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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 242

To authorize appropriations to the Department of Transportation for surface 

transportation research and development, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2005

Mr. EHLERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 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 authorize appropriations to the Department of Transportation for surface transportation research and development, 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 ‘‘Surface Transportation Research and Development Act 

6 of 2005’’. 

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. Findings. 

TITLE I—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND 

DEVELOPMENT 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 102. Goals, principles, and processes. 

Sec. 103. Transportation research and development strategic planning. 

Sec. 104. Surface transportation research and development. 

Sec. 105. Technology deployment. 

Sec. 106. Training and education. 

Sec. 107. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 

Sec. 108. State planning and research. 

Sec. 109. Future Strategic Highway Research Program. 

Sec. 110. University transportation research. 

Sec. 111. Intelligent Transportation Systems. 

TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 202. Innovative Practices and Technologies Demonstration and Deployment Program. 

Sec. 203. National Transit Institute. 

Sec. 204. Human resource programs. 

Sec. 205. Highway safety research and development. 

Sec. 206. Motor carrier research and development program. 

Sec. 207. Transportation, energy, and environment. 

Sec. 208. National cooperative freight transportation research and development 

program. 

Sec. 209. Next Generation National Transportation Policy Study Commission. 

Sec. 210. Real-time system management information program. 

Sec. 211. Planning capacity building initiative.

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Research and development are critical to de4 veloping and maintaining a transportation system 

5 that meets the goals of safety, mobility, economic vi6 tality, efficiency, equity, and environmental protec7 tion. 

8 (2) Federally sponsored surface transportation 

9 research and development has produced many suc10 cesses. The development of rumble strips has in-
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1 creased safety; research on materials has increased 

2 the lifespan of pavements, saving money and reduc3 ing the disruption caused by construction; and Geo4 graphic Information Systems have improved the 

5 management and efficiency of transit fleets. 

6 (3) Despite these important successes, the Fed7 eral surface transportation research and develop8 ment investment represents less than one percent of 

9 overall government spending on surface transpor10 tation. 

11 (4) While Congress increased funding for over12 all transportation programs by about 40 percent in 

13 the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, 

14 funding for transportation research and development 

15 remained relatively flat. 

16 (5) The Federal investment in research and de17 velopment should be balanced between short-term 

18 applied and long-term fundamental research and de19 velopment. The investment should also cover a wide 

20 range of research areas, including research on mate21 rials and construction, research on operations, re22 search on transportation trends and human factors, 

23 and research addressing the institutional barriers to 

24 deployment of new technologies. 
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1 (6) Therefore, Congress finds that it is in the 

2 United States interest to increase the Federal in3 vestment in transportation research and develop4 ment, and to conduct research in critical research 

5 gaps, in order to ensure that the transportation sys6 tem meets the goals of safety, mobility, economic vi7 tality, efficiency, equity, and environmental protec8 tion. 

9 TITLE I—SURFACE TRANSPOR10 TATION RESEARCH AND DE11 VELOPMENT 

12 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro14 priated for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010, to 

15 carry out this title and the amendments made by this title 

16 (other than sections 108 and 109) and other programs 

17 described in subsection (b), the greater of—

18 (1) 1.08 percent of the amounts made available 

19 in each fiscal year from the Highway Trust Fund; 

20 or 

21 (2) $500,000,000. 

22 (b) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount authorized to be ap23 propriated under subsection (a)—

24 (1) 50 percent shall be for carrying out sections 

25 502, 503, 506, 507, 508, and 510 of title 23, United 
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1 States Code, section 5113(b) of the Transportation 

2 Equity Act for the 21st Century, and section 104(d) 

3 of this Act, for each of fiscal years 2005 through 

4 2010, of which—

5 (A) not less than $20,000,000 shall be for 

6 the Surface Transportation Environment and 

7 Planning Cooperative Research Program under 

8 section 507 of title 23, United States Code, for 

9 each of those fiscal years; 

10 (B) not less than $10,000,000 shall be for 

11 advanced exploratory research under section 

12 502(d) of title 23, United States Code, for each 

13 of those fiscal years; and 

14 (C) not less than $5,000,000 shall be for 

15 the National Multimodal Trends Policy Re16 search Program under section 104(d) of this 

17 Act for each of those fiscal years; 

18 (2) 6.5 percent shall be for carrying out section 

19 504 of title 23, United States Code, for each of fis20 cal years 2005 through 2010; 

21 (3) 7.5 percent shall be for carrying out section 

22 111 of title 49, United States Code, for each of fis23 cal years 2005 through 2010, of which not less than 

24 $5,000,000 shall be for research and development 
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1 grants under subsection (i)(2) of such section for 

2 each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010; 

3 (4) 11.5 percent shall be for carrying out sec4 tion 5505 of title 49, United States Code, for each 

5 of fiscal years 2005 through 2010; and 

6 (5) 24.5 percent shall be for carrying out the 

7 Intelligent Transportation Systems Act of 2005 for 

8 each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010. 

9 SEC. 102. GOALS, PRINCIPLES, AND PROCESSES. 

10 (a) GOALS.—The Federal Government shall support 

11 surface transportation research and development to help 

12 achieve the goals established for the surface transpor13 tation system as set forth in the Transportation Equity 

14 Act for the 21st Century, including supporting economic 

15 vitality, improving safety and security, increasing mobility, 

16 protecting and enhancing the environment, improving in17 tegration between modes of transportation, promoting effi18 ciency, and emphasizing the preservation of the existing 

19 transportation system. 

20 (b) BASIC PRINCIPLES GOVERNING RESEARCH AND

21 DEVELOPMENT.—

22 (1) COVERAGE.—Surface transportation re23 search and development shall include all activities 

24 leading to technology development and transfer, as 

25 well as the introduction of new and innovative ideas, 
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1 practices, and approaches, through such mechanisms 

2 as field applications, education and training, and 

3 technical support. 

4 (2) FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY.—The Federal 

5 Government shall fund and conduct surface trans6 portation research and development and technology 

7 transfer activities that—

8 (A) are of national significance; 

9 (B) support research and development in 

10 which there is a clear public benefit, and pri11 vate sector investment is less than optimal due 

12 to market failure; 

13 (C) support research and development that 

14 the Secretary determines is critical that is not 

15 otherwise being conducted by the public or pri16 vate sector; or 

17 (D) support a Federal stewardship role in 

18 ensuring that State and local governments use 

19 national resources efficiently. 

20 (3) ROLE.—Consistent with these Federal re21 sponsibilities, the Secretary of Transportation 

22 shall—

23 (A) conduct research and development; 

24 (B) support and facilitate research and de25 velopment and technology transfer activities by 
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1 State highway agencies, metropolitan planning 

2 organizations, and local governments; 

3 (C) share results of completed research 

4 and development; and 

5 (D) support and facilitate technology and 

6 innovation deployment. 

7 (4) PROGRAM CONTENT.—The surface trans8 portation research and development program shall 

9 include—

10 (A) fundamental, long-term research; 

11 (B) research and development aimed at 

12 significant research gaps, and emerging issues 

13 with national implications; and 

14 (C) research related to policy and plan15 ning. 

16 (c) PROCESSES.—

17 (1) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—Federal surface 

18 transportation research and development activities 

19 shall address the needs of stakeholders. Stakeholders 

20 include States, metropolitan planning organizations, 

21 local governments, the private sector, researchers, 

22 research sponsors, and other affected parties, includ23 ing public interest groups. 

24 (2) COMPETITION AND PEER REVIEW.—Except 

25 as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary shall 
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1 award all grants, contracts, and cooperative agree2 ments for research and development under this Act 

3 based on open competition and peer review of pro4 posals. 

5 (3) PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND EVALUA6 TION.—To the maximum extent practicable, all sur7 face transportation research and development 

8 projects shall include a component of performance 

9 measurement and evaluation. Performance measures 

10 shall be established during the proposal stage of a 

11 research and development project and shall, to the 

12 maximum extent possible, be outcome-based. All 

13 evaluations shall be made readily available to the 

14 public. 

15 SEC. 103. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOP16 MENT STRATEGIC PLANNING. 

17 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 508 of title 23, United 

18 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘§ 508. Transportation research and development 

20 strategic planning 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

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

23 after the date of enactment of the Surface Transpor24 tation Research and Development Act of 2005, the 

25 Secretary shall develop a 5-year transportation re-
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1 search and development strategic plan to guide Fed2 eral transportation research and development activi3 ties. This plan shall be consistent with section 306 

4 of title 5, sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, and 

5 any other research and development plan within the 

6 Department of Transportation. 

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

8 under paragraph (1) shall—

9 ‘‘(A) describe the primary purposes of the 

10 transportation research and development pro11 gram, which shall include, at a minimum—

12 ‘‘(i) reducing congestion and improv13 ing mobility; 

14 ‘‘(ii) promoting safety; 

15 ‘‘(iii) promoting security; 

16 ‘‘(iv) protecting and enhancing the en17 vironment; 

18 ‘‘(v) preserving the existing transpor19 tation system; and 

20 ‘‘(vi) improving the durability and ex21 tending the life of transportation infra22 structure; 

23 ‘‘(B) for each purpose, list the primary re24 search and development topics that the Depart25 ment intends to pursue to accomplish that pur-
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1 pose, which may include the fundamental re2 search in the physical and natural sciences, ap3 plied research, technology development, and so4 cial science research intended for each topic; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(C) for each research and development 

7 topic, describe—

8 ‘‘(i) the anticipated annual funding 

9 levels for the period covered by the stra10 tegic plan; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) the additional information the 

12 Department expects to gain at the end of 

13 the period covered by the strategic plan as 

14 a result of the research and development in 

15 that topic area. 

16 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the stra17 tegic plan, the Secretary shall ensure that the 

18 plan—

19 ‘‘(A) reflects input from a wide range of 

20 stakeholders; 

21 ‘‘(B) includes and integrates the research 

22 and development programs of all the Depart23 ment’s operating administrations, including 

24 aviation, transit, rail, and maritime; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) takes into account how research and 

2 development by other Federal, State, private 

3 sector, and not-for-profit institutions contrib4 utes to the achievement of the purposes identi5 fied under paragraph (2)(A), and avoids unnec6 essary duplication with these efforts. 

7 ‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE PLANS AND REPORTS.—In 

8 reports submitted under sections 1115 and 1116 of 

9 title 31, the Secretary shall include—

10 ‘‘(A) a summary of the Federal transpor11 tation research and development activities for 

12 the previous fiscal year in each topic area; 

13 ‘‘(B) the amount of funding spent in each 

14 topic area; 

15 ‘‘(C) a description of the extent to which 

16 the research and development is meeting the ex17 pectations set forth in paragraph (2)(C)(ii); and 

18 ‘‘(D) any amendments to the strategic 

19 plan. 

20 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit 

21 to Congress an annual report, along with the President’s 

22 annual budget request, describing the amount spent in the 

23 last completed fiscal year on transportation research and 

24 development and the amount proposed in the current 

25 budget for transportation research and development. 
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1 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REVIEW.—The 

2 Secretary shall enter into an agreement for the review by 

3 the National Research Council of the details of each—

4 ‘‘(1) strategic plan under section 508; 

5 ‘‘(2) performance plan required under section 

6 1115 of title 31; and 

7 ‘‘(3) program performance report required 

8 under section 1116 of title 31, 

9 with respect to transportation research and develop10 ment.’’. 

11 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

12 chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 

13 striking the item related to section 508 and inserting the 

14 following:

‘‘508. Transportation research and development strategic planning.’’.

15 SEC. 104. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND DE16 VELOPMENT. 

17 (a) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND DE18 VELOPMENT.—Section 502 of title 23, United States 

19 Code, is amended—

20 (1) in subsection (a)—

21 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 

23 (B) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) 

24 of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(B) all phases of transportation planning 

2 and development (including construction, trans3 portation system management and operation, 

4 modernization, development, design, mainte5 nance, safety, data collection, performance anal6 ysis, multimodal assessment, financing, demand 

7 forecasting, and traffic conditions); 

8 ‘‘(C) institutional arrangements and sup9 port; and 

10 ‘‘(D) the effect of State laws on the activi11 ties described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

12 (C).’’; 

13 (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

16 PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall include in surface trans17 portation research, development, and technology transfer 

18 programs carried out under this title coordinated activities 

19 in the following areas: 

20 ‘‘(1) Research and development on materials 

21 and structures to improve the durability of surface 

22 transportation infrastructure and extend the life of 

23 pavements and bridges, including, as appropriate—

24 ‘‘(A) development of nondestructive evalua25 tion equipment for use with existing infrastruc-
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1 ture facilities and with next-generation infra2 structure facilities that use advanced materials; 

3 ‘‘(B) standardized estimates, developed in 

4 conjunction with the National Institute of 

5 Standards and Technology and other appro6 priate organizations, of useful life under various 

7 conditions for advanced materials of use in sur8 face transportation; 

9 ‘‘(C) research on the effects of climate con10 ditions (such as freezing, thawing, and precipi11 tation) on highway construction materials, and 

12 development of materials that can withstand cli13 matic conditions; and 

14 ‘‘(D) economic highway geometrics, struc15 tures, and desirable weight and size standards 

16 for vehicles using the public highways and the 

17 feasibility of uniformity in State regulations 

18 with respect to such standards. 

19 ‘‘(2) Research and development on the oper20 ation and management of the surface transportation 

21 system to improve efficiency, productivity, and safe22 ty, including, as appropriate—

23 ‘‘(A) technologies and practices that reduce 

24 costs and minimize disruptions associated with 

25 the construction, rehabilitation, and mainte-
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1 nance of surface transportation systems, includ2 ing responses to natural disasters; 

3 ‘‘(B) research and system analysis to facili4 tate and integrate bicycle and pedestrian travel 

5 in the transportation system, including within 

6 National Parks and in areas adjacent to Na7 tional Park land; 

8 ‘‘(C) development of dynamic simulation 

9 models of surface transportation systems for—

10 ‘‘(i) predicting capacity, safety, and 

11 infrastructure durability problems; 

12 ‘‘(ii) evaluating the extent to which 

13 projects are likely to achieve their stated 

14 objectives; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) testing the strengths and weak16 nesses of proposed revisions to surface 

17 transportation operations and management 

18 programs; 

19 ‘‘(D) improvement of life cycle cost anal20 ysis, including—

21 ‘‘(i) establishing the appropriate anal22 ysis period and discount rates; 

23 ‘‘(ii) learning how to value and prop24 erly consider use costs; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) determining tradeoffs between 

2 reconstruction and rehabilitation; and 

3 ‘‘(iv) establishing methodologies for 

4 balancing higher initial costs of new tech5 nologies and improved or advanced mate6 rials against lower maintenance costs; 

7 ‘‘(E) research on the effects of climatic 

8 conditions (such as freezing, thawing, and pre9 cipitation) on the costs of highway construction 

10 materials and maintenance; 

11 ‘‘(F) research, development, and tech12 nology transfer related to asset management; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(G) evaluation of traffic calming meas15 ures that promote community preservation, 

16 transportation mode choice, and safety. 

17 ‘‘(3) Research, development, and technology 

18 transfer to improve safety. 

