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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2569 

To reauthorize surface transportation research, development, and technology 

transfer activities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2009 

Mr. WU (for himself, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. CARNAHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology 

A BILL 

To reauthorize surface transportation research, development, 

and technology transfer activities, 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. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) A comprehensive and coordinated research 

6 agenda is required to guide all Department of 

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1 face transportation system. The Department cur2 rently lacks a research, development, and technology 

3 transfer strategic plan with quantifiable goals, ex4 pected outcomes, implementation strategies, and per5 formance measures. 

6 (2) The surface transportation sector contrib7 utes 28 percent of the total United States carbon 

8 emissions. To mitigate the impact of the surface 

9 transportation sector on the climate, the Depart10 ment’s Office of Climate Change and Environment 

11 should increase research efforts on effective strate12 gies to reduce emissions from surface transportation 

13 infrastructure. 

14 (3) Coordinated research and technology trans15 fer on pavement and paving practices is essential to 

16 developing roads that are more durable, consume 

17 less energy in construction and maintenance, and 

18 are less disruptive to the environment. 

19 (4) Technology transfer is an integral part of 

20 research and engineering. Additional efforts are re21 quired to ensure that successful research results are 

22 deployed to the field. 

23 (5) The University Transportation Center 

24 (UTC) program conducts important research and 

25 trains future transportation professionals. However, 


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1 the system could be better integrated into the De2 partment of Transportation research and develop3 ment activities. 

4 SEC. 2. STRATEGIC PLAN. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall develop 

6 annually a comprehensive strategic plan to guide surface 

7 transportation research, development, and technology 

8 transfer activities within and funded by the Department 

9 for the 3-year period beginning with the upcoming fiscal 

10 year. Such strategic plan shall include— 

11 (1) the focus areas of national importance that 

12 such activities will address, including community liv13 ability, sustainability, and performance measures for 

14 transportation systems; 

15 (2) quantifiable goals, expected outcomes, im16 plementation strategies, timetables, and performance 

17 measures for each such focus area; 

18 (3) the identification of stakeholders and their 

19 role in identifying research needs and priorities; and 

20 (4) specific activities for technology transfer 

21 and the application and utilization of research re22 sults. 

23 (b) SUBMISSION.—Beginning with the first submis24 sion after the date of enactment of this Act of the Presi25 dent’s annual budget request to Congress, and annually 


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1 thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the appro2 priate congressional committees the strategic plan devel3 oped under subsection (a) and shall make such plan avail4 able to the public on the Administration’s Web site. 

5 SEC. 3. UTC PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. 

6 (a) REVIEW PROCESS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall de8 velop and execute a review process to assess the per9 formance of each UTC. 

10 (2) REVIEW CRITERIA.—Not later than 1 year 

11 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis12 trator shall develop and make available to UTCs and 

13 the public the criteria that will be used in the review 

14 process under paragraph (1). Such criteria shall, at 

15 a minimum, be consistent with the performance 

16 measures identified in the strategic plan under sec17 tion 2. 

18 (3) TIMING.—The Administrator shall develop 

19 and execute the review process under paragraph (1) 

20 in such a manner that all UTCs are reviewed during 

21 a 3-year period with the number of UTCs being re22 viewed dispersed evenly throughout such period. 

23 (4) TRANSPARENCY.—The Administrator shall 

24 make results of the review process for each UTC 


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1 available to the public on the Administration’s Web 

2 site. 

3 (b) INTERNSHIP GRANT PROGRAM.—To carry out 

4 the objective of expanding the transportation-related sci5 entific and technical workforce, the Administrator may es6 tablish a grant program to fund internships for students 

7 participating in the UTC program at State departments 

8 of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, 

9 and other appropriate organizations as identified by the 

10 Administrator. 

11 (c) REPORTS.— 

12 (1) ANNUAL.—The Administrator shall submit 

13 to the appropriate congressional committees and 

14 make available to the public on the Administration’s 

15 Web site an annual report on the UTC program, de16 tailing— 

17 (A) the activities of the UTCs during the 

18 previous year and how such activities reflect the 

19 priorities in the strategic plan; 

20 (B) the results of the reviews conducted 

21 during the previous year; 

22 (C) the progress of UTCs toward meeting 

23 the goals and performance measures identified 

24 in the strategic plan developed under section 2; 

25 and 


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1 (D) information about any grants awarded 

2 under subsection (b). 

3 (2) MATCHING FUND RECOMMENDATION.— 

4 Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this 

5 Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to the 

6 appropriate congressional committees with rec7 ommendations concerning the appropriate require8 ment under section 5506(j) of title 49, United 

9 States Code, for the Federal share of costs for ac10 tivities carried out using a grant awarded under sec11 tion 5506 of such title. 

