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SEC. 3030. PROJECTS FOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS.

    (a) Final Design and Construction.--The following projects are
authorized for final design and construction for fiscal years 1998
through 2003 under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States
Code:
        (1) Atlanta--Athens Commuter Rail.
        (2) Atlanta--Griffin Commuter Rail.
        (3) Atlanta--North Line Extension.
        (4) Austin--NW/North Central/SE--Airport LRT.
        (5) Baltimore--Central LRT Extension to Glen Burnie.
        (6) Boston--Massport Airport Intermodal Transit Connector.
        (7) Boston--North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension to
    Beverly.
        (8) Charlotte--South Corridor Transitway.
        (9) Chicago--Navy Pier-McCormick Place Busway.
        (10) Chicago--North Central Upgrade Commuter Rail.
        (11) Chicago--Ravenswood Line Extension.
        (12) Chicago--Southwest Extension.
        (13) Chicago--West Line Expansion.
        (14) Cleveland--Akron-Canton Commuter Rail.
        (15) Cleveland--Berea Metroline Extension.
        (16) Cleveland--Blue Line Extension.
        (17) Cleveland--Euclid Corridor Extension.
        (18) Cleveland--I-90 Corridor to Ashtabula County.
        (19) Cleveland--Waterfront Line Extension.
        (20) Dallas--North Central Extension.
        (21) Dallas--Ft. Worth RAILTRAN (Phase II).
        (22) Denver--East Corridor (Airport).
        (23) Denver--Southeast LRT (I-25 between 6th & Lincoln).
        (24) Denver--Southwest LRT.
        (25) Denver--West Corridor LRT.
        (26) East St. Louis-St. Clair County--Mid-America Airport
    Corridor.
        (27) Ft. Lauderdale-West Palm Beach-Miami Tri-County Commuter
    Rail.
        (28) Galveston--Trolley Extension.
        (29) Hartford--Griffin Line.
        (30) Hollis--Ketchikan Ferry.
        (31) Houston--Regional Bus Plan--Phase I.
        (32) Kansas City--I-35 Commuter Rail.
        (33) Kansas City--Southtown Corridor.
        (34) Kenosha-Racine--Milwaukee Rail Extension.
        (35) Las Vegas Corridor.
        (36) Little Rock--River Rail.
        (37) Los Angeles--Metrolink San Bernadino Line.
        (38) Los Angeles--MOS-3.
        (39) Los Angeles--Metrolink (Union Station-Fullerton).
        (40) Louisville--Jefferson County Corridor.
        (41) MARC--Commuter Rail Improvements.
        (42) Maryland Light Rail Double Track.
        (43) Memphis--Medical Center Extension.
        (44) Miami--East-West Multimodal Corridor.
        (45) Miami--North 27th Avenue Corridor.
        (46) Miami--South Busway Extension.
        (47) Milwaukee--East-West Corridor.
        (48) Monterey County Commuter Rail.
        (49) Nashua, NH--Lowell, MA Commuter Rail.
        (50) Nashville--Commuter Rail.
        (51) New Orleans--Canal Streetcar.
        (52) New York--8th Avenue Subway Connector.
        (53) New York--Brooklyn--Staten Island Ferry.
        (54) New York--Long Island Railroad East Side Access.
        (55) New York--Staten Island Ferry--Whitehall Intermodal
    Terminal.
        (56) New York Susquehanna and Western Commuter Rail.
        (57) New Jersey Urban Core.
        (58) Norfolk--Virginia Beach Corridor.
        (59) Orange County--Fullerton--Irvine Corridor.
        (60) Orlando--I-4 Central Florida Light Rail System.
        (61) Philadelphia--Schuykill Valley Metro.
        (62) Phoenix--Fixed Guideway.
        (63) Colorado--Roaring Fork Valley Rail.
        (64) Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System.
        (65) Pittsburgh--MLK Busway Extension.
        (66) Portland--South-North Corridor.
        (67) Portland--Westside-Hillsboro Corridor.
        (68) Raleigh-Durham--Regional Transit Plan.
        (69) Sacramento--Folsom Extension.
        (70) Sacramento--Placer County Corridor.
        (71) Sacramento--South Corridor.
        (72) Salt Lake City--Light Rail (Airport to University of
    Utah).
        (73) Salt Lake City--Ogden-Provo Commuter Rail.
        (74) Salt Lake City--South LRT.
        (75) San Diego--Mid-Coast LRT Corridor.
        (76) San Diego--Mission Valley East Corridor.
        (77) San Diego--Oceanside--Escondido Corridor.
