§ 5315. — National transit institute.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 49USC5315]
TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 53--MASS TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 5315. National transit institute
(a) Establishment and Duties.--The Secretary of Transportation shall
make grants to Rutgers University to establish a national transit
institute. In cooperation with the Federal Transit Administration, State
transportation departments, public mass transportation authorities, and
national and international entities, the institute shall develop and
conduct training programs of instruction for United States Government,
State, and local transportation employees, United States citizens, and
foreign nationals engaged or to be engaged in Government-aid mass
transportation work. The programs may include courses in recent
developments, techniques, and procedures related to--
(1) mass transportation planning;
(2) management;
(3) environmental factors;
(4) acquisition and joint use of rights of way;
(5) engineering and architectural design;
(6) procurement strategies for mass transportation systems;
(7) turnkey approaches to delivering mass transportation
systems;
(8) new technologies;
(9) emission reduction technologies;
(10) ways to make mass transportation accessible to individuals
with disabilities;
(11) construction, construction management, insurance, and risk
management;
(12) maintenance;
(13) contract administration;
(14) inspection;
(15) innovative finance; and
(16) workplace safety.
(b) Related Educational and Training Programs.--The Secretary shall
delegate to the institute the authority of the Secretary to develop and
conduct educational and training programs related to mass
transportation.
(c) Providing Education and Training.--Education and training of
Government, State, and local transportation employees under this section
shall be provided--
(1) by the Secretary at no cost to the States and local
governments for subjects that are a Government program
responsibility; or
(2) when the education and training are paid under subsection
(d) of this section, by the State, with the approval of the
Secretary, through grants and contracts with public and private
agencies, other institutions, individuals, and the institute.
(d) Availability of Amounts.--Not more than .5 percent of the
amounts made available for a fiscal year beginning after September 30,
1991, to a State or public mass transportation authority in the State to
carry out sections 5307 and 5309 of this title is available for
expenditure by the State and public mass transportation authorities in
the State, with the approval of the Secretary, to pay not more than 80
percent of the cost of tuition and direct educational expenses related
to educating and training State and local transportation employees under
this section.
(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 813; Pub. L. 104-
287, Sec. 5(13), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3390; Pub. L. 105-178, title
III, Sec. 3017(a), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 361; Pub. L. 105-206, title
IX, Sec. 9009(l), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 857.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Pub. L. 103-272
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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5315(a)............................... 49 App.:1625(a) (1st-3d July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88-365, 78 Stat.
sentences). 302, Sec. 29(a)-(c); added Dec. 18,
1991, Pub. L. 102-240, Sec. 6022, 105
Stat. 2185.
5315(b)............................... 49 App.:1625(a) (last
sentence).
5315(c)............................... 49 App.:1625(c).
5315(d)............................... 49 App.:1625(b).
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In subsection (a), before clause (1), the word ``conduct'' is
substituted for ``administer'' for consistency in this section.
In subsection (d), the word ``department'' is omitted for
consistency in this section.
Pub. L. 104-287
This amends 49:5315(d), 5317(b)(5), and 5323(b)(1), (c), and (e) to
correct erroneous cross-references.
Amendments
1998--Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 3017(a)(1), as amended by Pub. L. 105-
206 substituted ``transit'' for ``mass transportation'' in section
catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 3017(a)(2)(A), as amended by Pub.
L. 105-206 substituted ``national transit institute'' for ``national
mass transportation institute'' in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 3017(a)(2)(B), as amended by
Pub. L. 105-206 inserted ``and architectural design'' before semicolon
at end.
Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 3017(a)(2)(C), as amended by
Pub. L. 105-206 substituted ``delivering'' for ``carrying out''.
Subsec. (a)(11). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 3017(a)(2)(D), as amended by
Pub. L. 105-206 inserted ``, construction management, insurance, and
risk management'' before semicolon at end.
Subsec. (a)(15), (16). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 3017(a)(2)(E)-(G), as
amended by Pub. L. 105-206 added pars. (15) and (16).
1996--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-287 substituted ``sections 5307 and
5309'' for ``sections 5304 and 5306''.
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Title IX of Pub. L. 105-206 effective simultaneously with enactment
of Pub. L. 105-178 and to be treated as included in Pub. L. 105-178 at
time of enactment, and provisions of Pub. L. 105-178, as in effect on
day before July 22, 1998, that are amended by title IX of Pub. L. 105-
206 to be treated as not enacted, see section 9016 of Pub. L. 105-206,
set out as a note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 104-287 effective July 5, 1994, see section
8(1) of Pub. L. 104-287, set out as a note under section 5303 of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 5313, 5314, 5338 of this
title.
