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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3067 

To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to provide for new and 

emerging technologies in transportation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 26, 2021 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to provide 

for new and emerging technologies in transportation, 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 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New, Emerging, and 

5 Exciting Technologies in Transportation Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘NEXT in Transportation Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

10 means the Department of Transportation. 


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1 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Transportation. 

3 SEC. 3. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PRO4 GRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

5 Section 515(h) of title 23, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(referred to 

8 in this subsection as the ‘Advisory Committee’)’’ 

9 after ‘‘an Advisory Committee’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

12 (A), by striking ‘‘20 members’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘25 members’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (L)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘utilities,’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

17 and inserting a semicolon; 

18 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 

19 through (L) as subparagraphs (G), (I), (J), 

20 (K), (L), (M), (Q), and (R), respectively; 

21 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(E) a representative of a national transit 

24 association; 


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1 ‘‘(F) a representative of a national, State, 

2 or local transportation agency or association;’’; 

3 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (G) 

4 (as so redesignated) the following: 

5 ‘‘(H) a private sector developer of intel6 ligent transportation system technologies, which 

7 may include emerging vehicle technologies;’’; 

8 (F) by inserting after subparagraph (M) 

9 (as so redesignated) the following: 

10 ‘‘(N) a representative of a labor organiza11 tion; 

12 ‘‘(O) a representative of a mobility-pro13 viding entity; 

14 ‘‘(P) an expert in traffic management;’’; 

15 and 

16 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(S) an expert in cybersecurity; and 

18 ‘‘(T) an automobile manufacturer.’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec21 tion 508’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6503 of title 

22 49’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 


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1 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

2 by inserting ‘‘programs and’’ before ‘‘re3 search’’; and 

4 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘re5 search and’’ and inserting ‘‘programs, re6 search, and’’; 

7 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 

8 (5) as paragraphs (5) through (7); and 

9 (5) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(3) TERM.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term of a mem13 ber of the Advisory Committee shall be 3 years. 

14 ‘‘(B) RENEWAL.—On expiration of the 

15 term of a member of the Advisory Committee, 

16 the member— 

17 ‘‘(i) may be reappointed; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) if the member is not reappointed 

19 under clause (i), may serve until a new 

20 member is appointed. 

21 ‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Committee— 

22 ‘‘(A) shall convene not less frequently than 

23 twice each year; and 

24 ‘‘(B) may convene with the use of remote 

25 video conference technology.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. SMART COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER. 

2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

3 (1) RESOURCE CENTER.—The term ‘‘resource 

4 center’’ means the Smart Community Resource Cen5 ter established under subsection (b). 

6 (2) SMART COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘smart 

7 community’’ means a community that uses innova8 tive technologies, data, analytics, and other means to 

9 improve the community and address local challenges. 

10 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall work 

11 with the modal administrations of the Department and 

12 with such other Federal agencies and departments as the 

13 Secretary determines to be appropriate to make available 

14 to the public on an Internet website a resource center, to 

15 be known as the ‘‘Smart Community Resource Center’’, 

16 that includes a compilation of resources or links to re17 sources for States and local communities to use in devel18 oping and implementing— 

19 (1) intelligent transportation system programs; 

20 or 

21 (2) smart community transportation programs. 

22 (c) INCLUSIONS.—The resource center shall include 

23 links to— 

24 (1) existing programs and resources for intel25 ligent transportation system or smart community 

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1 ance, education, training, funding, and examples of 

2 intelligent transportation systems or smart commu3 nity transportation programs implemented by States 

4 and local communities, available from— 

5 (A) the Department; 

6 (B) other Federal agencies; and 

7 (C) non-Federal sources; 

8 (2) existing reports or databases with the re9 sults of intelligent transportation system or smart 

10 community transportation programs; 

11 (3) any best practices developed or lessons 

12 learned from intelligent transportation system or 

13 smart community transportation programs; and 

14 (4) such other resources as the Secretary deter15 mines to be appropriate. 

16 (d) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall establish the re17 source center by the date that is 1 year after the date 

18 of enactment of this Act. 

19 (e) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 

20 resource center is updated on a regular basis. 

21 SEC. 5. STRENGTHENING MOBILITY AND REVOLUTION22 IZING TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM. 

23 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti25 ty’’ means— 


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1 (A) a State; 

2 (B) a political subdivision of a State; 

3 (C) a Tribal government; 

4 (D) a public transit agency or authority; 

5 (E) a public toll authority; 

6 (F) a metropolitan planning organization; 

7 and 

8 (G) a group of 2 or more eligible entities 

9 described in any of subparagraphs (A) through 

10 (F) applying through a single lead applicant. 

11 (2) ELIGIBLE PROJECT.—The term ‘‘eligible 

12 project’’ means a project described in subsection (e). 

13 (3) LARGE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘large com14 munity’’ means a community with a population of 

15 not less than 400,000 individuals, as determined 

16 under the most recent annual estimate of the Bu17 reau of the Census. 

18 (4) MIDSIZED COMMUNITY.—The term 

19 ‘‘midsized community’’ means any community that 

20 is not a large community or a rural community. 

21 (5) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘re22 gional partnership’’ means a partnership composed 

23 of 2 or more eligible entities located in jurisdictions 

24 with a combined population that is equal to or great25 er than the population of any midsized community. 


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1 (6) RURAL COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘rural 

2 community’’ means a community that is located in 

3 an area that is outside of an urbanized area (as de4 fined in section 5302 of title 49, United States 

5 Code). 

6 (7) SMART GRANT.—The term ‘‘SMART 

7 grant’’ means a grant provided to an eligible entity 

8 under the Strengthening Mobility and Revolution9 izing Transportation Grant Program established 

10 under subsection (b). 

