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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3833 

To reauthorize surface transportation research programs, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2012 

Mr. HALL (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 

and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reauthorize surface transportation research programs, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Driving Research through Innovative Viable Economic 

6 Solutions Act of 2012’’ or the ‘‘DRIVES Act of 2012’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 3. Surface transportation research. 

Sec. 4. Technology deployment. 

Sec. 5. Training and education. 

Sec. 6. Repeals. 

Sec. 7. Transportation research and development strategic planning. 

Sec. 8. Additional repeals. 

Sec. 9. Intelligent transportation systems. 

Sec. 10. Administrative authority. 

Sec. 11. University transportation centers. 

Sec. 12. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 

1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are au3 thorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 

4 Fund: 

5 (1) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.— 

6 To carry out section 502 of title 23, United States 

7 Code, $141,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 

8 through 2016. 

9 (2) TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—To 

10 carry out section 503 of title 23, United States 

11 Code, $60,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 

12 through 2016. 

13 (3) TRAINING AND EDUCATION.—To carry out 

14 section 504 of title 23, United States Code, 

15 $25,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 

16 2016. 

17 (4) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

18 PROGRAM.—To carry out subtitle C of title V of 

19 SAFETEA-LU, $110,000,000 for each of fiscal 

20 years 2013 through 2016. 


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1 (5) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS

2 PROGRAM.—To carry out sections 5505, 5506, and 

3 5507 of title 49, United States Code, $75,000,000 

4 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2016. 

5 (6) BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATIS6 TICS.—To carry out section 111 of title 49, United 

7 States Code, $27,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

8 2013 through 2016. 

9 (b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized 

10 to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall— 

11 (1) be available for obligation in the same man12 ner as if those funds were apportioned under chap13 ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the 

14 Federal share of the cost of a project or activity car15 ried out using those funds shall be 80 percent, un16 less otherwise expressly provided by this Act (includ17 ing the amendments made by this Act) or otherwise 

18 determined by the Secretary; 

19 (2) remain available until expended; and 

20 (3) not be transferable. 

21 (c) OBLIGATION CEILING.—Notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, the total of all obligations from 

23 amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund 

24 by subsection (a) shall be $440,000,000 for each of fiscal 

25 years 2013 through 2016. 


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1 SEC. 3. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH. 

2 Section 502 of title 23, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘within the innovation 

7 lifecycle’’ after ‘‘activities’’; and 

8 (ii) by inserting ‘‘impact analysis,’’ 

9 after ‘‘training,’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

12 ‘‘supports research in which there is’’ and 

13 insert ‘‘delivers’’; 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking 

15 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 

16 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

17 (D) as subparagraph (F); and 

18 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

19 (C) the following: 

20 ‘‘(D) presents the best means to align re21 sources with multi-year plans and priorities; 

22 ‘‘(E) ensures the coordination of highway 

23 research and technology transfer activities, in24 cluding through activities performed by univer25 sity transportation centers; or’’; 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3) by striking subpara2 graphs (B) through (D) and inserting the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(B) partner with State highway agencies 

5 and other stakeholders as appropriate, includ6 ing international entities, to facilitate research 

7 and technology transfer activities; 

8 ‘‘(C) communicate the results of ongoing 

9 and completed research; 

10 ‘‘(D) lead efforts to coordinate national 

11 emphasis areas of highway research, technology, 

12 and innovation deployment; and 

13 ‘‘(E) leverage partnerships with industry, 

14 academia, and international entities.’’; 

15 (D) in paragraph (4)(C) by striking ‘‘pol16 icy and planning’’ and inserting ‘‘all highway 

17 objectives seeking to improve the performance 

18 of the transportation system’’; 

19 (E) by striking paragraph (7) and insert20 ing the following: 

21 ‘‘(7) PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND EVALUA22 TION.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum ex24 tent practicable, all surface transportation re25 search and development projects shall include a 


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1 component of performance measurement and 

2 evaluation. 

3 ‘‘(B) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—Per4 formance measures shall be established during 

5 the proposal stage of a research and develop6 ment project and shall, to the maximum extent 

7 practicable, be outcome-based. 

8 ‘‘(C) PROGRAM PLAN.—To the maximum 

9 extent practicable, each program pursued under 

10 this chapter shall be part of a data-driven, out11 come-oriented program plan. 

12 ‘‘(D) AVAILABILITY OF EVALUATIONS.—All 

13 evaluations under this paragraph shall be made 

14 readily available to the public.’’; and 

15 (F) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘sur16 face’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) by striking paragraph (4) and insert19 ing the following: 

20 ‘‘(4) TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.—The Sec21 retary shall ensure that the programs and activities 

22 carried out under this section are consistent with the 

23 transportation research and development strategic 

24 plan developed under section 508.’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (6) by adding at the end 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(C) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS AMONG

4 STATES OR TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS5 TRATION.—The Secretary may, at the request 

6 of a State, transfer amounts apportioned or al7 located to that State under this chapter to an8 other State or the Federal Highway Adminis9 tration to fund research, development, and tech10 nology transfer activities of mutual interest on 

11 a pooled funds basis. 

