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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1736 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Strengthening 

Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Challenge Grant 

Program to promote technological innovation in our Nation’s communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2021 

Mr. DESAULNIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish the 

Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Challenge Grant Program to promote 

technological innovation in our Nation’s communities. 

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 TITLES. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Moving and Fostering 

5 Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act’’ 

6 or the ‘‘Moving FIRST Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) Beyond Traffic 2045, a comprehensive as2 sessment of the national transportation system re3 cently published by the Department of Transpor4 tation, identified transportation trends that need to 

5 be proactively addressed, including— 

6 (A) the population of the United States 

7 will increase by 70,000,000 during the 30-year 

8 period ending in 2045; 

9 (B) emerging megaregions could absorb 75 

10 percent of the United States population by 

11 2050; 

12 (C) freight volume will increase by more 

13 than 40 percent by 2045; 

14 (D) Americans are currently stuck in traf15 fic for more than 42 hours each year, on aver16 age; 

17 (E) the current annual cost of congestion 

18 in delays and lost fuel amounts to 

19 $160,000,000,000; 

20 (F) 96 people die in motor vehicle crashes 

21 in the United States every day, on average, and 

22 nearly 6,700 are injured per day; and 

23 (G) connected vehicles and new crash 

24 avoidance technology could potentially address 


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1 81 percent of crashes involving unimpaired 

2 drivers. 

3 (2) According to the Department of Transpor4 tation, in 2015— 

5 (A) traffic crash-related deaths increased 

6 by more than 7 percent compared to 2014; 

7 (B) pedestrian fatalities increased by more 

8 than 9 percent compared to 2014; and 

9 (C) pedalcyclist fatalities increased by 

10 more than 12 percent compared to 2014. 

11 (3) In 2015, the Secretary of Transportation 

12 created the Smart City Challenge to assist cities in 

13 addressing the challenges facing our Nation’s trans14 portation system through innovative and creative 

15 means, utilizing both the public and the private sec16 tors. 

17 (4) By asking American cities to use emerging 

18 transportation technologies to address their most 

19 pressing problems, the Smart City Challenge aimed 

20 to spark and spread innovation through a mixture of 

21 collaboration, competition, and experimentation. 

22 (5) The following outcomes were expected from 

23 the original Smart City Challenge and are expected 

24 to result from the SMART grants awarded under 

25 this Act: 


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1 (A) Improved safety from the use of ad2 vanced technologies, including connected vehicle 

3 technologies, to reduce the number of collisions, 

4 fatalities, and injuries for vehicle occupants and 

5 nonvehicle occupants. 

6 (B) Enhanced mobility by providing 

7 realtime traveler information and emerging mo8 bility services to improve personal mobility for 

9 all citizens including people with lower incomes, 

10 people with disabilities, and older adults. 

11 (C) Enhanced ladders of opportunity by— 

12 (i) providing access to advanced tech13 nology and its benefits for underserved 

14 areas and residents; 

15 (ii) increasing connectivity to employ16 ment, education, and other services; and 

17 (iii) contributing to revitalization by 

18 incentivized reinvestment in underserved 

19 communities. 

20 (D) Reduction in pollution by imple21 menting advanced technologies and policies that 

22 support a more sustainable and cost-effective 

23 relationship between transportation and the en24 vironment through more efficient fuel use and 

25 emissions reductions. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) LARGE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘large com4 munity’’ means an applicant community with a pop5 ulation between 400,000 and 1,000,000, according 

6 to the Census Bureau’s most recent annual esti7 mates of resident population. 

8 (2) MID-SIZED COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘mid9 sized community’’ means an applicant community 

10 with a population between 75,000 and 400,000, or 

11 an applicant community with a population between 

12 10,000 and 75,000 that is located within an urban13 ized area or cluster, according to the Census Bu14 reau’s most recent annual estimates of resident pop15 ulation. 

16 (3) MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL GROUP.—The term 

17 ‘‘multi-jurisdictional group’’ means an applicant 

18 composed of 2 or more combination of States, tribal 

19 governments, local governments, public transit agen20 cies, public toll authorities, or metropolitan planning 

21 organizations (as defined in section 134(b) of title 

22 23, United States Code), each of which is eligible to 

23 apply for a SMART grant under section 4. 

24 (4) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘re25 gional partnership’’ means a group of 2 or more ju26 risdictions with a combined population between 


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1 10,000 and 75,000, according to the Census Bu2 reau’s most recent annual estimates of resident pop3 ulation, which have entered into a partnership to 

4 apply for a SMART grant under section 4. 

