measures to maintain or enhance the natural beauty of the lands traversed. After the effective date of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968, the Secretary shall not approve any program or project which requires the use of any publicly owned land from a public park, recreation area, or wildlife and waterfowl refuge of national, State, or local significance as determined by the Federal, State, or local officials having jurisdiction thereof, or any land from an historic site of national, State, or local significance as so determined by such officials unless (1) there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the use of such land, and (2) such program includes all possible planning to minimize harm to such park, recreation area, wildlife and waterfowl refuge, or historic site resulting from such use.

(g) Consultation with Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; annual report to the President for submission to Congress.

The Secretary and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall consult and exchange information regarding their respective transportation policies and activities; carry on joint planning, research and other activities; and coordinate assistance for local transportation projects. They shall jointly study how Federal policies and programs can assure that urban transportation systems most effectively serve both national transportation needs and the comprehensive planned development of urban areas. They shall, within one year after the effective date of this Act, and annually thereafter, report to the President, for submission to the Congress, on their studies and other activities under this subsection, including any legislative recommendations which they determine to be desirable. The Secretary and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall study and report within one year after the effective date of this Act to the President and the Congress on the logical and efficient organization and location of urban mass transportation functions in the Executive Branch. (Pub. L. 89-670, § 4, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 933; Pub. L. 90-495, § 18(b), Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 815.)

(h) Model intermodal transportation terminal at Union Station; authorization for design, plan, and coordination of construction; lease or transfer of space; time for completion of design, plans and construction; authorization of appropriations; application of other laws.

(1) The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to design, plan, and coordinate the construction of a model intermodal transportation terminal at Union Station in the District of Columbia. Such terminal may combine the new railroad passenger station described in section 802 (a) (4) of Title 40, and accommodations for such other modes of transportation as the Secretary deems appropriate. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall incorporate into the design and plans for such intermodal transportation terminal features which will make such facility a model facility and which will attract private investors willing to undertake the development and construction of the terminal.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968, in order to facilitate construction of such model intermodal transportation terminal, the Secretary of the Interior shall lease or transfer such space (including air space), which is not required for purposes of the National Visitor Center, as the Secretary of the Interior holds or may acquire north of the Union Station Building to such party or parties and upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate, notwithstanding section 303b of Title 40. The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior may, to the extent required to complete a visitor center, agree to joint use of the concourse.

(3) The design and plans for the intermodal terminal shall be completed within 2 years following October 28, 1974. The construction of the inter1 modal terminal shall be completed within 5 years following October 28, 1974.

(4) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, for the purposes of carrying out this subsection, such sums as are necessary, not to exceed $5,000,000.

(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as relieving the Washington Terminal Company, its successors or assigns, from the obligation to finance and construct a new railroad passenger station in compliance with the terms of section 802 (a) (4) of Title 40.8a

(i) Conversion of railroad terminals into intermodal transportation terminals; assistance by Secretary; criteria for financial assistance; consultations; applications; preference; recordkeeping requirements; audit and examination of books, etc.; authorization of appropriations; definitions; eligibility under other Federal programs or plans.

(1) The Secretary shall provide financial, technical, and advisory assistance in accordance with this subsection for the purpose of (A) promoting on a feasibility demonstration basis the conversion of not less than three railroad passenger terminals into intermodal transportation terminals; (B) preserving railroad passenger terminals that have a reasonable likelihood of being converted or otherwise maintained pending the formulation of plans for reuse; (C) acquiring and utilizing space in suitable buildings of historic or architectural significance, unless the use of such space would not prove feasible and prudent compared with available alternatives; and (D) stimulating State and local governments, local and regional transportation authorities, common carriers, philanthropic organizations, and other responsible persons to develop plans for the conversion of railroad passenger terminals into intermodal transportation terminals and civic and cultural activity centers.

(2) Financial assistance for the purpose set forth in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection shall be granted in accordance with the following criteria: (A) the railroad terminal can be converted to accommodate such other

"Added by Public Law 93-496, sec. 15, Oct. 28, 1974 (88 Stat. 1533).

modes of transportation as the Secretary deems appropriate, including motorbus transportation, mass transit (rail or rubber tire), and airline ticket offices and passenger terminal providing direct transportation to area airports; (B) the railroad passenger terminal is listed on the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the Secretary of the Interior; (C) the architectural integrity of the railroad passenger terminal will be preserved and such judgment is concurred in by consultants recommended by the Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and retained for this purpose by the Secretary; (D) to the extent practicable, the use of station facilities for transportation purposes may be combined with use for other civic and cultural activities, especially when such use is recommended by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation or the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, or the consultants retained by the Secretary upon their recommendation; and (E) the railroad passenger terminal and the conversion project meet such other criteria as the Secretary shall develop and promulgate in consultation with the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Any grant made by the Secretary under this paragraph shall not exceed 80 per centum of the total cost of conversion of a railroad passenger terminal into an intermodal transportation terminal.