12 ‘‘(D) TRANSFER OF OBLIGATION AUTHOR13 ITY.—Obligation authority for amounts trans14 ferred under this subsection shall be disbursed 

15 in the same manner and for the same amount 

16 as provided for the project being transferred.’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (c)(3)(A) by striking ‘‘50’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘80’’; 

19 (4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(d) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND

22 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 

23 ‘‘(1) OBJECTIVES.—In carrying out the surface 

24 transportation research and development program, 


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1 the Secretary, to address current and emerging 

2 highway transportation needs, shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) identify research topics; 

4 ‘‘(B) coordinate research and development 

5 activities; 

6 ‘‘(C) carry out research, testing, and eval7 uation activities; 

8 ‘‘(D) ensure program activities are coordi9 nated with the transportation research and de10 velopment strategic plan developed under sec11 tion 508; and 

12 ‘‘(E) provide technology transfer and tech13 nical assistance. 

14 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Research and develop16 ment activities carried out under this section 

17 may include any of the activities in this para18 graph. 

19 ‘‘(B) IMPROVING HIGHWAY SAFETY.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

21 may carry out research and development 

22 activities from an integrated perspective to 

23 establish and implement systematic meas24 ures to improve highway safety. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) OBJECTIVES.—In carrying out 

2 this subparagraph, the Secretary may 

3 carry out research and development activi4 ties— 

5 ‘‘(I) to achieve greater long-term 

6 safety gains; 

7 ‘‘(II) to reduce the number of fa8 talities and serious injuries on public 

9 roads; 

10 ‘‘(III) to fill knowledge gaps that 

11 limit the effectiveness of research; 

12 ‘‘(IV) to support the development 

13 and implementation of State strategic 

14 highway safety plans; 

15 ‘‘(V) to advance improvements 

16 in, and use of, performance prediction 

17 analysis for decisionmaking; 

18 ‘‘(VI) to expand technology 

19 transfer to partners and stakeholders; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(VII) to enhance rural highway 

22 safety. 

23 ‘‘(C) IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE INTEG24 RITY.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

2 may carry out and facilitate highway infra3 structure research and development activi4 ties— 

5 ‘‘(I) to maintain infrastructure 

6 integrity; 

7 ‘‘(II) to meet user needs; and 

8 ‘‘(III) to link Federal transpor9 tation investments to improvements in 

10 system performance. 

11 ‘‘(ii) OBJECTIVES.—In carrying out 

12 this subparagraph, the Secretary may 

13 carry out research and development activi14 ties— 

15 ‘‘(I) to reduce the number of fa16 talities attributable to infrastructure 

17 design characteristics and work zones; 

18 ‘‘(II) to improve the safety and 

19 security of highway infrastructure; 

20 ‘‘(III) to increase the reliability 

21 of lifecycle performance predictions 

22 used in infrastructure design, con23 struction, and management; 

24 ‘‘(IV) to improve the ability of 

25 transportation agencies to deliver 


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1 projects that meet expectations for 

2 timeliness, quality, and cost; 

3 ‘‘(V) to reduce user delay attrib4 utable to infrastructure system per5 formance, maintenance, rehabilitation, 

6 and construction; 

7 ‘‘(VI) to improve highway infra8 structure condition and performance 

9 through increased use of design, ma10 terials, construction, and maintenance 

11 innovations; 

12 ‘‘(VII) to improve the resiliency 

13 of roadways to heavy freight traffic; 

14 ‘‘(VIII) to reduce environmental 

15 impacts of highway infrastructure 

16 through innovations in design, con17 struction, operation, preservation, and 

18 maintenance; and 

19 ‘‘(IX) to study vulnerabilities of 

20 the transportation system to seismic 

21 activities and extreme events and 

22 methods to reduce those 

23 vulnerabilities. 


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1 ‘‘(D) REDUCING CONGESTION, IMPROVING

2 HIGHWAY OPERATIONS, AND ENHANCING

3 FREIGHT PRODUCTIVITY.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

5 may carry out research under this sub6 paragraph with the goals of— 

7 ‘‘(I) addressing congestion prob8 lems; 

9 ‘‘(II) reducing the costs of con10 gestion; 

11 ‘‘(III) improving freight move12 ment in both rural corridors and met13 ropolitan areas; 

14 ‘‘(IV) increasing productivity; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(V) improving the economic 

17 competitiveness of the United States. 

18 ‘‘(ii) OBJECTIVES.—In carrying out 

19 this subparagraph, the Secretary may 

20 carry out research and development activi21 ties to identify, develop, and assess innova22 tions that have the potential— 

23 ‘‘(I) to reduce traffic congestion; 


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1 ‘‘(II) to improve freight move2 ment in both rural corridors and met3 ropolitan areas; and 

4 ‘‘(III) to reduce freight-related 

5 congestion throughout the transpor6 tation network. 

