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Notice.
Summary
The Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 1999 includes Appropriations for Department of Transportation (DOT) and Related Agencies for fiscal year 1999 (Pub. L. 105-277), signed into law by President Clinton on October 21, 1998, and provides fiscal year 1999 appropriations for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) transit assistance programs. Based upon this Act, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), and 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53, this Notice contains a comprehensive list of apportionments and allocations of the various transit programs. This Notice includes the apportionment of fiscal year 1999 funds in the 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act for the Metropolitan Planning Program and State Planning and Research Program, the Urbanized Area Formula Program, the Nonurbanized Area Formula Program, the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Program, the Rural Transit Assistance Program, and the Capital Program for Fixed Guideway Modernization. This Notice also contains the allocations of funds for the New Starts and Bus categories under the Capital Program in the 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act. Also it contains general information about new programs established under TEA-21: the Clean Fuels Formula Program, the Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Program, the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program, and the Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program. Information regarding TEA-21 funding authorization levels for use in developing Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPS) and State Transportation Improvement Programs (STIP) is also included. For informational purposes, this Notice contains the apportionment of fiscal year 1999 funds for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Metropolitan Planning Program and the estimated apportionment of the fiscal year 1999 State Planning and Research Program. Included in this Notice is a listing of prior year unobligated allocations for the Section 5309 New Starts and Bus Programs as in previous year notices. In addition, the FTA policy regarding pre-award authority to incur project costs, the Letter of No Prejudice Policy, as well as other pertinent program information is included.