19 ‘‘(4) Research and development to support the 

20 evaluation of how the surface transportation system 

21 and individual surface transportation projects meet 

22 the goals of the surface transportation system stated 

23 in section 102(a) of the Surface Transportation Re24 search and Development Act of 2005, including, as 

25 appropriate—
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1 ‘‘(A) development, use, and dissemination 

2 of indicators, including appropriate computer 

3 programs for collecting and analyzing data on 

4 the status of infrastructure facilities, to meas5 ure the performance of the surface transpor6 tation systems of the United States, including 

7 productivity, efficiency, energy use, air quality, 

8 congestion, safety, maintenance, and other fac9 tors that reflect system performance; and 

10 ‘‘(B) research on, and dissemination of 

11 recommendations and best practices aimed at 

12 addressing, nontechnical barriers to technology 

13 deployment (such as fragmented local authority, 

14 rigid procurement rules, and privacy and liabil15 ity considerations). 

16 ‘‘(5) To assess how the surface transportation 

17 system affects and is affected by social systems, in18 cluding, as appropriate—

19 ‘‘(A) research aimed at understanding how 

20 emerging trends (including demographic, eco21 nomic, and social trends) will affect surface 

22 transportation usage and needs; 

23 ‘‘(B) research on how land use affects and 

24 is affected by surface transportation invest25 ments; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) telecommuting and the linkages be2 tween transportation, information technology, 

3 and community development, and the impact of 

4 technological change and economic restruc5 turing on travel demand. 

6 ‘‘(6) Environmental research and development, 

7 including research described in the Transportation 

8 Research Board Special Report 268, entitled ‘Sur9 face Transportation Environmental Research: A 

10 Long-Term Strategy’ published in 2002. 

11 ‘‘(7) Exploratory advanced research in any of 

12 the preceding areas. 

13 ‘‘(8) Any other surface transportation research 

14 and development topics that the Secretary deter15 mines, in accordance with the strategic planning 

16 process under section 508, to be critical.’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (d)—

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘explor19 atory’’ after ‘‘shall establish an’’; and 

20 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert21 ing the following new paragraphs: 

22 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the research 

23 program under this subsection shall be to achieve 

24 breakthroughs in transportation research. Explor25 atory advanced research should have a broader ob-
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1 jective, longer time frame, multidisciplinary nature, 

2 and have both a higher risk and a higher potential 

3 payoff than for problem-solving research. 

4 ‘‘(3) WORKSHOP.—The Secretary shall convene 

5 a workshop with appropriate researchers and policy6 makers from Federal and State agencies, as well as 

7 academic researchers. The purpose of the workshop 

8 shall be to determine priority areas of exploratory 

9 advanced research and to identify the best way to 

10 accomplish this research (such as through federally 

11 funded research and development centers or aca12 demic researchers). The workshop shall include a di13 verse group of stakeholders. The Secretary shall 

14 make the results of the workshop widely available to 

15 the public. The workshop shall be held within 6 

16 months after the date of the enactment of this para17 graph. 

18 ‘‘(4) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary may ad19 minister a competitive, peer-reviewed grant program 

20 to support exploratory advanced research. 

21 ‘‘(5) REPORT.—The President’s annual budget 

22 request to the Congress shall indicate the amount of 

23 funding used in the previous fiscal year, and pro24 posed for the next fiscal year, to support exploratory 

25 advanced research under this subsection, including 
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1 the amount used to support extramural research 

2 grants in exploratory advanced research under this 

3 subsection.’’; 

4 (4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘(105 

5 Stat.’’ and all that follows through ‘‘performance 

6 program’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Transportation 

7 Equity Act for the 21st Century’’; 

8 (5) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 

9 subsections (g) and (h), respectively, and by insert10 ing after subsection (e) the following new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(f) LONG-TERM BRIDGE PERFORMANCE PRO12 GRAM.—

13 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall estab14 lish a 20-year, long-term bridge performance pro15 gram. 

16 ‘‘(2) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND

17 CONTRACTS.—Under the program, the Secretary 

18 shall make grants and enter into cooperative agree19 ments and contracts to—

20 ‘‘(A) monitor, material-test, and evaluate 

21 test bridges; 

22 ‘‘(B) analyze the data obtained in carrying 

23 out subparagraph (A); and 
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1 ‘‘(C) prepare products to fulfill program 

2 objectives and meet future bridge technology 

3 needs.’’; 

4 (6) in subsection (h)(2), as so redesignated by 

5 paragraph (5) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘bian6 nual reports’’ and all that follows through ‘‘21st 

7 Century’’ and inserting ‘‘previous reports under this 

8 subsection’’; and 

9 (7) by adding at the end the following new sub10 section: 

11 ‘‘(i) TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CEN12 TER.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate 

14 in the Federal Highway Administration a Turner15 Fairbank Highway Research Center. 

16 ‘‘(2) USES OF THE CENTER.—The Turner17 Fairbank Highway Research Center shall support 

18 the—

19 ‘‘(A) conduct of highway research and de20 velopment related to new highway technology; 

21 ‘‘(B) development of understandings, tools, 

22 and techniques that provide solutions to com23 plex technical problems through the develop24 ment of economical and environmentally sen25 sitive designs, efficient and quality controlled 
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1 construction practices, and durable materials; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(C) development of innovative highway 

4 products and practices.’’. 

5 (b) GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS.—Section 

6 5113 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen7 tury (23 U.S.C. 502 note) is amended by amending sub8 section (b) to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—

10 ‘‘(1) NATIONAL POLICY.—The Secretary shall 

11 establish and maintain a national policy for the use 

12 of commercial remote sensing products and 

13 geospatial information technologies in national 

14 transportation infrastructure development and con15 struction. 

16 ‘‘(2) POLICY IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec17 retary shall develop new applications of commercial 

18 remote sensing products and geospatial information 

19 technologies for the implementation of the national 

20 policy established and maintained under paragraph 

21 (1).’’. 

22 (c) ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING.—

23 (1) AMENDMENT.—Section 507 of title 23, 

24 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘§ 507. Surface Transportation Environment and 

2 Planning Cooperative Research Program 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

4 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es5 tablish and support a collaborative, public-private, 

6 multimodal surface transportation environment and 

7 planning cooperative research and development pro8 gram. 

9 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The program established 

10 under paragraph (1) shall solely carry out research 

11 and development called for in the Transportation 

12 Research Board Special Report 268, entitled ‘Sur13 face Transportation Environmental Research: A 

14 Long-Term Strategy’, published in 2002, which in15 cluded the following research and development areas: 

16 ‘‘(A) Human Health. 

17 ‘‘(B) Ecology and Natural Systems. 

18 ‘‘(C) Environmental and Social Justice. 

19 ‘‘(D) Emerging Technologies. 

20 ‘‘(E) Land Use. 

21 ‘‘(F) Planning and Performance Measures. 

22 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—

23 ‘‘(1) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary shall enter 

24 into an arrangement with the National Research 

25 Council, or another nonprofit research organization, 
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1 such as the Health Effects Institute, to administer 

2 the program established under subsection (a)(1). 

3 ‘‘(2) DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH AND DE4 VELOPMENT FINDINGS.—The organization described 

5 in paragraph (1) and the Department of Transpor6 tation shall proactively disseminate research and de7 velopment findings under this section to researchers, 

8 practitioners, and decisionmakers. 

9 ‘‘(c) ADVISORY BOARD.—

10 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The organization de11 scribed in subsection (b)(1) shall establish an advi12 sory board. 

13 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory board shall 

14 be balanced, and shall include—

15 ‘‘(A) representatives from pubic interest 

16 groups representing the environment; 

17 ‘‘(B) representatives of State, regional, and 

18 local transportation agencies, including metro19 politan planning organizations and transit agen20 cies; 

21 ‘‘(C) representatives of State environ22 mental agencies; 

23 ‘‘(D) transportation and environmental sci24 entists and engineers; and 
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1 ‘‘(E) representatives of Federal agencies, 

2 including the Department of Transportation, 

3 the Environmental Protection Agency, and the 

4 National Science Foundation. 

5 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The advisory board 

6 shall—

7 ‘‘(A) develop an annual research and devel8 opment agenda to carry out research and devel9 opment activities described in subsection (a)(2); 

10 ‘‘(B) solicit research proposals to carry out 

11 the research and development agenda, and over12 see peer review of proposals; 

13 ‘‘(C) develop project selection criteria 

14 through an open and public consultation proc15 ess with stakeholders; and 

16 ‘‘(D) select projects for funding. 

17 ‘‘(4) CRITERIA.—In developing criteria, the ad18 visory board shall give priority to proposals that—

19 ‘‘(A) are designed to develop fundamental 

20 knowledge; 

21 ‘‘(B) are interdisciplinary and involve part22 nerships; and 

23 ‘‘(C) include significant matching funds. 

24 ‘‘(d) PROJECT FUNDING.—In addition to using funds 

25 authorized for this section, the organization described in 
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1 subsection (b)(1) is encouraged to seek and accept addi2 tional funding sources from public and private entities. 

3 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The organization described 

4 in subsection (b)(1) shall prepare and transmit to the Sec5 retary and the Congress an annual report that includes 

6 a project summary for every project funded under this sec7 tion. Each summary shall describe the project, summarize 

8 its status and funding levels, and identify sources of fund9 ing.’’. 

10 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis 

11 for chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is 

12 amended by striking the item related to section 507 

13 and inserting the following:

‘‘507. Surface transportation environment and planning cooperative research 

program.’’.

14 (d) NATIONAL MULTIMODAL TRENDS POLICY RE15 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

17 out a National Multimodal Trends Policy Research 

18 and Development Program that systematically ad19 dresses critical short-term, medium-term, and long20 term social science issues affecting and affected by 

21 the transportation system. 

22 (2) CONTENTS.—The program to be carried out 

23 under this subsection shall include research and de24 velopment on—
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1 (A) how, and the extent to which, the over2 all transportation system is meeting the goals 

3 set forth in the Transportation Equity Act for 

4 the 21st Century, and how to improve evalua5 tion methodologies and performance measures; 

6 (B) the development of policy analysis 

7 tools and methods for use by decisionmakers; 

8 (C) the critical factors and major trends 

9 affecting the success and performance of the 

10 Nation’s transportation system, as well as how 

11 such information can be incorporated into na12 tional, State, and local decisionmaking; 

13 (D) economic, demographic, and social 

14 trends that are affecting and are affected by 

15 the transportation system, including such topics 

16 as—

17 (i) economic trends, including inter18 national trade and its effects on the trans19 portation of people and goods, rapidly 

20 changing information technology, the 

21 changing nature of metropolitan econo22 mies, diversification of employment sites, 

23 and innovations in goods movement; 
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1 (ii) demographic trends, changing res2 idential patterns, and the aging of the pop3 ulation; and 

4 (iii) social trends, including income 

5 disparity, access of underserved popu6 lations to jobs, services and health care, in7 cluding the needs of low-income, minority, 

8 and transit-dependent populations in urban 

9 and rural areas, the needs of rural popu10 lations, and the effects of new technologies 

11 on driver behavior; 

12 (E) how institutional factors affect the de13 velopment and successful deployment of new 

14 technologies; and 

15 (F) other critical issues identified by the 

16 Advisory Board established under paragraph 

17 (4). 

18 (3) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall 

19 enter into an arrangement with the National Re20 search Council to establish the advisory board under 

21 paragraph (4) and to administer the program. 

22 (4) ADVISORY BOARD.—

23 (A) MEMBERSHIP.—A majority of mem24 bers of the advisory board shall be experts in a 

25 broad array of social science fields. Additional 
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1 members of the advisory board shall be bal2 anced among representatives of Federal, State, 

3 and local transportation agencies, other agen4 cies with appropriate expertise, metropolitan 

5 planning organizations, transit operating agen6 cies, and environmental and other nonprofit or7 ganizations, including representatives of com8 munity-based orgainzations. 

9 (B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The advisory 

10 board shall—

11 (i) develop a detailed research and de12 velopment agenda, which shall serve as the 

13 basis of the annual project solicitation; 

14 (ii) annually solicit project proposals, 

15 through open competition and peer review 

16 of research and development proposals; 

17 and 

18 (iii) develop project selection criteria, 

19 through an open and public consultation 

20 process with stakeholders. 

21 (5) DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVEL22 OPMENT FINDINGS.—The National Research Council 

23 and the Department of Transportation shall dissemi24 nate research and development findings under this 
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1 subsection to researchers, practitioners, and deci2 sionmakers. 

3 (e) ROAD WEATHER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

4 PROGRAM.—

5 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es6 tablish a road weather research and development 

7 program to—

8 (A) maximize use of available road weather 

9 information and technologies; 

10 (B) expand road weather research and de11 velopment efforts to enhance roadway safety, 

12 capacity, and efficiency while minimizing envi13 ronmental impacts; and 

14 (C) promote technology transfer of effec15 tive road weather scientific and technological 

16 advances. 

17 (2) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In carrying out 

18 this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with the 

19 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

20 the National Science Foundation, the American As21 sociation of State Highway and Transportation Offi22 cials, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector. 

23 (3) CONTENTS.—The program established 

24 under this subsection shall solely carry out research 

25 and development called for in the National Research 
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1 Council’s report entitled ‘‘A Research Agenda for 

2 Improving Road Weather Services’’. Such research 

3 and development includes—

4 (A) integrating existing observational net5 works and data management systems for road 

6 weather applications; 

7 (B) improving weather modeling capabili8 ties and forecast tools, such as the road surface 

9 and atmospheric interface; 

10 (C) enhancing mechanisms for commu11 nicating road weather information to users, 

12 such as transportation officials and the public; 

13 and 

14 (D) integrating road weather technologies 

15 into an information infrastructure. 

16 (4) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this sub17 section, the Secretary shall—

18 (A) enable efficient technology transfer; 

19 (B) improve education and training of road 

20 weather information users, such as State and 

21 local transportation officials and private sector 

22 transportation contractors; and 

23 (C) coordinate with transportation weather 

24 research programs in other modes, such as 

25 aviation. 
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1 (5) FUNDING.—In awarding funds under this 

2 subsection, the Secretary shall give preference to ap3 plications with significant matching funds from non4 Federal sources. From the amounts authorized to be 

5 appropriated under section 101(b)(1), there shall be 

6 available $5,000,000 for carrying out this subsection 

7 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010. 

8 SEC. 105. TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT. 

9 (a) TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—Section 

10 503(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

11 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘Ini12 tiatives and Partnerships’’; 

13 (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall 

16 develop and administer a national technology deploy17 ment program.’’; 

18 (3) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(7) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND

21 CONTRACTS.—

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Under the program, 

23 the Secretary shall make grants to, and enter 

24 into cooperative agreements and contracts with, 

25 States, other Federal agencies, universities and 
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1 colleges, private sector entities, and nonprofit 

2 organizations to pay the Federal share of the 

3 cost of research, development, and technology 

4 transfer concerning innovative materials. 

5 ‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant 

6 under this subsection, an entity described in 

7 subparagraph (A) shall submit an application to 

8 the Secretary. The application shall be in such 

9 form and contain such information as the Sec10 retary may require. The Secretary shall select 

11 and approve the applications based on open 

12 competition and peer review, and on whether 

13 the project that is the subject of the grant 

14 serves the purpose of the program described in 

15 paragraph (2).’’; 

16 (4) by striking paragraph (8); 

17 (5) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para18 graph (10); and 

19 (6) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(8) TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TRANS22 FER.—The Secretary shall ensure that the informa23 tion and technology resulting from research and de24 velopment conducted under paragraph (3) is made 

25 available to State and local transportation depart-
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1 ments and other interested parties as specified by 

2 the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(9) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

4 the cost of a project under this section shall be de5 termined by the Secretary.’’. 