7 ‘‘(E) ASSESSING POLICY AND SYSTEM FI8 NANCING ALTERNATIVES.—The Secretary may 

9 conduct policy analysis on emerging issues in 

10 the transportation community to provide infor11 mation to policy-makers and decisionmakers.’’; 

12 (5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(e) EXPLORATORY ADVANCED RESEARCH.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab16 lish an exploratory advanced research program, con17 sistent with the transportation research and develop18 ment strategic plan of the Secretary, that addresses 

19 longer-term, higher-risk research with potentially 

20 dramatic breakthroughs. 

21 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH AREAS.—In carrying out the 

22 program, the Secretary may make grants and enter 

23 into cooperative agreements and contracts in such 

24 areas of surface transportation research and tech25 nology as the Secretary determines appropriate. 


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1 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION.—Of the amounts author2 ized in section 2(a)(1) of the Driving Research 

3 through Innovative Viable Economic Solutions Act 

4 of 2012, $14,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 

5 through 2016 shall be available to carry out this 

6 subsection.’’; 

7 (6) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (j); 

8 (7) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 

9 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 

10 (8) in subsection (f), as so redesignated— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘2012’’; 

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘and the Committee on 

14 Commerce, Science, and Transportation’’ after 

15 ‘‘Public Works’’; and 

16 (C) by inserting ‘‘and the Committee on 

17 Science, Space, and Technology’’ after ‘‘Infra18 structure’’; and 

19 (9) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(h) PRIZE COMPETITION.—Consistent with section 

21 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

22 1980, the Secretary may carry out a program to award 

23 prizes competitively to stimulate innovation in the area of 

24 surface transportation that has the potential to advance 


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1 the Federal Highway Administration’s research and tech2 nology objectives and activities under section 502. 

3 ‘‘(i) CENTERS FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EX4 CELLENCE.— 

5 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may es6 tablish not more than 4 centers for surface transpor7 tation excellence. 

8 ‘‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the centers for sur9 face transportation excellence are to promote and 

10 support strategic national surface transportation 

11 programs and activities relating to the work of State 

12 departments of transportation. 

13 ‘‘(3) ROLE OF THE CENTERS.—To achieve the 

14 goals set forth in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 

15 establish centers that provide technical assistance, 

16 information sharing of best practices, and training 

17 in the use of tools and decisionmaking processes that 

18 can assist States in effectively implementing surface 

19 transportation programs, projects, and policies. 

20 ‘‘(4) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) COMPETITION.—A party entering 

22 into a contract, cooperative agreement, or other 

23 transaction with the Secretary under this sub24 section, or receiving a grant to perform re25 search or provide technical assistance under 


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1 this subsection, shall be selected on a competi2 tive basis. 

3 ‘‘(B) STRATEGIC PLAN.—The Secretary 

4 shall require each center to develop a multiyear 

5 strategic plan, and submit the plan to the Sec6 retary at such time as the Secretary requires, 

7 that describes— 

8 ‘‘(i) the activities to be undertaken by 

9 the center; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) how the work of the center will 

11 be coordinated with the activities of the 

12 Federal Highway Administration and the 

13 various other research, development, and 

14 technology transfer activities authorized by 

15 this chapter. 

16 ‘‘(5) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made avail17 able by section 2(a)(1) of the Driving Research 

18 through Innovative Viable Economic Solutions Act 

19 of 2012, not more than $3,000,000 for each of fiscal 

20 years 2013 through 2016 shall be available to carry 

21 out this subsection.’’. 

22 SEC. 4. TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT. 

23 Section 503 of title 23, United States Code, is 

24 amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub2 section (f); and 

3 (2) by striking subsections (a) through (d) and 

4 inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 

6 technology deployment program relating to all aspects of 

7 highway transportation with the goals of— 

8 ‘‘(1) significantly accelerating the adoption of 

9 innovative technologies by the surface transportation 

10 community; 

11 ‘‘(2) providing leadership and incentives to 

12 demonstrate and promote state-of-the-art tech13 nologies, elevated performance standards, and new 

14 business practices in highway construction processes 

15 that result in improved safety, faster construction, 

16 reduced congestion from construction, and improved 

17 quality and user satisfaction; 

18 ‘‘(3) constructing longer-lasting highways 

19 through the use of innovative technologies and prac20 tices that lead to faster construction of efficient and 

21 safe highways and bridges; 

22 ‘‘(4) improving highway efficiency, safety, mo23 bility, reliability, service life, and environmental pro24 tection; and 


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1 ‘‘(5) developing and deploying new tools, tech2 niques, and practices to accelerate the adoption of 

3 innovation in all aspects of highway transportation. 

4 ‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall pro5 mote, facilitate, and carry out the program established 

6 under subsection (a) to distribute the products, tech7 nologies, tools, methods, or other findings that result from 

8 highway research and development activities, including re9 search and development activities carried out under this 

10 chapter and subtitle C of title V of SAFETEA-LU. 

