Action
Notice.
Summary
The "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004", (Public Law 108-199), which was signed into law by President Bush on January 23, 2004, includes appropriations for the Department of Transportation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and provides FY 2004 appropriations for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) transit assistance programs. Pending further consideration of a multi-year authorization, Congress has passed a five-month extension of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), known as the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-88). This act, signed by President Bush on September 30, 2003, provides additional funding authorizations for transit and highway programs for the period October 1, 2003, through February 29, 2004. The previous authorizations, under TEA-21, were effective through September 30, 2003. This notice contains (1) a listing of the full amount of the FY 2004 apportionments and allocations for the formula, capital, and transit planning and research programs, including both trust funds and general funds, based on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 and Federal transit laws; and (2) a listing of apportionments and allocations based on the FY 2004 available funding for formula, capital, and transit planning and research programs, in accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003. This includes the total of general funds made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 and a portion of contract authority under the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003. As soon as authorizing legislation covering the remainder of the fiscal year, March 1, 2004, through September 30, 2004, or a portion of it has been enacted the entire apportionment or the additional authority will be made available. If the authorization act affects the distribution of funds within the programs, FTA will republish the apportionments and allocations in their entirety, taking the provisions of both the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 and the authorization act into consideration. In addition, prior year unobligated allocations for the section 5309 New Starts, Bus and Bus-Related and Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) programs are listed. The FTA policy regarding pre-award authority to incur project costs, Letter of No Prejudice Policy, and other pertinent program information are provided.