5 (5) RURAL COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘rural 

6 community’’ means an applicant community with a 

7 population between 10,000 and 75,000 people that 

8 is not located within an urbanized area or cluster, 

9 according to the Census Bureau’s most recent an10 nual estimates of resident population. 

11 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of Transportation. 

13 (7) STRENGTHENING MOBILITY AND REVOLU14 TIONIZING TRANSPORTATION GRANT; SMART

15 GRANT.—The terms ‘‘Strengthening Mobility and 

16 Revolutionizing Transportation grant’’ and 

17 ‘‘SMART grant’’ means a grant awarded to an eligi18 ble applicant under section 4. 

19 SEC. 4. SMART GRANT PROGRAM. 

20 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—During each of the fiscal 

21 years 2020 through 2024, the Secretary is authorized to 

22 award— 

23 (1) 1 SMART grant of not less than 

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1 cant on behalf of a large community to carry out an 

2 eligible project; 

3 (2) 1 SMART grant of not less than 

4 $30,000,000 or more than $50,000,000 to an appli5 cant on behalf of a mid-sized community to carry 

6 out an eligible project; and 

7 (3) 2 SMART grants, totaling not more than 

8 the greater of $20,000,000 or 20 percent of the 

9 amount appropriated pursuant to section 6(a) for 

10 the fiscal year, to applicants on behalf of rural com11 munities or regional partnerships to carry out eligi12 ble projects. 

13 (b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—The following entities 

14 are eligible to receive a grant under this section: 

15 (1) A unit of local government, including coun16 ties. 

17 (2) A tribal government. 

18 (3) A public transit agency or authority. 

19 (4) A public toll authority. 

20 (5) A metropolitan planning organization. 

21 (6) A multi-jurisdictional group applying 

22 through a single lead applicant. 

23 (c) APPLICATION PROCESS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible applicant may 

25 apply for a grant under this section by submitting 


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1 an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 

2 manner, and containing such information as the Sec3 retary may reasonably require to evaluate the merits 

4 of the proposed project in accordance with the selec5 tion criteria set forth in subsection (d). 

6 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

7 (A) STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPOR8 TATION.—Eligible rural and regional partner9 ship applicants are strongly encouraged to seek 

10 technical assistance from the department of 

11 transportation in their respective States during 

12 the application process and during the imple13 mentation of a project that is awarded a 

14 SMART grant, as applicable. 

15 (B) FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANS16 PORTATION.—The Secretary, after reviewing all 

17 of the applications for SMART grants sub18 mitted in a fiscal year under paragraphs (1), 

19 (2), and (3) of subsection (a), shall— 

20 (i) provide not fewer than 2 applicants 

21 from each of the 3 groups of applicants 

22 that submitted applications deemed supe23 rior by the Secretary with limited technical 

24 assistance to improve their respective ap25 plications; and 


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1 (ii) allow such applicants to resubmit 

2 their improved applications before deter3 mining which applicants will receive a 

4 SMART grant in such fiscal year. 

5 (3) MULTIPLE GRANTS.—An eligible applicant 

6 may not be awarded more than 1 SMART grant 

7 during the duration of the SMART Grant Program. 

8 (d) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—A panel of experts from the 

10 Department of Transportation, including representa11 tives from the applicable subagencies within the De12 partment and representatives from any of the Na13 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s 

14 Smart Cities and Communities Projects, shall evalu15 ate applications for SMART grants based on the ap16 plicable criteria described in paragraphs (2) and (3). 

17 (2) APPLICANT READINESS.—The panel re18 ferred to in paragraph (1) shall determine the extent 

19 to which the applicant or applicant community— 

20 (A) has a dense urban population typical 

21 for a large or mid-sized American city (except 

22 for grants described in subsection (a)(3)); 

23 (B) represents more than 15 percent of the 

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1 reau’s most recent annual estimates of resident 

2 population; 

3 (C) has a public transportation system or 

4 other transit options committed to integrating 

5 with the sharing economy, and is considering 

6 options to reduce the frequency of single occu7 pancy vehicles; 

8 (D) has an environment that is conducive 

9 to demonstrating proposed strategies; 

10 (E) has continuity of committed leadership 

11 and capacity to carry out the proposed project; 

12 (F) is committed to making open, ma13 chine-readable data accessible, discoverable, and 

14 usable by the public, in a secure fashion, to fuel 

15 entrepreneurship and innovation; and 

16 (G) is likely to successfully implement the 

17 project, including technical and financial com18 mitments from public and private sectors, and 

19 its functional capability to perform. 

