S.Amdt. 1768

SA 1768. Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Levin, Ms. Stabenow,
and Mr. Sanders) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1761 proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 1813, to
reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the end of division B of the amendment, add the
following:

SEC. __. INCREASING THE PRIORITY OF BUSES AND IMPROVING
FLEXIBILITY FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.

(a) Applicability.--Section 5337(e) of title 49, United
States Code, as amended by this Act, shall apply only with
respect to fiscal year 2012.
(b) Funding.--Notwithstanding section 5338 of title 49,
United States Code, as amended by this Act--
(1) of amounts made available under subsection (a)(1) of
such section 5338 for fiscal year 2013--
(A) $5,039,661,500 shall be allocated in accordance with
section 5336 of such title 49 to provide financial assistance
for urbanized areas under section 5307;
(B) $720,190,000 shall be available to provide financial
assistance for other than urbanized areas under section 5311
of such title 49, of which not less than $30,000,000 shall be
available to carry out section 5311(c)(1) and $20,000,000
shall be available to carry out section 5311(c)(2); and
(C) $1,574,763,500 shall be available to carry out
subsection (c) of section 5337 of such title 49;
(2) no amounts made available under subsection (a)(1) of
such section 5338 for fiscal year 2013 may be used to carry
out section 5337(e) of title 49, United States Code, as
amended by this Act;
(3) there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
section 5309 of such title 49, $1,655,000,000 for fiscal year
2013;
(4) there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
section 5307 of such title 49, $203,500,000 for fiscal year
2013, which shall be allocated in accordance with section
5336 of such title 49; and
(5) there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
section 5311 of such title 49, $96,500,000 for fiscal year
2013, which shall be apportioned in accordance with section
5311(c).
(c) High Intensity Fixed Guideway State of Good Repair.--
Notwithstanding section 5337(c)(1) of title 49, United States
Code, as amended by this Act, for fiscal year 2013,
$1,574,763,500 shall be apportioned to recipients in
accordance with section 5337(c) of title 49, United States
Code.
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