S.Amdt. 2509

SA 2509. Mr. SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 91 (of the Committee Print for the proposed Federal Public Transportation Act of 2004), line 22 in Sec. 3012(a)'s proposed Sec. 5310(a)(1), insert a comma and the following phrase after the words “transportation projects”: “and operating costs associated with public transportation capital projects,”

On page 93, in Sec. 3012(a)'s proposed Sec. 5310(c)(1), replace the words “IN GENERAL” with “CAPITAL PROJECTS” at line 17, and add the following subparagraph after line 24:

“(C) Operating assistance.--A grant made under this section for operating assistance may not exceed 50 percent of the net operating costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.