; and (6) $10,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants to eligible entities to assist areas of persistent poverty: Provided further , That the Secretary shall enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, each institution of higher education selected pursuant to section 5312(h) of such title, to operate and maintain a facility to conduct the testing of low or no emission vehicle new bus models using the standards established pursuant to section 5318(e)(2) of such title: Provided further , That the term low or no emission vehicle has the meaning given the term in section 5312(e)(6) of such title: Provided further , That the Secretary shall pay 80 percent of the cost of testing a low or no emission vehicle new bus model at each selected institution of higher education: Provided further , That the entity having the vehicle tested shall pay 20 percent of the cost of testing: Provided further , That a low or no emission vehicle new bus model tested that receives a passing aggregate test score in accordance with the standards established under section 5318(e)(2) of such title, shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of section 5318(e) of such title: Provided further , That areas of persistent poverty means any county that has consistently had 20 percent or more of the population living in poverty over the 30 years preceding the date of enactment of this Act, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial census and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2013-2017 five-year data series available from the American Community Survey of the Census Bureau: Provided further , That grants shall be for planning, engineering, or development of technical, or financing plans for projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further , That eligible entities are those defined as eligible recipients or subrecipients under sections 5307, 5310 or 5311 of