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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1939 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20, 2019 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. BURR, Mr. GARDNER, and Ms. SINEMA) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) Beyond Traffic 2045, a comprehensive as4 sessment of the national transportation system re5 cently published by the Department of Transpor6 tation, identified transportation trends that need to 

7 be proactively addressed, including— 

8 (A) the population of the United States 

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

10 period ending in 2045; 

11 (B) emerging megaregions could absorb 75 

12 percent of the United States population by 

13 2050; 

14 (C) freight volume will increase by more 

15 than 40 percent by 2045; 

16 (D) Americans are currently stuck in traf17 fic for more than 42 hours each year, on aver18 age; 

19 (E) the current annual cost of congestion 

20 in delays and lost fuel amounts to 

21 $160,000,000,000; 

22 (F) 96 people die in motor vehicle crashes 

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

24 nearly 6,700 are injured per day; and 

25 (G) connected vehicles and new crash 

26 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 a beneficiary 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 a beneficiary community 

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

11 a beneficiary 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 a beneficiary 

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 agencies, each of which is eligible to apply for a 

22 SMART grant under section 4. 

23 (4) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘re24 gional partnership’’ means a group of 2 or more ju25 risdictions with a combined population between 

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1 reau’s most recent annual estimates of resident pop2 ulation, which have entered into a partnership to 

3 apply for a SMART grant under section 4. 

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

5 community’’ means a beneficiary jurisdiction with a 

6 population between 10,000 and 75,000 people, not 

7 located within an urbanized area or cluster, accord8 ing to the Census Bureau’s most recent annual esti9 mates of resident population. 

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

11 the Secretary of Transportation. 

12 (7) STRENGTHENING MOBILITY AND REVOLU13 TIONIZING TRANSPORTATION GRANT; SMART

14 GRANT.—The terms ‘‘Strengthening Mobility and 

15 Revolutionizing Transportation grant’’ and 

16 ‘‘SMART grant’’ means a grant awarded to an eligi17 ble applicant under section 4. 

18 SEC. 4. SMART GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

20 years 2020 through 2024, the Secretary is authorized to 

21 award— 

22 (1) 1 SMART grant of not less than 

23 $30,000,000 or more than $50,000,000 to an appli24 cant on behalf of a large community to carry out an 

25 eligible project; 


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1 (2) 1 SMART grant of not less than 

2 $30,000,000 or more than $50,000,000 to an appli3 cant on behalf of a mid-sized community to carry 

4 out an eligible project; and 

5 (3) 2 SMART grants, totaling not more than 

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

7 amount appropriated pursuant to section 6(a) for 

8 the fiscal year, to applicants on behalf of rural com9 munities or regional partnerships to carry out eligi10 ble projects. 

11 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following entities are 

12 eligible to receive a grant under this section: 

13 (1) A unit of local government, including coun14 ties. 

15 (2) A tribal government. 

16 (3) A public transit agency or authority. 

17 (4) A public toll authority. 

18 (5) A metropolitan planning organization. 

19 (6) A multijurisdictional group applying 

20 through a single lead applicant listed in paragraphs 

21 (1) through (5). 

22 (c) APPLICATION PROCESS.— 

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

24 apply for a grant under this section by submitting 

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


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1 manner, and containing such information as the Sec2 retary may reasonably require to evaluate the merits 

3 of the proposed project in accordance with the selec4 tion criteria set forth in subsection (d). 

5 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

6 (A) STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPOR7 TATION.—Eligible rural and regional partner8 ship applicants are strongly encouraged to seek 

9 technical assistance from the department of 

10 transportation in their respective States during 

11 the application process and during the imple12 mentation of a project that is awarded a 

13 SMART grant, as applicable. 

14 (B) FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANS15 PORTATION.—The Secretary, after reviewing all 

16 of the applications for SMART grants sub17 mitted in a fiscal year under paragraphs (1), 

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

19 (i) provide not fewer than 2 applicants 

20 from each of the 3 groups of applicants 

21 that submitted applications deemed supe22 rior by the Secretary with limited technical 

23 assistance to improve their respective ap24 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, shall evaluate applications for SMART 

13 grants based on the applicable criteria described in 

14 paragraphs (2) through (4). 