11 ‘‘(c) ACCELERATED INNOVATION DEPLOYMENT.—In 

12 carrying out the program established under subsection (a), 

13 the Secretary shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) establish and carry out demonstration pro15 grams; 

16 ‘‘(2) provide incentives, technical assistance, 

17 and training to researchers and developers; and 

18 ‘‘(3) develop improved tools and methods to ac19 celerate the adoption of proven innovative practices 

20 and technologies as standard practices. 

21 ‘‘(d) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND

22 CONTRACTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the program, the 

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1 Federal agencies, institutions of higher education, 

2 private sector entities, and nonprofit organizations 

3 to pay the Federal share of the cost of research, de4 velopment, and deployment activities. 

5 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant under 

6 this subsection, an entity described in paragraph (1) 

7 shall submit an application to the Secretary. The ap8 plication shall be in such form and contain such in9 formation and assurances as the Secretary may re10 quire. 

11 ‘‘(3) TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TRANS12 FER.—The Secretary shall ensure that the informa13 tion and technology resulting from research con14 ducted under this subsection is made available to 

15 State and local transportation departments and 

16 other interested parties as specified by the Sec17 retary. 

18 ‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION OF FUTURE STRATEGIC

19 HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM FINDINGS AND RE20 SULTS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta22 tion with the American Association of State High23 way and Transportation Officials and the Transpor24 tation Research Board of the National Academy of 

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1 ings and recommendations developed under the Stra2 tegic Highway Research Program 2 administered by 

3 the Transportation Research Board of the National 

4 Academy of Sciences. 

5 ‘‘(2) BASIS FOR FINDINGS.—The activities car6 ried out under this subsection shall be based on the 

7 Transportation Research Board Special Report 296 

8 entitled ‘Implementing the Results of the Second 

9 Strategic Highway Research Program: Saving Lives, 

10 Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life’. 

11 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary 

12 may use 1 percent of the funds made available to 

13 carry out this subsection for the administrative costs 

14 under this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(4) FEES.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

17 impose and collect fees to recover costs associ18 ated with special data or analysis requests re19 lating to safety naturalistic driving databases 

20 developed under the future strategic highway 

21 research program. 

22 ‘‘(B) USE OF FEE AMOUNTS.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any fees collected 

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1 section and shall remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 ‘‘(ii) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.— 

4 Any fee amounts collected under this para5 graph shall supplement, but not supplant, 

6 amounts made available to the Secretary to 

7 carry out this section.’’. 

8 SEC. 5. TRAINING AND EDUCATION. 

9 Section 504 of title 23, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting ‘‘and 

13 the employees of any other applicable Federal 

14 agency’’ after ‘‘employees’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii)(V) by striking 

16 ‘‘expediting’’ and inserting ‘‘reducing the 

17 amount of time required for’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b) by striking paragraph (3) 

19 and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

21 ‘‘(A) LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CEN22 TERS.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

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1 sistance center under paragraphs (1) and 

2 (2) shall be 50 percent. 

3 ‘‘(ii) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Up to 

4 100 percent of the non-Federal share of 

5 the cost of an activity described in clause 

6 (i) may consist of amounts provided to a 

7 recipient under subsection (e) or section 

8 505. 

9 ‘‘(B) TRIBAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

10 CENTERS.—The Federal share of the cost of an 

11 activity carried out by a tribal technical assist12 ance center under paragraph (2)(D)(ii) shall be 

13 100 percent.’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph (2) 

15 and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(2) DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER TRANSPOR17 TATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

19 establish and implement a transportation re20 search fellowship program, to be known as the 

21 ‘Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fel22 lowship Program’, for the purpose of attracting 

23 qualified students to the field of transportation. 

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1 carry out this paragraph shall be used to pro2 vide direct support of student expenses.’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (d) by striking paragraph (4); 

4 (5) in subsection (e)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) in the text before subparagraph 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘sections 104(b)(1), 

8 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), 104(b)(4), and 

9 144(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) 

10 through (3) of section 104(b)’’; 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (D) by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

13 (iii) in subparagraph (E) by striking 

14 the period at the end and inserting a semi15 colon; and 

16 (iv) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(F) activities carried out by the National 

19 Highway Institute under subsection (a); and 

20 ‘‘(G) local technical assistance programs 

21 under subsection (b).’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (2) by inserting before 

23 the period at the end the following: ‘‘; except 

24 for activities carried out under paragraph 


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1 (1)(G) for which the Federal share shall be 50 

2 percent as described in subsection (b)(3)(A)’’; 

3 (6) in the heading of subsection (f) by striking 

4 ‘‘PILOT’’; and 

5 (7) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘institu7 tion of higher education’ has the meaning given that term 

8 in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

9 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 

10 SEC. 6. REPEALS. 

11 Sections 506 and 507 of title 23, United States Code, 

12 and the items relating to such sections in the analysis of 

13 chapter 55 of such title, are repealed. 