        (78) San Francisco--BART to San Francisco International Airport
    Extension.
        (79) San Francisco--Bayshore Corridor.
        (80) San Jose--Tasman Corridor Light Rail.
        (81) San Juan--Tren Urbano.
        (82) San Juan--Tren Urbano Extension to Minellas.
        (83) Santa Cruz--Fixed Guideway.
        (84) Seattle--Southworth High Speed Ferry.
        (85) Seattle--Sound Move Corridor.
        (86) South Boston--Piers Transitway.
        (87) St. Louis--Cross County Corridor.
        (88) Stockton--Altamont Commuter Rail.
        (89) Tampa Bay--Regional Rail.
        (90) Twin Cities--Northstar Corridor (Downtown Minneapolis-
    Anoka County-St. Cloud).
        (91) Twin Cities--Transitways Corridors.
        (92) Washington--Richmond Rail Corridor Improvements.
        (93) Washington, D.C.--Dulles Corridor Extension.
        (94) Washington, D.C.--Largo Extension.
        (95) West Trenton Line (West Trenton-Newark).
        (96) Westlake--Commuter Rail Link.
        (97) Pittsburgh North Shore-Central Business District Corridor.
        (98) Pittsburgh--Stage II Light Rail.
        (99) Boston--North-South Rail Link.
        (100) Spokane--South Valley Corridor Light Rail.
        (101) Miami--Palmetto Metrorail.
        (102) Morgantown--Personal Rapid Transit.
        (103) Santa Monica--Busway.
        (104) Northwest New Jersey--Northeast Rail Corridor.
        (105) Southeastern North Carolina Corridor.
        (106) Chicago--Douglas Branch.
        (107) San Joaquin--Regional Transit Corridor.
        (108) Albuquerque--High Capacity Corridor.
    (b) Alternatives Analysis and Preliminary Engineering.--The
following projects are authorized for alternatives analysis and
preliminary engineering for fiscal years 1998 through 2003 under
section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code:
        (1) Atlanta--Georgia 400 Multimodal Corridor.
        (2) Atlanta--MARTA Extension (S. De Kalb-Lindbergh).
        (3) Atlanta--MARTA I-285 Transit Corridor.
        (4) Atlanta--MARTA Marietta-Lawrenceville Corridor.
        (5) Atlanta--MARTA South De Kalb Comprehensive Transit Program.
        (6) Baltimore--Metropolitan Rail Corridor.
        (7) Baltimore--People Mover.
        (8) Bergen County Cross--County Light Rail.
        (9) Birmingham Transit Corridor.
        (10) Boston--Urban Ring.
        (11) Charleston--Monobeam.
        (12) Chicago--Comiskey Park Station.
        (13) Chicago--Inner Circumferential Commuter Rail.
        (14) Cumberland/Dauphin County Corridor 1 Commuter Rail.
        (15) Dallas--DART LRT Extensions.
        (16) Dallas--Las Colinas Corridor.
        (17) Dayton--Regional Riverfront Corridor.
        (18) El Paso--International Fixed Guideway (El Paso-Juarez).
        (19) Fremont--South Bay Corridor.
        (20) Houston--Advanced Transit Program.
        (21) Jacksonville--Fixed Guideway Corridor.
        (22) Knoxville--Electric Transit.
        (23) Lorain--Cleveland Commuter Rail.
        (24) Los Angeles--MOS-4 East Side Extension (II).
        (25) Los Angeles--MOS-4 San Fernando Valley East-West.
        (26) Los Angeles--LOSSAN (Del Mar-San Diego).
        (27) Maine High Speed Ferry Service.
        (28) Maryland Route 5 Corridor.
        (29) Memphis--Regional Rail Plan.
        (30) Miami--Kendall Corridor.
        (31) Miami--Northeast Corridor.
        (32) New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor.
        (33) New Orleans--Airport--CBD Commuter Rail.
        (34) New Orleans--Desire Streetcar.
        (35) New York--Astoria--East Elmhurst Extension.
        (36) New York--Broadway--Lafayette & Bleecker Street Transfer.
        (37) New York--Brooklyn--Manhattan Access.
        (38) New York--Lower Manhattan Access.
        (39) New York--Manhattan East Side Link.
        (40) New York--Midtown West Intermodal Terminal.
        (41) New York--Nassau Hub.
        (42) New York--North Shore Railroad.
        (43) New York--Queens West Light Rail Link.
        (44) New York--St. George's Ferry Intermodal Terminal.
        (45) Newburgh--LRT System.
        (46) North Front Range Corridor.
