S.Amdt. 4235

SA 4235. Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4899, making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 71, after line 23, insert the following:

Federal Transit Administration

emergency public transportation operating assistance

For an additional amount for transit assistance grants authorized under sections 5307 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000,000, for the operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation, as defined under section 5302(a)(10) of title 49, United States Code, to remain available through September 30, 2011: Provided, That funds shall be expended no later than July 1, 2012: Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation shall provide 80 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading for grants under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, and apportion such funds in accordance with section 5336 of such title: Provided further, That the Secretary shall apportion 10 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading in accordance with section 5340 of such title: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 10 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading for grants under section 5311 of such title, and apportion such funds in accordance with such section: Provided further, That of the funds provided for section 5311 of such title, 2.5 percent shall be made available for section 5311(c)(1): Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be apportioned not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the amounts apportioned shall be used for operating expenses necessary to restore a reduction in public transportation service and related workforce reductions or to rescind all or a portion of a fare increase, if such reduction or increase was due to decreased State or local funding or farebox revenue that occurred on or after January 1, 2009, and to prevent reductions of service or increases in fares through September 30, 2011: Provided further, That if a recipient submits a certification to the Secretary that the recipient has not had a major reduction in public transportation service, as described in section 5307(d)(1)(I) of title 49, United States Code, or a fare increase as a result of decreased State or local operating funding, and will be able to avoid such reductions or increases through September 30, 2011, without the funds made available by this section, a recipient may use the funds to replace, rehabilitate, or repair existing transit capital assets used in public transportation: Provided further, That a recipient may use any remaining funds made available by this section to replace, rehabilitate, or repair existing transit capital assets used in public transportation if that recipient has restored a major reduction in public transportation service or rescinded a fare increase; and is able to avoid such reductions or increases: Provided further, That applicable chapter 53 requirements shall apply to funding provided under this heading, except that the Federal share of the costs for which any grant is made under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided further, That section 1101(b) of Public Law 109-59 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That three-quarters of 1 percent of the funds provided for grants under section 5307 and section 5340, and one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided for grants under section 5311, shall be available for administrative expenses and program management oversight, and such funds shall be available through September 30, 2013.