14 SEC. 7. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

15 STRATEGIC PLANNING. 

16 Section 508(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 

17 amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 1 year 

20 after the date of enactment of the Driving Research 

21 through Innovative Viable Economic Solutions Act 

22 of 2012, the Secretary, acting through the Adminis23 trator of the Research and Innovative Technology 

24 Administration, shall develop a 5-year transportation 

25 research and development strategic plan to guide 


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1 Federal transportation research and development ac2 tivities. This plan shall be consistent with section 

3 306 of title 5, sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, 

4 and any other research and development plan within 

5 the Department of Transportation. 

6 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan developed 

7 under paragraph (1) shall describe the primary pur8 poses of the transportation research and develop9 ment program, which shall include, at a minimum— 

10 ‘‘(A) reducing congestion and improving 

11 mobility; 

12 ‘‘(B) promoting safety in both rural cor13 ridors and metropolitan areas; 

14 ‘‘(C) improving goods movement in both 

15 rural corridors and metropolitan areas; 

16 ‘‘(D) protecting and enhancing the envi17 ronment; 

18 ‘‘(E) preserving the existing transportation 

19 system; 

20 ‘‘(F) improving the durability and extend21 ing the life of transportation infrastructure; and 

22 ‘‘(G) improving rural connectivity and mo23 bility.’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. ADDITIONAL REPEALS. 

2 Sections 509 and 510 of title 23, United States Code, 

3 and the items relating to such sections in the analysis of 

4 chapter 55 of such title, are repealed. 

5 SEC. 9. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. 

6 (a) PROGRAM PLAN UPDATE.—Section 512(a)(1) of 

7 title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘SAFETEA-LU’’ and inserting ‘‘Driving Research 

9 through Innovative Viable Economic Solutions Act of 

10 2012’’. 

11 (b) PURPOSES.—Section 5303(b) of the SAFETEA12 LU is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

14 the semicolon; 

15 (2) in paragraph (8) by striking the period at 

16 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(9) ensure a systems approach that includes 

19 cooperation among vehicles, the infrastructure, and 

20 users.’’. 

21 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 5305(h)(2) of the 

22 SAFETEA-LU is amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee 

24 shall have not more than 20 members, be balanced 

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1 departments, academia, industry, and other relevant 

2 organizations.’’. 

3 (d) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 5306 

4 of the SAFETEA-LU is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ‘‘systems 

6 with goals of’’ and all that follows through ‘‘emer7 gency care providers and trauma centers;’’ and in8 serting ‘‘systems;’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘percent’’ 

10 after ‘‘80’’. 

11 (e) NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND STANDARDS.— 

12 Section 5307 of the SAFETEA-LU is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (4); 

14 and 

15 (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(c) CONFORMITY WITH REGIONAL ARCHITEC18 TURE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that intelligent 

21 transportation system projects carried out using 

22 amounts made available from the Highway Trust 

23 Fund, including amounts made available to deploy 

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1 tem architecture, applicable standards or provisional 

2 standards, and protocols developed under subsection 

3 (a) or this subsection. 

4 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY’S DISCRETION.—The Sec5 retary may authorize exceptions to paragraph (1) 

6 for— 

7 ‘‘(A) projects designed to achieve specific 

8 research objectives outlined in the national in9 telligent transportation system program plan or 

10 the surface transportation research and devel11 opment strategic plan developed under section 

12 508 of title 23, United States Code; or 

13 ‘‘(B) the upgrade or expansion of an intel14 ligent transportation system in existence on the 

15 date of enactment of this Act if the Secretary 

16 determines that the upgrade or expansion— 

17 ‘‘(i) would not adversely affect the 

18 goals or purposes of this subtitle; 

19 ‘‘(ii) is carried out before the end of 

20 the useful life of such system; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) is cost-effective as compared to 

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1 (f) VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE AND VEHICLE-TO-INFRA2 STRUCTURE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS DEPLOY3 MENT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5309 of the 

5 SAFETEA-LU is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 5309. VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE AND VEHICLE-TO-INFRA7 STRUCTURE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS DE8 PLOYMENT. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

10 date of enactment of the Driving Research through Inno11 vative Viable Economic Solutions Act of 2012, the Sec12 retary shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, 

13 and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 

14 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

15 the Senate a report that— 

16 ‘‘(1) describes a recommended implementation 

17 path for dedicated short-range communications tech18 nology and applications; and 

19 ‘‘(2) includes guidance on the relationship of 

20 the proposed deployment of dedicated short-range 

21 communications to the national architecture and 

22 standards. 

23 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REVIEW.—The 

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1 Research Council for the review by the National Research 

2 Council of the report described in subsection (a).’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 

4 contents of the SAFETEA-LU is amended by strik5 ing the item relating to section 5309 and inserting 

6 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 5309. Vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications systems deployment.’’. 

7 (g) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 513(a) of 

8 title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘this’’. 