15 (2) APPLICANT READINESS.—The panel re16 ferred to in paragraph (1) shall determine the extent 

17 to which the applicant or beneficiary community— 

18 (A) has a dense urban population typical 

19 for a large or mid-sized American city; 

20 (B) represents more than 15 percent of the 

21 population of the census-designated place in 

22 which it is located, according to the Census Bu23 reau’s most recent annual estimates of resident 

24 population; 


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1 (C) has a public transportation system or 

2 other transit options committed to integrating 

3 with the sharing economy, and is considering 

4 options to reduce the frequency of single occu5 pancy vehicles; 

6 (D) has an environment that is conducive 

7 to demonstrating proposed strategies; 

8 (E) has continuity of committed leadership 

9 and capacity to carry out the proposed project; 

10 (F) is committed to making open, ma11 chine-readable data accessible, discoverable, and 

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

13 entrepreneurship and innovation; and 

14 (G) is likely to successfully implement the 

15 project, including technical and financial com16 mitments from public and private sectors, and 

17 its functional capability to perform. 

18 (3) EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND

19 PROJECT BENEFITS.—The panel shall determine the 

20 extent to which the proposed project will use ad21 vanced data and intelligent transportation systems 

22 technologies and applications to provide significant 

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

24 United States, including the extent to which the 

25 project will— 


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1 (A) reduce congestion and delays for com2 merce and the traveling public; 

3 (B) improve the safety of transportation 

4 facilities and systems for pedestrians, bicyclists, 

5 and the broader traveling public; 

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

7 essential services, including health care; 

8 (D) connect underserved populations and 

9 reduce their transportation costs; 

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

11 economic competitiveness; 

12 (F) improve the condition, reliability, and 

13 user experience of existing transportation facili14 ties and systems; 

15 (G) promote connectivity between con16 nected vehicles, roadway infrastructure, pedes17 trians, bicyclists, the public, and transportation 

18 systems; 

19 (H) use innovative strategies or tech20 nologies to pursue any of the primary selection 

21 criteria; 

22 (I) demonstrate strong collaboration 

23 among a broad range of participants, including 

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1 cluding working with existing mobile and fixed 

2 telecommunication service provides whenever 

3 possible; 

4 (J) improve the environment, improve en5 ergy efficiency, reduce dependence on oil, or re6 duce pollution; 

7 (K) promote or improve positive public 

8 health outcomes for a community; 

9 (L) increase resiliency of the transpor10 tation system; 

11 (M) incorporate relevant security solutions 

12 and address emergency situations based on the 

13 scope and necessity; 

14 (N) includes sufficient technical, physical, 

15 and administrative measures to ensure security 

16 of information and protection of individuals’ 

17 privacy; and 

18 (O) address issues identified by the De19 partment of Transportation in the Beyond 

20 Traffic 2045 report. 

21 (e) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

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

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1 corporates many aspects of the applicable vision ele2 ments set forth in this paragraph. 

3 (A) COORDINATED AUTOMATION.—The use 

4 of automated transportation and autonomous 

5 vehicles, which offer tremendous possibilities for 

6 enhancing safety, mobility, accessibility, equity, 

7 and the environment, while working to minimize 

8 the impact on the accessibility of any other user 

9 group or mode of travel. 

10 (B) CONNECTED VEHICLES.—Connected 

11 vehicles, which send and receive information 

12 about their movements in the network, use vehi13 cle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, and ve14 hicle-to-pedestrian communications to provide 

15 connectivity that will enable countless safety, 

16 mobility, and environmental applications. 

17 (C) INTELLIGENT, SENSOR-BASED INFRA18 STRUCTURE.—The use of a collective intelligent 

19 infrastructure allows sensors to collect and re20 port real-time data to inform every day trans21 portation-related operations, performance, and 

22 trends of a community, ensuring that data col23 lection and dissemination is conducted in a 

24 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 that increase transportation choices 

6 and options by supporting and improving mobil7 ity for all travelers, including aging Americans 

8 and persons with disabilities and advanced trav9 eler information systems that provide real-time 

10 traffic, transit, parking, and other transpor11 tation-related information to travelers. 

12 (I) COMMERCE DELIVERY AND LOGIS13 TICS.—Innovative solutions supporting efficient 

14 goods movement in ways that use data or de15 ploy technology, such as connected vehicle probe 

16 data, road weather data, or GPS, to create op17 portunities for a more efficient supply chain ap18 proach that delivers safer logistics management, 

19 improved on-time pickups and delivery, im20 proved travel time reliability, reduced fuel con21 sumption, and reduced labor and vehicle main22 tenance costs. 

