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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2514 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to encourage and promote the safe 

and efficient management, operation, and development of surface transportation systems, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 14, 2021 

Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois (for himself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 

SHERRILL, and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to encourage and 

promote the safe and efficient management, operation, 

and development of surface transportation systems, 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. 

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

5 ‘‘Mobility Options, Resiliency, and Efficiency (MORE) 

6 through TDM Act’’. 

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

8 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title. 

TITLE I—ADOPTING THE NATIONAL PLANS TO SECTION 134 

Sec. 1001. Policy. 

Sec. 1002. Definitions. 

Sec. 1003. Requirements. 

Sec. 1004. Planning. 

TITLE II—ADOPTING THE STATE PLANS TO SECTION 135 

Sec. 2001. Requirements. 

Sec. 2002. Planning. 

Sec. 2003. Relationship to long-range plan. 

TITLE III—APPROPRIATIONS AND GRANT PROGRAMS 

Sec. 3001. Authorizations of appropriations. 

Sec. 3002. Grants. 

TITLE IV—NATIONAL AND STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON 

TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT 

Sec. 4001. National and State advisory committees on transportation demand 

management. 

1 TITLE I—ADOPTING THE NA2 TIONAL PLANS TO SECTION 

3 134 

4 SEC. 1001. POLICY. 

5 Section 134(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 

6 amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) to encourage and promote the safe and ef8 ficient management, operation, and development of 

9 surface transportation systems and support Trans10 portation demand management expectations and 

11 goals that will serve the mobility needs of the people 

12 and freight, foster economic growth and development 

13 within and between States and urbanized areas, and 

14 to take into consideration resiliency needs while 


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1 minimizing transportation related fuel consumption, 

2 congestion, and air pollution through metropolitan 

3 and Statewide transportation planning processes in 

4 this chapter; and’’. 

5 SEC. 1002. DEFINITIONS. 

6 Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 

7 amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(35) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGE9 MENT; TDM.—The terms ‘Transportation Demand 

10 Management’ and ‘TDM’ mean the use of strategies 

11 to inform and encourage travelers to maximize the 

12 efficiency of a transportation system leading to im13 proved mobility, reduced congestion, and lower vehi14 cle emissions. 

15 ‘‘(36) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGE16 MENT STRATEGIES.—The term ‘Transportation De17 mand Management Strategies’ means the use of 

18 planning, programs, policy, marketing, communica19 tions, incentives, pricing, data, and technology to 

20 shift travel mode, routes used, departure times, 

21 number of trips, and location and design of work 

22 spaces or public attractions.’’. 

23 SEC. 1003. REQUIREMENTS. 

24 Section 134(c) of title 23, United States Code, is 

25 amended— 


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

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The plans and TIPs for each 

4 metropolitan area shall provide for the development 

5 and integrated management, including transpor6 tation demand management, and operation of trans7 portation systems and facilities (including accessible 

8 pedestrian walkways, bicycle transportation facilities, 

9 and intermodal facilities that support intercity trans10 portation and reduce the need of single-occupancy 

11 vehicles and intercity bus facilities and commuter 

12 vanpool providers) that will function as an inter13 modal transportation system for the metropolitan 

14 planning area and as an integral part of an inter15 modal transportation system for the State and the 

16 United States.’’; and 

17 (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(3) PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT.—The process 

20 for developing the plans and TIPs shall provide for 

21 consideration of all modes of transportation and 

22 transportation demand management and shall be 

23 continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the 

24 degree appropriate, based on the complexity of the 

25 transportation problems to be addressed.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1004. PLANNING. 