12 (3) EXTENSION CENTERS.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Within 6 months after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis15 trator, in consultation with the Director of the 

16 National Institute of Standards and Tech17 nology, shall submit a report to Congress on 

18 how best to strengthen facilitation of transpor19 tation-related technology transfer, including 

20 through the potential establishment of transpor21 tation technology extension centers at UTCs. 

22 (B) CONTENTS.—In such report, the Ad23 ministrator shall— 

24 (i) assess the role of UTCs to enable 

25 workforce education in their regional 


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1 transportation communities and to pro2 mote the deployment and transfer of new 

3 transportation technology, tools, tech4 niques, and methods; and 

5 (ii) include an operational plan, iden6 tify the recipients of technical assistance 

7 provided by UTCs, and identify the needs 

8 of those recipients. 

9 SEC. 4. VISITING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION RE10 SEARCH. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

12 visiting committee on surface transportation research (in 

13 this Act referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’), which shall re14 view and make recommendations regarding the quality of 

15 the surface transportation research, development, and 

16 technology transfer activities being carried out by the De17 partment, including the development and execution of the 

18 strategic plan under section 2 and the coordination of such 

19 activities by the Administrator. 

20 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be com21 posed of 15 members appointed by the Secretary. In mak22 ing such appointments, the Secretary shall— 

23 (1) consider recommendations submitted by the 

24 National Academies, professional societies, business 


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1 associations, labor associations, and other appro2 priate organizations; 

3 (2) to the extent practicable, ensure that mem4 bers do not have any conflicts of interest; 

5 (3) not appoint employees of the Federal Gov6 ernment; 

7 (4) ensure that members are eminent in rel8 evant fields, such as transportation research, trans9 portation engineering, product development, labor, 

10 education, transportation consulting, environment, 

11 or State or local government; and 

12 (5) select members to provide adequate rep13 resentation of a cross-section of— 

14 (A) surface transportation researchers, de15 cisionmakers at the State and local levels of 

16 government, transportation practitioners, and 

17 others in the transportation research, develop18 ment, and technology user community; and 

19 (B) expertise in the focus areas of national 

20 importance. 

21 (c) TERMS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Com23 mittee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, ex24 cept as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3). 


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1 (2) TERMS OF INITIAL APPOINTEES.—As des2 ignated by the Secretary at the time of appointment, 

3 of the members first appointed— 

4 (A) 5 members shall be appointed for a 

5 term of 1 year; 

6 (B) 5 members shall be appointed for a 

7 term of 2 years; and 

8 (C) 5 members shall be appointed for a 

9 term of 3 years. 

10 (3) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed to fill 

11 a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the 

12 term for which the member’s predecessor was ap13 pointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of 

14 such term. 

15 (4) ROTATION.—Any person who has completed 

16 2 consecutive full terms of service on the Committee 

17 shall thereafter be ineligible for appointment during 

18 the 1-year period following the expiration of the sec19 ond such term. 

20 (d) MEETINGS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall meet 

22 at least twice each year at the call of the Chair23 person and, in addition, whenever one-third of the 

24 members of the Committee so request in writing. 


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1 (2) NOTICE.—Each member of the Committee 

2 shall be given appropriate notice of the call of such 

3 meeting not less than 15 days prior to any meeting, 

4 whenever possible. 

5 (3) VIRTUAL MEETINGS; TELECONFERENCES.— 

6 The Committee may conduct meetings using elec7 tronic methods if each member may fully participate 

8 in the deliberations of the Committee in realtime. 

9 (e) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 

10 Committee shall constitute a quorum. 

11 (f) RATES OF PAY; TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each mem12 ber shall serve without pay, except that each member shall 

13 receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub14 sistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under 

15 subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. 

16 (g) SUBCOMMITTEES.— 

17 (1) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—The Committee 

18 shall have an executive committee and may delegate 

19 to it or to the Secretary such of the powers and 

20 functions granted to the Committee by this Act as 

21 it determines appropriate. 

22 (2) ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES.—The Com23 mittee is authorized to appoint from among its mem24 bers such other committees as it determines nec25 essary and to assign to committees so appointed 


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1 such survey and advisory functions as the Com2 mittee deems appropriate to assist it in exercising its 

3 powers and functions under this Act. 

4 (h) CHAIRPERSON.— 

5 (1) ELECTION.—The election of the Chair6 person and Vice Chairperson of the Committee shall 

7 take place at each annual meeting occurring in an 

8 even-numbered year. 

