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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 860

To authorize appropriations to the Department of Transportation for surface

transportation research and development, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 27, 1997

Mrs. MORELLA (for herself and Mr. BROWN of California) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science

A BILL

To authorize appropriations to the Department of Transportation for surface transportation research and development, 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 ‘‘Surface Transpor5 tation Research and Development Act of 1997’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

7 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’

8 means the Secretary of Transportation.
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1 SEC. 3. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVELOP2 MENT, AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

3 (a) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVEL4 OPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.—There are au5 thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal

6 years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 such sums

7 as are necessary to carry out surface transportation re8 search, development, and technology activities.

9 (b) HIGHWAY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND

10 TECHNOLOGY.—Of the sums authorized to be appro11 priated by subsection (a), such sums as are necessary are

12 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry

13 out highway research, development, and technology activi14 ties, including—

15 (1) motor carrier transportation activities; and

16 (2) all phases of highway planning and develop17 ment (including construction, operation, moderniza18 tion, development, design, maintenance, safety, fi19 nancing, and traffic conditions).

20 (c) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.—Of

21 the sums authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a),

22 such sums as are necessary are authorized to be appro23 priated to the Secretary to carry out activities to research,

24 develop, and operationally test intelligent transportation

25 systems as a component of the Nation’s surface transpor26 tation systems.
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1 SEC. 4. UNIVERSITY-BASED TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

2 AND DEVELOPMENT.

3 (a) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND

4 DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.—There are authorized to be

5 appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal years 1998, 1999,

6 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 such sums as are necessary

7 to award competitive grants to universities to operate cen8 ters for transportation and development.

9 (b) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND

10 DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES.—There are authorized to be

11 appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal years 1998, 1999,

12 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 such sums as are necessary

13 to award competitive grants to universities to operate

14 transportation research and development institutes.

15 (c) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS.—

16 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary

17 for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003

18 such sums as are necessary to carry out the Dwight David

19 Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program for the

20 purpose of attracting qualified students to the field of

21 transportation research, development, and engineering.

22 SEC. 5. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of encouraging

24 innovative solutions to highway problems and stimulating

25 the marketing of new technology by private industry, the

26 Secretary is authorized to undertake, on a cost-shared
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1 basis, collaborative research and development with non2 Federal entities, including State and local governments,

3 foreign governments, colleges and universities, corpora4 tions, institutions, partnerships, sole proprietorships, and

5 trade associations which are incorporated or established

6 under the laws of any State.

7 (b) AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out this section, the

8 Secretary may enter into cooperative research and devel9 opment agreements, as such term is defined under section

10 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of

11 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a).

12 (c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share payable on

13 account of activities carried out under a cooperative re14 search and development agreement entered into under this

15 section shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of such

16 activities; except that, if there is substantial public interest

17 or benefit, the Secretary may approve a higher Federal

18 share. All costs directly incurred by the non-Federal part19 ners, including personnel, travel, and hardware develop20 ment costs, shall be treated as part of the non-Federal

21 share of the cost of such activities for purposes of the pre22 ceding sentence.

23 (d) UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY.—The research,

24 development, or utilization of any technology pursuant to

25 a cooperative research and development agreement entered
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1 into under this section, including the terms under which

2 the technology may be licensed and the resulting royalties

3 may be distributed, shall be subject to the Stevenson4 Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.

5 (e) AUTHORIZATION.—For fiscal years 1998, 1999,

6 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, there are authorized to be

7 appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary

8 to carry out the provisions of this section.

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