2 Section 134(h) of title 23, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub6 paragraph (I); 

7 (B) by striking the period at the end of 

8 subparagraph (J) and inserting a semicolon; 

9 and 

10 (C) by adding at the end, the following: 

11 ‘‘(K) summarize the issues, problems, bar12 riers and existing policies and programs of 

13 transportation demand management; 

14 ‘‘(L) incentivize equitable and lower-cost 

15 options for transportation systems, including 

16 transportation demand management; 

17 ‘‘(M) identify strategies which provide 

18 multimodal choices to single-occupancy vehicle 

19 travel on the road; and 

20 ‘‘(N) mitigate congestion-related issues 

21 and identify alternative transportation routes 

22 and options during times of severe weather 

23 storms and other natural disasters declared 

24 local, State, and Federal state of emergencies.’’; 

25 and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 

2 clause (ii) the following: 

3 ‘‘(iii) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND

4 MANAGEMENT TARGETS.—Each Metropoli5 tan planning organization that is consid6 ered to be in nonattainment or mainte7 nance areas for at least one National Am8 bient Air Quality Standard as defined 

9 under the Clean Air Act shall establish de10 mand management targets that address 

11 the objectives, issues, and goals of trans12 portation demand management described 

13 in subsection (b), where applicable, to use 

14 in tracking progress toward attainment of 

15 such critical outcomes for the region of the 

16 metropolitan planning organization.’’. 

17 TITLE II—ADOPTING THE STATE 

18 PLANS TO SECTION 135 

19 SEC. 2001. REQUIREMENTS. 

20 Section 135(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is 

21 amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The statewide transportation 

23 plan and the transportation improvement program 

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1 opment, and integrated management and operation 

2 of transportation systems and facilities (including 

3 accessible pedestrian walkways, bicycle transpor4 tation facilities, and intermodal facilities that sup5 port intercity transportation, including intercity 

6 buses and intercity bus facilities and commuter van 

7 pool providers) that will function as an intermodal 

8 transportation system and reduce the need of single 

9 occupancy vehicles for the State and an integral part 

10 of an intermodal transportation system for the 

11 United States.’’. 

12 SEC. 2002. PLANNING. 

13 Section 135(d)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara16 graph (I); 

17 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub18 paragraph (J) and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

20 ‘‘(K) resolve issues, problems, and barriers 

21 of transportation demand management; 

22 ‘‘(L) guide transportation investment deci23 sions including transportation demand manage24 ment policies, strategies, and performance 

25 measures of the State; 


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1 ‘‘(M) enhance private-sector and disadvan2 taged community involvement in providing 

3 multimodal and multioccupancy transportation 

4 programs and services that promote environ5 mental, safety, and equity goals and increase 

6 economic activity; and 

7 ‘‘(N) improve operations and facilities with 

8 mobility issues within the State, and a descrip9 tion of the strategies the State is employing to 

10 address them, considering the objectives of 

11 transportation demand management.’’. 

12 SEC. 2003. RELATIONSHIP TO LONG-RANGE PLAN. 

13 Section 135(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 

14 amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Each State shall develop 

16 a long-range Statewide transportation plan, with a 

17 minimum 20-year forecast period for all areas of the 

18 State, that provides for the development and imple19 mentation of the intermodal transportation system 

20 and supports the objectives of transportation de21 mand management of the State.’’. 


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1 TITLE III—APPROPRIATIONS 

2 AND GRANT PROGRAMS 

3 SEC. 3001. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 (a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 170 the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘§ 171. Transportation Demand Management imple8 mentation program 

9 ‘‘The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a 

10 program to encourage and assist the development and 

11 funding of Transportation Demand Management related 

12 projects in accordance with this section and to further di13 rect Federal resources, as authorized in this section, to14 wards implementation of Transportation Demand Man15 agement objectives described in section 134(b).’’. 

16 (b) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are author17 ized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund 

18 (other than the Mass Transit Account): $250,000,000 for 

19 each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to carry out sec20 tion 171 of title 23, United States Code. 

21 (c) DIVISION OF FUNDS AMONG STATES.—The Sec22 retary shall distribute the funds authorized in subsection 

23 (b) to the 50 States and the District of Columbia in ac24 cordance with the formula described in subsection (d). 


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1 (d) CALCULATION OF STATE AMOUNTS.—For each 

2 of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, funds shall be distrib3 uted to each State and the District of Columbia in a for4 mula that mirrors the allocation/apportionment percent5 age each State or the District of Columbia receives under 

6 section 104(c) of title 23, United States Code. 

7 (e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—States shall distribute funds 

9 authorized under the TDM Implementation Program 

10 in the form of competitive grants to eligible entities 

11 to support the implementation of projects and pro12 grams identified within a State adopted Transpor13 tation Demand Management plan to support the 

14 movement of people and result in reduced conges15 tion, environmental benefits, improved equity within 

16 transportation systems, and support economic activ17 ity. 

