34 U.S.C. § 12301 — Grants for capital improvements to prevent crime in public transportation

(a) General purpose: Congress can spend up to $10,000,000 so the Secretary of Transportation can give capital grants to prevent crime and boost security in public transportation systems, present and future. Nothing in this Act stops financing a project just because a local body other than the applicant handles law enforcement^* there.
(b) Grants for lighting, camera surveillance, and security phones: (1) The Secretary can give grants and loans to states and local public bodies to improve public transit safety by adding lighting in or near transit systems (like bus stops, subway stations, parking lots, and garages); adding camera surveillance in those same places; providing emergency phone lines to reach law enforcement or security in those places; or funding any other project that boosts transit security and safety. (2) At least 75 percent of the money authorized under this section must go to lighting and camera projects.
(c) Reporting: Every grant depends on the recipient filing a report with the Secretary and the Justice Department's Office of Victims of Crime showing crime rates in or near the transit system before, and for one year after, the improvement. The report must break crimes down by type, and by the victim's sex, race, ethnicity, and language, and by their relationship to the offender.
(d) Increased Federal share: For a capital project that improves transit safety and security and isn't otherwise required by law, the federal government pays 90 percent of the net project cost.
(e) Special grants for projects to study increasing security for women: The Secretary must give grants and loans to study how better transit design or operation can reduce violent crimes against women.
(f) General requirements: All grants and loans here follow the same terms as grants and loans under section 5321 of title 49.