(3) Financial assistance for the purpose set forth in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection may be granted in accordance with regulations, to any responsible person (including a governmental entity) who is empowered by applicable law, qualified, prepared, and committed, on an interim basis pending the formulation of plans for reuse, to maintain (and prevent the demolition, dismantling, or further deterioration of) a railroad passenger terminal: Provided, That (A) such terminal has, in the opinion of the Secretary, a reasonable likelihood of being converted to or conditioned for reuse as an intermodal transportation terminal, a civic or cultural activities center, or both; and (B) planning activity aimed at conversion or reuse has commenced and is proceeding in a competent manner. Funds appropriated for the purpose of this paragraph and paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection shall be expended in the manner most likely to maximize the preservation of railroad passenger terminals capable reasonably of conversion to intermodal transportation terminals or which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the Secretary of the Interior or which are recommended (on the basis of architectural integrity and quality) by the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts or the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The amount of the Federal share of any grant under this paragraph shall not exceed 80 per centum of the total cost of such interim maintenance for a period not to exceed five years.

(4) Acquisitions made for the purpose set forth in paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection shall be made only after consultation with the Chairman

of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

(5) Financial assistance for the purpose set forth in paragraph (1) (D) of this subsection may be granted, in accordance with regulations, to a qualified person (including a governmental entity) who is prepared to develop practicable plans meeting the zoning, land use, and other requirements of the applicable State and local jurisdictions in which the rail passenger terminal is located as well as requirements under this subsection; who shall incorporate into the designs and plans proposed for the › conversion of such terminal into an intermodal transportation terminal, a civic or cultural center, or both, features which reasonably appear likely to attract private investors willing to undertake the implementation of such planned conversion and its subsequent maintenance and operation; and who shall complete the designs and plans for such conversion within two years following the approval of the application for Federal financial assistance under this subsection. In making grants under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give preferential consideration to applicants whose completed designs and plans will be implemented and effectuated within three years after the date of completion. Funds appropriated for the purpose of this paragraph and paragraph (1)(D) of this subsection shall be expended in the manner most likely to maximize the conversion and continued public use of railroad passenger terminals which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the Secretary of the Interior or which are recommended (on the basis of architectural integrity and quality) by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation or the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. The amount of the Federal share of any grant under this paragraph shall not exceed 80 per centum of the total > cost of the project or undertaking for which the financial assistance is > provided.

(6) Within ninety days after October 28, 1974, the Secretary shall issue, and may from time to time amend, regulations with respect to financial assistance under this subsection and procedures for the award of such assistance. Each application for assistance under this subsection shall be made in writing in such form and with such content and other submissions as the > Secretary shall require.

(7) The National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall give preference to using station facilities that would preserve buildings of historical and achitectural significance.

(8) Each recipient of financial assistance under this subsection shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance was given or used, the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and uch other records as will facilitate an effective audit. Until the expiration

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of three years after completion of such project or undertaking, the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of such receipts which, in the opinion of the Secretary or the Comptroller General, may be related or pertinent to such financial assistance.

(9) (A) There is authorized to be appropriated for the purpose set forth

(i) in paragraphs (1) (A) and (1) (C) of this subsection, not to exceed $15,000,000;

(ii) in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, not to exceed $2,500,000; and

(iii) in paragraph (1)(D) of this subsection, not to exceed $2,500,000.

(B) Sums appropriated for the purposes of this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended.

(C) Redesignated (B).

(10) As used in this subsection, "civic and cultural activities" include, but are not limited to, libraries, musical and dramatic presentations, art exhibitions, adult education programs, public meeting place for community groups, convention visitors and others, and facilities for carrying on activities supported in whole or in part under Federal law.

(11) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to invalidate the eligibility of any station for funds designed to assist in its preservation or reuse under any other Federal program or statute.R

8b

Sec. 1653a. Repealed. (Public Law 95-607, Title I, sec. 109(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1978 (92 Stat. 3064))

Sec. 1654. Rail service responsibilities of Secretary.*

(a) Development and availability of plans, proposals, and recommendations for unification or coordination projects.

The Secretary may develop and make available to interested persons feasible plans, proposals, and recommendations for mergers, consolidations, reorganizations, and other unification or coordination projects for rail services (including, but not limited to, arrangements for joint use of tracks or other facilities and any acquisition or sale of assets) which the Secretary believes would result in a rail system which is more efficient, consistent with the public interest.

8b Added by Public Law 93-496, sec. 6, Oct. 28, 1974 (88 Stat. 1528); and amended by Public Law 94-25, sec. 13, May 26, 1975 (89 Stat. 93); by Public Law 94-210, Title VII, sec. 706, Feb. 5, 1976 (90 Stat. 125); by Public Law 94-555, Title II, sec. 219(a), Oct. 19, 1976 (90 Stat. 2629); and by Public Law 95-421, sec. 14, Oct. 5, 1978 (92 Stat. 929).

* See footnote at end of section.