FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION : LEGISLATION, REGULATION & LITIGATION

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49 USC Sec. 22108 01/26/98

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TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS
PART B - ASSISTANCE
CHAPTER 221 - LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE

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Sec. 22108. Authorization of appropriations

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(a) General. - (1) Not more than the following amounts may be
appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out this
chapter:
(A) $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993.
(B) $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994.
(2) Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) of this subsection
remain available until expended.
(3) No amount may be appropriated under this subsection to the
Secretary for any period after September 30, 1994, to carry out
this chapter.
(b) Distribution of Amounts. - The Secretary shall establish
procedures necessary to ensure that amounts available to the
Secretary for projects under this chapter are distributed not later
than April 1 of the fiscal year for which the amounts are
appropriated. If any amounts are not distributed by April 1, the
Secretary shall report to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the status
of those amounts and the reasons for the delay in distribution.
(c) Availability of Other Amounts. - Amounts appropriated to
carry out section 5(i) of the Department of Transportation Act for
fiscal year 1990 that are not applied for or that remain
unobligated on January 1, 1991, are available to the Secretary for
projects under this chapter.

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(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 898; Pub. L.
103-429, Sec. 6(20), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4379; Pub. L.
104-287, Sec. 5(48), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3393.)

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Historical and Revision Notes
Pub. L. 103-272
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at
Large)
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22108(a) 49 App.:1654(q). Oct. 15, 1966, Pub.
L. 89-670, 80 Stat.
931, Sec. 5(h),
(q); added Feb. 5,
1976, Pub. L. 94-
210, Sec. 803, 90
Stat. 130; Nov. 8,
1978, Pub. L. 95-
607, Sec. 102-
106(a), 107- 109(a),
92 Stat. 3059,
3062; Oct. 12,
1979, Pub. L. 96-
86, Sec. 115(b), 93
Stat. 662; Aug. 13,
1981, Pub. L. 97-
35, Sec. 1191, 1192,
95 Stat. 699; Jan.
14, 1983, Pub. L.
97-468, Sec. 501,
96 Stat. 2551; Apr.
7, 1986, Pub. L. 99-
272, Sec. 4018, 100
Stat. 111; restated
Dec. 11, 1989, Pub.
L. 101-213, Sec.
2(a), (c), 103
Stat. 1843, 1847,
1848; Sept. 3,
1992, Pub. L. 102-
365, Sec. 14, 106
Stat. 980.
22108(b) 49 App.:1654(h).
22108(c) (no source).
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In subsection (a), the words ''to carry out this chapter'' are
substituted for ''for the purposes of this section'' and ''under
this section'' for clarity. The reference to fiscal years 1991 and
1992 is omitted as obsolete.
Subsection (c) is added because section 2(b)(1) of the Local Rail
Service Reauthorizing Act (Public Law 101-213, 103 Stat. 1843)
provided that amounts available for fiscal year 1990 to carry out
section 5(i) of the Department of Transportation Act that were not
applied for or remained unobligated are available to the Secretary
in carrying out projects under this chapter, as in effect on
October 1, 1990.
PUB. L. 103-429
This amends 49:22108(a)(3) to clarify the restatement of 49
App.:1654(q) by section 1 of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law
103-272, 108 Stat. 898).

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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 5(i) of the Department of Transportation Act, referred to
in subsec. (c), is section 5(i) of Pub. L. 89-670, which was
classified to section 1654(i) of former Title 49, Transportation,
and was repealed and reenacted as section 22106(e) of Title 49,
Transportation, by Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), 7(b), July 5, 1994,
108 Stat. 898, 1379.

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AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-287 substituted ''Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure'' for ''Committee on Energy and
Commerce''.
1994 - Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 103-429 inserted ''under this
subsection'' after ''appropriated''.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 103-429 effective July 5, 1994, see section
9 of Pub. L. 103-429, set out as a note under section 321 of this
title.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 22104 of this title.