9 (2) SUBSTITUTION.—The Vice Chairperson 

10 shall perform the duties of the Chairperson in the 

11 absence of the Chairperson. 

12 (3) VACANCY.—In case a vacancy occurs in the 

13 chairpersonship or vice chairpersonship, the Com14 mittee shall elect a member to fill such vacancy. 

15 (i) REPORT.— 

16 (1) ANNUAL.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

18 after the submittal to Congress of the Presi19 dent’s annual budget request in each year, the 

20 Committee shall transmit an annual report to 

21 the Secretary for submission to the appropriate 

22 congressional committees. 

23 (B) CONTENTS.—Such report shall deal 

24 essentially, though not necessarily exclusively, 

25 with policy issues or matters which affect the 


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1 surface transportation research, development, 

2 and technology transfer activities at the De3 partment. Each such report shall comment on 

4 the strategic plan developed under section 2. 

5 Each such report shall also identify future 

6 areas of priority surface transportation research 

7 for the Department. 

8 (2) ADDITIONAL.—The Committee shall trans9 mit to the Secretary and the appropriate congres10 sional committees such additional reports on specific 

11 policy matters as it determines appropriate. 

12 SEC. 5. OFFICE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT. 

13 Section 102(g) of title 49, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1) in the matter preceding 

16 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Department’’ and in17 serting ‘‘Research and Innovative Technology Ad18 ministration in the Department’’; 

19 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para20 graph (7); 

21 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol22 lowing new paragraphs: 

23 ‘‘(2) IMPACT REDUCTION RESEARCH ACTIVI24 TIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Office established 

2 under paragraph (1) shall fund or coordinate 

3 research, development, and technology transfer 

4 activities focused on— 

5 ‘‘(i) reducing vehicle miles traveled; 

6 ‘‘(ii) reducing congestion; 

7 ‘‘(iii) reducing construction and main8 tenance-related emissions and energy con9 sumption; and 

10 ‘‘(iv) in coordination with the Envi11 ronmental Protection Agency and the De12 partment of Energy, assessing consumer 

13 acceptance of and infrastructure needs for 

14 alternative fuels and improved vehicle tech15 nology and other strategies to reduce 

16 greenhouse gas emissions and conserve en17 ergy arising from surface transportation 

18 infrastructure, operation, and use. 

19 ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—Research activities 

20 shall include the following: 

21 ‘‘(i) Assessments of the impact, cost22 effectiveness, and collateral benefits of 

23 emissions and energy reduction strategies. 

24 ‘‘(ii) The development of technologies, 

25 tools, and techniques to reduce emissions 


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1 and energy consumption throughout the 

2 life-cycle of transportation infrastructure. 

3 ‘‘(iii) Congestion reduction and speed 

4 management strategies. 

5 ‘‘(iv) Assessments of the impact of 

6 land use change on surface emissions and 

7 other factors, such as congestion, mobility, 

8 and accessibility, and barriers to land use 

9 change. 

10 ‘‘(v) Infrastructure requirements for 

11 alternative fuels and vehicles. 

12 ‘‘(vi) Traveler behaviors with respect 

13 to mode-choice, response to transportation 

14 pricing scheme, nonmotorized travel, and 

15 other emissions reducing strategies. 

16 ‘‘(vii) Emissions and energy reduction 

17 strategies for freight transportation, in18 cluding mode shifts, freight infrastructure 

19 projects, and the effects of land use on 

20 freight movement. 

21 ‘‘(3) ADAPTATION.—The Office shall fund or 

22 coordinate research on the impacts of climate change 

23 on surface transportation infrastructure to under24 stand and assess how climate change and variability 


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1 may affect transportation operation and infrastruc2 ture. 

3 ‘‘(4) ASSESSMENT.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall as5 sess current and historical surface transpor6 tation infrastructure and fuel demand manage7 ment strategies that have been implemented at 

8 the local, State, and national levels for their so9 cial, economic, and environmental costs and 

10 benefits. 

11 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY.—The results 

12 of such assessments shall be made publicly 

13 available through the Administration’s Web 

14 site. 

15 ‘‘(5) MODELING.—The Office, in consultation 

16 with the Environmental Protection Agency and other 

17 Federal agencies, shall support the development of 

18 more accurate tools and models for quantifying mo19 bile emissions and evaluating surface transportation 

20 emissions reductions strategies. The tools and mod21 els shall incorporate such factors as— 

22 ‘‘(A) vehicle speed; 

23 ‘‘(B) traffic flow; 

24 ‘‘(C) land use; 

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1 ‘‘(E) transit use; 

2 ‘‘(F) traveler behavior; and 

3 ‘‘(G) commercial traffic and freight move4 ment. 