20 (3) EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND

21 PROJECT BENEFITS.—The panel shall determine the 

22 extent to which the proposed project will use ad23 vanced data and intelligent transportation systems 

24 technologies and applications to provide significant 

25 benefits to a local area, a State, a region, or the 


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1 United States, including the extent to which the 

2 project will— 

3 (A) reduce congestion and delays for com4 merce and the traveling public; 

5 (B) improve the safety of transportation 

6 facilities and systems for pedestrians, bicyclists, 

7 and the broader traveling public; 

8 (C) provide access to jobs, education, and 

9 essential services, including health care; 

10 (D) connect underserved populations and 

11 reduce their transportation costs; 

12 (E) contribute to medium- and long-term 

13 economic competitiveness; 

14 (F) improve the condition, reliability, and 

15 user experience of existing transportation facili16 ties and systems; 

17 (G) promote connectivity between con18 nected vehicles, roadway infrastructure, pedes19 trians, bicyclists, the public, and transportation 

20 systems; 

21 (H) use innovative strategies or tech22 nologies to pursue any of the primary selection 

23 criteria; 

24 (I) demonstrate strong collaboration 

25 among a broad range of participants, including 


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1 the private sector, job centers, or the integra2 tion of transportation with other public service 

3 efforts, including working with existing mobile 

4 and fixed telecommunication service provides 

5 whenever possible; 

6 (J) improve the overall environment, in7 cluding through improved energy efficiency, re8 duced dependence on oil, or reduced pollution; 

9 (K) promote or improve positive public 

10 health outcomes for a community; 

11 (L) increase resiliency of the transpor12 tation system; 

13 (M) incorporate relevant security solutions 

14 and address emergency situations based on the 

15 scope and necessity; 

16 (N) includes sufficient technical, physical, 

17 and administrative measures to ensure security 

18 of information and protection of individuals’ 

19 privacy; and 

20 (O) address issues identified by the De21 partment of Transportation in the Beyond 

22 Traffic 2045 report. 

23 (e) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

24 (1) VISION ELEMENTS.—A SMART grant may 

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1 novative, integrated, and holistic approach and in2 corporates many aspects of the applicable vision ele3 ments set forth in this paragraph. 

4 (A) COORDINATED AUTOMATION.—The use 

5 of automated transportation and autonomous 

6 vehicles, which offer tremendous possibilities for 

7 enhancing safety, mobility, accessibility, equity, 

8 and the environment, while working to minimize 

9 the impact on the accessibility of any other user 

10 group or mode of travel. 

11 (B) CONNECTED VEHICLES.—Connected 

12 vehicles, which send and receive information 

13 about their movements in the network, use vehi14 cle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, and ve15 hicle-to-pedestrian communications to provide 

16 connectivity that will enable countless safety, 

17 mobility, and environmental applications. 

18 (C) INTELLIGENT, SENSOR BASED INFRA19 STRUCTURE.—The use of a collective intelligent 

20 infrastructure allows sensors to collect and re21 port real-time data to inform every day trans22 portation-related operations, performance, and 

23 trends of a community, ensuring that data col24 lection and dissemination is conducted in a 

25 safe, secure manner. 


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1 (D) ARCHITECTURE AND STANDARDS.— 

2 The explicit use of architectures, which— 

3 (i) are governed by rules, documenta4 tion, and standards; 

5 (ii) may be extended to a nationwide 

6 or broader deployment; 

7 (iii) are defined and demonstrate inte8 gration of intelligent transportation sys9 tems with other systems which comprise a 

10 smart community; and 

11 (iv) include a description of the re12 quired interfaces to other systems that uti13 lize existing networking or other standards, 

14 if available, and any new standards that 

15 may be needed. 

16 (E) LOW COST, EFFICIENT, SECURE, AND

17 RESILIENT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICA18 TIONS TECHNOLOGY.—Strategies and practices 

19 that advance information and communications 

20 technology that is affordable, adaptable, effi21 cient, secure and resilient, including integrated 

22 telecommunications platforms, enterprise soft23 ware, storage, and visualization systems. 