11 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

12 shall establish a program, to be known as the ‘‘Strength13 ening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grant 

14 Program’’, under which the Secretary shall provide grants 

15 to eligible entities to conduct demonstration projects fo16 cused on advanced smart city or community technologies 

17 and systems in a variety of communities to improve trans18 portation efficiency and safety. 

19 (c) DISTRIBUTION.—In determining the projects for 

20 which to provide a SMART grant, the Secretary shall con21 sider contributions to geographical diversity among grant 

22 recipients, including the need for balancing the needs of 

23 rural communities, midsized communities, and large com24 munities, consistent with the requirements of subpara25 graphs (A) through (C) of subsection (g)(1). 


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1 (d) APPLICATIONS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may sub3 mit to the Secretary an application for a SMART 

4 grant at such time, in such manner, and containing 

5 such information as the Secretary may require. 

6 (2) TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary shall in7 clude, in any notice of funding availability relating 

8 to SMART grants, a full description of the method 

9 by which applications under paragraph (1) will be 

10 evaluated. 

11 (3) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

13 evaluate applications for SMART grants based 

14 on— 

15 (i) the extent to which the eligible en16 tity or applicable beneficiary community— 

17 (I) has a public transportation 

18 system or other transit options capa19 ble of integration with other systems 

20 to improve mobility and efficiency; 

21 (II) has a population density and 

22 transportation needs conducive to 

23 demonstrating proposed strategies; 


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1 (III) has continuity of committed 

2 leadership and the functional capacity 

3 to carry out the proposed project; 

4 (IV) is committed to open data 

5 sharing with the public; and 

6 (V) is likely to successfully imple7 ment the proposed eligible project, in8 cluding through technical and finan9 cial commitments from the public and 

10 private sectors; and 

11 (ii) the extent to which a proposed eli12 gible project will use advanced data, tech13 nology, and applications to provide signifi14 cant benefits to a local area, a State, a re15 gion, or the United States, including the 

16 extent to which the proposed eligible 

17 project will— 

18 (I) reduce congestion and delays 

19 for commerce and the traveling public; 

20 (II) improve the safety and inte21 gration of transportation facilities and 

22 systems for pedestrians, bicyclists, 

23 and the broader traveling public; 


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1 (III) improve access to jobs, edu2 cation, and essential services, includ3 ing health care; 

4 (IV) connect or expand access for 

5 underserved or disadvantaged popu6 lations and reduce transportation 

7 costs; 

8 (V) contribute to medium- and 

9 long-term economic competitiveness; 

10 (VI) improve the reliability of ex11 isting transportation facilities and sys12 tems; 

13 (VII) promote connectivity be14 tween and among connected vehicles, 

15 roadway infrastructure, pedestrians, 

16 bicyclists, the public, and transpor17 tation systems; 

18 (VIII) incentivize private sector 

19 investments or partnerships, including 

20 by working with mobile and fixed tele21 communication service providers, to 

22 the extent practicable; 

23 (IX) improve energy efficiency or 

24 reduce pollution; 


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1 (X) increase the resiliency of the 

2 transportation system; and 

3 (XI) improve emergency re4 sponse. 

5 (B) PRIORITY.—In providing SMART 

6 grants, the Secretary shall give priority to ap7 plications for eligible projects that would— 

8 (i) demonstrate smart city or commu9 nity technologies in repeatable ways that 

10 can rapidly be scaled; 

11 (ii) encourage public and private shar12 ing of data and best practices; 

13 (iii) encourage private-sector innova14 tion by promoting industry-driven tech15 nology standards, open platforms, tech16 nology-neutral requirements, and inter17 operability; 

18 (iv) promote a skilled workforce that 

19 is inclusive of minority or disadvantaged 

20 groups; 

21 (v) allow for the measurement and 

22 validation of the cost savings and perform23 ance improvements associated with the in24 stallation and use of smart city or commu25 nity technologies and practices; 


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1 (vi) encourage the adoption of smart 

2 city or community technologies by commu3 nities; 

4 (vii) promote industry practices re5 garding cybersecurity; and 

6 (viii) safeguard individual privacy. 

7 (4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—On request of an 

8 eligible entity that submitted an application under 

9 paragraph (1) with respect to a project that is not 

10 selected for a SMART grant, the Secretary shall 

11 provide to the eligible entity technical assistance and 

12 briefings relating to the project. 

13 (e) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

14 (1) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—A SMART grant may 

16 be used to carry out a project that dem17 onstrates at least 1 of the following: 

18 (i) COORDINATED AUTOMATION.—The 

19 use of automated transportation and au20 tonomous vehicles, while working to mini21 mize the impact on the accessibility of any 

22 other user group or mode of travel. 

23 (ii) CONNECTED VEHICLES.—Vehicles 

24 that send and receive information regard25 ing vehicle movements in the network and 


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1 use vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-every2 thing communications to provide advanced 

3 and reliable connectivity. 

4 (iii) INTELLIGENT, SENSOR-BASED IN5 FRASTRUCTURE.—The deployment and use 

6 of a collective intelligent infrastructure 

7 that allows sensors to collect and report 

8 real-time data to inform everyday trans9 portation-related operations and perform10 ance. 

11 (iv) SYSTEMS INTEGRATION.—The in12 tegration of intelligent transportation sys13 tems with other existing systems and other 

14 advanced transportation technologies. 

15 (v) COMMERCE DELIVERY AND LOGIS16 TICS.—Innovative data and technological 

17 solutions supporting efficient goods move18 ment, such as connected vehicle probe 

19 data, road weather data, or global posi20 tioning data to improve on-time pickup 

21 and delivery, improved travel time reli22 ability, reduced fuel consumption and 

23 emissions, and reduced labor and vehicle 

24 maintenance costs. 


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1 (vi) LEVERAGING USE OF INNOVATIVE

2 AVIATION TECHNOLOGY.—Leveraging the 

3 use of innovative aviation technologies, 

4 such as unmanned aircraft systems, to 

5 support transportation safety and effi6 ciencies, including traffic monitoring and 

7 infrastructure inspection. 