5 ‘‘(6) PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY.—The results of 

6 the research and development carried out under this 

7 subsection shall be made publicly available to na8 tional, State, and local transportation planners and 

9 decisionmakers.’’. 

10 SEC. 6. REGIONAL GREEN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH 

11 CENTERS. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subchapter I of chapter 55 of 

13 title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

14 section 5505 the following new section: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 5505A. REGIONAL GREEN TRANSPORTATION RE16 SEARCH CENTERS. 

17 ‘‘(a) GREEN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

18 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.—The Adminis19 trator shall make grants to institutions of higher edu20 cation or consortia thereof to establish and operate univer21 sity transportation centers to carry out research, develop22 ment, and technology transfer activities in the field of 

23 green transportation infrastructure. 

24 ‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES.—The purpose of centers estab25 lished pursuant to this section shall be to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) generate innovative and cost-effective ap2 proaches to mitigating environmental impacts 

3 throughout the lifecycle of transportation infrastruc4 ture; 

5 ‘‘(2) develop holistic approaches to integrating 

6 green infrastructure into existing wastewater man7 agement systems; 

8 ‘‘(3) promote adoption of innovative green 

9 transportation infrastructure systems by State and 

10 local governments and the private sector; and 

11 ‘‘(4) manage technology transfer programs to 

12 disseminate information on best management prac13 tices in the area of green transportation infrastruc14 ture to State and local governments and the private 

15 sector. 

16 ‘‘(c) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 

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

18 receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit insti19 tution of higher learning or consortia thereof shall 

20 submit to the Administrator an application that is in 

21 such form and contains such information as the Ad22 ministrator may require. 

23 ‘‘(2) REGIONAL CENTERS.—To the greatest ex24 tent practicable, the Administrator shall ensure that 

25 there is at least one grant recipient from each of the 


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1 10 United States Government regions that comprise 

2 the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System. 

3 ‘‘(3) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Except as other4 wise provided by this section, the Administrator 

5 shall select each recipient of a grant under this sec6 tion through a merit-reviewed competitive process on 

7 the basis of the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) Demonstrated expertise in transpor9 tation research and environmental impacts of 

10 transportation infrastructure. 

11 ‘‘(B) Demonstrated research capacity and 

12 technology transfer resources. 

13 ‘‘(C) Existing or proposed partnerships 

14 with State and local governments and private 

15 industry involved in transportation-related con16 struction, environmental impact mitigation, or 

17 other areas related to green transportation in18 frastructure research. 

19 ‘‘(D) Capability to provide leadership in 

20 developing national best management practices, 

21 regional best management practices, or both in 

22 the field of green transportation infrastructure. 

23 ‘‘(E) Expertise in specific regional climate 

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1 green transportation infrastructure technologies 

2 and practices. 

3 ‘‘(F) Demonstrated ability to disseminate 

4 results of research and education programs 

5 through a statewide or regionwide continuing 

6 education program. 

7 ‘‘(G) The strategic plan the recipient pro8 poses to carry out under the grant. 

9 ‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—The types of activities the Sec10 retary may support under this section include the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(1) Research and development of innovative 

13 technologies, construction techniques, or best man14 agement processes that mitigate the environmental 

15 impact of transportation infrastructure, including— 

16 ‘‘(A) assessments of the life-cycle environ17 mental impact of local existing or planned 

18 transportation infrastructure; 

19 ‘‘(B) integration of green transportation 

20 infrastructure elements into existing transpor21 tation or waste management systems; and 

22 ‘‘(C) research, development, testing, and 

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1 ‘‘(2) Establishment and operation of a regional 

2 technology transfer program to disseminate informa3 tion on new technologies and best management prac4 tices to State and local governments, institutions of 

5 higher education, and private industry in the region. 

6 ‘‘(3) Study of the impact of State, local, and 

7 Federal regulations on the implementation of green 

8 transportation infrastructure technologies and prac9 tices. These studies shall include collaboration with 

10 appropriate Federal agencies to evaluate the effect 

11 of and possible changes to Federal and State regula12 tions that impede implementation of green transpor13 tation infrastructure. 

14 ‘‘(4) Public education efforts to raise awareness 

15 of green transportation infrastructure technologies, 

16 including activities to raise awareness and foster col17 laboration among regional governments, private in18 dustry, and other public and private stakeholders. 

19 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL MEETING.—The Administrator shall 

20 convene an annual meeting of the Centers established pur21 suant to this section in order to foster collaboration and 

22 communication among Center participants and dissemi23 nate best management practices. 


