State purchasing for bus stop equipment

(a) State cooperative procurement A State may enter into a cooperative procurement contract with 1 or more vendors for transit equipment including bus stop shelters, signage that tracks arrival times of transit vehicles, and protected modular bicycle parking and charging infrastructure if— (1) each vendor agrees to provide to the State and any other grantee an option to purchase transit equipment to the State; and (2) the State acts throughout the term of the contract as the lead procurement agency. (b) Buy America The requirements of section 5323(j) of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to all procurements carried out under a cooperative procurement contract described in subsection (a). (c) Definition of grantee In this section, the term grantee means a recipient or subrecipient of assistance under chapters 53 or 229 of title 49, United States Code.