23 (J) LEVERAGE THE USE OF INNOVATIVE

24 AVIATION TECHNOLOGY.—Leveraging the use of 

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1 manned aircraft systems, to support transpor2 tation safety and efficiencies, including traffic 

3 monitoring and infrastructure inspection. 

4 (K) STRATEGIC BUSINESS MODELS AND

5 PARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES.—Creative stra6 tegic partnerships that— 

7 (i) draw in stakeholders, including pri8 vate sector, nonprofit, foundation, philan9 thropic, academia, and other public agen10 cies, to advance SMART grant solutions; 

11 and 

12 (ii) may include collaboration among 

13 transit agencies and other transportation 

14 providers to integrate multiple transpor15 tation services for increased efficiency, reli16 ability, and convenience in first and last 

17 mile travel. 

18 (L) SMART GRID, ROADWAY ELECTRIFICA19 TION, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES.—Strategies 

20 and initiatives that— 

21 (i) leverage the smart grid (a pro22 grammable and efficient energy trans23 mission and distribution system) to sup24 port the adoption or expansion of roadway 

25 electrification, energy capture, and electric 


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1 vehicle deployment, including electrically2 assisted bicycles, or freight or commercial 

3 fleet fuel efficiency; and 

4 (ii) explore and utilize interactions be5 tween electric vehicles and intelligent 

6 transportation systems with the smart 

7 grid. 

8 (M) SYNCHRONIZATION OF TECH9 NOLOGY.—Strategies and initiatives that utilize 

10 technology, such as integrated mobile commerce 

11 infrastructure— 

12 (i) to enhance public interaction with 

13 transportation systems; 

14 (ii) to increase intermodal efficiency; 

15 and 

16 (iii) to accelerate the transition to 

17 open payment fare systems, broadband, 

18 GPS, or Wi-Fi access. 

19 (N) CONNECTED, INVOLVED CITIZENS.— 

20 Strategies, local campaigns, and processes to 

21 proactively engage and inform citizens at the 

22 individual level by deploying hardware, soft23 ware, and open data platforms in an effort to 

24 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) systems development or informa14 tion technology work; and 

15 (viii) other preconstruction activities; 

16 and 

17 (B) construction phase activities, includ18 ing— 

19 (i) construction; 

20 (ii) reconstruction; 

21 (iii) rehabilitation; 

22 (iv) replacement; 

23 (v) acquisition of real property (in24 cluding land related to the eligible project 

25 and improvements to land); 


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1 (vi) environmental mitigation; 

2 (vii) construction contingencies; and 

3 (viii) 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 (c). 

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 the applicant. 

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

3 for a SMART grant under this section may submit an ap4 plication for projects outlined in the applicant’s SMART 

5 grant application to seek Federal financial assistance for 

6 the proposed transportation project through— 

7 (1) the Better Utilizing Investments to Lever8 age Development (BUILD) discretionary grant pro9 gram; 

10 (2) the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America 

11 grant program (commonly known as ‘‘INFRA’’); 

12 (3) the Transportation Infrastructure Finance 

13 and Innovation program established under chapter 6 

14 of title 23, United States Code (commonly known as 

15 ‘‘TIFIA’’); 

16 (4) the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improve17 ment Financing Program of the Federal Railroad 

18 Administration; 

19 (5) the Capital Investment Grant Program of 

20 the Federal Transit Administration; 

21 (6) the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality 

22 Improvement Program of the Federal Highway Ad23 ministration; or 

24 (7) the Advanced Transportation and Conges25 tion Management Technologies Deployment Program 


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1 established under section 503(c)(4) of title 23, 

2 United States Code (commonly known as 

3 ‘‘ATCMTD’’). 

