S.Amdt. 1704

1. Adds SEC. ___. RECEIPTS FROM PRIVATE PROVIDERS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELIGIBLE FOR LOCAL SHARE PILOT PROGRAM wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. ___. RECEIPTS FROM PRIVATE PROVIDERS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELIGIBLE FOR LOCAL SHARE PILOT PROGRAM.

   Inserted: (a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Transportation (referred to in this section as the "Secretary") shall establish a pilot program under which the non-Government share of the cost of a capital project carried out by a recipient of funding under section 5307 or 5311 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this Act, may include an amount equal to the amount that a private provider of public transportation receives from providing public transportation service in the service area of the recipient that is in excess of the operating costs of the service provided, if the rolling stock used to provide the service--

   Inserted: (1) has been privately acquired; and

   Inserted: (2) has not been acquired using any Government capital assistance.

   Inserted: (b) Oversight.--Each recipient that participates in the pilot program established under subsection (a) shall demonstrate that--

   Inserted: (1) the recipient has provided appropriate oversight of the provision of service by the private provider of public transportation; and

   Inserted: (2) a lack of readily available non-Government funding has limited the expansion of service provided by the recipient.

   Inserted: (c) Application.--An application for participation in the pilot program established under subsection (a) shall--

   Inserted: (1) be submitted by a designated recipient on behalf of a recipient; and

   Inserted: (2) include a certification that the recipient meets the requirements under subsection (b).

   Inserted: (d) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2013, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that at a minimum shall include a description of--

   Inserted: (1) any new or expanded services that would not have been provided without pilot program established under subsection (a);

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   Inserted: (2) the cost effectiveness of any services described in paragraph (1);

   Inserted: (3) the amount of private capital added to the national public transportation system and the impact on job growth from that private capital;

   Inserted: (4) the effect of participation in the pilot program established under subsection (a) on other public transportation services; and

   Inserted: (5) any other information that the Secretary determines is necessary.

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