24 (F) SMART LAND USE.—Strategies and 

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1 mized through a combination of planning and 

2 innovation deployments designed to lead to a 

3 better connected community that incorporates 

4 new modes of shared and sustainable transpor5 tation into its existing infrastructure, expanding 

6 the range of transportation choices and access 

7 to employment, housing, education and health 

8 services, which may include— 

9 (i) the establishment of value capture 

10 programs and value capture districts to 

11 use a portion of the increase in value re12 sulting infrastructure investments as part 

13 of a mixed package of funding for the in14 frastructure and other public benefits; and 

15 (ii) planning updates and policy 

16 changes to increase the supply of housing 

17 located in proximity to public transpor18 tation services. 

19 (G) COMPREHENSIVE ANALYTICS.—The 

20 development of platforms for understanding and 

21 analyzing data to address complex challenges, 

22 including personal safety and mobility, network 

23 efficiency, and environmental sustainability, and 

24 measuring the performance of a transportation 

25 network. 


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1 (H) USER-FOCUSED MOBILITY SERVICES

2 AND CHOICES.—Strategies, initiatives, and serv3 ices, including connected vehicles, automated 

4 vehicles, and ride, bicycle, and scooter share in5 novations, consistent with current law, that in6 crease transportation choices and options by 

7 supporting and improving mobility for all trav8 elers, including aging Americans and persons 

9 with disabilities and advanced traveler informa10 tion systems that provide real-time traffic, tran11 sit, parking, and other transportation-related 

12 information to travelers. 

13 (I) COMMERCE DELIVERY AND LOGIS14 TICS.—Innovative solutions supporting efficient 

15 goods movement in ways that use data or de16 ploy technology, such as connected vehicle probe 

17 data, road weather data, or GPS, to create op18 portunities for a more efficient supply chain ap19 proach that delivers safer logistics management, 

20 improved on-time pickups and delivery, im21 proved travel time reliability, reduced fuel con22 sumption, and reduced labor and vehicle main23 tenance costs. 

24 (J) LEVERAGE THE USE OF INNOVATIVE

25 AVIATION TECHNOLOGY.—Leveraging the use of 


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1 innovative aviation technologies, such as un2 manned aircraft systems, to support transpor3 tation safety and efficiencies, including traffic 

4 monitoring and infrastructure inspection. 

5 (K) STRATEGIC BUSINESS MODELS AND

6 PARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES.—Creative stra7 tegic partnerships that— 

8 (i) draw in stakeholders, including pri9 vate sector, nonprofit, foundation, philan10 thropic, academia, and other public agen11 cies, to advance SMART grant solutions; 

12 and 

13 (ii) may include collaboration among 

14 transit agencies and other transportation 

15 providers to integrate multiple transpor16 tation services for increased efficiency, reli17 ability, and convenience in first and last 

18 mile travel. 

19 (L) SMART GRID, ROADWAY ELECTRIFICA20 TION, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES.—Strategies 

21 and initiatives that— 

22 (i) leverage the smart grid (a pro23 grammable and efficient energy trans24 mission and distribution system) to sup25 port the adoption or expansion of roadway 


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1 electrification, energy capture, and electric 

2 vehicle deployment, including electrically 

3 assisted bicycles, or freight or commercial 

4 fleet fuel efficiency; and 

5 (ii) explore and utilize interactions be6 tween electric vehicles and intelligent 

7 transportation systems with the smart 

8 grid. 

9 (M) SYNCHRONIZATION OF TECH10 NOLOGY.—Strategies and initiatives that utilize 

11 technology, such as integrated mobile commerce 

12 infrastructure— 

13 (i) to enhance public interaction with 

14 transportation systems; 

15 (ii) to increase intermodal efficiency; 

16 and 

17 (iii) to accelerate the transition to 

18 open payment fare systems, broadband, 

19 GPS, or Wi-Fi access. 

20 (N) CONNECTED, INVOLVED CITIZENS.— 

21 Strategies, local campaigns, and processes to 

22 proactively engage and inform citizens at the 

23 individual level by deploying hardware, soft24 ware, and open data platforms in an effort to 

25 increase personal mobility. 


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1 (2) ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS.—A SMART 

2 grant may be used for— 

3 (A) development phase activities, including 

4 a reasonable amount of funding, as determined 

5 by the Secretary, for— 

6 (i) planning; 

7 (ii) feasibility analysis; 

8 (iii) revenue forecasting; 

9 (iv) environmental review; 

10 (v) permitting; 

11 (vi) preliminary engineering and de12 sign work; 

13 (vii) acquisition of real property (in14 cluding land related to the eligible project 

15 and improvements to land); 

16 (viii) systems development or informa17 tion technology work; and 

18 (ix) other preconstruction activities; 

19 and 

20 (B) construction phase activities, includ21 ing— 

22 (i) construction; 

23 (ii) reconstruction; 

24 (iii) rehabilitation; 

25 (iv) replacement; 


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1 (v) environmental mitigation; 

2 (vi) construction contingencies; and 

3 (vii) acquisition of equipment, includ4 ing vehicles. 