4 (h) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 117(c) of 

5 title 23, United States Code, is amended 

6 SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

7 (a) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 2 years 

8 after the date on which a SMART grant recipient receives 

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

10 grant is expended, the recipient shall submit an implemen11 tation report to the Secretary that describes— 

12 (1) the deployment and operational costs com13 pared to the benefits and savings from the project; 

14 and 

15 (2) how the project has met the original expec16 tation as projected in the deployment plan submitted 

17 with the application, including— 

18 (A) data on how the project— 

19 (i) affected the measurement and im20 provement of transportation system per21 formance through the deployment of ad22 vanced technologies; 

23 (ii) reduced traffic-related fatalities 

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1 (iii) reduced traffic congestion, im2 proved travel time reliability, and reduced 

3 costs; 

4 (iv) reduced transportation-related 

5 emissions; 

6 (v) optimized multimodal system per7 formance; 

8 (vi) improved access to all transpor9 tation alternatives; 

10 (vii) implemented technological inno11 vation to increase efficiency with regards 

12 to intermodal communication, energy con13 sumption, information and communications 

14 technology, and personal mobility; 

15 (viii) provided the public with access 

16 to real-time integrated traffic, transit, and 

17 multimodal transportation information to 

18 make informed travel decisions; 

19 (ix) provided cost savings to transpor20 tation agencies, businesses, and the trav21 eling public; 

22 (x) provided other benefits to trans23 portation users and the general public; 


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1 (xi) reduced barriers or improved ac2 cess to jobs, education, or various essential 

3 services; and 

4 (xii) utilized partnerships with the pri5 vate sector; 

6 (B) the effectiveness of providing real-time 

7 integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal 

8 transportation information to the public to 

9 make informed travel decisions; and 

10 (C) lessons learned and recommendations 

11 for future deployment strategies to optimize 

12 transportation efficiency and multimodal system 

13 performance. 

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

15 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and bien16 nially thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 

17 States shall conduct a review of the SMART grant selec18 tion process and submit a report containing the results 

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

20 and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Ap21 propriations of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and 

22 Commerce of the House of Representatives, the Com23 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

24 and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

25 of the House of Representatives. 


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

2 after the date on which initial grants are awarded under 

3 section 4, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Com4 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

5 Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

6 House of Representatives, and the Committee on Trans7 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa8 tives that— 

9 (1) describes all of the grant recipients; 

10 (2) identifies the amount each grant recipient 

11 was awarded; 

12 (3) summarizes the intended uses for the 

13 grants; 

14 (4) describes the effectiveness of SMART grant 

15 recipients in meeting their projected deployment 

16 plan; 

17 (5) analyzes how the projects funded by such 

18 grants or by other Department of Transportation fi19 nancial assistance described in section 4(f) have— 

20 (A) affected the measurement and im21 provement of transportation system perform22 ance through the deployment of advanced tech23 nologies; 

24 (B) reduced traffic-related fatalities and 

25 injuries; 


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1 (C) reduced traffic congestion, improved 

2 travel time reliability, and reduced costs; 

3 (D) reduced transportation-related emis4 sions; 

5 (E) optimized multimodal system perform6 ance; 

7 (F) improved access to all transportation 

8 alternatives; 

9 (G) implemented technological innovation 

10 to increase efficiency with regards to intermodal 

11 communication, energy consumption, informa12 tion and communications technology, and per13 sonal mobility; 

14 (H) provided the public with access to real15 time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal 

16 transportation information to make informed 

17 travel decisions; 

18 (I) provided cost savings to transportation 

19 agencies, businesses, and the traveling public; 

20 (J) provided other benefits to transpor21 tation users and the general public; 

22 (K) reduced barriers or improved access to 

23 jobs, education, or various essential services; 

24 (L) utilized partnerships with the private 

25 sector; and 


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1 (M) effectively provided real-time inte2 grated traffic, transit, and multimodal trans3 portation information to the public to make in4 formed travel decisions; and 

5 (6) describes lessons learned and recommenda6 tions for future deployment strategies to optimize 

7 transportation efficiency and multimodal system per8 formance. 

9 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro11 priated to the Department of Transportation 

12 $100,000,000 for each of the first 5 fiscal years beginning 

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

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

15 SMART grants to large communities and mid-sized 

16 communities under paragraphs (1) and (2) of sec17 tion 4(a); 

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

19 SMART grants to rural communities or regional 

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

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

22 administrative costs by the Office of the Secretary 

23 within the Department of Transportation. 


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

2 more than 3 percent of the grant award each fiscal year 

3 to carry out planning and reporting requirements. 

4 (c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated for a fis5 cal year pursuant to this section shall be available for obli6 gation during the 2-year period beginning on the first day 

7 of the fiscal year for which such amounts were appro8 priated. 

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