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1 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘green 

2 transportation infrastructure’ includes infrastructure 

3 that— 

4 ‘‘(1) preserves and restores natural processes, 

5 landforms (such as flood plains), natural vegetated 

6 streamside buffers, wetlands, or other topographical 

7 features that can slow, filter, and naturally store 

8 stormwater runoff and floodwaters for future water 

9 supply and recharge of natural aquifers; 

10 ‘‘(2) utilizes natural design techniques that in11 filtrate, filter, store, evaporate, and detain water 

12 close to its source; 

13 ‘‘(3) minimizes the use of impervious surfaces 

14 in order to slow or infiltrate precipitation; 

15 ‘‘(4) minimizes life-cycle energy consumption, 

16 including during construction, maintenance, use by 

17 vehicles, and destruction and recycling; and 

18 ‘‘(5) minimizes life-cycle air pollution.’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec20 tions for such subchapter is amended by inserting after 

21 the item relating to section 5505 the following new item: 

‘‘5505A. Regional Green Transportation Research Centers.’’. 

22 SEC. 7. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REVIEW. 

23 The Administrator shall contract with the National 

24 Research Council to conduct a review of the surface trans25 portation research, development, and technology transfer 


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1 activities at the Turner Fairbank Highway Research facil2 ity. Such review shall assess the technical merit of re3 search activities at such facility and the degree to which 

4 such activities achieve stated objectives and desired impact 

5 and make recommendations on how to improve the quality 

6 and efficiency of such activities. 

7 SEC. 8. PAVEMENT RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, 

8 AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall, in 

10 consultation with appropriate Department modal agencies, 

11 establish a pavement research, deployment, and education 

12 program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’). 

13 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Program shall be 

14 to— 

15 (1) address the need to advance pavement re16 search; and 

17 (2) coordinate technology transfer efforts re18 lated to paving materials. 

19 (c) FUNCTION.—The Program, in coordination with 

20 Department modal agencies, shall provide funding to 

21 UTCs and other institutions of higher education to con22 duct research, development, and technology transfer ac23 tivities about paving materials and practices. 

24 (d) ACTIVITIES.—Activities carried out by the Pro25 gram shall include— 


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1 (1) research and development of innovative 

2 technologies and techniques to reduce the cost and 

3 environmental impact of paving materials and prac4 tices, including research on— 

5 (A) paving materials with improved dura6 bility; 

7 (B) methods that decrease the energy use 

8 in, and emissions resulting from, paving prac9 tices; 

10 (C) paving materials that decrease environ11 mental impact; 

12 (D) methods to decrease the overall life13 cycle cost of paving materials and practices; 

14 (E) construction techniques to increase 

15 safety and reduce construction time and traffic 

16 disruption and congestion; 

17 (F) pavement evaluation technologies and 

18 techniques; and 

19 (G) paving materials utilizing more recy20 cled and locally available natural material; 

21 (2) effective technology transfer, including ef22 forts on— 

23 (A) identifying and addressing barriers to 

24 implementation for developed paving materials 

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1 (B) addressing the data needs of stake2 holders by developing independent studies and 

3 assessments on topics, including— 

4 (i) durability of paving technologies; 

5 (ii) emissions from construction prac6 tices; 

7 (iii) life-cycle cost-effectiveness of pav8 ing materials and strategies; and 

9 (iv) environmental impact of paving 

10 technologies; and 

11 (3) establishing grants to institutions of higher 

12 education to develop training and education pro13 grams for workforce professionals in the areas of 

14 paving materials and practices. 

15 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 

16 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 

17 a report to the appropriate congressional committees on 

18 the results of the long-term pavement performance pro19 gram and how the Department intends to organize, main20 tain, and utilize the database. 

21 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

22 For purposes of this Act, the following definitions 

23 apply: 

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1 nology Administration in the Department of Trans2 portation. 

3 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis4 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Research 

5 and Innovative Technology Administration. 

6 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means the Committee on Science and Tech9 nology and the Committee on Transportation and 

10 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 

11 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans12 portation of the Senate. 

13 (4) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

14 means the Department of Transportation. 

15 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

16 the Secretary of Transportation. 

17 (6) UTC.—The term ‘‘UTC’’ means a univer18 sity transportation center established under section 

19 5506 of title 49, United States Code. 

20 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION. 

21 (a) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVEL22 OPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.—To carry out 

23 surface transportation research, development, and tech24 nology activities, such sums as are necessary shall be 

25 available. 


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1 (b) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—To 

2 carry out section 5505 and section 5506 of title 49, United 

3 States Code, such sums as are necessary shall be available. 

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