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[CITE: 49USC5563]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
                  CHAPTER 55--INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBCHAPTER II--TERMINALS
 
Sec. 5563. Conversion of certain rail passenger terminals

    (a) Authority To Provide Assistance.--The Secretary of 
Transportation may provide financial assistance to convert a rail 
passenger terminal to an intermodal transportation terminal under 
section 5562(a)(1) of this title only if--
        (1) the terminal can be converted to accommodate other modes of 
    transportation the Secretary of Transportation decides are 
    appropriate, including--
            (A) motorbus transportation;
            (B) mass transit (rail or rubber tire); and
            (C) airline ticket offices and passenger terminals providing 
        direct transportation to area airports;

        (2) the terminal is listed on the National Register of Historic 
    Places maintained by the Secretary of the Interior;
        (3) the architectural integrity of the terminal will be 
    preserved;
        (4) to the extent practicable, the use of the terminal 
    facilities for transportation may be combined with use of those 
    facilities for other civic and cultural activities, especially when 
    another activity is recommended by--
            (A) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation;
            (B) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; or
            (C) consultants retained under subsection (b) of this 
        section; and

        (5) the terminal and the conversion project meet other criteria 
    prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation after consultation 
    with the Council and Chairman.

    (b) Architectural Integrity.--The Secretary of Transportation must 
employ consultants on whether the architectural integrity of the rail 
passenger terminal will be preserved under subsection (a)(3) of this 
section. The Secretary may decide that the architectural integrity will 
be preserved only if the consultants concur. The Council and Chairman 
shall recommend consultants to be employed by the Secretary. The 
consultants also may make recommendations referred to in subsection 
(a)(4) of this section.
    (c) Government's Share of Costs.--The Secretary of Transportation 
may not make a grant under this section for more than 80 percent of the 
total cost of converting a rail passenger terminal into an intermodal 
transportation terminal.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 851.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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5563(a), (b)..........................  49 App.:1653(i)(2) (1st          Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, 80 Stat.
                                         sentence).                       931, 
Sec.  4(i)(2); added Oct. 28,
                                                                          1974,
 Pub. L. 93-496, Secs.  6, 15, 88
                                                                          Stat.
 1528, 1533; May 26, 1975, Pub.
                                                                          L. 94
-25, Sec.  13, 89 Stat. 93; Oct.
                                                                          5, 19
78, Pub. L. 95-421, Sec.  14, 92
                                                                          Stat.
 929.
5563(c)...............................  49 App.:1653(i)(2) (last
                                         sentence).
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``to convert a rail 
passenger terminal to an intermodal transportation terminal under 
section 5562(a)(1) of this title'' are substituted for ``for the purpose 
set forth in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection'' for clarity and 
because of the restatement. In clause (5), the word ``prescribed'' is 
substituted for ``develop and promulgate'' for consistency in the 
revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
    Subsection (b) is substituted for ``and such judgment is concurred 
in by consultants recommended by the Chairman of the National Endowment 
of [sic] the Arts and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and 
retained for this purpose by the Secretary'' for clarity and consistency 
in the revised title.