6 (b) INNOVATIVE BRIDGE RESEARCH AND DEPLOY7 MENT PROGRAM.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 503(b) of title 23, 

9 United States Code, is amended by striking para10 graph (1) and inserting: 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab12 lish and carry out a program to promote, dem13 onstrate, evaluate, and document the application of 

14 innovative designs, materials and construction meth15 ods in the construction, repair, and rehabilitation of 

16 bridges and other highway structures.’’. 

17 (2) GOALS.—Section 503(b) of such title is 

18 amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting: 

19 ‘‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the program shall 

20 include—

21 ‘‘(A) the development of new, cost-effec22 tive, innovative highway bridge applications; 

23 ‘‘(B) the development of construction tech24 niques to increase safety and reduce construc25 tion time and traffic congestion; 
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1 ‘‘(C) the development of engineering design 

2 criteria for innovative products, materials, and 

3 structural systems for use in highway bridges 

4 and structures; 

5 ‘‘(D) the reduction of maintenance costs 

6 and life-cycle costs of bridges, including the 

7 costs of new construction, replacement, or reha8 bilitation of deficient bridges; 

9 ‘‘(E) the development of highway bridges 

10 and structures that will withstand natural dis11 asters and terrorist attacks; 

12 ‘‘(F) the documentation and wide dissemi13 nation of objective evaluations of the perform14 ance and benefits of these innovative designs, 

15 materials, and construction methods; and 

16 ‘‘(G) the effective transfer of resulting in17 formation and technology.’’. 

18 (c) INNOVATIVE PAVEMENT RESEARCH AND DE19 PLOYMENT PROGRAM.—Section 503 of title 23, United 

20 States Code, is amended by adding after subsection (b) 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(c) INNOVATIVE PAVEMENT RESEARCH AND DE23 PLOYMENT PROGRAM.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab25 lish and implement a program to promote, dem-
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1 onstrate, support, and document the application of 

2 innovative pavement technologies, practices, per3 formance, and benefits. 

4 ‘‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the innovative pave5 ment research and deployment program shall in6 clude—

7 ‘‘(A) the deployment of new, cost-effective 

8 innovative designs, materials, and practices to 

9 extend pavement life and performance and to 

10 improve customer satisfaction; 

11 ‘‘(B) the reduction of initial costs and life12 cycle costs of pavements, including the costs of 

13 new construction, replacement, maintenance, 

14 and rehabilitation; 

15 ‘‘(C) the deployment of accelerated con16 struction techniques, including innovative pave17 ment materials, to increase safety and reduce 

18 construction time and traffic disruption and 

19 congestion; 

20 ‘‘(D) the deployment of engineering design 

21 criteria and specifications for innovative prac22 tices, products, and materials for use in high23 way pavements; 
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1 ‘‘(E) the deployment of new nondestructive 

2 and real time pavement evaluation technologies 

3 and techniques; 

4 ‘‘(F) evaluation, refinement, and docu5 mentation of the performance and benefits of 

6 innovative technologies deployed to improve life, 

7 performance, cost effectiveness, safety, and cus8 tomer satisfaction; 

9 ‘‘(G) effective technology transfer and in10 formation dissemination to accelerate imple11 mentation of innovative technologies and to im12 prove life, performance, cost effectiveness, safe13 ty, and customer satisfaction; and 

14 ‘‘(H) the development of designs and mate15 rials to reduce storm water runoff. 

16 ‘‘(3) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND

17 CONTRACTS.—

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Under the program, 

19 the Secretary shall make grants to, and enter 

20 into cooperative agreements and contracts with 

21 States, other Federal agencies, universities and 

22 colleges, private sector entities, and nonprofit 

23 organizations for research, development, and 

24 technology transfer for innovative safety tech25 nologies. 
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1 ‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant 

2 under this subsection, an entity described in 

3 subparagraph (A) shall submit an application to 

4 the Secretary. The application shall be in such 

5 form and contain such information as the Sec6 retary may require. The Secretary shall select 

7 and approve the applications based on open 

8 competition and peer review, and on whether 

9 the project that is the subject of the grant 

10 meets the goals of the program described in 

11 paragraph (2). 

12 ‘‘(4) TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TRANS13 FER.—The Secretary shall take such action as is 

14 necessary to ensure that the information and tech15 nology resulting from research conducted under 

16 paragraph (3) is made available to State and local 

17 transportation departments and other interested 

18 parties as specified by the Secretary.’’. 

19 (d) SAFETY INNOVATION DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—

20 Section 503 of title 23, United States Code, as amended 

21 by this Act, is further amended by adding the following: 

22 ‘‘(d) SAFETY INNOVATION DEPLOYMENT PRO23 GRAM.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab25 lish and implement a program to demonstrate the 
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1 application of innovative technologies in highway 

2 safety. 

3 ‘‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the program shall 

4 include—

5 ‘‘(A) the deployment and evaluation of 

6 safety technologies and innovations at state and 

7 local levels; and 

8 ‘‘(B) the deployment of best practices in 

9 training, management, design, and planning. 

10 ‘‘(3) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND

11 CONTRACTS.—

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Under the program, 

13 the Secretary shall make grants to, and enter 

14 into cooperative agreements and contracts with 

15 States, other Federal agencies, universities and 

16 colleges, private sector entities, and nonprofit 

17 organizations for research, development, and 

18 technology transfer for innovative safety tech19 nologies. 

20 ‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant 

21 under this subsection, an entity described in 

22 subparagraph (A) shall submit an application to 

23 the Secretary. The application shall be in such 

24 form and contain such information as the Sec25 retary may require. The Secretary shall select 
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1 and approve the applications based on open 

2 competition and peer review, and on whether 

3 the project that is the subject of the grant 

4 meets the goals of the program described in 

5 paragraph (2). 

6 ‘‘(4) TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TRANS7 FER.—The Secretary shall take such action as is 

8 necessary to ensure that the information and tech9 nology resulting from research conducted under 

10 paragraph (3) is made available to State and local 

11 transportation departments and other interested 

12 parties as specified by the Secretary.’’. 

13 SEC. 106. TRAINING AND EDUCATION. 

14 (a) NATIONAL HIGHWAY INSTITUTE.—Section 

15 504(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 

16 striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) COURSES.—

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Institute shall de19 velop or update courses in the subject areas of 

20 asset management, application of emerging 

21 technologies, including intelligent transportation 

22 systems, techniques, methods, regulations, in23 formation technology, general management, en24 vironmental stewardship, acquisition of rights25 of-way, relocation assistance, engineering, safe-
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1 ty, transportation system management and op2 erations, construction, maintenance, contract 

3 administration, inspection, and finance. 

4 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL COURSES.—In addition 

5 to the courses in the subject matter areas de6 scribed in subparagraph (A), the Institute, in 

7 consultation with State transportation depart8 ments and the American Association of State 

9 Highway and Transportation Officials, may de10 velop other courses as it considers necessary. 

11 ‘‘(C) REVISION OF COURSES OFFERED.—

12 The Institute shall periodically—

13 ‘‘(i) review the course inventory of the 

14 Institute; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) revise or cease to offer courses 

16 based on course content, applicability, and 

17 need.’’. 

18 (b) LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—

19 Section 504(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 

20 by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—

22 ‘‘(A) GRANTS.—The grant funds author23 ized to carry out this subsection may be used 

24 to cover up to 50 percent of the program costs 

25 relating to local technical assistance. Funds 
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1 available for technology transfer and training 

2 purposes under this title and title 49 may be 

3 used to cover the remaining 50 percent of the 

4 program costs. 

5 ‘‘(B) TRIBAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

6 CENTERS.—The Federal share of the cost of ac7 tivities carried out by the tribal technical assist8 ance centers under paragraph (2)(D)(ii) of this 

9 subsection shall be 100 percent.’’. 

10 (c) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE DE11 VELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION.—Section 504 

12 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

13 the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(d) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE DE15 VELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION.—

16 ‘‘(1) FUNDING.—Subject to project approval by 

17 the Secretary, a State may obligate funds appor18 tioned to it under sections 104(b)(1), (3), and (4) 

19 and 144(e) of this title for surface transportation 

20 workforce development, training and education, in21 cluding—

22 ‘‘(A) tuition and direct educational ex23 penses, excluding salaries, in connection with 

24 the education and training of employees of 

25 State and local transportation agencies; 
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1 ‘‘(B) employee professional development; 

2 ‘‘(C) student internships; or 

3 ‘‘(D) education outreach activities to de4 velop interest and promote participation in sur5 face transportation careers. 

6 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

7 the cost of activities carried out in accordance with 

8 this subsection shall be 100 percent.’’. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY.—

10 Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amend11 ed—

12 (1) in paragraph (3), by—

13 (A) striking ‘‘and’’ after subparagraph 

14 (G); 

15 (B) striking the period after subparagraph 

16 (H) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (C) adding after subparagraph (H) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(I) surface transportation workforce de20 velopment, training, and education.’’; 

21 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (34) through 

22 (37) as paragraphs (35) through (38) respectively; 

23 and 

24 (3) by adding after paragraph (33), as redesig25 nated by this Act, the following: 
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1 ‘‘(34) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE

2 DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION.—The 

3 term ‘surface transportation workforce development, 

4 training, and education’ means activities associated 

5 with surface transportation career awareness, stu6 dent transportation career preparation, and training 

7 and professional development for surface transpor8 tation workers, including activities for women and 

9 minorities.’’. 

10 (e) GARRETT A. MORGAN TECHNOLOGY AND TRANS11 PORTATION EDUCATION PROGRAM.—Section 504 of title 

12 23, United States Code, as amended by this section, is 

13 further amended by adding at the end the following new 

14 subsection: 

15 ‘‘(e) GARRETT A. MORGAN TECHNOLOGY AND

16 TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION PROGRAM.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab18 lish the Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Trans19 portation Education Program to improve the prepa20 ration of students, particularly women and minori21 ties, in science, technology, engineering, and mathe22 matics through curriculum development and other 

23 activities related to transportation. 

24 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 

25 shall award grants under this subsection on the 
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1 basis of competitive, peer review. Grants awarded 

2 under this subsection may be used for enhancing 

3 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at 

4 the elementary and secondary school level through 

5 such means as—

6 ‘‘(A) internships that offer students experi7 ence in the transportation field; 

8 ‘‘(B) programs that allow students to 

9 spend time observing scientists and engineers in 

10 the transportation field; and 

11 ‘‘(C) developing relevant curriculum that 

12 uses examples and problems related to trans13 portation. 

14 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCE15 DURES.—

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An entity described in 

17 subparagraph (C) seeking funding under this 

18 subsection shall submit an application to the 

19 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 

20 containing such information as the Secretary 

21 may require. Such application, at a minimum, 

22 shall include a description of how the funds will 

23 be used and a description of how the funds will 

24 be used to serve the purposes described in para25 graph (2). 
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1 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In making awards under 

2 this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority 

3 to applicants that will encourage the participa4 tion of women and minorities. 

5 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBILITY.—Local education agen6 cies and State education agencies, which may 

7 partner with institutions of higher education, 

8 businesses, or other entities, shall be eligible to 

9 apply for grants under this subsection. 

10 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub11 section—

12 ‘‘(A) the term ‘institution of higher edu13 cation’ has the meaning given that term in sec14 tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

15 (20 U.S.C. 1001); 

16 ‘‘(B) the term ‘local educational agency’ 

17 has the meaning given that term in section 

18 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu19 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and 

20 ‘‘(C) the term ‘State educational agency’ 

21 has the meaning given that term in section 

22 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu23 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

24 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

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1 retary of Transportation to carry out this subsection 

2 $500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as 

3 may be necessary thereafter.’’. 

4 SEC. 107. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS. 

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

6 amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘§ 111. Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

9 Department of Transportation a Bureau of Transpor10 tation Statistics. 

11 ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—

12 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Bureau shall be 

13 headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the 

14 President, by and with the advice and consent of the 

15 Senate. 

16 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall be 

17 appointed from among individuals who are qualified 

18 to serve as the Director by virtue of their training 

19 and experience in the collection, analysis, and use of 

20 transportation statistics. 

21 ‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Director shall report 

22 directly to the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(4) TERM.—The term of the Director shall be 

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1 the expiration of the term until a successor is ap2 pointed and confirmed. 

3 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the Bu4 reau shall serve as the Secretary’s senior advisor on data 

5 and statistics, and shall be responsible for carrying out 

6 the following duties: 

7 ‘‘(1) PROVIDING DATA, STATISTICS, AND ANAL8 YSIS TO TRANSPORTATION DECISIONMAKERS.—En9 suring that the statistics compiled under paragraph 

10 (5) are designed to support transportation decision11 making by the Federal Government, State and local 

12 governments, metropolitan planning organizations, 

13 transportation-related associations, the private sec14 tor (including the freight community), and the pub15 lic. 

16 ‘‘(2) COORDINATING COLLECTION OF INFORMA17 TION.—Working with the operating administrations 

18 of the Department to establish and implement the 

19 Bureau’s data programs and to improve the coordi20 nation of information collection efforts with other 

21 Federal agencies. 

22 ‘‘(3) DATA MODERNIZATION.—Continually im23 proving surveys and data collection methods to im24 prove the accuracy and utility of transportation sta25 tistics. 
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1 ‘‘(4) ENCOURAGING DATA STANDARDIZATION.—

2 Encouraging the standardization of data, data col3 lection methods, and data management and storage 

4 technologies for data collected by the Bureau, the 

5 operating administrations of the Department of 

6 Transportation, States, local governments, metro7 politan planning organizations, and private sector 

8 entities. 

9 ‘‘(5) COMPILING TRANSPORTATION STATIS10 TICS.—Compiling, analyzing, and publishing a com11 prehensive set of transportation statistics on the per12 formance and impacts of the national transportation 

13 system, including statistics on—

14 ‘‘(A) productivity in various parts of the 

15 transportation sector; 

16 ‘‘(B) traffic flows for all modes of trans17 portation; 

18 ‘‘(C) other elements of the Intermodal 

19 Transportation Database established under sub20 section (g); 

21 ‘‘(D) travel times and measures of conges22 tion; 

23 ‘‘(E) vehicle weights and other vehicle 

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

2 variables influencing traveling behavior, includ3 ing choice of transportation mode, and goods 

4 movement; 

5 ‘‘(G) transportation costs for passenger 

6 travel and goods movement; 

7 ‘‘(H) availability and use of mass transit 

8 (including the number of passengers served by 

9 each mass transit authority) and other forms of 

10 for-hire passenger travel; 

11 ‘‘(I) frequency of vehicle and transpor12 tation facility repairs and other interruptions of 

13 transportation service; 

14 ‘‘(J) safety and security for travelers, vehi15 cles, and transportation systems; 

16 ‘‘(K) consequences of transportation for 

17 the human and natural environment; 

18 ‘‘(L) the extent, connectivity, and condition 

19 of the transportation system, building on the 

20 National Transportation Atlas Database devel21 oped under subsection (g); and 

22 ‘‘(M) transportation-related variables that 

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1 ‘‘(6) NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUC2 TURE.—Building and disseminating the transpor3 tation layer of the National Spatial Data Infrastruc4 ture, including coordinating the development of 

5 transportation geospatial data standards, compiling 

6 intermodal geospatial data, and collecting geospatial 

7 data that is not being collected by others. 