8 (vii) SMART GRID.—Development of a 

9 programmable and efficient energy trans10 mission and distribution system to support 

11 the adoption or expansion of energy cap12 ture, electric vehicle deployment, or freight 

13 or commercial fleet fuel efficiency. 

14 (viii) SMART TECHNOLOGY TRAFFIC

15 SIGNALS.—Improving the active manage16 ment and functioning of traffic signals, in17 cluding through— 

18 (I) the use of automated traffic 

19 signal performance measures; 

20 (II) implementing strategies, ac21 tivities, and projects that support ac22 tive management of traffic signal op23 erations, including through optimiza24 tion of corridor timing, improved vehi25 cle, pedestrian, and bicycle detection 


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1 at traffic signals, or the use of con2 nected vehicle technologies; 

3 (III) replacing outdated traffic 

4 signals; or 

5 (IV) for an eligible entity serving 

6 a population of less than 500,000, 

7 paying the costs of temporary staffing 

8 hours dedicated to updating traffic 

9 signal technology. 

10 (2) ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS.—A SMART 

11 grant may be used for— 

12 (A) development phase activities, includ13 ing— 

14 (i) planning; 

15 (ii) feasibility analyses; 

16 (iii) revenue forecasting; 

17 (iv) environmental review; 

18 (v) permitting; 

19 (vi) preliminary engineering and de20 sign work; 

21 (vii) systems development or informa22 tion technology work; and 

23 (viii) acquisition of real property (in24 cluding land and improvements to land re25 lating to an eligible project); and 


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1 (B) construction phase activities, includ2 ing— 

3 (i) construction; 

4 (ii) reconstruction; 

5 (iii) rehabilitation; 

6 (iv) replacement; 

7 (v) environmental mitigation; 

8 (vi) construction contingencies; and 

9 (vii) acquisition of equipment, includ10 ing vehicles. 

11 (3) PROHIBITED USES.—A SMART grant shall 

12 not be used— 

13 (A) to reimburse any preaward costs or ap14 plication preparation costs of the SMART grant 

15 application; 

16 (B) for any traffic or parking enforcement 

17 activity; or 

18 (C) to purchase or lease a license plate 

19 reader. 

20 (f) REPORTS.— 

21 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Not later than 2 

22 years after the date on which an eligible entity re23 ceives a SMART grant, and annually thereafter until 

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1 the eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an 

2 implementation report that describes— 

3 (A) the deployment and operational costs 

4 of each eligible project carried out by the eligi5 ble entity, as compared to the benefits and sav6 ings from the eligible project; and 

7 (B) the means by which each eligible 

8 project carried out by the eligible entity has 

9 met the original expectation, as projected in the 

10 SMART grant application, including— 

11 (i) data describing the means by 

12 which the eligible project met the specific 

13 goals for the project, such as— 

14 (I) reducing traffic-related fatali15 ties and injuries; 

16 (II) reducing traffic congestion 

17 or improving travel-time reliability; 

18 (III) providing the public with 

19 access to real-time integrated traffic, 

20 transit, and multimodal transpor21 tation information to make informed 

22 travel decisions; or 

23 (IV) reducing barriers or improv24 ing access to jobs, education, or var25 ious essential services; 


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1 (ii) the effectiveness of providing to 

2 the public real-time integrated traffic, 

3 transit, and multimodal transportation in4 formation to make informed travel deci5 sions; and 

6 (iii) lessons learned and recommenda7 tions for future deployment strategies to 

8 optimize transportation efficiency and 

9 multimodal system performance. 

10 (2) GAO.—Not later than 4 years after the 

11 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen12 eral of the United States shall conduct, and submit 

13 to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans14 portation of the Senate, the Committee on Energy 

15 and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and 

16 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

17 of the House of Representatives a report describing 

18 the results of, a review of the SMART grant pro19 gram under this section. 

20 (3) SECRETARY.— 

21 (A) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

22 than 2 years after the date on which the initial 

23 SMART grants are provided under this section, 

24 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

25 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 


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1 Senate, the Committee on Energy and Com2 merce of the House of Representatives, and the 

3 Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc4 ture of the House of Representatives a report 

5 that— 

6 (i) describes each eligible entity that 

7 received a SMART grant; 

8 (ii) identifies the amount of each 

9 SMART grant provided; 

10 (iii) summarizes the intended uses of 

11 each SMART grant; 

12 (iv) describes the effectiveness of eligi13 ble entities in meeting the goals described 

14 in the SMART grant application of the eli15 gible entity, including an assessment or 

16 measurement of the realized improvements 

17 or benefits resulting from each SMART 

18 grant; and 

19 (v) describes lessons learned and rec20 ommendations for future deployment strat21 egies to optimize transportation efficiency 

22 and multimodal system performance. 

23 (B) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary 

24 shall— 


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1 (i) develop and regularly update best 

2 practices based on, among other informa3 tion, the data, lessons learned, and feed4 back from eligible entities that received 

5 SMART grants; 

6 (ii) publish the best practices under 

7 clause (i) on a publicly available website; 

8 and 

9 (iii) update the best practices pub10 lished on the website under clause (ii) reg11 ularly. 

12 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

14 appropriated to the Secretary $100,000,000 for each 

15 of the first 5 fiscal years beginning after the date of 

16 enactment of this Act, of which— 

17 (A) not more than 40 percent shall be used 

18 to provide SMART grants for eligible projects 

19 that primarily benefit large communities; 

20 (B) not more than 30 percent shall be pro21 vided for eligible projects that primarily benefit 

22 midsized communities; and 

23 (C) not more than 30 percent shall be used 

24 to provide SMART grants for eligible projects 


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1 that primarily benefit rural communities or re2 gional partnerships. 

