; and (2) any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent, as measured by the most recent 5-year data series available from the American Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census. . (b) Clerical amendment The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 171 the following: 172. Community climate innovation grants. . 1305. Metro performance program (a) Establishment The Secretary of Transportation shall provide funding to metropolitan planning organizations in accordance with this section to enhance local decision making and control in delivering projects to address local transportation needs. (b) Designation (1) In general The Secretary shall designate high-performing metropolitan planning organizations based on the criteria in paragraph (3) to be direct recipients of funds under this section. (2) Responsibilities A direct recipient shall assume, with respect to the amounts made available under this section, any responsibility for the oversight of Federal funds vested in a State department of transportation under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. (3) Criteria In designating an applicant under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider— (A) the legal, financial, and technical capacity of the applicant; (B) the level of coordination between the applicant and— (i) the State department of transportation of the State or States in which the metropolitan planning area represented by the applicant is located; (ii) local governments and providers of public transportation within the metropolitan planning area represented by the applicant; and (iii) if more than 1 metropolitan planning organization is designated within an urbanized area represented by the applicant, any other such metropolitan planning organization