8 ‘‘(7) ISSUING GUIDELINES.—Issuing guidelines 

9 for the collection of information by the Department 

10 of Transportation required for statistics to be com11 piled under paragraph (5) in order to ensure that 

12 such information is accurate, reliable, relevant, and 

13 in a form that permits systematic analysis. The Bu14 reau shall review and report to the Secretary of 

15 Transportation on the sources and reliability of the 

16 statistics proposed by the heads of the operating ad17 ministrations of the Department to measure outputs 

18 and outcomes as required by the Government Per19 formance and Results Act of 1993, and the amend20 ments made by such Act, and shall carry out such 

21 other reviews of the sources and reliability of other 

22 data collected or statistical information published by 

23 the heads of the operating administrations of the 

24 Department as shall be requested by the Secretary. 
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1 ‘‘(8) MAKING STATISTICS ACCESSIBLE.—Mak2 ing the statistics published under this subsection 

3 readily accessible. 

4 ‘‘(d) INFORMATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 60 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of the Surface Transportation 

7 Research and Development Act of 2005, the Sec8 retary shall enter into an arrangement with the Na9 tional Research Council to develop and publish a 

10 National Transportation Information Needs Assess11 ment. The Assessment shall be transmitted to the 

12 Secretary and the Congress not later than 24 

13 months after such arrangement is entered into. 

14 ‘‘(2) CONTENT.—The Assessment shall—

15 ‘‘(A) identify, in priority order, transpor16 tation data that is not being collected by the 

17 Bureau, Department of Transportation oper18 ating administrations, or other Federal, State, 

19 or local entities, but is needed to improve trans20 portation decisionmaking at the Federal, State, 

21 and local level and to fulfill the requirements of 

22 subsection (c)(5); 

23 ‘‘(B) recommend whether the data identi24 fied in subparagraph (A) should be collected by 

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1 by other Federal, State, or local entities, and 

2 whether any data is a higher priority than data 

3 currently being collected; 

4 ‘‘(C) identify any data the Bureau or other 

5 Federal, State, and local entities is collecting 

6 that is not needed; 

7 ‘‘(D) describe new data collection methods 

8 (including changes in surveys) and other 

9 changes the Bureau or other Federal, State, 

10 and local entities should implement to improve 

11 the standardization, accuracy, and utility of 

12 transportation data and statistics; and 

13 ‘‘(E) estimate the cost of implementing 

14 any recommendations. 

15 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing the As16 sessment, the National Research Council shall con17 sult with the Department’s Advisory Council on 

18 Transportation Statistics and a representative cross19 section of transportation community stakeholders as 

20 well as other Federal agencies, including the Envi21 ronmental Protection Agency, the Department of 

22 Energy, and the Department of Housing and Urban 

23 Development. 

24 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 

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1 mits the Needs Assessment under paragraph (1), the 

2 Secretary shall transmit a report to the Committee 

3 on Science and the Committee on Transportation 

4 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, 

5 and to the Committee on Environment and Public 

6 Works of the Senate, that describes—

7 ‘‘(A) how the Department plans to fill the 

8 data gaps identified under paragraph (2)(A); 

9 ‘‘(B) how the Department plans to stop 

10 collecting data identified under paragraph 

11 (2)(C); 

12 ‘‘(C) how the Department plans to imple13 ment improved data collection methods and 

14 other changes identified under paragraph 

15 (2)(D); 

16 ‘‘(D) the expected costs of implementing 

17 subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this para18 graph; 

19 ‘‘(E) any findings of the Needs Assessment 

20 under paragraph (1) with which the Secretary 

21 disagrees, and why; and 

22 ‘‘(F) any proposed statutory changes need23 ed to implement the findings if the Needs As24 sessment under paragraph (1). 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In consultation with the 

2 Under Secretary for Policy, the Assistant Secre3 taries, and the heads of the operating administra4 tions of the Department of Transportation, the Di5 rector shall establish and maintain a transportation 

6 data base for all modes of transportation. 

7 ‘‘(2) USE.—The data base shall be suitable for 

8 analyses carried out by the Federal Government, the 

9 States, and metropolitan planning organizations. 

10 ‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The data base shall in11 clude—

12 ‘‘(A) information on the volumes and pat13 terns of movement of goods, including local, 

14 interregional, and international movement, by 

15 all modes of transportation and intermodal 

16 combinations, and by relevant classification; 

17 ‘‘(B) information on the volumes and pat18 terns of movement of people, including local, 

19 interregional, and international movements, by 

20 all modes of transportation (including bicycle 

21 and pedestrian modes) and intermodal combina22 tions, and by relevant classification; 

23 ‘‘(C) information on the location and 

24 connectivity of transportation facilities and 

25 services; and 
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1 ‘‘(D) a national accounting of expenditures 

2 and capital stocks on each mode of transpor3 tation and intermodal combination. 

4 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LIBRARY.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 

6 and maintain a National Transportation Library, 

7 which shall contain a collection of statistical and 

8 other information needed for transportation decision9 making at the Federal, State, and local levels. 

10 ‘‘(2) ACCESS.—The Director shall facilitate and 

11 promote access to the Library, with the goal of im12 proving the ability of the transportation community 

13 to share information and the ability of the Director 

14 to make statistics readily accessible under subsection 

15 (c)(8). 

16 ‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Director shall work 

17 with other transportation libraries and other trans18 portation information providers, both public and pri19 vate, to achieve the goal specified in paragraph (2). 

20 ‘‘(g) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION ATLAS DATA

21 BASE.—

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall develop 

23 and maintain geospatial data bases that depict—

24 ‘‘(A) transportation networks; 
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1 ‘‘(B) flows of people, goods, vehicles, and 

2 craft over the networks; and 

3 ‘‘(C) social, economic, and environmental 

4 conditions that affect or are affected by the net5 works. 

6 ‘‘(2) INTERMODAL NETWORK ANALYSIS.—The 

7 data bases shall be able to support intermodal net8 work analysis. 

9 ‘‘(h) MANDATORY RESPONSE AUTHORITY FOR

10 FREIGHT DATA COLLECTION.—Whoever, being the 

11 owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the 

12 person in charge, of any corporation, company, business, 

13 institution, establishment, or organization of any nature 

14 whatsoever, neglects or refuses, when requested by the Di15 rector or other authorized officer, employee or contractor 

16 of the Bureau, to answer completely and correctly to the 

17 best of his/her knowledge all questions relating to the cor18 poration, company, business, institution, establishment, or 

19 other organization, or to records or statistics in his/her 

20 official custody, contained in a data collection request pre21 pared and submitted as part of the collection of freight 

22 data, shall be fined not more than $500; and if the indi23 vidual willfully gives a false answer to a question, shall 

24 be fined not more than $10,000. 
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1 ‘‘(i) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—The 

2 Secretary may make grants to, or enter into cooperative 

3 agreements or contracts with, public and nonprofit private 

4 entities (including State transportation departments, met5 ropolitan planning organizations, and institutions of high6 er education) for—

7 ‘‘(1) investigation of the subjects specified in 

8 subsection (c)(5) and research and development of 

9 new methods of data collection, standardization, 

10 management, integration, dissemination, interpreta11 tion, and analysis; 

12 ‘‘(2) demonstration programs by States, local 

13 governments, and metropolitan planning organiza14 tions to harmonize data collection, reporting, man15 agement, storage, and archiving to simplify data 

16 comparisons across jurisdictions; 

17 ‘‘(3) development of electronic clearinghouses of 

18 transportation data and related information, as part 

19 of the National Transportation Library under sub20 section (f); and 

21 ‘‘(4) development and improvement of methods 

22 for sharing geographic data, in support of the na23 tional transportation atlas data base under sub24 section (g) and the National Spatial Data Infra-
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1 structure developed under Executive Order No. 

2 12906. 

3 ‘‘(j) LIMITATIONS ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—

4 Nothing in this section shall be construed—

5 ‘‘(1) to authorize the Bureau to require any 

6 other department or agency to collect data; or 

7 ‘‘(2) to reduce the authority of any other officer 

8 of the Department of Transportation to collect and 

9 disseminate data independently. 

10 ‘‘(k) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DISCLOSURES.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An officer or employee of 

12 the Bureau may not—

13 ‘‘(A) make any disclosure in which the 

14 data provided by an individual or organization 

15 under subsection (c) can be identified; 

16 ‘‘(B) use the information provided under 

17 subsection (c) for a nonstatistical purpose; or 

18 ‘‘(C) permit anyone other than an indi19 vidual authorized by the Director to examine 

20 any individual report provided under subsection 

21 (c). 

22 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON REQUESTS FOR CERTAIN

23 DATA.—

24 ‘‘(A) GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.—No de25 partment, bureau, agency, officer, or employee 
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1 of the United States (except the Director in 

2 carrying out this section) may require, for any 

3 reason, a copy of any report that has been filed 

4 under subsection (c) with the Bureau or re5 tained by an individual respondent. 

6 ‘‘(B) COURTS.—Any copy of a report de7 scribed in subparagraph (A) that has been re8 tained by an individual respondent or filed with 

9 the Bureau or any of its employees, contractors, 

10 or agents—

11 ‘‘(i) shall be immune from legal proc12 ess; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) shall not, without the consent of 

14 the individual concerned, be admitted as 

15 evidence or used for any purpose in any 

16 action, suit, or other judicial or adminis17 trative proceeding. 

18 ‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—This paragraph 

19 shall apply only to reports that permit informa20 tion concerning an individual or organization to 

21 be reasonably inferred by direct or indirect 

22 means. 

23 ‘‘(3) DATA COLLECTED FOR NONSTATISTICAL

24 PURPOSES.—In a case in which the Bureau is au25 thorized by statute to collect data or information for 
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1 a nonstatistical purpose, the Director shall clearly 

2 distinguish the collection of the data or information, 

3 by rule and on the collection instrument, so as to in4 form a respondent that is requested or required to 

5 supply the data or information of the nonstatistical 

6 purpose. 

7 ‘‘(l) TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS ANNUAL RE8 PORT.—The Director shall transmit to the President and 

9 Congress a Transportation Statistics Annual Report which 

10 shall include information on items referred to in sub11 section (c)(5), documentation of methods used to obtain 

12 and ensure the quality of the statistics presented in the 

13 report, and recommendations for improving transportation 

14 statistical information. 

15 ‘‘(m) PROCEEDS OF DATA PRODUCT SALES.—Not16 withstanding section 3302 of title 31, funds received by 

17 the Bureau from the sale of data products, for necessary 

18 expenses incurred, may be credited to the Highway Trust 

19 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the pur20 pose of reimbursing the Bureau for the expenses. 

21 ‘‘(n) ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRANSPORTATION STA22 TISTICS.—

23 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the 

24 Bureau of Transportation Statistics shall establish 

25 an Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics. 
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1 ‘‘(2) FUNCTION.—It shall be the function of the 

2 Advisory Council established under this subsection 

3 to—

4 ‘‘(A) advise the Director of the Bureau of 

5 Transportation Statistics on the quality, reli6 ability, consistency, objectivity, and relevance of 

7 transportation statistics and analyses collected, 

8 supported, or disseminated by the Bureau of 

9 Transportation Statistics and the Department 

10 of Transportation; 

11 ‘‘(B) provide input to and review the re12 port to Congress under subsection (d)(4); and 

13 ‘‘(C) advise the Director on methods to en14 courage harmonization and interoperability of 

15 transportation data collected by the Bureau, the 

16 operating administrations of the Department of 

17 Transportation, States, local governments, met18 ropolitan planning organizations, and private 

19 sector entities. 

20 ‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Council es21 tablished under this subsection shall be composed of 

22 not fewer than 15 members appointed by the Direc23 tor, who are not officers or employees of the United 

24 States, including—
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1 ‘‘(A) 2 members with specific expertise in 

2 economics; 

3 ‘‘(B) 3 members with expertise in statis4 tics; and 

5 ‘‘(C) additional members with expertise in 

6 transportation statistics, analysis, or policy. 

7 Members shall include representatives of a cross-sec8 tion of transportation community stakeholders. 

9 ‘‘(4) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT.—(A) Except as 

10 provided in subparagraph (B), members shall be ap11 pointed to staggered terms not to exceed 3 years. A 

12 member may be renominated for one additional 3-

13 year term. 

14 ‘‘(B) Members serving on the Advisory Council 

15 on Transportation Statistics as of the date of enact16 ment of the Surface Transportation Research and 

17 Development Act of 2005 shall serve until the end 

18 of their appointed terms. 

19 ‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY

20 COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee 

21 Act shall apply to the Advisory Council established 

22 under this subsection, except that section 14 of the 

23 Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to 

24 such Advisory Council.’’. 
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1 SEC. 108. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH. 

2 Section 505 of title 23, United States Code, is 

3 amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘§ 505. State planning and research 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Two and a half percent of the 

6 sums apportioned to a State for fiscal year 2005 and each 

7 fiscal year thereafter under section 104 (other than sub8 sections (f) and (h)) and under sections 105 and 144 shall 

9 be available for expenditure by the State, in consultation 

10 with the Secretary, only for the following purposes: 

11 ‘‘(1) Engineering and economic surveys and in12 vestigations. 

13 ‘‘(2) The planning of future highway programs 

14 and local public transportation systems, the planning 

15 of the financing of such programs and systems, in16 cluding metropolitan and Statewide planning under 

17 sections 134 and 135, freight planning, safety plan18 ning, transportation systems management and oper19 ations planning, transportation-related land use 

20 planning, and transportation-related growth manage21 ment activities within these planning processes, and 

22 planning capacity building activities. 

23 ‘‘(3) Development and implementation of infra24 structure management and traffic monitoring sys25 tems, and for asset management. 
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1 ‘‘(4) Studies of the economy, safety, and con2 venience of highway, local public transportation, bi3 cycle, and pedestrian systems and the desirable reg4 ulation and equitable taxation of their use. 

5 ‘‘(5) Research, development, and technology 

6 transfer activities necessary in connection with the 

7 planning, design, construction, management, mainte8 nance, regulation, and taxation of the use of high9 way, local public transportation, and intermodal 

10 transportation systems, including innovative tech11 niques for ensuring representative public input (e.g. 

12 deliberative polling). 

13 ‘‘(6) Research on the effects of design stand14 ards on intermodal coordination, such as the high15 way-rail interface, and on safe pedestrian access to 

16 transit on arterial roads and urban highways. 

17 ‘‘(7) Study, research and development, and 

18 training on the engineering standards and construc19 tion materials, including accreditation of inspection 

20 and testing, for highway, local public transportation, 

21 bicycle, pedestrian, and intermodal transportation 

22 systems. 

23 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM EXPENDITURES ON RESEARCH, DE24 VELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVI25 TIES.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

2 not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated 

3 pursuant to subsection (a) to a State for a fiscal 

4 year shall be expended by the State for research, de5 velopment, and technology transfer activities de6 scribed in subsection (a), relating to highway, public 

7 transportation, bicycle, pedestrian, and intermodal 

8 transportation systems. 

9 ‘‘(2) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive the 

10 application of paragraph (1) with respect to a State 

11 for a fiscal year if the State certifies to the Sec12 retary for the fiscal year that the funds described in 

13 paragraph (1) are not needed for research, develop14 ment, and technology transfer and the Secretary ac15 cepts such certification. 