3 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the amounts 

4 made available under paragraph (1) for each fiscal 

5 year, not more than 2 percent shall be used for ad6 ministrative costs of the Secretary in carrying out 

7 this section. 

8 (3) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity may not 

9 use more than 3 percent of the amount of a SMART 

10 grant for each fiscal year to achieve compliance with 

11 applicable planning and reporting requirements. 

12 (4) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made avail13 able for a fiscal year pursuant to this subsection 

14 shall be available for obligation during the 2-fiscal15 year period beginning on the first day of the fiscal 

16 year for which the amounts were appropriated. 

17 SEC. 6. ELECTRIC VEHICLE WORKING GROUP. 

18 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 

20 means— 

21 (A) the Secretary; and 

22 (B) the Secretary of Energy. 

23 (2) WORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘working 

24 group’’ means the electric vehicle working group es25 tablished under subsection (b)(1). 


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1 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

3 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries 

4 shall jointly establish an electric vehicle working 

5 group to make recommendations regarding the de6 velopment, adoption, and integration of light-, me7 dium-, and heavy-duty electric vehicles into the 

8 transportation and energy systems of the United 

9 States. 

10 (2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The working group 

12 shall be composed of— 

13 (i) the Secretaries (or designees), who 

14 shall be co-chairs of the working group; 

15 and 

16 (ii) not more than 25 members, to be 

17 appointed by the Secretaries, of whom— 

18 (I) not more than 6 shall be Fed19 eral stakeholders as described in sub20 paragraph (B); and 

21 (II) not more than 19 shall be 

22 non-Federal stakeholders as described 

23 in subparagraph (C). 

24 (B) FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS.—The 

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1 (i) shall include not fewer than 1 rep2 resentative of each of— 

3 (I) the Department; 

4 (II) the Department of Energy; 

5 (III) the Environmental Protec6 tion Agency; 

7 (IV) the Council on Environ8 mental Quality; and 

9 (V) the General Services Admin10 istration; and 

11 (ii) may include a representative of 

12 any other Federal agency the Secretaries 

13 consider to be appropriate. 

14 (C) NON-FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS.— 

15 (i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

16 (ii), the working group— 

17 (I) shall include not fewer than 1 

18 representative of each of— 

19 (aa) a manufacturer of 

20 light-duty electric vehicles or the 

21 relevant components of light-duty 

22 electric vehicles; 

23 (bb) a manufacturer of 

24 medium- and heavy-duty vehicles 

25 or the relevant components of 


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1 medium- and heavy-duty electric 

2 vehicles; 

3 (cc) a manufacturer of elec4 tric vehicle batteries; 

5 (dd) an owner, operator, or 

6 manufacturer of electric vehicle 

7 charging equipment; 

8 (ee) the public utility indus9 try; 

10 (ff) a public utility regulator 

11 or association of public utility 

12 regulators; 

13 (gg) the transportation fuel14 ing distribution industry; 

15 (hh) the energy provider in16 dustry; 

17 (ii) the automotive dealing 

18 industry; 

19 (jj) the for-hire passenger 

20 transportation industry; 

21 (kk) an organization rep22 resenting units of local govern23 ment; 


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1 (ll) an organization rep2 resenting regional transportation 

3 or planning agencies; 

4 (mm) an organization rep5 resenting State departments of 

6 transportation; 

7 (nn) an organization rep8 resenting State departments of 

9 energy or State energy planners; 

10 (oo) the intelligent transpor11 tation systems and technologies 

12 industry; 

13 (pp) labor organizations rep14 resenting workers in transpor15 tation manufacturing, construc16 tion, or operations; 

17 (qq) the trucking industry; 

18 (rr) Tribal governments; and 

19 (ss) the property develop20 ment industry; and 

21 (II) may include a representative 

22 of any other non-Federal stakeholder 

23 that the Secretaries consider to be ap24 propriate. 


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1 (ii) REQUIREMENT.—The stake2 holders selected under clause (i) shall, in 

3 the aggregate— 

4 (I) consist of individuals with a 

5 balance of backgrounds, experiences, 

6 and viewpoints; and 

7 (II) include individuals that rep8 resent geographically diverse regions 

9 of the United States, including indi10 viduals representing the perspectives 

11 of rural, urban, and suburban areas. 

12 (D) COMPENSATION.—A member of the 

13 working group shall serve without compensa14 tion. 

15 (3) MEETINGS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The working group 

17 shall meet not less frequently than once every 

18 120 days. 

19 (B) REMOTE PARTICIPATION.—A member 

20 of the working group may participate in a meet21 ing of the working group via teleconference or 

22 similar means. 

23 (4) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the duties 

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1 agency working groups on fleet conversion or other 

2 similar matters relating to electric vehicles. 

3 (c) REPORTS AND STRATEGY ON ELECTRIC VEHICLE

4 ADOPTION.— 

5 (1) WORKING GROUP REPORTS.—The working 

6 group shall complete by each of the deadlines de7 scribed in paragraph (2) a report describing the sta8 tus of electric vehicle adoption including— 

9 (A) a description of the barriers and op10 portunities to scaling up electric vehicle adop11 tion throughout the United States, including 

12 recommendations for issues relating to— 

13 (i) consumer behavior; 

14 (ii) charging infrastructure needs, in15 cluding standardization and cybersecurity; 

16 (iii) manufacturing and battery costs, 

17 including the raw material shortages for 

18 batteries and electric motor magnets; 

19 (iv) the adoption of electric vehicles 

20 for low- and moderate-income individuals 

21 and underserved communities, including 

22 charging infrastructure access and vehicle 

23 purchase financing; 


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1 (v) business models for charging per2 sonal electric vehicles outside the home, in3 cluding wired and wireless charging; 

4 (vi) charging infrastructure permit5 ting and regulatory issues; 

6 (vii) the connections between housing 

7 and transportation costs and emissions; 