5 (3) PROHIBITED USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

6 SMART grants may not be used— 

7 (A) to reimburse any pre-award costs or 

8 application preparation costs under the pro9 posed project application; 

10 (B) for traffic or parking enforcement ac11 tivities; or 

12 (C) to purchase or lease license plate read13 ers. 

14 (f) TRANSPARENCY.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall include, 

16 in any notice of funding availability, a full descrip17 tion of how applications will be evaluated against the 

18 criteria set forth in subsection (d). 

19 (2) CONSULTATIONS ON DECISIONS.—After all 

20 SMART grants have been awarded for a fiscal year, 

21 the Secretary (or the Secretary’s designee) shall be 

22 available to communicate directly with and have a 

23 debrief with each unsuccessful applicant. 

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1 OUT PROPOSED SMART GRANT PROJECTS.—Notwith2 standing any other provision of law, an eligible project 

3 under this section is deemed to be an eligible project under 

4 any of the following programs: 

5 (1) The Better Utilizing Investments to Lever6 age Development (BUILD) discretionary grant pro7 gram (previously known as the ‘‘Transportation In8 vestment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) 

9 discretionary grants’’) established under title XII of 

10 division A of the American Recovery and Reinvest11 ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5). 

12 (2) The Infrastructure for Rebuilding America 

13 (INFRA) grant program (previously known as the 

14 ‘‘Nationally Significant Freight and Highway 

15 Projects Program’’) established under section 117 of 

16 title 23, United States Code. 

17 (3) The Transportation Infrastructure Finance 

18 and Innovation program (commonly known as 

19 ‘‘TIFIA’’) established under chapter 6 of title 23, 

20 United States Code. 

21 (4) The Railroad Rehabilitation and Improve22 ment Financing Program of the Federal Railroad 

23 Administration established under title V of the Rail24 road Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 

25 1976 (45 U.S.C. 821 et seq.). 


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1 (5) The Capital Investment Grants Program of 

2 the Federal Transit Administration authorized 

3 under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. 

4 (6) The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality 

5 Improvement Program of the Federal Highway Ad6 ministration established pursuant to section 149 of 

7 title 23, United States Code. 

8 (7) The Advanced Transportation and Conges9 tion Management Technologies Deployment program 

10 (commonly known as ‘‘ATCMTD’’) established 

11 under section 503(c)(4) of title 23, United States 

12 Code. 

13 SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

14 (a) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 3 years 

15 after the date on which a SMART grant recipient receives 

16 a grant under section 4, and annually thereafter until such 

17 grant is expended, the recipient shall submit an implemen18 tation report to the Secretary that describes— 

19 (1) the deployment and operational costs com20 pared to the benefits and savings from the project; 

21 and 

22 (2) how the project has met the original expec23 tation as projected in the deployment plan submitted 

24 with the application, including— 

25 (A) data on how the project— 


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1 (i) affected the measurement and im2 provement of transportation system per3 formance through the deployment of ad4 vanced technologies; 

5 (ii) reduced traffic-related fatalities 

6 and injuries; 

7 (iii) reduced traffic congestion, im8 proved travel time reliability, and reduced 

9 costs; 

10 (iv) reduced transportation-related 

11 emissions; 

12 (v) optimized multimodal system per13 formance; 

14 (vi) improved access to all transpor15 tation alternatives; 

16 (vii) implemented technological inno17 vation to increase efficiency with regards 

18 to intermodal communication, energy con19 sumption, information and communications 

20 technology, and personal mobility; 

21 (viii) provided the public with access 

22 to real-time integrated traffic, transit, and 

23 multimodal transportation information to 

24 make informed travel decisions; 


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1 (ix) provided cost savings to transpor2 tation agencies, businesses, and the trav3 eling public; 

4 (x) provided other benefits to trans5 portation users and the general public; 

6 (xi) reduced barriers or improved ac7 cess to jobs, education, or various essential 

8 services; and 

9 (xii) utilized partnerships with the pri10 vate sector, such as creative strategic part11 nerships, which— 

12 (I) draw in stakeholders, includ13 ing the private sector, nonprofit orga14 nizations, foundations, philanthropic 

15 organizations, academia, and other 

16 public agencies, to advance SMART 

17 grant solutions; and 

18 (II) may include collaboration 

19 among transit agencies and other 

20 transportation providers to integrate 

21 multiple transportation services for in22 creased efficiency, reliability, and con23 venience in first and last mile travel; 

24 (B) the effectiveness of providing real-time 

25 integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal 


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1 transportation information to the public to 

2 make informed travel decisions; and 

3 (C) lessons learned and recommendations 

4 for future deployment strategies to optimize 

5 transportation efficiency and multimodal system 

6 performance. 