16 ‘‘(3) NONAPPLICABILITY OF ASSESSMENT.—

17 Funds expended under paragraph (1) shall not be 

18 considered to be part of the extramural budget of 

19 the agency for the purpose of section 9 of the Small 

20 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 

21 ‘‘(c) MINIMUM EXPENDITURES FOR IMPROVING THE

22 QUALITY OF COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF STRA23 TEGIC SURFACE TRANSPORTATION DATA.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

25 not less than 10 percent of the funds appropriated 
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1 pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year to a 

2 State shall be expended by the State to improve the 

3 collection and reporting of strategic surface trans4 portation data to provide critical information about 

5 the extent, condition, use, performance, and financ6 ing of the Nation’s surface transportation system 

7 (including intermodal connectors) for passenger and 

8 freight movement. 

9 ‘‘(2) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive the 

10 application of paragraph (1) with respect to a State 

11 for a fiscal year if the State certifies to the Sec12 retary for the fiscal year that the State is collecting 

13 and reporting strategic data consistent with quality 

14 assurance guidelines developed cooperatively with the 

15 States and the Secretary approves such certification. 

16 ‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

17 cost of a project carried out using funds subject to sub18 section (a) shall be matched in accordance with section 

19 120(b) unless the Secretary determines that the interests 

20 of the surface transportation program would be best 

21 served without such matching.’’. 
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1 SEC. 109. FUTURE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PRO2 GRAM. 

3 (a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 509. Future Strategic Highway Research Program 

7 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in consulta8 tion with the American Association of State Highway and 

9 Transportation Officials, shall establish and support a 

10 grant program to be known as the Future Strategic High11 way Research Program. 

12 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—The program established under this 

13 section shall implement the Transportation Research 

14 Board Special Report 260, entitled ‘Strategic Highway 

15 Research: Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving 

16 Quality of Life’, which included the following research 

17 areas: 

18 ‘‘(1) Accelerating the renewal of America’s 

19 highways. 

20 ‘‘(2) Making a significant improvement in high21 way safety. 

22 ‘‘(3) Providing a highway system with reliable 

23 travel times. 

24 ‘‘(4) Providing highway capacity in support of 

25 the Nation’s economic, environmental, multi-modal 

26 transportation, and social goals. 
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1 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall enter 

2 into an arrangement with the National Research Council 

3 to administer the program established under subsection 

4 (a). 

5 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds set aside to 

6 carry out this section shall remain available for the fiscal 

7 year for which such funds are made available and the 

8 three succeeding fiscal years. 

9 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 

11 Transportation from the Highway Trust Fund, for each 

12 of fiscal years 2005 through 2010, $75,000,000 to carry 

13 out this section. 

14 ‘‘(f) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out 

15 the program under this section, the Secretary, through the 

16 agreement with the National Research Council, shall en17 sure that the selection of awards shall be based on open 

18 competition and peer review, and that a balanced group 

19 of stakeholders is represented on all committees and pan20 els established to implement the program. Proposals that 

21 involve partnerships and include significant matching 

22 funds shall be encouraged, although no matching funds 

23 are required. 

24 ‘‘(g) PROGRAMMATIC EVALUATIONS.—Within 3 years 

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1 cooperative agreements, or contracts are awarded under 

2 this section, the Comptroller General shall review the pro3 gram under this section, and recommend improvements. 

4 The review shall assess the degree to which projects fund5 ed under this section have addressed the research and de6 velopment topics identified in the Transportation Research 

7 Board Special Report 260, including identifying those top8 ics which have not yet been addressed. 

9 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE RE10 PORT.—The National Research Council shall produce an 

11 annual progress and performance report for the program 

12 under this section. The report shall summarize the status, 

13 funding, and sponsors of all funded projects by the re14 search and development areas specified in subsection (b). 

15 The report shall be submitted to the Secretary, to the 

16 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 

17 Committee on Science of the House of Representatives, 

18 and to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

19 of the Senate.’’. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis of 

21 chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 

22 adding at the end the following new item:

‘‘509. Future strategic highway research program.’’.

23 SEC. 110. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH. 

24 Section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, is 

25 amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘§ 5505. University transportation research 

2 ‘‘(a) REGIONAL CENTERS.—The Secretary of Trans3 portation shall make grants to nonprofit institutions of 

4 higher learning to establish and operate 1 university 

5 transportation center in each of the 10 United States Gov6 ernment regions that comprise the Standard Federal Re7 gional Boundary System. 

8 ‘‘(b) OTHER CENTERS.—The Secretary shall make 

9 16 grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning, in 

10 addition to grants made under subsection (a), to establish 

11 and operate university transportation centers. 

12 ‘‘(c) ROLE OF CENTERS.—The role of each center 

13 shall be to address transportation management and re14 search and development matters, with special attention to 

15 increasing the number of highly skilled individuals enter16 ing the field of transportation. 

17 ‘‘(d) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—

18 ‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—In order to be eligible to 

19 receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit insti20 tution of higher learning shall submit to the Sec21 retary an application that is in such form and con22 tains such information as the Secretary may require. 

23 ‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Except as other24 wise provided by this section, the Secretary shall se25 lect each recipient of a grant under this section 
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1 through an open competition, peer-reviewed process 

2 on the basis of the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) The capability of the recipient to pro4 vide leadership in making national and regional 

5 contributions to the solution of immediate and 

6 long-range transportation problems. 

7 ‘‘(B) The recipient’s establishment of a 

8 surface transportation program by the date of 

9 the award, which encompasses several modes of 

10 transportation. 

11 ‘‘(C) The recipient’s demonstrated ability 

12 to disseminate results of transportation re13 search and education programs through a state14 wide or regionwide continuing education pro15 gram. 

16 ‘‘(D) The strategic plan the recipient pro17 poses to carry out under the grant. 

18 ‘‘(e) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall ensure that 

19 each university transportation center receiving a grant 

20 under this section shall conduct the following programs 

21 and activities: 

22 ‘‘(1) Basic and applied research and develop23 ment that supports the Department’s research and 

24 development agenda consistent with section 508 of 

25 title 23. 
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1 ‘‘(2) An education program that includes multi2 disciplinary course work, faculty and student partici3 pation in research and development, and an oppor4 tunity for practical experience. 

5 ‘‘(3) An ongoing program of technology transfer 

6 that makes research and development results avail7 able to potential users in a form that can be imple8 mented, utilized, or otherwise applied. 

9 ‘‘(f) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—To be eligible to 

10 receive a grant under this section, an applicant shall—

11 ‘‘(1) enter into an agreement with the Secretary 

12 to ensure that the applicant will maintain total ex13 penditures from all other sources to establish and 

14 operate a university transportation center and re15 lated educational and research and development ac16 tivities at a level that is at least equal to the average 

17 level of those expenditures during the 2 fiscal years 

18 before the date on which the grant is provided; 

19 ‘‘(2) submit to the Secretary an annual report 

20 on the projects and activities of the university trans21 portation center for which funds are made available 

22 for the fiscal year covered by the report, a descrip23 tion of—
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1 ‘‘(A) the educational activities carried out 

2 by the center (including a detailed summary of 

3 the budget for those educational activities); 

4 ‘‘(B) each research and development 

5 project carried out by the center, including—

6 ‘‘(i) the identity of the principal inves7 tigator working on a research and develop8 ment project; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the overall funding amount for 

10 each research and development project (in11 cluding the amounts expended for the 

12 project as of the date of the report); and 

13 ‘‘(C) overall technology transfer and imple14 mentation efforts of the center; and 

15 ‘‘(3) make use of National Research Council, 

16 Transportation Research Board, and Transportation 

17 Research Information Services online databases 

18 for—

19 ‘‘(A) program development and strategic 

20 planning; 

21 ‘‘(B) reporting of activities funded under 

22 this section; and 

23 ‘‘(C) input and dissemination of results 

24 and reports from completed research and devel25 opment. 
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1 ‘‘(g) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

2 costs of activities carried out using a grant made under 

3 subsection (a) is 80 percent of costs, and under subsection 

4 (b) is 50 percent of costs. The non-Federal share may in5 clude funds provided to a recipient under section 503, 

6 504(b), or 505 of title 23, United States Code. 

7 ‘‘(h) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—

8 ‘‘(1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co9 ordinate the research and development, education, 

10 training, and technology transfer activities that 

11 grant recipients carry out under this section. 

12 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—At 

13 least annually and consistent with the plan devel14 oped by the recipient under subsection (f)(2), the 

15 Secretary shall review and evaluate programs the 

16 grant recipients carry out. 

17 ‘‘(3) FUNDING LIMITATION.—The Secretary 

18 may use not more than 1 percent of amounts made 

19 available from Government sources to carry out this 

20 subsection. 

21 ‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—

22 Funds made available to carry out this program shall re23 main available for obligation for a period of 2 years after 

24 the last day of the fiscal year for which such funds are 

25 authorized. 
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1 ‘‘(j) TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

2 PILOT PROGRAM.—

3 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es4 tablish a program to make grants to institutions of 

5 higher education that in partnership with industry 

6 or State Departments of Transportation will de7 velop, test, and revise new curricula and education 

8 programs to train individuals at all levels of the 

9 transportation workforce. 

10 ‘‘(2) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—In 

11 selecting applications for awards under this sub12 section, the Secretary shall consider—

13 ‘‘(A) the degree to which the new curricula 

14 or education program meets the specific needs 

15 of a segment of the transportation industry, 

16 States, or regions; 

17 ‘‘(B) providing for practical experience and 

18 on-the-job training; 

19 ‘‘(C) proposals oriented toward practi20 tioners in the field rather than the support and 

21 growth of the research community; 

22 ‘‘(D) the degree to which the new curricula 

23 or program will provide training in areas other 

24 than engineering, such as business administra-
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1 tion, economics, information technology, envi2 ronmental science, and law; 

3 ‘‘(E) programs or curricula in nontradi4 tional departments which train professionals for 

5 work in the transportation field, such as mate6 rials, information technology, environmental 

7 science, urban planning, and industrial tech8 nology; and 

9 ‘‘(F) industry or a State’s Department of 

10 Transportation commitment to the program. 

11 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

12 From amounts authorized under section 101(b)(4) 

13 of the Surface Transportation Research and Devel14 opment Act of 2005 for carrying out this section, for 

15 each of fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 

16 and 2010, there shall be available for carrying out 

17 this subsection $4,500,000. 

18 ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.—No individual grant under 

19 this subsection shall exceed $750,000 per year. After 

20 a recipient has received 3 years of Federal funding 

21 under this subsection, Federal funding may equal no 

22 more than 75 percent of a grantee’s program costs. 

23 ‘‘(k) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SECURITY CEN24 TERS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es2 tablish not more than 4 National Transportation Se3 curity Centers at institutions of higher education to 

4 conduct research, education, and professional train5 ing on all aspects of surface transportation security, 

6 with emphasis on utilization of intelligent transpor7 tation systems, technologies, and architectures. 

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

9 shall make grants using a competitive peer-reviewed 

10 procedure that gives priority to—

11 ‘‘(A) institutions with a commitment to 

12 transportation security issues; 

13 ‘‘(B) proposals that include partnerships 

14 with other institutions of higher education, fed15 erally funded research and development centers, 

16 or other nonprofit laboratories; 

17 ‘‘(C) proposals to conduct both practical 

18 and theoretical research and technical systems 

19 analysis; and 

20 ‘‘(D) proposals to develop professional 

21 training programs.’’. 

22 SEC. 111. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. 

23 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle C of title V of the Trans24 portation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended to 

25 read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘Subtitle C—Intelligent 

2 Transportation Systems 

3 ‘‘SEC. 5201. SHORT TITLE. 

4 ‘‘This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Intelligent Trans5 portation Systems Act of 2005’. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 5202. GOALS AND PURPOSES. 

7 ‘‘(a) GOALS.—The goals of the intelligent transpor8 tation system program include—

9 ‘‘(1) enhancement of surface transportation ef10 ficiency and facilitation of intermodalism and inter11 national trade to enable existing facilities to meet a 

12 significant portion of future transportation needs, 

13 including public access to employment, goods, and 

14 services, and to reduce regulatory, financial, and 

15 other transaction costs to public agencies and sys16 tem users; 

17 ‘‘(2) achievement of national transportation 

18 safety goals, including the enhancement of safe oper19 ation of motor vehicles and nonmotorized vehicles, 

20 with particular emphasis on decreasing the number 

21 and severity of collisions; 

22 ‘‘(3) protection and enhancement of the natural 

23 environment and communities affected by surface 

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1 State and local governments to achieve national en2 vironmental goals; 

3 ‘‘(4) accommodation of the needs of all users of 

4 surface transportation systems, including operators 

5 of commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, motor6 cycles, and bicycles, and including pedestrians and 

7 individuals with disabilities; and 

8 ‘‘(5) improvement of the Nation’s ability to re9 spond to security related or other man-made emer10 gencies and natural disasters, and enhancement of 

11 national defense mobility. 

12 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The Secretary shall implement ac13 tivities under the intelligent transportation system pro14 gram to, at a minimum—

15 ‘‘(1) develop and test emerging technologies to 

16 meet the goals described in subsection (a); 

17 ‘‘(2) expedite deployment and ensure integra18 tion and interoperability of proven intelligent trans19 portation systems; 

20 ‘‘(3) analyze the likelihood of utilization of in21 telligent transportation system technologies by the 

22 intended user community; 

23 ‘‘(4) ensure that Federal, State, and local 

24 transportation officials have adequate knowledge of 
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1 intelligent transportation systems for full consider2 ation in the transportation planning process; 

3 ‘‘(5) improve regional cooperation and oper4 ations planning for effective intelligent transpor5 tation system deployment; 

6 ‘‘(6) promote the innovative use of private re7 sources; 

8 ‘‘(7) develop a workforce capable of developing, 

9 operating, and maintaining intelligent transportation 

10 systems; and 

11 ‘‘(8) evaluate costs and benefits of intelligent 

12 transportation systems projects. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 5203. GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS. 

14 ‘‘(a) SCOPE.—Subject to the provisions of this sub15 title, the Secretary shall conduct an ongoing intelligent 

16 transportation system program to research, develop, and 

17 operationally test intelligent transportation systems and 

18 advance nationwide deployment of proven systems through 

19 research on barriers to deployment as a component of the 

20 surface transportation systems of the United States. 

21 ‘‘(b) POLICY.—Intelligent transportation system re22 search, development, operational tests, and deployment 

23 projects funded pursuant to this subtitle shall encourage 

24 and not displace public-private partnerships or private sec-
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1 tor investment in such research and development tests and 

2 projects. 

3 ‘‘(c) COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENTAL, PRI4 VATE, AND EDUCATIONAL ENTITIES.—The Secretary 

5 shall carry out the intelligent transportation system pro6 gram in cooperation with State and local governments and 

7 other public entities, the United States private sector, fed8 erally funded research and development centers, and col9 leges and universities, including historically black colleges 

10 and universities and other minority institutions of higher 

11 education. 

12 ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS.—

13 In carrying out the intelligent transportation system pro14 gram, the Secretary, as appropriate, may consult with the 

15 Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

16 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator of the 

17 Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of the Na18 tional Science Foundation, and the heads of other Federal 

19 departments and agencies. 