8 (viii) freight transportation, including 

9 local, port and drayage, regional, and long10 haul trucking; 

11 (ix) intercity passenger travel; 

12 (x) the process by which governments 

13 collect a user fee for the contribution of 

14 electric vehicles to funding roadway im15 provements; 

16 (xi) State- and local-level policies, in17 centives, and zoning efforts; 

18 (xii) the installation of highway cor19 ridor signage; 

20 (xiii) secondary markets and recycling 

21 for batteries; 

22 (xiv) grid capacity and integration; 

23 (xv) energy storage; and 

24 (xvi) specific regional or local issues 

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1 the United States, but may hamper nation2 wide adoption or coordination of electric 

3 vehicles; 

4 (B) examples of successful public and pri5 vate models and demonstration projects that 

6 encourage electric vehicle adoption; 

7 (C) an analysis of current efforts to over8 come the barriers described in subparagraph 

9 (A); 

10 (D) an analysis of the estimated costs and 

11 benefits of any recommendations of the working 

12 group; and 

13 (E) any other topics, as determined by the 

14 working group. 

15 (2) DEADLINES.—A report under paragraph 

16 (1) shall be submitted to the Secretaries, the Com17 mittees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

18 and Appropriations of the Senate and the Commit19 tees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ap20 propriations of the House of Representatives— 

21 (A) in the case of the first report, by not 

22 later than 18 months after the date on which 

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1 (B) in the case of the second report, by not 

2 later than 2 years after the date on which the 

3 first report is required to be submitted under 

4 subparagraph (A); and 

5 (C) in the case of the third report, by not 

6 later than 2 years after the date on which the 

7 second report is required to be submitted under 

8 subparagraph (B). 

9 (3) STRATEGY.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Based on the reports 

11 submitted by the working group under para12 graph (1), the Secretaries shall jointly develop, 

13 maintain, and update a strategy that describes 

14 the means by which the Federal Government, 

15 States, units of local government, and industry 

16 can— 

17 (i) establish quantitative targets for 

18 transportation electrification; 

19 (ii) overcome the barriers described in 

20 paragraph (1)(A); 

21 (iii) identify areas of opportunity in 

22 research and development to improve bat23 tery manufacturing, mineral mining, recy24 cling costs, material recovery, fire risks, 


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1 and battery performance for electric vehi2 cles; 

3 (iv) enhance Federal interagency co4 ordination to promote electric vehicle adop5 tion; 

6 (v) prepare the workforce for the 

7 adoption of electric vehicles, including 

8 through collaboration with labor unions, 

9 educational institutions, and relevant man10 ufacturers; 

11 (vi) expand electric vehicle and charg12 ing infrastructure; 

13 (vii) expand knowledge of the benefits 

14 of electric vehicles among the general pub15 lic; 

16 (viii) maintain the global competitive17 ness of the United States in the electric ve18 hicle and charging infrastructure markets; 

19 (ix) provide clarity in regulations to 

20 improve national uniformity with respect to 

21 electric vehicles; and 

22 (x) ensure the sustainable integration 

23 of electric vehicles into the national electric 

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1 (B) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—In carrying 

2 out subparagraph (A), the Secretaries shall pro3 vide public notice and opportunity for comment 

4 on the strategy described in that subparagraph. 

5 (4) INFORMATION.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may 

7 enter into an agreement with the Transpor8 tation Research Board of the National Acad9 emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to 

10 provide, track, or report data, information, or 

11 research to assist the working group in carrying 

12 out paragraph (1). 

13 (B) USE OF EXISTING INFORMATION.—In 

14 developing a report under paragraph (1) or a 

15 strategy under paragraph (3), the Secretaries 

16 and the working group shall take into consider17 ation existing Federal, State, local, private sec18 tor, and academic data and information relating 

19 to electric vehicles and, to the maximum extent 

20 practicable, coordinate with the entities that 

21 publish that information— 

22 (i) to prevent duplication of efforts by 

23 the Federal Government; and 

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1 (d) COORDINATION.—To the maximum extent prac2 ticable, the Secretaries and the working group shall carry 

3 out this section using all available existing resources, 

4 websites, and databases of Federal agencies, such as— 

5 (1) the Alternative Fuels Data Center; 

6 (2) the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems pro7 gram; and 

8 (3) the Clean Cities Coalition Network. 

9 (e) TERMINATION.—The working group shall termi10 nate on submission of the third report required under sub11 section (c)(2)(C). 

12 SEC. 7. NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM. 

13 In addition to amounts otherwise available, out of any 

14 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there 

15 is appropriated to the Secretary in equal amounts for each 

16 of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available 

17 until expended, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until 

18 expended for amounts made available for each of fiscal 

19 years 2022 through 2026, to carry out a National Electric 

20 Vehicle Formula Program (referred to in this section as 

21 the ‘‘Program’’) to provide funding to States to strategi22 cally deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure and to 

23 establish an interconnected network to facilitate data col24 lection, access, and reliability: Provided, That funds made 

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1 quisition and installation of electric vehicle charging infra2 structure to serve as a catalyst for the deployment of such 

3 infrastructure and to connect it to a network to facilitate 

4 data collection, access, and reliability; (2) proper operation 

5 and maintenance of electric vehicle charging infrastruc6 ture; and (3) data sharing about electric vehicle charging 

7 infrastructure to ensure the long-term success of invest8 ments made under this section: Provided further, That for 

9 each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Secretary 

10 shall distribute among the States the funds made available 

11 under this section so that each State receives an amount 

12 equal to the proportion that the total base apportionment 

13 or allocation determined for the State under subsection 

14 (c) of section 104 or under section 165 of title 23, United 

15 States Code, bears to the total base apportionments or al16 locations for all States under subsection (c) of section 104 

17 and section 165 of title 23, United States Code: Provided 

18 further, That the Federal share payable for the cost of 

19 a project funded under this section shall be 80 percent: 