        (47) Northeast Indianapolis Corridor.
        (48) Oakland Airport--BART Connector.
        (49) Providence--Pawtucket Corridor.
        (50) Philadelphia--Broad Street Line Extension.
        (51) Philadelphia--Cross County Metro.
        (52) Philadelphia--Lower Marion Township.
        (53) Pinellas County--Mobility Initiative Project.
        (54) Redlands--San Bernardino Transportation Corridor.
        (55) Riverside--Perris Rail Passenger Service.
        (56) Salt Lake City--Draper Light Rail Extension.
        (57) Salt Lake City--West Jordan Light Rail Extension.
        (58) San Francisco--CalTrain Extension to Hollister.
        (59) Scranton--Laurel Line Intermodal Corridor.
        (60) SEATAC--Personal Rapid Transit.
        (61) Toledo--CBD to Zoo.
        (62) Union Township Station (Raritan Valley Line).
        (63) Washington County Corridor (Hastings-St. Paul).
        (64) Washington, D.C.--Georgetown-Ft. Lincoln.
        (65) Williamsburg--Newport News-Hampton LRT.
        (66) Cincinnati/N. Kentucky--Northeast Corridor.
        (67) Northeast Ohio--commuter rail.
        (68) California--North Bay Commuter Rail.
    (c) Project Authorizations.--
        (1) In general.--Of the total amount made available by or
    authorized under section 5338(b) of title 49, United States Code,
    to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(B) for fiscal years 1998 through
    2003:
            (A) $3,000,000,000 shall be available for the following
        projects:
                (i) Birmingham Transit Corridor, $87,500,000.
                (ii) San Diego-Mission Valley East Corridor,
            $325,000,000.
                (iii) Denver-Southeast LRT (I-25 between 6th and
            Lincoln), $10,000,000.
                (iv) Colorado--Roaring Fork Valley Rail, $40,000,000.
                (v) Hartford--Griffin Line, $33,000,000.
                (vi) Bridgeport--Intermodal Corridor, $34,000,000.
                (vii) New London--Waterfront Access, $10,000,000.
                (viii) Old Saybrook--Hartford Rail Extension,
            $10,000,000.
                (ix) Stamford--Fixed Guideway Connector, $18,000,000.
                (x) Orlando--I-4 Central Florida Light Rail System,
            $100,000,000.
                (xi) Miami--Palmetto Metrorail, $8,000,000.
                (xii) Tampa Bay--Regional Rail, $2,000,000.
                (xiii) Fort Lauderdale--West Palm Beach--Miami Tri-
            County Commuter Rail, $20,000,000.
                (xiv) Miami--East-West Multimodal Corridor,
            $20,000,000.
                (xv) Chicago--CTA Douglas Branch, $315,000,000.
                (xvi) Indianapolis Region Commuter Rail, $10,000,000.
                (xvii) Sioux City--Light Rail, $10,000,000.
                (xviii) MARC--Commuter Rail Improvements, $185,000,000.
                (xix) Baltimore--Light Rail Double Track, $120,000,000.
                (xx) Boston--North Shore Corridor and Blue Line
            Extension to Beverly, $50,000,000.
                (xxi) Twin Cities--Transitways Corridors, $120,000,000.
                (xxii) Twin Cities--Northstar Corridor (Downtown
            Minneapolis--Anoka County--St. Cloud), $6,000,000.
                (xxiii) I-35 Commuter Rail, $30,000,000.
                (xxiv) Las Vegas Corridor, $155,000,000.
                (xxv) New Jersey--Bergen County Cross County Light
            Rail, $5,000,000.
                (xxvi) New Jersey--Trans Hudson Midtown Corridor,
            $5,000,000.
                (xxvii) Santa Fe--Eldorado Rail Link, $10,000,000.
                (xxviii) Albuquerque Alvarado Intermodal Center,
            $5,000,000.
                (xxix) Albuquerque Light Rail, $90,000,000.
                (xxx) New York--Long Island Railroad East Side Access,
            $353,000,000.
                (xxxi) New York--Second Avenue Subway, $5,000,000.
                (xxxii) New York--Whitehall Ferry Terminal,
            $40,000,000.
                (xxxiii) New York--St. George's Ferry Intermodal
            Terminal, $20,000,000.
                (xxxiv) New York--Nassau Hub, $10,000,000.
                (xxxv) New Jersey--New York Midtown West Ferry
            Terminal, $16,300,000.
                (xxxvi) Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Corridor,
            $65,000,000.
                (xxxvii) Portland South--North Corridor, $25,000,000.
