[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 238 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                      December 3, 2007.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
238) entitled ``An Act to repeal a prohibition on the use of certain 
funds for tunneling in certain areas with respect to the Los Angeles to 
San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project, California.'', do pass with the 
following

                               AMENDMENT:

On page 2, after line 4, insert: 

SEC. 2. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.

    Section 5307(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``2007'' and inserting 
        ``2009'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``2007'' and inserting 
        ``2009''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Maximum amounts in fiscal years 2008 and 
                2009.--In fiscal years 2008 and 2009--
                            ``(i) amounts made available to any 
                        urbanized area under clause (i) or (ii) of 
                        subparagraph (A) shall be not more than 50 
                        percent of the amount apportioned in fiscal 
                        year 2002 to the urbanized area with a 
                        population of less than 200,000, as determined 
                        in the 1990 decennial census of population;
                            ``(ii) amounts made available to any 
                        urbanized area under subparagraph (A)(iii) 
                        shall be not more than 50 percent of the amount 
                        apportioned to the urbanized area under this 
                        section for fiscal year 2003; and
                            ``(iii) each portion of any area not 
                        designated as an urbanized area, as determined 
                        by the 1990 decennial census, and eligible to 
                        receive funds under subparagraph (A)(iv), shall 
                        receive an amount of funds to carry out this 
                        section that is not less than 50 percent of the 
                        amount the portion of the area received under 
                        section 5311 in fiscal year 2002.''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 238

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                               AMENDMENT