[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 183 (Monday, December 3, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S14705]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3802. Mr. SALAZAR (for Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Shelby)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 238, 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; 
as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     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.''.

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