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Appendix A Congressional Request for the Study SAFETEA-LU, Section 3046(a)(1) Public Transportation National Security Study.â (A) IN GENERAL.âNot later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study and evaluation of the value major public transportation systems in the United States serving the 38 urbanized areas that have a population of more than 1,000,000 individuals provide to the Nationâs security and the ability of such systems to accommodate the evacuation, egress or ingress of people to or from critical locations in times of emergency. (B) ALTERNATIVE ROUTES.âFor each system described in subpara- graph (A) the study shall identifyâ (i) potential alternative routes for evacuation using other transporta- tion modes such as highway, air, marine, and pedestrian activities; and (ii) transit routes that, if disrupted, do not have sufficient transit alter- natives available. (C) REPORT.âNot later than 24 months after the date of entry into the agreement, the Academy shall submit to the Secretary and the Commit- tee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa- tives and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate a final report on the results of the study and evaluation, together with such recommendations as the Academy considers appropriate. (D) FUNDING.âFor each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 $250,000 shall be available to carry out this paragraph. [Note that Part B of the study request was dropped because of inadequate funding.] 139 37274mvp151 139 11/24/08 11:49:29 AM