10 SEC. 10. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. 

11 Section 112 of title 49, United States Code, is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(f) PROGRAM EVALUATION AND OVERSIGHT.—For 

14 each of fiscal years 2013 through 2016, the Administrator 

may expend not more than 11 15 ⁄2 percent of the amounts 

16 authorized to be appropriated for the administration and 

17 operation of the Research and Innovative Technology Ad18 ministration to carry out the coordination, evaluation, and 

19 oversight of the programs administered by the Administra20 tion. 

21 ‘‘(g) COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOP22 MENT.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To encourage innovative 

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1 stimulate the deployment of new technology, the Ad2 ministrator may carry out, on a cost-shared basis, 

3 collaborative research and development with— 

4 ‘‘(A) non-Federal entities, including State 

5 and local governments, foreign governments, in6 stitutions of higher education, corporations, in7 stitutions, partnerships, sole proprietorships, 

8 and trade associations that are incorporated or 

9 established under the laws of any State; 

10 ‘‘(B) Federal laboratories; and 

11 ‘‘(C) other Federal agencies. 

12 ‘‘(2) COOPERATION, GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND

13 AGREEMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

14 of law, the Administrator may directly initiate con15 tracts, grants, cooperative research and development 

16 agreements (as defined in section 12 of the Steven17 son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 

18 U.S.C. 3710a)), and other agreements to fund, and 

19 accept funds from, the Transportation Research 

20 Board of the National Research Council of the Na21 tional Academy of Sciences, State departments of 

22 transportation, cities, counties, institutions of higher 

23 education, associations, and the agents of those enti24 ties to carry out joint transportation research and 

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1 ‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara3 graph (B), the Federal share of the cost of an 

4 activity carried out under paragraph (2) shall 

5 not exceed 50 percent. 

6 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If the Secretary deter7 mines that the activity is of substantial public 

8 interest or benefit, the Secretary may approve 

9 a greater Federal share. 

10 ‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—All costs di11 rectly incurred by the non-Federal partners, in12 cluding personnel, travel, facility, and hardware 

13 development costs, shall be credited toward the 

14 non-Federal share of the cost of an activity de15 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

16 ‘‘(4) USE OF TECHNOLOGY.—The research, de17 velopment, or use of a technology under a contract, 

18 grant, cooperative research and development agree19 ment, or other agreement entered into under this 

20 subsection, including the terms under which the 

21 technology may be licensed and the resulting royal22 ties may be distributed, shall be subject to the Ste23 venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 

24 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).’’. 


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1 SEC. 11. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS. 

2 (a) PROGRAM.—Section 5505 of title 49, United 

3 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘§ 5505. University transportation centers program 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

6 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION.—The 

7 Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 

8 Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 

9 shall make grants under sections 5506 and 5507 to 

10 institutions of higher education, including multiple 

11 institutions of higher education acting in consortia, 

12 to establish and operate university transportation 

13 centers to address the research topics identified 

14 under section 502(d) of title 23. 

15 ‘‘(2) ROLE OF CENTERS.—The role of each uni16 versity transportation center referred to in para17 graph (1) shall be— 

18 ‘‘(A) to advance significant transportation 

19 research on critical national transportation 

20 issues in the varied disciplines that comprise 

21 the field of transportation through research, 

22 education, and technology transfer activities; 

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1 ‘‘(C) to address critical workforce needs 

2 and educate the next generation of transpor3 tation leaders. 

4 ‘‘(b) COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant under 

6 either section 5506 or 5507, an institution of higher 

7 education, or a consortia thereof, shall submit to the 

8 Secretary an application that is in such form and 

9 contains such information and assurances as the 

10 Secretary may require. 

11 ‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary 

12 shall select each recipient of a grant under section 

13 5506 or 5507 through a competitive process based 

14 on the assessment of the Secretary relating to— 

15 ‘‘(A) the demonstrated ability of the recipi16 ent to address each specific topic area described 

17 in the research and strategic plans of the recipi18 ent; 

19 ‘‘(B) the demonstrated research, education, 

20 and technology transfer resources available to 

21 the recipient to carry out this section; 

22 ‘‘(C) the ability of the recipient to provide 

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1 ‘‘(D) the ability of the recipient to carry 

2 out research, education, and technology transfer 

3 activities that are multimodal and multidisci4 plinary in scope; 

5 ‘‘(E) the demonstrated ability of the recipi6 ent to disseminate results and spur the imple7 mentation of transportation research and edu8 cation programs through national or statewide 

9 continuing education programs; 

10 ‘‘(F) the demonstrated commitment of the 

11 recipient to the use of peer review principles 

12 and other research best practices in the selec13 tion, management, and dissemination of re14 search projects; 

15 ‘‘(G) the strategic plan submitted by the 

16 recipient describing the proposed research to be 

17 carried out by the recipient and the perform18 ance metrics to be used in assessing the per19 formance of the recipient in meeting the stated 

20 research and technology transfer goals; and 

21 ‘‘(H) the ability of the recipient to imple22 ment the proposed program in a cost-efficient 

23 manner, such as through consortia-based ap24 proaches with cost sharing aimed at reducing 

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1 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE2 MENT.—An institution of higher education that re3 ceives a grant for a fiscal year under either section 

4 5506 or section 5507 or the lead institution of a 

5 consortia of institutions that receives a grant for a 

6 fiscal year under section 5506 or section 5507 is in7 eligible to receive an additional grant under either 

8 section in such fiscal year. 