20 ‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND IN21 FORMATION.—The Secretary shall provide technical as22 sistance, training, and information to State and local gov23 ernments seeking to implement, operate, maintain, or 

24 evaluate intelligent transportation system technologies and 

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1 ‘‘(f) TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.—The Secretary 

2 may provide funding to support adequate consideration of 

3 transportation system management and operations within 

4 metropolitan and statewide transportation planning proc5 esses. 

6 ‘‘(g) INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.—

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

8 ‘‘(A) maintain a repository for technical 

9 and safety data collected as a result of federally 

10 sponsored projects carried out under this sub11 title; and 

12 ‘‘(B) make that information (except for 

13 proprietary information and data) readily avail14 able to all users of the repository. 

15 ‘‘(2) AGREEMENT.—

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

17 enter into an agreement with a third party for 

18 the maintenance of the repository for technical 

19 and safety data under paragraph (1)(A). 

20 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—

21 If the Secretary delegates responsibility under 

22 subparagraph (A), the entity to which the re23 sponsibility is delegated shall be eligible for 

24 Federal financial assistance under this section. 

25 ‘‘(h) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab2 lish an Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary 

3 on carrying out this subtitle. 

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

5 shall have no more than 20 members, be balanced 

6 between metropolitan and rural interests, and in7 clude, at a minimum—

8 ‘‘(A) a representative from a State high9 way department; 

10 ‘‘(B) a representative from a local highway 

11 department who is not from a metropolitan 

12 planning organization; 

13 ‘‘(C) a representative from a State, local, 

14 or regional transit agency; 

15 ‘‘(D) a representative from a metropolitan 

16 planning organization; 

17 ‘‘(E) a private sector user of intelligent 

18 transportation system technologies; 

19 ‘‘(F) an academic researcher with expertise 

20 in computer science or another information 

21 science field related to intelligent transportation 

22 systems, and who is not an expert on transpor23 tation issues; 

24 ‘‘(G) an academic researcher who is a civil 

25 engineer; 
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1 ‘‘(H) an academic researcher who is a so2 cial scientist with expertise in transportation 

3 issues; 

4 ‘‘(I) a representative from a not-for-profit 

5 group representing the intelligent transpor6 tation system industry; 

7 ‘‘(J) a representative from a public interest 

8 group concerned with safety; 

9 ‘‘(K) a representative from a public inter10 est group concerned with the impact of the 

11 transportation system on land use and residen12 tial patterns; and 

13 ‘‘(L) members with expertise in planning, 

14 safety, and operations. 

15 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall, 

16 at a minimum, perform the following duties: 

17 ‘‘(A) Provide input into the development of 

18 the Intelligent Transportation System aspects 

19 of the strategic plan under section 508 of title 

20 23, United States Code. 

21 ‘‘(B) Review, at least annually, areas of in22 telligent transportation systems research being 

23 considered for funding by the Department, to 

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1 ‘‘(i) whether these activities are likely 

2 to advance either the state-of-the-practice 

3 or state-of-the-art in intelligent transpor4 tation systems; 

5 ‘‘(ii) whether the intelligent transpor6 tation system technologies are likely to be 

7 deployed by users, and, if not, to determine 

8 the barriers to deployment; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) the appropriate roles for govern10 ment and the private sector in investing in 

11 the research and technologies being consid12 ered. 

13 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than February 1 of 

14 each year after the date of enactment of the Surface 

15 Transportation Research and Development Act of 

16 2005, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee 

17 on Science and the Committee on Transportation 

18 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, 

19 and to the Committee on Environment and Public 

20 Works of the Senate, a report including—

21 ‘‘(A) all recommendations made by the Ad22 visory Committee during the preceding calendar 

23 year; 

24 ‘‘(B) an explanation of how the Secretary 

25 has implemented those recommendations; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) for recommendations not imple2 mented, the reasons for rejecting the rec3 ommendations. 

4 ‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY

5 COMMITTEE ACT.—The Advisory Committee shall be 

6 subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

7 U.S.C. App.). 

8 ‘‘(i) EVALUATIONS.—

9 ‘‘(1) GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS.—

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

11 issue guidelines and requirements for the eval12 uation of operational tests and model deploy13 ment projects carried out under this subtitle. 

14 ‘‘(B) CONTENT.—Such evaluations shall 

15 include specific, quantitative measures to deter16 mine whether a technology is meeting its in17 tended goal. To the maximum extent prac18 ticable, these measures shall evaluate the out19 come of the technology (such as accidents 

20 avoided or decreased travel times or travel time 

21 variability). 

22 ‘‘(C) OBJECTIVITY AND INDEPENDENCE.—

23 The guidelines and requirements issued under 

24 subparagraph (A) shall include provisions to en25 sure the objectivity and independence of the 
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1 evaluator so as to avoid any real or apparent 

2 conflict of interest or potential influence on the 

3 outcome by parties to any such test or deploy4 ment project or by any other formal evaluation 

5 carried out under this subtitle. 

6 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—The guidelines and re7 quirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall 

8 establish evaluation funding levels, based on the 

9 size and scope of each test or project, that en10 sure adequate evaluation of the results of the 

11 test or project. 

12 ‘‘(E) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary 

13 shall make readily available through the Inter14 net all information collected through evalua15 tions carried out under this subsection. 

16 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Any survey, question17 naire, or interview that the Secretary considers nec18 essary to carry out the evaluation of any test, de19 ployment project, or program assessment activity 

20 under this subtitle shall not be subject to chapter 35 

21 of title 44, United States Code. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 5204. USING INFORMATION FROM INTELLIGENT 

23 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. 

24 ‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare a report 

25 assessing the value of current and anticipated data col-
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1 lected from intelligent transportation system technologies 

2 to determine whether and how that data should be used 

3 for real-time traffic management, planning, performance 

4 monitoring, program assessment, and policy applications. 

5 ‘‘(b) ASSESSMENT.—In preparing the report under 

6 subsection (a), the Secretary should assess—

7 ‘‘(1) the extent to which data should be central8 ized nationally in support of national planning and 

9 goals, what information should be aggregated re10 gionally, and what information should be kept lo11 cally; 

12 ‘‘(2) the need for data standards; 

13 ‘‘(3) public and private data sources other than 

14 intelligent transportation system data sources (such 

15 as roadway characteristics inventories and incident 

16 information) that, combined with intelligent trans17 portation system data, would enhance the utility of 

18 intelligent transportation system data to decision19 makers, and how these data sources can be merged; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(4) how to make data accessible to users. 

22 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—In developing the strategy 

23 under this section, the Secretary shall consult with the Bu24 reau of Transportation Statistics and the advisory com25 mittee established under section 5203(h). 
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1 ‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

2 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Sec3 retary shall transmit to the Committee on Science and the 

4 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

5 House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Envi6 ronment and Public Works of the Senate, the report devel7 oped under this section. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 5205. NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND STANDARDS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

10 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND

11 MAINTENANCE.—Consistent with section 12(d) of 

12 the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 

13 Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note; 110 Stat. 783), 

14 the Secretary shall develop, implement, and maintain 

15 a national architecture and supporting standards 

16 and protocols to promote the widespread use and 

17 evaluation of intelligent transportation system tech18 nology as a component of the surface transportation 

19 systems of the United States. 

20 ‘‘(2) GOAL.—The goal of the national architec21 ture and standards shall be to ensure, whenever it 

22 is appropriate, interoperability among, and efficiency 

23 of, intelligent transportation system technologies im24 plemented throughout the United States. 
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1 ‘‘(3) USE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ORGA2 NIZATIONS.—In carrying out this section, the Sec3 retary may use the services of such standards devel4 opment organizations as the Secretary determines to 

5 be appropriate. 

6 ‘‘(4) STANDARD VALIDATION.—The Secretary 

7 shall ensure that new standards promulgated for in8 telligent transportation system technologies that are 

9 funded by the Department are tested and validated, 

10 whenever it is appropriate, and shall ensure that the 

11 results of such testing and validation are made pub12 licly available. 

13 ‘‘(b) PROVISIONAL STANDARDS.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary finds that 

15 the development or balloting of an intelligent trans16 portation system standard jeopardizes the timely 

17 achievement of the objectives identified in subsection 

18 (a)(1) and (2), the Secretary may establish a provi19 sional standard after consultation with affected par20 ties, and using, to the extent practicable, the work 

21 product of appropriate standards development orga22 nizations. 

23 ‘‘(2) PERIOD OF EFFECTIVENESS.—A provi24 sional standard established under paragraph (1) 

25 shall be published in the Federal Register and re-
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1 main in effect until the appropriate standards devel2 opment organization adopts and publishes a stand3 ard. 

4 ‘‘(c) CONFORMITY WITH NATIONAL ARCHITEC5 TURE.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall ensure that 

8 intelligent transportation system projects carried out 

9 using funds made available from the Highway Trust 

10 Fund, including funds made available to deploy in11 telligent transportation system technologies, conform 

12 to the national architecture, applicable standards or 

13 provisional standards, and protocols developed under 

14 subsection (a). 

15 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY’S DISCRETION.—The Sec16 retary may authorize exceptions to paragraph (1) 

17 for—

18 ‘‘(A) projects designed to achieve specific 

19 research and development objectives outlined in 

20 the National ITS Program Plan or the Surface 

21 Transportation Research and Development 

22 Strategic Plan developed under section 508 of 

23 title 23, United States Code; or 

24 ‘‘(B) the upgrade or expansion of an intel25 ligent transportation system in existence on the 
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1 date of enactment of the Transportation Equity 

2 Act for the 21st Century, if the Secretary de3 termines that the upgrade or expansion—

4 ‘‘(i) would not adversely affect the 

5 goals or purposes of this subtitle; 

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

7 the useful life of such system; and 

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

9 alternatives that would meet the con10 formity requirement of paragraph (1). 

11 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

12 apply to funds used for operation or maintenance of 

13 an intelligent transportation system in existence on 

14 the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity 

15 Act for the 21st Century. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 5206. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

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

18 comprehensive program of research, development, and 

19 operational tests of intelligent vehicles and intelligent in20 frastructure systems, as well as research into barriers to 

21 their deployment, and other similar activities that are nec22 essary to carry out this subtitle. 

23 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY AREAS.—Under the program, the Sec24 retary shall give higher priority to funding projects that—
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1 ‘‘(1) are aimed at reducing congestion and im2 proving mobility and efficiency; 

3 ‘‘(2) are aimed at improving safety; 

4 ‘‘(3) are aimed at improving security by focus5 ing on responding to security-related emergencies, 

6 and preventing such emergencies; 

7 ‘‘(4) incorporate human factors research, in8 cluding the science of the driving process; 

9 ‘‘(5) develop methods to address nontechnical 

10 barriers to the deployment of intelligent transpor11 tation system technologies, and the best ways to de12 velop partnerships to successfully deploy intelligent 

13 transportation system technologies; 

14 ‘‘(6) facilitate the integration of intelligent in15 frastructure, vehicle, and control technologies; 

16 ‘‘(7) incorporate research on the impact of envi17 ronmental, weather, and natural conditions on intel18 ligent transportation systems, including the effects 

19 of cold climates; 

20 ‘‘(8) utilize interdisciplinary approaches to de21 velop traffic management strategies and tools to ad22 dress multiple impacts of congestion concurrently; 

23 ‘‘(9) are aimed at improving the efficiency of 

24 goods movement, such as through real-time tracking 

25 and management; or 
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1 ‘‘(10) facilitate high-performance transportation 

2 systems, through methods such as congestion pric3 ing, real-time facility management, rapid emergency 

4 response, and just-in-time transit. 

5 ‘‘(c) OPERATIONAL TESTS.—Operational tests shall 

6 be used to evaluate promising technologies that have not 

7 yet been demonstrated. Operational tests conducted under 

8 this section shall be designed for the collection of data to 

9 permit objective evaluation of the results of the tests, deri10 vation of cost-benefit information that is useful to others 

11 contemplating deployment of similar systems, and develop12 ment and implementation of standards. 

13 ‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

14 cost of operational tests and demonstrations under sub15 section (a) shall not exceed 80 percent. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 5207. USE OF FUNDS. 

‘‘(a) CONGESTION REDUCTION.—At least 1 17 ⁄3 of funds 

18 made available under section 5206 for intelligent transpor19 tation systems research and development shall be used to 

20 research, develop, and operationally test technologies 

21 whose primary purpose is to reduce congestion. 

22 ‘‘(b) OUTREACH AND PUBLIC RELATIONS LIMITA23 TION.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, not 

25 more than $5,000,000 of the funds made available 
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1 to carry out this subtitle shall be used for intelligent 

2 transportation system outreach, public relations, dis3 plays, scholarships, tours, and brochures. 

4 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

5 apply to intelligent transportation system training or 

6 the publication or distribution of research findings, 

7 technical guidance, or similar documents. 

8 ‘‘(c) INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.—Funds 

9 made available to carry out this subtitle for operational 

10 tests—

11 ‘‘(1) shall be used primarily for the development 

12 of intelligent transportation system infrastructure; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(2) to the maximum extent practicable, shall 

15 not be used for the construction of physical highway 

16 and transit infrastructure unless the construction is 

17 incidental and critically necessary to the implemen18 tation of an intelligent transportation system 

19 project. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 5208. DEFINITIONS. 

21 ‘‘In this subtitle, the following definitions apply: 

22 ‘‘(1) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION INFRA23 STRUCTURE.—The term ‘intelligent transportation 

24 infrastructure’ means fully integrated public sector 
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1 intelligent transportation system components, as de2 fined by the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(2) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYS4 TEM.—The term ‘intelligent transportation system’ 

5 means electronics, communications, or information 

6 processing used singly or in combination to improve 

7 the efficiency or safety of a surface transportation 

8 system. 

9 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE.—The term 

10 ‘national architecture’ means the common frame11 work for interoperability adopted by the Secretary 

12 that defines—

13 ‘‘(A) the functions associated with intel14 ligent transportation system user services; 

15 ‘‘(B) the physical entities or subsystems 

16 within which the functions reside; 

17 ‘‘(C) the data interfaces and information 

18 flows between physical subsystems; and 

19 ‘‘(D) the communications requirements as20 sociated with the information flows. 

21 ‘‘(4) STANDARD.—The term ‘standard’ means a 

22 document that—

23 ‘‘(A) contains technical specifications or 

24 other precise criteria for intelligent transpor25 tation systems that are to be used consistently 
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1 as rules, guidelines, or definitions of character2 istics so as to ensure that materials, products, 

3 processes, and services are fit for their pur4 poses; and 

5 ‘‘(B) may support the national architecture 

6 and promote—

7 ‘‘(i) the widespread use and adoption 

8 of intelligent transportation system tech9 nology as a component of the surface 

10 transportation systems of the United 

11 States; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) interoperability among intelligent 

13 transportation system technologies imple14 mented throughout the States. 

15 ‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean16 ing given the term under section 101 of title 23, 

17 United States Code.’’. 

18 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The items 

19 relating to subtitle C of title V in the table of contents 

20 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century are 

21 amended to read as follows:

‘‘Subtitle C—Intelligent Transportation Systems 

‘‘Sec. 5201. Short title. 

‘‘Sec. 5202. Goals and purposes. 

‘‘Sec. 5203. General authorities and requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 5204. Using information from intelligent transportation systems. 

‘‘Sec. 5205. National architecture and standards. 

‘‘Sec. 5206. Research and development. 

‘‘Sec. 5207. Use of funds. 

