Part 1 of Title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Under Title XII - Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies: Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary Supplemental Discretionary Grants for a National Surface Transportation System:

…additional amount of capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, $5,500,000,000, to remain available until Sept 30, 2011: Provided…Sec Transportation (In this case Ray LaHood) shall distribute funds…as discretionary grants to be awarded to State and local governments on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region: …projects eligible…shall include, but not limited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States Code, including interstate rehabilitation, improvements…rural collector road system, the reconstruction of overpasses and interchanges, bridge replacements, seismic retrofit projects for bridges, and road realignments; public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, including investments in projects participating in the New Starts or Small Starts programs…expedite the completion…entry into revenue service; passenger and freight rail transportation projects; and port infrastructure investments, including…connect ports to other modes of transportation and improve the efficiency of freight movement: …of the amount made available under this paragraph, the Sec. may use an amount not to exceed $200,000,000 for the purpose of paying the subsidy costs of projects eligible for federal credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if Sec finds…use of the funds…advance the purposes of this paragraph: …in distributing funds provided under this heading, the Sec. shall take such measures…ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds…appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural communities: …grant funded under this heading shall not [be] less than $20,000,000 and not greater than $500,000,000: ...Federal share of the costs…made under this heading…up to 100 percent: …Sec. shall give priority to projects that require an additional share of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing package, and to projects that are expected to be completed within 3 years of enactment of this Act: …Sec. shall publish criteria…base competition for any grants awarded…not later than 75 days after enactment…Sec shall require applications…submitted not later than 180 days after…and announce all projects selected to be funded from such funds not later than 1 year after enactment…Sec shall require all additional apps…submitted not later than 1 year after enactment…announce not later than 180 days following such 1-year period all additional projects selected to be funded with funds withdrawn from States and grantees and transferred from “Supplemental Grants for Highway Investments” and “Supplemental Grants for Public Transit Investment”: …projects conducted using funds…comply w/requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, US Code: …may retain up to $5,000,000 of the funds provided…may transfer portions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Maritime Administration, to fund the award and oversight of grants made under this heading.