7 (b) GAO BIENNIAL REVIEWS.—Not later than 2 

8 years after the first SMART grant is awarded, and bienni9 ally thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 

10 States shall conduct a review of the SMART grant selec11 tion process and submit a report containing the results 

12 of such review to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

13 and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Envi14 ronment and Public Works of the Senate, the Committee 

15 on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on En16 ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, the 

17 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa18 tives, and the Committee on Transportation and Infra19 structure of the House of Representatives. 

20 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

21 after the date on which initial grants are awarded under 

22 section 4, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Com23 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

24 Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 

25 the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 


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1 Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

2 House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropria3 tions of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

4 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

5 Representatives that— 

6 (1) describes all of the grant recipients; 

7 (2) identifies the amount each grant recipient 

8 was awarded; 

9 (3) summarizes the intended uses for the 

10 grants; 

11 (4) describes the effectiveness of SMART grant 

12 recipients in meeting their projected deployment 

13 plan; 

14 (5) analyzes how the projects funded by such 

15 grants or by other Department of Transportation fi16 nancial assistance described in section 4(f) have— 

17 (A) affected the measurement and im18 provement of transportation system perform19 ance through the deployment of advanced tech20 nologies; 

21 (B) reduced traffic-related fatalities and 

22 injuries; 

23 (C) reduced traffic congestion, improved 

24 travel time reliability, and reduced costs; 


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1 (D) reduced transportation-related emis2 sions; 

3 (E) optimized multimodal system perform4 ance; 

5 (F) improved access to all transportation 

6 alternatives; 

7 (G) implemented technological innovation 

8 to increase efficiency with regards to intermodal 

9 communication, energy consumption, informa10 tion and communications technology, and per11 sonal mobility; 

12 (H) provided the public with access to real13 time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal 

14 transportation information to make informed 

15 travel decisions; 

16 (I) provided cost savings to transportation 

17 agencies, businesses, and the traveling public; 

18 (J) provided other benefits to transpor19 tation users and the general public; 

20 (K) reduced barriers or improved access to 

21 jobs, education, or various essential services; 

22 (L) utilized partnerships with the private 

23 sector, such as creative strategic partnerships, 

24 which— 


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1 (i) draw in stakeholders, including the 

2 private sector, nonprofit organizations, 

3 foundations, philanthropic organizations, 

4 academia, and other public agencies, to ad5 vance SMART grant solutions; and 

6 (ii) may include collaboration among 

7 transit agencies and other transportation 

8 providers to integrate multiple transpor9 tation services for increased efficiency, reli10 ability, and convenience in first and last 

11 mile travel; and 

12 (M) effectively provided real-time inte13 grated traffic, transit, and multimodal trans14 portation information to the public to make in15 formed travel decisions; and 

16 (6) describes lessons learned and recommenda17 tions for future deployment strategies to optimize 

18 transportation efficiency and multimodal system per19 formance. 

20 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro22 priated to the Department of Transportation 

23 $100,000,000 for each of the first 5 fiscal years beginning 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, of which— 


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1 (1) not more than 80 percent shall be used for 

2 SMART grants to large communities and mid-sized 

3 communities under paragraphs (1) and (2) of sec4 tion 4(a); 

5 (2) not more than 20 percent shall be used for 

6 SMART grants to rural communities or regional 

7 partnerships under section 4(a)(3); and 

8 (3) not more than 2 percent shall be used for 

9 administrative costs by the Office of the Secretary 

10 within the Department of Transportation. 

11 (b) LIMITATION.—A grant recipient may not use 

12 more than 2 percent of the grant award each fiscal year 

13 to carry out reporting specifications required under the 

14 administration of this program. 

15 (c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated for a fis16 cal year pursuant to this section shall be available for obli17 gation during the 2-year period beginning on the first day 

18 of the fiscal year for which such amounts were appro19 priated. 

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