49 U.S.C. § 5318
Section 5318 · Bus testing facility
Viewing 49 U.S.C. § 5318 as in effect on October 31, 1994. The text changed in 4 later editions (most recent November 15, 2021).
View current version →(a) Establishment.—The Secretary of Transportation shall establish one facility for testing a new bus model for maintainability, reliability, safety, performance (including braking performance), structural integrity, fuel economy, emissions, and noise. The facility shall be established by renovating a facility built with assistance of the United States Government to train rail personnel.
(b) Operation and Maintenance.—The Secretary shall make a contract with a qualified person to operate and maintain the facility. The contract may provide for the testing of rail cars and other vehicles at the facility.
(c) Fees.—The person operating and maintaining the facility shall establish and collect fees for the testing of vehicles at the facility. The Secretary must approve the fees.
(d) Availability of Amounts To Pay for Testing.—The Secretary shall make a contract with the operator of the facility under which the Secretary shall pay 80 percent of the cost of testing a vehicle at the facility from amounts available under section 5338(j)(5) of this title. The entity having the vehicle tested shall pay 20 percent of the cost.
(e) Revolving Loan Fund.—The Secretary has a bus testing revolving loan fund consisting of amounts authorized for the fund under section 317(b)(5) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987. The Secretary shall make available as repayable advances from the fund to the person operating and maintaining the facility amounts to operate and maintain the facility.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
In subsection (c), the words “Under the contract entered into under paragraph (2)” are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (d), the words “to the operator of the facility” are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (e), the text of section 317(b)(5) of the Surface Transportation and Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–17, 101 Stat. 132) is omitted as obsolete. The words “operating and maintaining the facility” are substituted for “described in paragraph (3)” for clarity.
Pub. L. 103–429
This amends 49:5318(e) to correct an erroneous cross-reference.
References in Text
Section 317(b)(5) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, referred to in subsec. (e), is section 317(b)(5) of Pub. L. 100–17, which was set out as a note under section 1608 of former Title 49, Transportation, and was repealed by Pub. L. 103–272, §7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379. For further details, see Historical and Revision Notes for Pub. L. 103–272 above.
Amendments
1994—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–429 inserted “Uniform” before “Relocation”.
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.