‘‘Sec. 5208. Definitions.’’.
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1 TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS 

2 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

3 (a) TRANSIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—

4 There are authorized to be appropriated from the High5 way Trust Fund to the Secretary of Transportation to 

6 carry out sections 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, and 5322 of 

7 title 49, United States Code, and section 202 of this Act, 

8 relating to research and development, such sums as may 

9 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 

10 2010. 

11 (b) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP12 MENT.—There are authorized to be appropriated from the 

13 Highway Trust Fund to the Secretary of Transportation 

14 to carry out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, 

15 relating to research and development, such sums as may 

16 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 

17 2010. 

18 (c) MOTOR CARRIER RESEARCH AND DEVELOP19 MENT.—There are authorized to be appropriated from the 

20 Highway Trust Fund to the Secretary of Transportation 

21 to carry out section 31108 of title 49, United States Code, 

22 relating to research and development, such sums as may 

23 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 

24 2010. 
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1 SEC. 202. INNOVATIVE PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES 

2 DEMONSTRATION AND DEPLOYMENT PRO3 GRAM. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor5 tation shall establish an Innovative Practices and Tech6 nologies Demonstration and Deployment Program. 

7 (b) PROGRAM GOALS.—The goals of the program are 

8 to—

9 (1) demonstrate promising new transit practices 

10 and technologies, including new business models for 

11 managing and operating transit systems, that may 

12 increase ridership, increase accessibility, reduce cost, 

13 improve customer satisfaction, and improve safety; 

14 (2) evaluate, refine, and document the perform15 ance, benefits, and costs of innovative transit prac16 tices and technologies; and 

17 (3) effectively disseminate information to accel18 erate deployment of innovative transit practices and 

19 technologies. 

20 (c) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND CON21 TRACTS.—The Secretary may make grants to, or enter 

22 into cooperative agreements or contracts with, transit 

23 agencies, States, other Federal agencies, universities and 

24 colleges, private sector entities, and nonprofit organiza25 tions to pay the Federal share of the cost of demonstration 
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1 and deployment projects concerning innovative practices 

2 and technologies. 

3 (d) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant, cooperative 

4 agreement, or contract under this section, an entity de5 scribed in subsection (c) shall submit an application to the 

6 Secretary. The application shall be in such form and con7 tain such information as the Secretary may require. The 

8 Secretary shall select and approve the applications 

9 through an open competition based on the following cri10 teria: 

11 (1) Whether the project meets the goals of the 

12 program. 

13 (2) Peer review of the proposal. 

14 (3) The likelihood that the project will result in 

15 more widespread deployment of the practice or tech16 nology being proposed. 

17 (4) Preference shall be given to an application 

18 that represents a public-private partnership. 

19 (e) TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TRANSFER.—

20 The Secretary shall ensure that information about innova21 tive practices and technologies supported under this sec22 tion is made available to transit agencies, State and local 

23 transportation departments, and other interested parties. 

24 Information disseminated under this subsection shall in-
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1 clude both the costs and benefits of deploying an innova2 tive practice or technology, and shall document—

3 (1) best practices for adopting successful prac4 tices or technologies; and 

5 (2) the transferability of these practices and 

6 technologies. 

7 (f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

8 of a project under this section shall be determined by the 

9 Secretary. 

10 SEC. 203. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE. 

11 Section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, is 

12 amended—

13 (1) in subsection (a)—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘public mass transpor15 tation’’ and inserting ‘‘public transportation’’; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘mass’’ after ‘‘Govern17 ment-aid’’ and inserting ‘‘public’’; and 

18 (C) in paragraphs (1), (6), (7), and (10) 

19 by striking ‘‘mass’’ each place it appears before 

20 ‘‘transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘public’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘mass’’ each 

22 place it appears. 

23 SEC. 204. HUMAN RESOURCE PROGRAMS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5322 of title 49, United 

25 States Code, is amended—
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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) In General.—’’ before the 

2 beginning of the first sentence of the section; and 

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

4 ‘‘(b) GRANTS TO HIGHER LEARNING INSTITU5 TIONS.—

6 ‘‘(1) The Secretary (or the Secretary of Hous7 ing and Urban Development when required by sec8 tion 5334(i) of this title) may make grants to non9 profit institutions of higher learning—

10 ‘‘(A) to conduct competent research and 

11 development and investigations into the theo12 retical or practical problems of urban transpor13 tation; and 

14 ‘‘(B) to train individuals to conduct fur15 ther research and development or obtain em16 ployment in an organization that plans, builds, 

17 operates, or manages an urban transportation 

18 system. 

19 ‘‘(2) Research and investigations under this 

20 subsection include—

21 ‘‘(A) the design and use of urban public 

22 transportation systems and urban roads and 

23 highways; 

24 ‘‘(B) the interrelationship between various 

25 modes of urban and interurban transportation; 
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1 ‘‘(C) the role of transportation planning in 

2 overall urban planning; 

3 ‘‘(D) public preferences in transportation; 

4 ‘‘(E) the economic allocation of transpor5 tation resources; and 

6 ‘‘(F) the legal, financial, engineering, and 

7 esthetic aspects of urban transportation. 

8 ‘‘(3) When making a grant under this sub9 section, the Secretary shall give preference to an in10 stitution that brings together knowledge and exper11 tise in the various social science and technical dis12 ciplines related to urban transportation problems. 

13 ‘‘(c) FELLOWSHIPS.—

14 ‘‘(1) The Secretary may make grants to States, 

15 local governmental authorities, and operators of pub16 lic transportation systems to provide fellowships to 

17 train personnel employed in managerial, technical, 

18 and professional positions in the mass transportation 

19 field. 

20 ‘‘(2) A fellowship under this subsection may be 

21 for not more than one year of training in an institu22 tion that offers a program applicable to the public 

23 transportation industry. The recipient of the grant 

24 shall select an individual on the basis of dem25 onstrated ability and for the contribution the indi-
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1 vidual reasonably can be expected to make to an ef2 ficient public transportation operation. A grant for 

3 a fellowship may not be more than the lesser of 

4 $65,000 or 75 percent of—

5 ‘‘(A) tuition and other charges to the fel6 lowship recipient; 

7 ‘‘(B) additional costs incurred by the train8 ing institution and billed to the grant recipient; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(C) the regular salary of the fellowship 

11 recipient for the period of the fellowship to the 

12 extent the salary is actually paid or reimbursed 

13 by the grant recipient. 

14 ‘‘(d) OTHER GRANTS.—The Secretary may make 

15 grants to State and local governmental authorities for 

16 projects that will use innovative techniques and methods 

17 in managing and providing public transportation.’’. 

18 SEC. 205. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP19 MENT. 

20 Section 403(a) (Authority of the Secretary) of title 

21 23, United States Code, is amended by adding the fol22 lowing paragraphs at the end: 

23 ‘‘(4) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.—In ad24 dition to the authority provided under this sub25 section, the Secretary is authorized to use funds ap-
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1 propriated to carry out this section to enhance co2 ordination among Federal agencies involved with 

3 State, local, tribal, and community-based emergency 

4 medical services. In exercising this authority, the 

5 Secretary may coordinate with State and local gov6 ernments, the Bureau of Indian Affairs on behalf of 

7 Indian tribes, private industry, and other interested 

8 parties; collect and exchange emergency medical 

9 services data and information; examine emergency 

10 medical services needs, best practices, and related 

11 technology; and develop emergency medical services 

12 standards and guidelines, and plans for the assess13 ment of emergency medical services systems. 

14 ‘‘(5) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.—In addi15 tion to the authority provided under this subsection, 

16 the Secretary is authorized to use funds appro17 priated to carry out this section to participate and 

18 cooperate in international activities to enhance high19 way safety by such means as exchanging safety in20 formation; conducting safety research and develop21 ment; and examining safety needs, best practices, 

22 and new technology. 

23 ‘‘(6) NATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH CAUSA24 TION SURVEY.—In addition to the authority pro25 vided under this subsection, the Secretary is author-
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1 ized to use funds appropriated to carry out this sec2 tion to develop and conduct a nationally representa3 tive survey to collect on-scene motor vehicle crash 

4 causation data.’’. 

5 SEC. 206. MOTOR CARRIER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

6 PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title 49, United States Code, is 

8 amended by repealing section 31108 and inserting the fol9 lowing new section, to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘§ 31108. Motor carrier research and development 

11 program 

12 ‘‘(a) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY

13 TRANSFER ACTIVITIES.—

14 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Transportation shall es15 tablish and carry out a motor carrier research and 

16 development program. The Secretary may carry out 

17 research, development, technology, and technology 

18 transfer activities with respect to—

19 ‘‘(A) the causes of accidents, injuries and 

20 fatalities involving commercial motor vehicles; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(B) means of reducing the number and 

23 severity of accidents, injuries and fatalities in24 volving commercial motor vehicles. 
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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may test, develop, or assist 

2 in testing and developing any material, invention, 

3 patented article, or process related to the research 

4 and development program. 

5 ‘‘(3) The Secretary may use the funds appro6 priated to carry out this section for training or edu7 cation of commercial motor vehicle safety personnel, 

8 including, but not limited to, training in accident re9 construction and detection of controlled substances 

10 or other contraband, and stolen cargo or vehicles. 

11 ‘‘(4) The Secretary may carry out this sec12 tion—

13 ‘‘(A) independently; 

14 ‘‘(B) in cooperation with other Federal de15 partments, agencies, and instrumentalities and 

16 federally funded research and development cen17 ters; or 

18 ‘‘(C) by making grants to, or entering into 

19 contracts or cooperative agreements with, any 

20 federally funded research and development cen21 ter, State agency, authority, association, insti22 tution, for-profit or non-profit corporation, or23 ganization, foreign country, or person. 

24 ‘‘(5) The Secretary shall use funds made avail25 able to carry out this section to develop, administer, 
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1 communicate, and promote the use of products of re2 search, technology, and technology transfer pro3 grams under this section. 

4 ‘‘(b) COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOP5 MENT.—

6 ‘‘(1) To advance innovative solutions to prob7 lems involving commercial motor vehicle and motor 

8 carrier safety, security, and efficiency, and to stimu9 late the deployment of emerging technology, the Sec10 retary may carry out, on a cost-shared basis, col11 laborative research and development with—

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

13 and local governments, foreign governments, 

14 colleges and universities, corporations, institu15 tions, partnerships, and sole proprietorships 

16 that are incorporated or established under the 

17 laws of any State; and 

18 ‘‘(B) federally funded research and devel19 opment centers. 

20 ‘‘(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Sec21 retary may enter into cooperative research and de22 velopment agreements (as defined in section 12 of 

23 the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

24 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a)). 
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1 ‘‘(3) (A) The Federal share of the cost of activi2 ties carried out under a cooperative research and de3 velopment agreement entered into under this sub4 section shall not exceed 50 percent, except that if 

5 there is substantial public interest or benefit, the 

6 Secretary may approve a greater Federal share. 

7 ‘‘(B) All costs directly incurred by the non-Fed8 eral partners, including personnel, travel, and hard9 ware or software development costs, shall be credited 

10 toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the ac11 tivities described in subparagraph (A). 

12 ‘‘(4) The research, development, or use of a 

13 technology under a cooperative research and develop14 ment agreement entered into under this subsection, 

15 including the terms under which the technology may 

16 be licensed and the resulting royalties may be dis17 tributed, shall be subject to the Stevenson-Wydler 

18 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 

19 et seq.). 

20 ‘‘(5) Section 3705 of title 41, United States 

21 Code, shall not apply to a contract or agreement en22 tered into under this section.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec24 tions at the beginning of chapter 311 of title 49, United 
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1 States Code, is amended by revising the item relating to 

2 section 31108 to read as follows:

‘‘31108. Motor carrier research and development program.’’.

3 SEC. 207. TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the National Climate 

5 Change Technology Initiative and the Climate Change Re6 search Initiative, the Secretary shall establish and carry 

7 out a multimodal energy and climate change program to 

8 study the relationship of transportation, energy, and cli9 mate change. 

10 (b) CONTENTS.—The program to be carried out 

11 under this section shall include, but not be limited to, re12 search and development designed to—

13 (1) identify, develop and evaluate strategies to 

14 improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas 

15 emissions from transportation sources; and 

16 (2) identify and evaluate the potential effects of 

17 climate changes on the Nation’s transportation sys18 tems, and strategies to address these effects. 

19 (c) PROJECT SELECTION.—Activities to be under20 taken in this program will be determined by an internal 

21 steering committee established by the Secretary of Trans22 portation. This intermodal committee shall include rep23 resentatives from the Office of the Secretary and oper24 ating administrations within the Department of Transpor25 tation as designated by the Secretary. 
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1 (d) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND CON2 TRACTS.—The Secretary may carry out this program inde3 pendently or by making grants to, or entering into con4 tracts and cooperative agreements with, a Federal agency, 

5 State agency, local agency, authority, association, non6 profit or for-profit corporation, or institution of higher 

7 education. 

8 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

9 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

10 from the Highway Trust Fund and the Airport and Air11 way Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for each 

12 of fiscal years 2005 through 2010. 

13 SEC. 208. NATIONAL COOPERATIVE FREIGHT TRANSPOR14 TATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRO15 GRAM. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United 

17 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘§ 510. National cooperative freight transportation 

20 research and development program 

21 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab22 lish and support a national cooperative freight transpor23 tation research and development program. The program 

24 shall focus on all forms of freight transportation, including 

25 trucking and rail. 
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1 ‘‘(b) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary shall enter into an 

2 arrangement with the National Research Council to sup3 port and carry out administrative and management activi4 ties relating to the governance of the national cooperative 

5 freight transportation research and development program. 

6 ‘‘(c) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The National Re7 search Council shall select an advisory committee con8 sisting of a representative cross-section of freight stake9 holders, including the Department of Transportation, 

10 other Federal agencies, State transportation departments, 

11 local governments, the American Association of State 

12 Highway and Transportation Officials and other nonprofit 

13 entities (including environmental groups), academia, and 

14 the private sector. 

15 ‘‘(d) GOVERNANCE.—The national cooperative 

16 freight transportation research and development program 

17 established under this section shall include the following 

18 administrative and management elements: 

19 ‘‘(1) NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

20 AGENDA.—The advisory committee, in consultation 

21 with stakeholders, shall recommend a national re22 search and development agenda for the national co23 operative freight transportation research and devel24 opment program. The national research and develop-
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1 ment agenda shall include a multi-year strategic 

2 plan. 

3 ‘‘(2) STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT.—Stake4 holders may—

5 ‘‘(A) submit research and development pro6 posals to the advisory committee; 

7 ‘‘(B) participate in merit reviews of re8 search and development proposals and peer re9 views of research and development products; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(C) receive research and development re12 sults. 

13 ‘‘(3) OPEN COMPETITION AND PEER REVIEW OF

14 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS.—The 

15 National Research Council shall award research and 

16 development contracts and grants through open 

17 competition and peer review conducted on a regular 

18 basis. 

19 ‘‘(4) EVALUATION OF RESEARCH.—

20 ‘‘(A) PEER REVIEW.—Research and devel21 opment contracts and grants shall allow peer 

22 review of the research and development results. 

23 ‘‘(B) PROGRAMMATIC EVALUATIONS.—The 

24 National Research Council may conduct peri-
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1 odic programmatic evaluations on a regular 

2 basis. 