18 (2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Funds apportioned 

19 to the State under this section for the TDM Imple20 mentation program may be obligated to carry out 

21 one or more of the following: 

22 (A) Technologies designed to inform and 

23 promote the use of non-single occupancy vehi24 cles. 


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1 (B) Technologies designed to inform and 

2 promote alternative trip mode options that im3 prove and assist the movement of all people. 

4 (C) Marketing and promotional efforts to 

5 promote mode choice and reduce the environ6 mental impacts of commuter movement. 

7 (D) Real-time traffic and multimodal 

8 transportation information systems that aim to 

9 influence travel mode decisions and behavior. 

10 (E) Work zone management and informa11 tion systems that aim to shift travel modes dur12 ing construction. 

13 (F) Support the development of plans that 

14 enhance disaster preparedness and mitigate 

15 congestion along major travel routes during 

16 times of emergency, natural disasters, and con17 struction that impacts existing road capacity. 

18 (G) Any other multimodal surface trans19 portation project to improve the equitable flow 

20 of all people and goods within the existing na21 tional highway infrastructure network. 

22 (3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—States are authorized 

23 to award competitive grant funds, as identified in 

24 this section, to the following organizations or enti25 ties: 


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1 (A) Transportation Demand Management 

2 product and service providers, and related 

3 Transportation Demand Management associa4 tions. 

5 (B) Transportation Management Associa6 tions and Transportation Management Organi7 zations. 

8 (C) Metropolitan Organizations. 

9 (D) Regional Planning Organizations. 

10 (E) Public transportation Agencies. 

11 (F) Local governments. 

12 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

13 terms ‘‘Transportation Management Associations’’ or 

14 ‘‘TMAs’’ and ‘‘Transportation Management Organiza15 tions’’ or ‘‘(TMOs)’’ mean associations, organizations, or 

16 cooperatives that provide transportation services and edu17 cation to businesses, property owners, residents, and em18 ployees in a defined geographic area, combining their ef19 forts to expand transportation options and reduce pro20 gram costs. TMAs and TMOs are not-for-profit collabora21 tions of private and public sector entities working together 

22 toward common goals, such as congestion mitigation, 

23 transportation services, and pollution reduction. 

24 (g) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec25 tions for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is 


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1 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

2 170 the following: 

‘‘171. Transportation Demand Management implementation program.’’. 

3 SEC. 3002. GRANTS. 

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall make 

5 grants under this section to eligible nonprofit institutions 

6 of higher education to establish and operate a university 

7 transportation center for research and development re8 lated to Transportation Demand Management and Trans9 portation Demand Management Strategies. 

10 (b) AUTHORIZED FUNDS.—The Secretary may dis11 tribute $3,000,000 for the creation of a University Trans12 portation Center dedicated towards the advancement of 

13 transportation demand management, the understanding of 

14 behavior in mobility decisions, and the development of mo15 bility as a service applications. 

16 (c) ELIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS.—The funds author17 ized in this section shall be used for the establishment of 

18 university transportation dedicated towards the research 

19 and development of transportation demand management 

20 and transportation demand management strategies. 

21 Funds may be used for the research of TDM related top22 ics, as defined under section 1002. 

23 (d) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—To receive a grant 

24 under this section, applicants must be in accordance with 

25 requirements outlined in title 49, United States Code. 


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1 (e) COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS.—To receive 

2 a grant under this section— 

3 (1) a consortium of nonprofit institutions of 

4 higher education shall submit to the Secretary an 

5 application that is in such form and contains such 

6 information as the Secretary may require; and 

7 (2) the awardee must follow and be in accord8 ance with the process as described in section 

9 5505(b) of title 49, United States Code. 