9 ‘‘(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of 

11 the costs of activities carried out using a grant made 

12 under this section shall be 35 percent of such costs. 

13 ‘‘(2) SOURCE.—The non-Federal share may in14 clude amounts made available to a recipient under 

15 section 504(b) or 505 of title 23. 

16 ‘‘(d) PROGRAM COORDINATION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) coordinate the research, education, 

19 and technology transfer activities carried out by 

20 grant recipients under this section; and 

21 ‘‘(B) disseminate the results of that re22 search through the establishment and operation 

23 of an information clearinghouse. 

24 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—Not 

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1 the transportation research and development stra2 tegic plan developed under section 508, the Sec3 retary shall review and evaluate the programs car4 ried out under this section and sections 5506 and 

5 5507 by grant recipients. 

6 ‘‘(3) PROGRAM EVALUATION AND OVER7 SIGHT.—For each of fiscal years 2013 through 

2016, the Secretary shall expend not more than 11 8 ⁄2

9 percent of the amounts made available to the Sec10 retary under section 2(a)(4) of the Driving Research 

11 through Innovative Viable Economic Solutions Act 

12 of 2012 for any coordination, evaluation, and over13 sight activities of the Secretary, including efforts to 

14 combat waste, fraud, and abuse, under this section, 

15 section 5506, and section 5507. 

16 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.— 

17 Amounts made available to the Secretary to carry out this 

18 section and sections 5506 and 5507 shall remain available 

19 for obligation by the Secretary for a period of 2 years after 

20 the last day of the fiscal year for which the amounts are 

21 appropriated. 

22 ‘‘(f) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION DE23 FINED.—For purposes of this section and sections 5506 

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1 the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher 

2 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 

3 (b) REGIONAL UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CEN4 TERS.—Section 5506 of such title is amended to read as 

5 follows: 

6 ‘‘§ 5506. Regional university transportation centers 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2013 

8 through 2016, the Secretary shall make grants to institu9 tions of higher education, or a consortia thereof, to estab10 lish and operate 10 regional university transportation cen11 ters. 

12 ‘‘(b) LOCATION.—The Secretary shall make a grant 

13 under subsection (a) to the institution, or the lead institu14 tion of a consortia, located in each of the 10 United States 

15 Government regions that comprise the Standard Federal 

16 Regional Boundary System that the Secretary determines 

17 best meets the criteria described in section 5505(b). 

18 ‘‘(c) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2013 

19 through 2016, the Secretary may not award a grant under 

20 this section that exceeds $3,500,000.’’. 

21 (c) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CEN22 TERS.—Subchapter I of chapter 55 of such title is amend23 ed by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 5507. University transportation research centers 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2013 

3 through 2016, the Secretary shall make grants to 20 insti4 tutions of higher education or consortia thereof that the 

5 Secretary determines best meet the criteria described in 

6 section 5505(b). 

7 ‘‘(b) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2013 

8 through 2016, the Secretary may not award a grant under 

9 this section that exceeds $2,000,000.’’. 

10 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

11 chapter 55 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

12 by striking the items relating to sections 5505 and 5506 

13 and inserting the following: 

‘‘5505. University transportation centers program. 

‘‘5506. Regional university transportation centers. 

‘‘5507. University transportation research centers.’’. 

14 SEC. 12. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS. 

15 Section 111 of title 49, United States Code, is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph (5) 

18 and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(5) TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.—Col20 lecting, compiling, analyzing, and publishing a com21 prehensive set of transportation statistics on the per22 formance and impacts of the national transportation 

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1 ‘‘(A) transportation safety across all modes 

2 and intermodally; 

3 ‘‘(B) the state of good repair of United 

4 States transportation infrastructure; 

5 ‘‘(C) the extent, connectivity, and condition 

6 of the transportation system, building on the 

7 national transportation atlas database devel8 oped under subsection (g); 

9 ‘‘(D) economic efficiency across the entire 

10 transportation sector; 

11 ‘‘(E) the effects of the transportation sys12 tem on global and domestic economic competi13 tiveness; 

14 ‘‘(F) demographic, economic, and other 

15 variables influencing travel behavior, including 

16 choice of transportation mode and goods move17 ment; 

18 ‘‘(G) transportation-related variables that 

19 influence the domestic economy and global com20 petitiveness; 

21 ‘‘(H) economic costs and impacts for pas22 senger travel and freight movement; 

23 ‘‘(I) intermodal and multimodal passenger 

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1 ‘‘(J) consequences of transportation for the 

2 environment.’’; 

3 (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(d) ACCESS TO FEDERAL DATA.—In carrying out 