3 ‘‘(5) DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FIND4 INGS.—The National Research Council shall dissemi5 nate research and development findings to research6 ers, practitioners, and decisionmakers. 

7 ‘‘(e) CONTENTS.—The national research and develop8 ment agenda for the national cooperative freight transpor9 tation research and development program required under 

10 subsection (d)(1) may include research and development 

11 in the following areas: 

12 ‘‘(1) Techniques for estimating and quantifying 

13 public benefits derived from freight transportation 

14 projects. 

15 ‘‘(2) Alternative approaches to calculating the 

16 contribution of truck traffic to congestion on specific 

17 highway segments. 

18 ‘‘(3) The feasibility of freight villages as a 

19 means of consolidating origins and destinations for 

20 freight movement. 

21 ‘‘(4) Methods for incorporating estimates of 

22 international trade into landside transportation plan23 ning. 
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1 ‘‘(5) The use of technology applications to in2 crease capacity of highway lanes dedicated to truck3 only traffic. 

4 ‘‘(6) Development of physical and policy alter5 natives for separating car and truck traffic. 

6 ‘‘(7) Ways to synchronize infrastructure im7 provements with freight transportation demand. 

8 ‘‘(8) Additional priorities to identify and ad9 dress the emerging and future research and develop10 ment needs related to freight transportation. 

11 ‘‘(f) FUNDING.—

12 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

13 the cost of an activity carried out using such funds 

14 shall be up to 100 percent, and such funds shall re15 main available until expended. 

16 ‘‘(2) USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—In addi17 tion to using funds authorized for this section, the 

18 National Research Council may seek and accept ad19 ditional funding sources from public and private en20 tities capable of accepting funding from the United 

21 States Department of Transportation (Federal 

22 Highway Administration, Federal Transit Adminis23 tration, Federal Railroad Administration, Research 

24 and Special Programs Administration, and the Na25 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration), 
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1 states, local governments, nonprofit foundations, and 

2 the private sector.’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

4 chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following new item:

‘‘510. National cooperative freight transportation research and development program.’’.

6 SEC. 209. NEXT GENERATION NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION 

7 POLICY STUDY COMMISSION. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.—(1) The 

9 President shall established a Commission to be known as 

10 the Next Generation National Transportation Policy 

11 Study Commission, in this section referred to as the 

12 ‘‘Commission’’. 

13 (2) The Commission shall make a full and complete 

14 investigation and study of the transportation needs and 

15 of the resources, requirements, and policies of the United 

16 States to meet such expected needs. It shall take into con17 sideration all reports on national transportation policy 

18 which have been submitted to Congress in the last decade, 

19 including all reports referenced in the Intermodal Surface 

20 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and the Transpor21 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century. It shall also take 

22 into consideration the changes in global trade and its im23 pact on the Nation’s economy. It shall evaluate the relative 

24 merits of all modes of transportation in meeting our Na-
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1 tion’s transportation needs. It shall take into account the 

2 link between transportation and the natural environment. 

3 Based on such study, it shall recommend changes to exist4 ing policies and any new policies that are most likely to 

5 ensure that adequate multimodal transportation systems 

6 are in place which will meet the needs for a safe and effi7 cient movement of people and goods and also support and 

8 grow the national economy. 

9 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be com10 prised of 16 members appointed by the President from 

11 among individuals who are knowledgeable in transpor12 tation activities, including individuals representing State 

13 and local governments, metropolitan planning organiza14 tions, transportation-related industries, academic and 

15 technical institutions, and public interest organizations in16 volved with scientific, regulatory, economic, and environ17 mental transportation activities. The membership of the 

18 Commission shall be balanced geographically to the extent 

19 consistent with maintaining the highest level of expertise 

20 on the Commission. Members shall be appointed for the 

21 life of the Commission as follows: 

22 (1) 4 shall be appointed from a list of 8 individ23 uals who shall be recommended by the majority lead24 er of the Senate in consultation with the Chairman 

25 of the Committee on Environment and Public 
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1 Works, and the Chairman of the Committee on 

2 Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the 

3 Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing 

4 and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

5 (2) 4 shall be appointed from a list of 8 individ6 uals who shall be recommended by the minority lead7 er of the Senate in consultation with the ranking 

8 member of the Committee on Environment and Pub9 lic Works, the ranking member of the Committee on 

10 Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the 

11 ranking member of the Committee on Banking, 

12 Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

13 (3) 4 shall be appointed from a list of 8 individ14 uals who shall be recommended by the Speaker of 

15 the House of Representatives in consultation with 

16 the Chairman of the Committee on Transportation 

17 and Infrastructure, the Chairman of the Committee 

18 on Energy and Commerce, and the Chairman of the 

19 Committee on Science of the House of Representa20 tives. 

21 (4) 4 shall be appointed from a list of 8 individ22 uals who shall be recommended by the minority lead23 er of the House of Representatives in consultation 

24 with the ranking member of the Committee on 

25 Transportation and Infrastructure, the ranking 
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1 member of the Committee on Energy and Com2 merce, and the ranking member of the Committee 

3 on Science of the House of Representatives. 

4 (5) Any vacancy which may occur on the Com5 mission shall not affect its powers or functions but 

6 shall be filled in the same manner in which the origi7 nal appointment was made. 

8 (c) FINAL REPORT.—The Commission shall not later 

9 than December 31, 2007, submit to the President and 

10 Congress its final report including its findings and rec11 ommendations. The Commission shall cease to exist six 

12 months after submission of such report. All records and 

13 papers of the Commission shall thereupon be delivered to 

14 the Archivist of the United States for deposit in the Ar15 chives of the United States. 

16 (d) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The final 

17 report shall include the Commission’s findings and rec18 ommendations with respect to the following: 

19 (1) The Nation’s transportation needs, both na20 tional and regional, through the year 2025. 

21 (2) The ability of our current transportation 

22 systems to meet the projected needs. 

23 (3) The proper mix of transportation modes 

24 and necessary linkages between modes to meet an25 ticipated needs. 
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1 (4) Necessary measures and policies to ensure 

2 enhancement and protection of the natural environ3 ment in transportation decisionmaking. 

4 (5) Short-term, medium-term, and long-term 

5 research, development, and deployment to meet ex6 pected needs. 

7 (6) The roles of the public and private sectors 

8 relative to each mode and the balance between public 

9 and private investment. 

10 (7) The existing policies and programs of the 

11 Federal Government which affect the development of 

12 our national transportation system. 

13 (8) The new policies required to develop a bal14 anced national transportation system which meets 

15 projected needs, accommodates international trade 

16 and supports the national economy. 

17 (9) The adequacy of existing methods to fi18 nance transportation and alternative new methods of 

19 financing. 

20 (e) SPECIFIC FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—In developing 

21 its findings and recommendations, the Commission shall 

22 address the following specific factors: 

23 (1) The role of transportation as a critical link 

24 to the global economy and trade. 
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1 (2) A balance between the transportation of 

2 people and goods. 

3 (3) Improving operations and management of 

4 the transportation system to improve efficiency, in5 cluding asset and information management. 

6 (4) The need to address aging infrastructure. 

7 (5) The need to address the enhancement and 

8 protection of the natural environment. 

9 (6) The need to address congestion in all 

10 modes. 

11 (7) The need to improve environmental deci12 sionmaking. 

13 (8) A balance between the demand for transpor14 tation reliability with new threats to security. 

15 (9) Ways to eliminate barriers to transportation 

16 investment created by the current modal structure of 

17 transportation funding. 

18 (10) Existing barriers to private investment in 

19 transportation facilities including tax inequities be20 tween modes. 

21 (11) The adequacy of the Federal transpor22 tation trust funds to finance future transportation 

23 needs. 

24 (12) Appropriate measures of transportation 

25 need. 
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1 (13) The adequacy of integration among Fed2 eral programs affecting transportation. 

3 (14) The relationship between land use and 

4 transportation infrastructure investment. 

5 (15) The role that transportation plays in pro6 moting economic growth, improving the environment 

7 and sustaining the quality of life. 

8 (f) RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ROLES OF GOVERN9 MENT.—The Commission shall also make recommenda10 tions on the roles of the Federal and State governments 

11 in—

12 (1) environmental review of transportation 

13 projects; 

14 (2) the provision of intercity passenger rail 

15 services; 

16 (3) financing transportation at international 

17 border crossings; 

18 (4) facilitating international goods movement 

19 to, from and within the United States; 

20 (5) ensuring consistency in data and commu21 nications links for and between all modes; 

22 (6) financing for each mode of transportation; 

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1 (7) effectively using transportation networks to 

2 enhance the quality of life, protect natural resources 

3 and promote sustainable economic growth. 

4 (g) PARTICIPATION IN COMMISSION ACTIVITIES.—

5 (1) PARTICIPATION OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—

6 The Chairman of the Commission shall request the 

7 head of each Federal department or agency with an 

8 interest in or a responsibility for national transpor9 tation policy to appoint a liaison who shall work 

10 closely with the Committee and its staff. Such de11 partments and agencies shall include, but not be lim12 ited to, the Department of Transportation, and each 

13 of its modal administrations, Office of Management 

14 and Budget, Department of Energy, Department of 

15 Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agen16 cy, Department of Health and Human Services, De17 partment of Commerce, Department of the Treas18 ury, Department of Defense, Department of Agri19 culture, National Transportation Safety Board, Sur20 face Transportation Board, and Army Corps of En21 gineers. 

22 (2) ADVICE FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGA23 NIZATIONS.—In carrying out its duties, the Commis24 sion shall seek the advice of various groups inter25 ested in national transportation policy including 
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1 State and local governments, public and private or2 ganizations in the fields of transportation and safe3 ty, business, education, environment and labor, and 

4 the public. 

5 (h) HEARINGS.—The Commission or, on the author6 ization of the Commission, any Committee of two or more 

7 members may, for the purpose of carrying out the provi8 sions of this section, hold such hearings at such times and 

9 places as the Commission or such authorized committee 

10 may deem advisable. 

11 (i) COMPENSATION.—Members of Congress or other 

12 governmental employees shall serve without compensation, 

13 but shall be reimbursed for travel, per diem in accordance 

14 of the rules of the House of Representatives and Senate, 

15 accordingly, or subsistence and other necessary expenses 

16 incurred in the performance of the duties vested in the 

17 Commission. 

18 (j) COMMISSION STAFF.—The Commission is author19 ized to appoint and fix the compensation of a staff director 

20 and such additional personnel as may be necessary to en21 able it to carry out its functions. 

22 (k) CONTRACTS.—The Commission is authorized to 

23 enter into contracts or agreements for studies and surveys 

24 with public and private organizations and, if necessary, 

25 to transfer funds to Federal agencies from sums appro-
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1 priated pursuant to this section to carry out such of its 

2 duties as the Commission determines can best be carried 

3 our in the that manner. 

4 (l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) 

5 There are authorized to be appropriated from the High6 way Trust Fund to carry out this section such sums as 

7 may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006. 

8 (2) Funds authorized by this subsection shall remain 

9 available until expended. 

10 SEC. 210. REAL-TIME SYSTEM MANAGEMENT INFORMATION 

11 PROGRAM. 

12 (a) GOALS AND PURPOSES.—

13 (1) GOALS.—The goals of the real-time system 

14 management information program are to provide the 

15 nationwide capability to monitor, in real-time, the 

16 traffic and travel conditions of our Nation’s major 

17 highways and to widely share that information to 

18 improve the security of the surface transportation 

19 system, address congestion problems, support im20 proved response to weather events, and facilitate na21 tional and regional traveler information. 

22 (2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the real-time 

23 system management information program are to—
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1 (A) establish a nationwide system of basic 

2 real-time information for managing and oper3 ating our surface transportation system; 

4 (B) identify longer range real-time high5 way and transit monitoring needs and develop 

6 plans and strategies for meeting those needs; 

7 and 

8 (C) provide the capability and means to 

9 share that data with state and local govern10 ments, and the traveling public. 

11 (b) DATA EXCHANGE FORMATS.—Within one year of 

12 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish data 

13 exchange formats to ensure that the data provided by 

14 highway and transit monitoring systems, including state15 wide incident reporting systems can readily be exchanged 

16 across jurisdictional boundaries, facilitating nationwide 

17 availability of information. 

18 (c) STATEWIDE INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM.—

19 Within 2 years of enactment of this legislation, each State 

20 shall establish a statewide incident reporting system. 

21 (d) REGIONAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYS22 TEM ARCHITECTURE.—

23 (1) As State and local governments develop or 

24 update their regional ITS architectures, as specified 

25 in section 940.9 of title 23, Code of Federal Regula-
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1 tions (Regional ITS Architecture), they shall explic2 itly address their real-time highway and transit in3 formation needs and the systems needed to meet 

4 those needs. This specific incorporation of informa5 tion needs should address coverage, monitoring sys6 tems, data fusion and archiving, and methods of ex7 changing or sharing this information. 

8 (2) States are encouraged to incorporate the 

9 data exchange formats developed by the Secretary to 

10 ensure that the data provided by highway and tran11 sit monitoring systems can readily be exchanged 

12 across state and local governments, and with the 

13 traveling public. 

14 (e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘state15 wide incident reporting system’’ means a statewide system 

16 for facilitating the real-time electronic reporting of inci17 dents to a central location for use in monitoring the event, 

18 providing accurate traveler information, and responding to 

19 the incident as appropriate. 

20 (f) ELIGIBILITY.—Subject to approval by the Sec21 retary, a State may obligate funds apportioned to it under 

22 sections 104(b)(1) and (3) and 505 of title 23, United 

23 States Code, for activities relating to the planning of real24 time monitoring elements. 
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1 SEC. 211. PLANNING CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE. 

2 Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is 

3 amended by inserting after subsection (l) the following: 

4 ‘‘(m) PLANNING CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab6 lish a planning capacity building initiative to support 

7 enhancements in transportation planning, in order 

8 to—

9 ‘‘(A) strengthen metropolitan and state10 wide transportation planning under sections 

11 134 and 135, and under sections 5303 through 

12 5305 of title 49; 

13 ‘‘(B) enhance tribal capacity to conduct 

14 joint transportation planning under chapter 2 

15 of this title; and 

16 ‘‘(C) participate in the metropolitan and 

17 statewide transportation planning programs 

18 under chapter 52 of title 49. 

19 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give pri20 ority to planning practices and processes that sup21 port homeland security planning, performance based 

22 planning, safety planning, operations planning, 

23 freight planning, and integration of environment and 

24 planning. 

25 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds authorized for 

26 this program may be used for research, program de-
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1 velopment, information collection and dissemination, 

2 and technical assistance. The Secretary may use 

3 these funds independently or make grants to, or 

4 enter into contracts and cooperative agreements 

5 with, a Federal agency, State agency, local agency, 

6 federally recognized Indian tribal government or 

7 tribal consortium, authority, association, nonprofit 

8 or for-profit corporation, or institution of higher 

9 education, to carry out the purposes of this sub10 section. 

11 ‘‘(4) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

12 the cost of an activity carried out using such funds 

13 shall be up to 100 percent, and such funds shall re14 main available until expended. 

15 ‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATION.—This initiative shall be 

16 administered by the Federal Highway Administra17 tion in cooperation with the Federal Transit Admin18 istration. 

19 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

20 There are authorized to be appropriated from the 

21 Highway Trust Fund such sums as may be nec22 essary to carry out this section for each of fiscal 

23 years 2005 through 2010.’’.

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