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136 STAT. 2082 PUBLIC LAW 117–169—AUG. 16, 2022 ‘‘(d) INVESTMENT IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMU- NITIES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise avail- able, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,262,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants for projects in communities described in para- graph (2) for the same purposes and administered in the same manner as described in subsection (a). ‘‘(2) COMMUNITIES DESCRIBED.—A community referred to in paragraph (1) is a community that— ‘‘(A) is economically disadvantaged, underserved, or located in an area of persistent poverty; ‘‘(B) has entered or will enter into a community benefits agreement with representatives of the community; ‘‘(C) has an anti-displacement policy, a community land trust, or a community advisory board in effect; or ‘‘(D) has demonstrated a plan for employing local resi- dents in the area impacted by the activity or project pro- posed under this section. ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A project carried out under subsection (a) or (d) shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway. ‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING REQUIREMENTS.—Funds made available for a grant under this section and administered by or through a State department of transportation shall be expended in compliance with the U.S. Department of Transpor- tation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program. ‘‘(f) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out using a grant awarded under this section shall be not more than 80 percent, except that the Federal share of the cost of a project in a disadvantaged or underserved community may be up to 100 percent. ‘‘(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration for— ‘‘(1) guidance, technical assistance, templates, training, or tools to facilitate efficient and effective contracting, design, and project delivery by units of local government; ‘‘(2) subgrants to units of local government to build capacity of such units of local government to assume responsibilities to deliver surface transportation projects; and ‘‘(3) operations and administration of the Federal Highway Administration. ‘‘(h) LIMITATIONS.—Amounts made available under this section shall not— ‘‘(1) be subject to any restriction or limitation on the total amount of funds available for implementation or execution of programs authorized for Federal-aid highways; and ‘‘(2) be used for a project for additional through travel lanes for single-occupant passenger vehicles.’’. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:35 Oct 25, 2022 Jkt 029139 PO 00169 Frm 00266 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL169.117 PUBL169 jmbennett on LAP3P8D0R2PROD with Publaw