10 TITLE IV—NATIONAL AND STATE 

11 ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON 

12 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND 

13 MANAGEMENT 

14 SEC. 4001. NATIONAL AND STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES 

15 ON TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGE16 MENT. 

17 (a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 

18 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 171 the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘§ 172. National and State advisory committees on 

21 transportation demand management 

22 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL ADVISORY COM23 MITTEE OF TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT.— 

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1 tional Advisory Committee for Transportation De2 mand Management in accordance with this section 

3 to strategically direct Federal resources and policies 

4 toward implementation of Transportation Demand 

5 Management objectives described in section 134(b). 

6 ‘‘(2) COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.—The National 

7 Advisory Committee of Transportation Demand 

8 Management shall include no fewer than 11 rep9 resentatives with at least one Transportation De10 mand Management––Certified Professional and the 

11 others chosen from— 

12 ‘‘(A) the transportation industry, product 

13 and service providers, and related Transpor14 tation Demand Management associations; 

15 ‘‘(B) large corporations, large nonprofits, 

16 and universities who need to move large num17 bers of students and employees; 

18 ‘‘(C) organizations representing com19 muters; 

20 ‘‘(D) State Transportation Demand Man21 agement workforce; 

22 ‘‘(E) State departments of transportation; 

23 ‘‘(F) public transportation entities; 

24 ‘‘(G) regional and metropolitan planning 

25 organizations; and 


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1 ‘‘(H) local governments. 

2 ‘‘(3) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT

3 CONDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE REPORTS.—Not 

4 later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 

5 this section, and every 5 years thereafter, the Ad6 ministrator shall prepare and submit to Congress a 

7 report that describes the conditions and performance 

8 of the National Transportation Demand Manage9 ment Program in the United States. 

10 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE ADVISORY COMMIT11 TEES ON TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall develop 

13 advisory committees focused on the development and 

14 furthering of the principles of transportation de15 mand management within their respective jurisdic16 tion. 

17 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The State Transportation De18 mand Management Advisory Committees shall Serve 

19 as a body of transportation demand management ex20 perts from within a State that will draft and ap21 prove State Transportation Demand management 

22 plans. 

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1 ways Administration before a State is eligible to re2 ceive funds authorized under section 104(b). 

3 ‘‘(4) ROLE.—The State Transportation De4 mand Management Advisory Committees shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) advise the State on transportation de6 mand management-related priorities, issues, 

7 projects, and funding needs; 

8 ‘‘(B) serve as a forum for discussion for 

9 State transportation decisions affecting the 

10 movement of people; 

11 ‘‘(C) communicate and coordinate regional 

12 priorities with other organizations; 

13 ‘‘(D) promote the sharing of information 

14 between the private and public sectors on effi15 ciency of transportation infrastructure systems 

16 and transportation demand management best 

17 practices; 

18 ‘‘(E) facilitate coordination and collabora19 tion between public and private organizations; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(F) participate in the development of the 

22 transportation demand management plan of the 

23 State and region. 

24 ‘‘(5) MEMBERSHIP.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State Transpor2 tation Demand Management Advisory Com3 mittee shall consist of representatives from a 

4 cross-section of public and private sector trans5 portation stakeholders. 

6 ‘‘(B) REPRESENTATIVES.—A State Advi7 sory Committee shall consist of not fewer than 

8 11 eligible representatives. 

9 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE APPOINTEES.—Eligible 

10 State Advisory Committee appointees includes 

11 representatives from— 

12 ‘‘(i) transportation product and serv13 ice providers; 

14 ‘‘(ii) large nonprofits and universities 

15 who need to move large numbers of stu16 dents and employees; 

17 ‘‘(iii) large corporations with large 

18 numbers of employees; 

19 ‘‘(iv) transportation demand manage20 ment-related associations; 

21 ‘‘(v) organizations representing com22 muters; 

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1 ‘‘(vii) the transportation department 

2 of the State; 

3 ‘‘(viii) public transportation entities; 

4 ‘‘(ix) association representing com5 muters; and 

6 ‘‘(x) local governments. 

7 ‘‘(6) APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY COM8 MITTEE.—The head of the department of transpor9 tation for a State shall have the power to appoint 

10 the members of the applicable State Transportation 

11 Demand Management Advisory Committee.’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec13 tions for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is fur14 ther amended by inserting after the item relating to sec15 tion 171 the following: 

‘‘172. National and State advisory committees on transportation demand management.’’. 

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