20 Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish a 

21 deadline by which a State shall provide a plan to the Sec22 retary, in such form and such manner that the Secretary 

23 requires (to be made available on the Department’s 

24 website), describing how such State intends to use funds 

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1 the Program for each fiscal year in which funds are made 

2 available: Provided further, That, not later than 120 days 

3 after the deadline established in the preceding proviso, the 

4 Secretary shall make publicly available on the Depart5 ment’s website and submit to the House Committee on 

6 Transportation and Infrastructure, the Senate Committee 

7 on Environment and Public Works, and the House and 

8 Senate Committees on Appropriations, a report summa9 rizing each plan submitted by a State to the Department 

10 and an assessment of how such plans make progress to11 wards the establishment of a national network of electric 

12 vehicle charging infrastructure: Provided further, That if 

13 a State fails to submit the plan required under the fourth 

14 proviso of this section to the Secretary by the date speci15 fied in such proviso, or if the Secretary determines a State 

16 has not taken action to carry out its plan, the Secretary 

17 may withhold or withdraw, as applicable, funds made 

18 available under this section for the fiscal year from the 

19 State and award such funds on a competitive basis to local 

20 jurisdictions within the State for use on projects that meet 

21 the eligibility requirements under this section: Provided 

22 further, That, prior to the Secretary making a determina23 tion that a State has not taken actions to carry out its 

24 plan, the Secretary shall notify the State, consult with the 

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1 concerns, and provide at least 90 days for the State to 

2 rectify concerns and take action to carry out its plan: Pro3 vided further, That the Secretary shall provide notice to 

4 a State on the intent to withhold or withdraw funds not 

5 less than 60 days before withholding or withdrawing any 

6 funds, during which time the States shall have an oppor7 tunity to appeal a decision to withhold or withdraw funds 

8 directly to the Secretary: Provided further, That if the Sec9 retary determines that any funds withheld or withdrawn 

10 from a State under the preceding proviso cannot be fully 

11 awarded to local jurisdictions within the State under the 

12 preceding proviso in a manner consistent with the purpose 

13 of this section, any such funds remaining shall be distrib14 uted among other States (except States for which funds 

15 for that fiscal year have been withheld or withdrawn under 

16 the preceding proviso) in the same manner as funds dis17 tributed for that fiscal year under the second proviso 

18 under this section, except that the ratio shall be adjusted 

19 to exclude States for which funds for that fiscal year have 

20 been withheld or withdrawn under the preceding proviso: 

21 Provided further, That funds distributed under the pre22 ceding proviso shall only be available to carry out this sec23 tion: Provided further, That funds made available under 

24 this section may be used to contract with a private entity 

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1 tric vehicle charging infrastructure and the private entity 

2 may pay the non-Federal share of the cost of a project 

3 funded under this section: Provided further, That funds 

4 made available under this section shall be for projects di5 rectly related to the charging of a vehicle and only for 

6 electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is open to the 

7 general public or to authorized commercial motor vehicle 

8 operators from more than one company: Provided further, 

9 That any electric vehicle charging infrastructure acquired 

10 or installed with funds made available under this section 

11 shall be located along a designated alternative fuel cor12 ridor: Provided further, That no later than 90 days after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordi14 nation with the Secretary of Energy, shall develop guid15 ance for States and localities to strategically deploy elec16 tric vehicle charging infrastructure, consistent with this 

17 section: Provided further, That the Secretary, in coordina18 tion with the Secretary of Energy, shall consider the fol19 lowing in developing the guidance described in the pre20 ceding proviso: (1) the distance between publicly available 

21 electric vehicle charging infrastructure; (2) connections to 

22 the electric grid, including electric distribution upgrades; 

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1 tion processes, and plans for the use of renewable energy 

2 sources to power charging and energy storage; (3) the 

3 proximity of existing off-highway travel centers, fuel re4 tailers, and small businesses to electric vehicle charging 

5 infrastructure acquired or funded under this section; (4) 

6 the need for publicly available electric vehicle charging in7 frastructure in rural corridors and underserved or dis8 advantaged communities; (5) the long-term operation and 

9 maintenance of publicly available electric vehicle charging 

10 infrastructure to avoid stranded assets and protect the in11 vestment of public funds in that infrastructure; (6) exist12 ing private, national, State, local, Tribal, and territorial 

13 government electric vehicle charging infrastructure pro14 grams and incentives; (7) fostering enhanced, coordinated, 

15 public-private or private investment in electric vehicle 

16 charging infrastructure; (8) meeting current and antici17 pated market demands for electric vehicle charging infra18 structure, including with regard to power levels and charg19 ing speed, and minimizing the time to charge current and 

20 anticipated vehicles; and (9) any other factors, as deter21 mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That if a State 

22 determines, and the Secretary certifies, that the des23 ignated alternative fuel corridors in the States are fully 

24 built out, then the State may use funds provided under 

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1 any public road or in other publicly accessible locations, 

2 such as parking facilities at public buildings, public 

3 schools, and public parks, or in publicly accessible parking 

4 facilities owned or managed by a private entity: Provided 

5 further, That subject to the minimum standards and re6 quirements established under the following proviso, funds 

7 made available under this section may be used for: (1) 

8 the acquisition or installation of electric vehicle charging 

9 infrastructure; (2) operating assistance for costs allocable 

10 to operating and maintaining electric vehicle charging in11 frastructure acquired or installed under this section, for 

12 a period not to exceed five years; (3) the acquisition or 

13 installation of traffic control devices located in the right14 of-way to provide directional information to electric vehicle 

15 charging infrastructure acquired, installed, or operated 

16 under this section; (4) on-premises signs to provide infor17 mation about electric vehicle charging infrastructure ac18 quired, installed, or operated under this section; (5) devel19 opment phase activities relating to the acquisition or in20 stallation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, as de21 termined by the Secretary; or (6) mapping and analysis 