6 subsection (c), the Director shall be provided access to all 

7 transportation and transportation-related information and 

8 data, including that related to safety, held by any agency 

9 of the Department of Transportation and, upon written 

10 request and subject to any statutory or regulatory restric11 tions, to all such data held by any other Federal Govern12 ment agency, that is germane to carrying out subsection 

13 (c).’’; 

14 (3) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LIBRARY.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To support the information 

18 management and decisionmaking needs of transpor19 tation officials at the Federal, State, and local levels, 

20 the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shall main21 tain a National Transportation Library that shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) be headed by an individual who is 

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1 ‘‘(B) acquire, preserve, and manage trans2 portation information and information products 

3 and services for use by the Department, other 

4 Federal agencies, and the general public; 

5 ‘‘(C) provide reference and research assist6 ance; 

7 ‘‘(D) serve as a central depository for re8 search results and technical publications of the 

9 Department; 

10 ‘‘(E) provide a central clearinghouse for 

11 transportation data and information of the Fed12 eral Government; 

13 ‘‘(F) serve as coordinator and policy lead 

14 for transportation data and information of the 

15 Federal Government; 

16 ‘‘(G) provide transportation information 

17 and information products and services to— 

18 ‘‘(i) the Department; 

19 ‘‘(ii) other Federal agencies; 

20 ‘‘(iii) public and private organizations; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(iv) individuals, within the United 

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1 tion providers, and technical assistance centers, 

2 with the goal of developing a comprehensive 

3 transportation information and knowledge net4 work that supports the activities described in 

5 subsection (c)(5); and 

6 ‘‘(I) engage in such other activities as the 

7 Director determines to be necessary and as the 

8 resources of the Library permit. 

9 ‘‘(2) ACCESS.—The Director shall publicize, fa10 cilitate, and promote access to the products and 

11 services described in subsection (a), with the goal of 

12 improving the ability of the transportation commu13 nity to share information and the ability of the Di14 rector to make statistics readily accessible under 

15 subsection (c)(9). 

16 ‘‘(3) AGREEMENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this sub18 section, the Director may enter into agreements 

19 with, provide grants to, and receive amounts 

20 from, any— 

21 ‘‘(i) State or local government; 

22 ‘‘(ii) organization; 

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1 ‘‘(B) CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND AGREE2 MENTS.—The Library may initiate and support 

3 specific information and data management, ac4 cess, and exchange activities relating to the 

5 strategic goals of the Department, knowledge 

6 networking, and national and international co7 operation, by entering into contracts or other 

8 agreements or providing grants. 

9 ‘‘(C) AMOUNTS.—Any amounts received by 

10 the Library as payment for library products 

11 and services or other activities shall be made 

12 available to the Director to carry out this sub13 section and remain available until expended.’’; 

14 (4) by striking subsection (m); 

15 (5) by redesignating subsections (n) and (o) as 

16 subsections (m) and (n), respectively; 

17 (6) in subsection (m) (as so redesignated) by 

18 striking ‘‘(other than the Mass Transit account)’’; 

19 (7) in subsection (n) (as so redesignated)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (i) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semi22 colon in subparagraph (A); 

23 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

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3 ‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory council es4 tablished under this subsection shall be composed of 

5 not fewer than 9 and not more than 11 members ap6 pointed by the Director, who are not officers or em7 ployees of the United States. Members shall include 

8 representation of a cross-section of transportation 

9 community stakeholders and shall include individuals 

10 with expertise or knowledge of statistics, economics, 

11 transportation safety, or transportation data anal12 ysis, collection, or application.’’; and 

13 (8) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(o) TRANSPORTATION STATISTICAL COLLECTION, 

15 ANALYSIS, AND DISSEMINATION.—To ensure that all 

16 transportation statistical collection, analysis, and dissemi17 nation is carried out in a coordinated manner, the Director 

18 may— 

19 ‘‘(1) use the services, equipment, records, per20 sonnel, information, and facilities of other Federal 

21 agencies, or State, local, and private agencies and 

22 instrumentalities, subject to the conditions that the 

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1 ‘‘(2) enter into agreements with the agencies 

2 and instrumentalities described in paragraph (1) for 

3 purposes of data collection and analysis; 

4 ‘‘(3) confer and cooperate with foreign govern5 ments, international organizations, and State, mu6 nicipal, and other local agencies; 

7 ‘‘(4) request such information, data, and re8 ports from any Federal agency as the Director de9 termines necessary to carry out this section, includ10 ing by entering into cooperative data sharing agree11 ments in conformity with all laws and regulations 

12 applicable to the disclosure and use of data; and 

13 ‘‘(5) encourage replication, coordination, and 

14 sharing among transportation agencies regarding in15 formation systems, information policy, and data. 

16 ‘‘(p) FURNISHING OF INFORMATION, DATA, OR RE17 PORTS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Except in a case in 

18 which the disclosure of information, data, or reports by 

19 a Federal agency is expressly prohibited by law, a Federal 

20 agency requested to furnish information, data, or reports 

21 under subsection (d) shall provide such information to the 

22 Bureau.’’. 

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