate, may authorize part
of the amount made available under this subsection to be used to
supplement amounts available under subsection (a) of this section.
(3) An amount apportioned under this subsection--
(A) remains available for 3 years after the fiscal year in which
the amount is apportioned; and
(B) that is unobligated at the end of the 3-year period shall be
reapportioned among the States for the next fiscal year.
(c) Government's Share.--When there would be a clear and direct
financial benefit to an entity under a grant or contract financed under
subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall establish a United
States Government share consistent with the benefit.
(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 812; Pub. L. 105-
178, title III, Sec. 3029(b)(4), (5), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 372.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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5313(a)............................... 49 App.:1622(a)(1). July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88-365, 78 Stat.
302, Sec. 26(a); added Dec. 18, 1991,
Pub. L. 102-240, Sec. 3030, 105 Stat.
2117; Oct. 6, 1992, Pub. L. 102-388,
Sec. 502(r), 106 Stat. 1567.
5313(b)............................... 49 App.:1622(a)(2).
5313(c)............................... 49 App.:1622(b)(8) (related to July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88-365, 78 Stat.
subsection (a)(1)). 302, Sec. 26(b)(8) (related to
subsection (a)(1)); added Dec. 18,
1991, Pub. L. 102-240, Sec. 3030, 103
Stat. 2119.
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In subsection (b)(1), the word ``total'' is omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b)(2), the word ``subsection'' in the source
provision is translated as if it were ``paragraph'' to reflect the
apparent intent of Congress.
In subsection (b)(3)(A), the words ``for obligation'', ``a period
of'', and ``the close of'' are omitted as surplus.
References in Text
Section 5317 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was
repealed by Pub. L. 105-178, title V, Sec. 5110(c), June 9, 1998, 112
Stat. 444.
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 3029(b)(4), substituted
``The amounts made available under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C)(ii) of
section 5338(d)'' for ``Fifty percent of the amounts made available
under section 5338(g)(3)''.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 3029(b)(5), substituted ``The
amounts made available under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C)(ii) of section
5338(c)'' for ``Fifty percent of the amounts made available under
section 5338(g)(3)''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 5314, 5338 of this title.