22 activities to evaluate, in an area in the United States des23 ignated by the eligible entity, the locations of current and 

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1 tricity required to serve electric vehicle charging stations, 

2 to estimate the concentrations of electric vehicle charging 

3 stations to meet the needs of current and future electric 

4 vehicle drivers, to estimate future needs for electric vehicle 

5 charging stations to support the adoption and use of elec6 tric vehicles in shared mobility solutions, such as micro7 transit and transportation network companies, and to de8 velop an analytical model to allow a city, county, or other 

9 political subdivision of a State or a local agency to com10 pare and evaluate different adoption and use scenarios for 

11 electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations: Pro12 vided further, That not later than 180 days after the date 

13 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination 

14 with the Secretary of Energy and in consultation with rel15 evant stakeholders, shall, as appropriate, develop min16 imum standards and requirements related to: (1) the in17 stallation, operation, or maintenance by qualified techni18 cians of electric vehicle charging infrastructure under this 

19 section; (2) the interoperability of electric vehicle charging 

20 infrastructure under this section; (3) any traffic control 

21 device or on-premises sign acquired, installed, or operated 

22 under this section; (4) any data requested by the Secretary 

23 related to a project funded under this section, including 

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1 structure; and (6) information on publicly available elec2 tric vehicle charging infrastructure locations, pricing, real3 time availability, and accessibility through mapping appli4 cations: Provided further, That not later than 1 year after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall des6 ignate national electric vehicle charging corridors that 

7 identify the near- and long-term need for, and the location 

8 of, electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support 

9 freight and goods movement at strategic locations along 

10 major national highways, the National Highway Freight 

11 Network established under section 167 of title 23, United 

12 States Code, and goods movement locations including 

13 ports, intermodal centers, and warehousing locations: Pro14 vided further, That the report issued under section 151(e) 

15 of title 23, United States Code, shall include a description 

16 of efforts to achieve strategic deployment of electric vehicle 

17 charging infrastructure in electric vehicle charging cor18 ridors, including progress on the implementation of the 

19 Program under this section: Provided further, That, for 

20 fiscal year 2022, before distributing funds made available 

21 under this section to States, the Secretary shall set aside 

22 from funds made available under this section to carry out 

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1 fice and carry out its duties under this section: Provided 

2 further, That, for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, 

3 after setting aside funds under the preceding proviso, and 

4 before distributing funds made available under this section 

5 to States, the Secretary shall set aside from funds made 

6 available under this section for such fiscal year to carry 

7 out this section 10 percent should go to States or localities 

8 that require additional assistance to strategically deploy 

9 electric vehicle charging infrastructure: Provided further, 

10 That not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a grant program 

12 to administer to States or localities the amounts set aside 

13 under the preceding proviso: Provided further, That, ex14 cept as otherwise specified under this section, funds made 

15 available under this section, other than funds transferred 

16 under the nineteenth proviso of this section to the Joint 

17 Office, shall be administered as if apportioned under chap18 ter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 

19 That funds made available under this section shall not be 

20 transferable under section 126 of title 23, United States 

21 Code: Provided further, That there is established a Joint 

22 Office of Energy and Transportation (referred to in this 

23 section as the ‘‘Joint Office’’) in the Department and the 

24 Department of Energy to study, plan, coordinate, and im25 plement issues of joint concern between the two agencies, 


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1 which shall include: (1) technical assistance related to the 

2 deployment, operation, and maintenance of zero emission 

3 vehicle charging and refueling infrastructure, renewable 

4 energy generation, vehicle-to-grid integration, including 

5 microgrids, and related programs and policies; (2) data 

6 sharing of installation, maintenance, and utilization in 

7 order to continue to inform the network build out of zero 

8 emission vehicle charging and refueling infrastructure; (3) 

9 performance of a national and regionalized study of zero 

10 emission vehicle charging and refueling infrastructure 

11 needs and deployment factors, to support grants for com12 munity resilience and electric vehicle integration; (4) de13 velopment and deployment of training and certification 

14 programs; (5) establishment and implementation of a pro15 gram to promote renewable energy generation, storage, 

16 and grid integration, including microgrids, in transpor17 tation rights-of-way; (6) studying, planning, and funding 

18 for high-voltage distributed current infrastructure in the 

19 rights-of-way of the Interstate System and for con20 structing high-voltage and or medium-voltage trans21 mission pilots in the rights-of-way of the Interstate Sys22 tem; (7) research, strategies, and actions under the De23 partments’ statutory authorities to reduce transportation24 related emissions and mitigate the effects of climate 

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1 modations policy for high-voltage and medium-voltage 

2 transmission in the transportation right-of-way; and (9) 

3 any other issues that the Secretary and the Secretary of 

4 Energy identify as issues of joint interest: Provided fur5 ther, That the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation 

6 shall establish and maintain a public database, accessible 

7 on both Department and Department of Energy websites, 

8 that includes: (1) information maintained on the Alter9 native Fuel Data Center by the Office of Energy Effi10 ciency and Renewable Energy of the Department of En11 ergy with respect to the locations of electric vehicle charg12 ing stations; (2) potential locations for electric vehicle 

13 charging stations identified by eligible entities through the 

14 program; and (3) the ability to sort generated results by 

15 various characteristics with respect to electric vehicle 

16 charging stations, including location, in terms of the 

17 State, city, or county; status (operational, under construc18 tion, or planned); and charging type, in terms of Level 

19 2 charging equipment or Direct Current Fast Charging 

20 Equipment: Provided further, That the Secretary and the 

21 Secretary of Energy shall cooperatively administer the 

22 Joint Office consistent with this section: Provided further, 

23 That the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy may 

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1 to establish the Joint Office and to carry out its duties 

2 under this section and any such funds or portions thereof 

3 transferred to the Joint Office may be transferred back 

4 to and merged with this account: Provided further, That 

5 the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy shall notify the 

6 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less 

7 than 15 days prior to transferring any funds under the 

8 previous proviso: Provided further, That for the purposes 

9 of funds made available under this section: (1) the term 

10 ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given such term in section 101 

11 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) the term ‘‘Fed12 eral-aid highway’’ means a public highway eligible for as13 sistance under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 

14 other than a highway functionally classified as a local road 

15 or rural minor collector. 