                (xxxviii) Philadelphia--Schuylkill Valley Metro,
            $75,000,000.
                (xxxix) Allegheny County Stage II Light Rail,
            $100,200,000.
                (xl) Philadelphia--Pittsburgh High Speed Rail,
            $10,000,000.
                (xli) Cumberland/Dauphin County Corridor 1 Commuter
            Rail, $20,000,000.
                (xlii) Pittsburgh North Shore--Central Business
            District, $20,000,000.
                (xliii) Providence--Boston Commuter, $10,000,000.
                (xliv) Rhode Island Integrated Intermodal
            Transportation, $25,000,000.
                (xlv) Dallas--North Central Extension, $188,000,000.
                (xlvi) Dallas--Southeast Corridor, $20,000,000.
                (xlvii) Dallas--Northwest Corridor, $12,000,000.
                (xlviii) Washington, D.C., Dulles Corridor Extension,
            $86,000,000.
                (xlix) Seattle--Tacoma Commuter Rail, $40,000,000.
                (l) San Joaquin Regional Intermodal Corridor,
            $14,000,000.
                (li) Railtran Corridor Light Rail, $12,000,000.
            (B) The remainder shall be available for projects listed in
        subsections (a) and (b).
        (2) Additional funds.--
            (A) In general.--The total amount authorized in section
        5338(h)(5) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years
        1999 through 2003 shall be available for projects listed in
        subsections (a) and (b).
            (B) Priority for salt lake city olympics.--
                (i) In general.--Of the amount authorized to be
            appropriated under section 5338(h)(5), $640,000,000 is
            authorized to be appropriated for the Salt Lake City Winter
            Olympic Games for the following projects:

                    (I) North/South Light Rail.
                    (II) Airport to University of Utah Light Rail.
                    (III) Intermodal Facilities.
                    (IV) Park and Ride Lots.
                    (V) Bus Acquisition.

                (ii) Government share.--The Government share of the
            costs of projects assisted under this subparagraph shall
            not exceed 80 percent. For purposes of determining the
            nongovernmental share for projects authorized under this
            subparagraph, highway, aviation, and transit projects shall
            be considered to be a program of projects.
                (iii) Use of funds.--Funds provided under this
            subparagraph shall be available for planning and capital
            assistance.
        (3) High priority project.--The Long Island Rail Road East Side
    Access project shall be given priority consideration by the
    Secretary for funds made available under paragraph (1)(B). In
    addition, that project is authorized for construction with funds
    available under section 5338(h)(5) of title 49, United States Code.
    (d) Effect of Authorization.--
        (1) In general.--
            (A) Subsection (a) projects.--Projects authorized by
        subsection (a) for final design and construction are also
        authorized for alternatives analysis and preliminary
        engineering.
            (B) Subsection (b) projects.--Effective October 1, 2000,
        projects authorized by subsection (b) for alternatives analysis
        and preliminary engineering are also authorized for final
        design and construction.
        (2) Fixed guideway authorization.--The project authorized by
    subsection (a)(3) includes an additional 28 rapid rail cars and
    project scope changes from amounts authorized by the Intermodal
    Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
        (3) Intermodal center authorizations.--Notwithstanding any
    other provision of law, each of the following projects are eligible
    for funding under section 5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States
    Code:
            (A) Huntington, West Virginia Intermodal Facility project.
            (B) Huntsville Intermodal Center project.
    (e) New Jersey Urban Core Project.--
        (1) Allocations.--Section 3031(a) of the Intermodal Surface
    Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is amended
    by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) Allocations.--
            ``(A) Rail connection between penn station newark and broad
        street station, newark.--Of the amounts made available for the
        New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of
        title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through
        2003, the Secretary shall set aside 10 percent, but not more
        than $5,000,000, per fiscal year for preliminary engineering,
        design, and construction of the rail connection between Penn
        Station, Newark and Broad Street Station, Newark.
            ``(B) Newark-newark international airport-elizabeth transit
        link.--Of the amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban
        Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United
        States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the Secretary,
        after making the set aside under subparagraph (A), shall set
        aside 10 percent, but not more than $5,000,000 per fiscal year
        for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of the
        Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link,
        including construction of the auxiliary New Jersey Transit
        station, described in subsection (d).
            ``(C) Light rail connection and alignment within and
        serving the city of elizabeth.--Of the amounts made available
        for the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section
        5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years
        1998 through 2003, the Secretary, after making the set-aside
        under subparagraphs (A) and (B), shall set aside 10 percent but
        not more than $5,000,000 per fiscal year for preliminary
        engineering, design, and construction of the light rail
        connection and alignment within and serving the city of
        Elizabeth as described in subsection (d).''.
