FTA Announces Fiscal Year 2010 Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information
This notice is the first notice
announcing partial apportionment of
Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 formula and
discretionary funds. It also provides program guidance and requirements; and provides information on several program issues important in the current
fiscal year.
FTA’s current authorization, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU), expired September 30, 2009. Since that time, Congress has enacted short term extensions allowing FTA to continue its current programs. The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010, as amended, (Pub. L. 111–68, Div. B), continues the authorization of the Federal transit programs of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) through February 28, 2010. It extends contract authority for the Formula and Bus Grants programs at the same levels that were available under the Omnibus Appropriations, 2009 (Pub. L. 111–8, Div. I) until February 28, 2010, i.e., approximately 5⁄12th of the contract authority available in fiscal year (FY) 2009. Additionally, Division A of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 68), which was signed into law by President Obama on December 16, 2009, appropriated funds for FTA general funded programs for FY 2010. This notice provides information on funding amounts that are currently available for FTA assistance programs.