16 SEC. 8. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5302(3)(G) of title 49, 

18 United States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 

20 clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; 

21 (2) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 

22 ‘‘(iv) provides that if equipment to 

23 fuel privately owned zero-emission pas24 senger vehicles is installed, the recipient of 

25 assistance under this chapter shall collect 


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1 fees from users of the equipment in order 

2 to recover the costs of construction, main3 tenance, and operation of the equipment;’’; 

4 (3) in clause (vi) (as so redesignated)— 

5 (A) in subclause (XIII), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

6 at the end; 

7 (B) in subclause (XIV), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

8 after the semicolon; and 

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

10 ‘‘(XV) technology to fuel a zero11 emission vehicle;’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

13 (1) Section 5336(e) of title 49, United States 

14 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, as defined in section 

15 5302(4)’’. 

16 (2) Section 28501(4) of title 49, United States 

17 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 5302(a)(6)’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘section 5302’’. 

19 SEC. 9. STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION PLANS. 

20 Section 362(d) of the Energy Policy and Conserva21 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6322(d)) is amended by striking para22 graph (3) and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) programs to increase transportation energy 

24 efficiency, including programs to help reduce carbon 

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1 accelerate the use of alternative transportation fuels 

2 for, and the electrification of, State government ve3 hicles, fleet vehicles, taxis and ridesharing services, 

4 mass transit, school buses, ferries, and privately 

5 owned passenger and medium- and heavy-duty vehi6 cles;’’. 

7 SEC. 10. TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 

8 (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall enter into an 

9 arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences 

10 under which the National Academy shall develop and sub11 mit to the Secretary a workforce needs assessment that— 

12 (1) addresses— 

13 (A) the education and recruitment of tech14 nical workers for the intelligent transportation 

15 technologies and systems industry; 

16 (B) the development of a workforce skilled 

17 in various types of intelligent transportation 

18 technologies, components, infrastructure, and 

19 equipment, including with respect to— 

20 (i) installation; 

21 (ii) maintenance; 

22 (iii) manufacturing; 

23 (iv) operations, including data anal24 ysis and review; and 

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1 (C) barriers to employment in the intel2 ligent transportation technologies and systems 

3 industry for— 

4 (i) individuals who are former offend5 ers (as defined in section 3 of the Work6 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

7 U.S.C. 3102)); 

8 (ii) individuals with a disability (as 

9 defined in section 3 of the Americans with 

10 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

11 12102)); and 

12 (iii) individuals that represent popu13 lations that are traditionally underrep14 resented in the workforce; and 

15 (2) includes recommendations relating to the 

16 issues described in paragraph (1). 

17 (b) WORKING GROUP.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es19 tablish a working group, to be composed of— 

20 (A) the Secretary of Energy; 

21 (B) the Secretary of Labor; and 

22 (C) the heads of such other Federal agen23 cies as the Secretary determines to be nec24 essary. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The working group es2 tablished under paragraph (1) shall develop an 

3 intelligent transportation technologies and sys4 tems industry workforce development implanta5 tion plan. 

6 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—The implementation 

7 plan under subparagraph (A) shall address any 

8 issues and recommendations included in the 

9 needs assessment under subsection (a), taking 

10 into consideration a whole-of-government ap11 proach with respect to— 

12 (i) using registered apprenticeship and 

13 preapprenticeship programs; and 

14 (ii) re-skilling workers who may be in15 terested in working within the intelligent 

16 transportation technologies and systems in17 dustry. 

18 (3) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

19 1 year after the date of receipt of the needs assess20 ment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall sub21 mit to Congress the implementation plan developed 

22 under paragraph (2). 

23 (4) TERMINATION.—The working group estab24 lished under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the 

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1 under paragraph (2) is submitted to Congress under 

2 paragraph (3). 

3 (c) TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE OUTREACH PRO4 GRAM.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 55 

6 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by add7 ing at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘§ 5506. Transportation workforce outreach program 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 

10 (referred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) shall estab11 lish and administer a transportation workforce outreach 

12 program, under which the Secretary shall carry out a se13 ries of public service announcement campaigns during 

14 each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

15 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of the campaigns car16 ried out under the program under this section shall be— 

17 ‘‘(1) to increase awareness of career opportuni18 ties in the transportation sector, including aviation 

19 pilots, safety inspectors, mechanics and technicians, 

20 air traffic controllers, flight attendants, truck and 

21 bus drivers, engineers, transit workers, railroad 

22 workers, and other transportation professionals; and 

23 ‘‘(2) to target awareness of professional oppor24 tunities in the transportation sector to diverse seg25 ments of the population, including with respect to 


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1 race, sex, ethnicity, ability (including physical and 

2 mental ability), veteran status, and socioeconomic 

3 status. 

4 ‘‘(c) ADVERTISING.—The Secretary may use, or au5 thorize the use of, amounts made available to carry out 

6 the program under this section for the development, pro7 duction, and use of broadcast, digital, and print media ad8 vertising and outreach in carrying out a campaign under 

9 this section. 

10 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use to carry out 

11 this section any amounts otherwise made available to the 

12 Secretary, not to exceed $5,000,000, for each of fiscal 

13 years 2022 through 2026.’’. 

14 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

15 subchapter I of chapter 55 of title 49, United States 

16 Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

‘‘5506. Transportation workforce outreach program.’’. 

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