        (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 3031(c) of the Intermodal
    Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is
    amended--
            (A) by striking ``section 3(i) of the Federal Transit Act
        (relating to criteria for new starts)'' and inserting ``section
        5309(e) of title 49, United States Code,''; and
            (B) by striking ``; except'' and all that follows through
        ``such element''.
        (3) Elements of new jersey urban core project.--Section 3031(d)
    of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
    (105 Stat. 2122) is amended--
            (A) by inserting after ``Secaucus Transfer'' the following:
        ``(including relocation and construction of the Bergen County
        and Pascack Valley Rail Lines and the relocation of the Main/
        Bergen Connection with construction of a rail station and
        associated components to and at the contiguous New Jersey
        Meadowlands Sports Complex)'';
            (B) by striking ``, Newark-Newark International Airport-
        Elizabeth Transit Link'' and inserting ``(including a
        connection from the Vince Lombardi Station to Saddlebrook and
        Edgewater), restoration of commuter rail service along the
        Northern Branch Line of the West Shore Line, Newark-Newark
        International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link (including
        construction of an auxiliary New Jersey Light Rail Transit
        station directly connected to and integrated with the Amtrak
        Northeast Corridor Station at Newark International Airport,
        providing access from the Newark-Newark International Airport-
        Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link to the Newark International
        Airport)''; and
            (C) by inserting after ``New York Penn Station Concourse,''
        the following: ``the restoration of commuter rail service in
        Lakewood to Freehold to Matawan or Jamesburg, New Jersey, as
        described in section 3035(p) of the Intermodal Surface
        Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2131), a light
        rail extension of the Newark-Newark International Airport-
        Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link from Elizabeth, New Jersey,
        to the towns of Cranford, Westfield, Fanwood, and Plainfield in
        Union County, New Jersey, and any appropriate light rail
        connections and alignments within the city of Elizabeth to be
        determined by the city of Elizabeth and the New Jersey
        Department of Transportation (and which shall include
        connecting midtown Elizabeth to Route 1 Park and Ride, the
        Elizabeth Car House Museum, Division Street, Singer Place,
        Ferry Terminal, Jersey Gardens Mall, Elizabeth Port to Lot D at
        Newark Airport) and any appropriate fixed guideway system in
        Passaic County,''.
    (f) Los Angeles MOS-3 Project.--
        (1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the Los Angeles
    MOS-3 project referenced in subsection (a)(38) may include any
    fixed guideway project or projects selected by the Los Angeles
    County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for development in the
    transportation corridors to be served by the 3 extensions of MOS-3
    of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail project, as described in
    section 3034(i) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
    Act of 1991.
        (2) Alternatives.--In considering fixed guideway alternatives
    and selecting any revised preferred alternative in the East Side or
    Mid City corridors of MOS-3, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
    Transportation Authority shall--
            (A) fully evaluate the potential impact of the alternatives
        on the integrity of the neighborhoods in the corridor involved;
            (B) address the capacity of the alternatives to serve
        transit dependent riders;
            (C) identify and address any disproportionately high and
        adverse effects on minority and low income populations, in
        accordance with the Executive Order on Federal Actions to
        Address Environmental Justice (EO 12898; February 11, 1994);
        and
            (D) otherwise comply with all applicable Federal and State
        planning and environmental requirements.
    (g) Baltimore-Washington Transportation Improvements Program.--
Section 3035(nn) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2134) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by inserting ``, and alternatives for double tracking
        and related improvements'' after ``Penn Station extensions'';
            (B) by inserting ``shall provide for double tracking and
        related improvements and'' after ``under this paragraph''; and
            (C) by inserting after the first sentence the following:
        ``Funds for projects under this paragraph shall be provided at
        an 80 percent Government share. In applying the local share
        evaluation criteria in section 5309, of title 49, United States
        Code, the Secretary shall compare the aggregate expenditure of
        State and local funds, including Federal highway funds provided
        by the State of Maryland, for all phases of the Central
        Corridor Light Rail project.''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2)--
            (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, including
        capacity and efficiency improvements through construction of a
        Penn-Camden Connection, MARC maintenance and storage
        facilities, and other capacity related improvements, and the
        Silver Spring Intermodal Center'' before the period; and
            (B) in the second sentence, by inserting ``provide for
        construction of the Penn-Camden Connection, MARC maintenance
        and storage facilities, and other capacity related
        improvements, and the Silver Spring Intermodal Center, and
        shall'' after ``shall''.

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