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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3594 

To authorize appropriations to the Department of Transportation for surface 

transportation research, development, and deployment, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 28, 2021 

Ms. JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. LUCAS, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. WALTZ, 

Mr. BAIRD, Mr. LAMB, Mrs. KIM of California, Ms. WILD, Mr. 

OBERNOLTE, Ms. ROSS, Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. GIMENEZ, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BABIN, and Ms. SHERRILL) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations to the Department of Transportation for surface transportation research, development, 

and deployment, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Surface Transportation Research and Development Act 

6 of 2021’’. 


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

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 102. Amendment to Highway Safety Improvement project definition. 

Sec. 103. Behavioral traffic safety cooperative research program. 

Sec. 104. Amendment to the exploratory advanced research program. 

Sec. 105. Amendment to the State Planning and Research Program. 

Sec. 106. Road weather centers of excellence. 

TITLE II—MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 202. Advisory council on transportation statistics. 

Sec. 203. Amendments to the University Transportation Centers Program. 

Sec. 204. Resilient Transportation Infrastructure Centers of Excellence. 

Sec. 205. Transportation Data for Healthy Living Study Pilot. 

Sec. 206. Vehicular Data Analytics Pilot Program. 

Sec. 207. National cooperative freight transportation research program. 

Sec. 208. Heavy Freight Automated Trucking Research Corridor. 

Sec. 209. Strategic Transportation Research Program. 

Sec. 210. Advanced transportation research and innovation program. 

Sec. 211. Rail Cooperative Research Program. 

Sec. 212. Multimodal Transportation Demonstration Program. 

Sec. 213. Advisory Council on Transportation Research and Development. 

Sec. 214. Transportation research and development quinquennial review and 

strategic plan. 

3 TITLE I—HIGHWAY 

4 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH 

5 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are au7 thorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 

8 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): 

9 (1) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVEL10 OPMENT.—To carry out section 403 of title 23, 

11 United States Code— 

12 (A) $152,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

13 (B) $161,880,000 for fiscal year 2023; 


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1 (C) $172,402,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

2 (D) $183,608,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

3 and 

4 (E) $195,543,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

5 (2) HIGHWAY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

6 PROGRAM.—To carry out sections 503(b) and 520 of 

7 title 23, United States Code— 

8 (A) $142,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

9 (B) $151,230,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

10 (C) $161,060,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

11 (D) $171,530,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

12 and 

13 (E) $182,680,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

14 (3) TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPLOY15 MENT PROGRAM.—To carry out section 503(c) of 

16 title 23, United States Code— 

17 (A) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

18 (B) $74,550,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

19 (C) $79,396,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

20 (D) $84,556,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

21 (E) $90,053,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

22 (4) ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION AND CONGES23 TION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES DEPLOYMENT

24 PROGRAM.—To carry out section 503(c)(4) of title 

25 23, United States Code— 


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1 (A) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

2 (B) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

3 (C) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

4 (D) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

5 (E) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

6 (5) TRAINING AND EDUCATION.—To carry out 

7 section 504 of title 23, United States Code— 

8 (A) $27,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

9 (B) $28,755,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

10 (C) $30,624,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

11 (D) $32,615,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

12 (E) $34,735,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

13 (6) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

14 PROGRAM.—To carry out sections 512 through 518 

15 of title 23, United States Code— 

16 (A) $158,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

17 (B) $168,270,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

18 (C) $179,208,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

19 (D) $190,856,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

20 and 

21 (E) $203,262,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

22 (b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23, UNITED STATES

23 CODE.—Funds authorized to be appropriated by sub24 section (a) shall— 


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1 (1) be available for obligation in the same man2 ner as if those funds were appropriated under chap3 ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the 

4 Federal share of the cost of a project or activity car5 ried out using those funds shall be 80 percent, un6 less otherwise expressly provided by this Act (includ7 ing the amendments by this Act) or otherwise deter8 mined by the Secretary; and 

9 (2) remain available until expended and not be 

10 transferable. 

11 SEC. 102. AMENDMENT TO HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVE12 MENT PROJECT DEFINITION. 

13 Section 148(a)(4)(B) of title 23, United States Code, 

14 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(xxix) Education. 

16 ‘‘(xxx) Enforcement. 

17 ‘‘(xxxi) Research activities. 

18 ‘‘(xxxii) Cybersecurity.’’. 

19 SEC. 103. BEHAVIORAL TRAFFIC SAFETY COOPERATIVE RE20 SEARCH PROGRAM. 

21 Section 403(f) of title 23, United States Code, is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘$2,500,000’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘$3,500,000’’; and 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year ending before’’ and 

2 all that follows through ‘‘December 4, 2015’’ and in3 serting ‘‘of fiscal years 2022 through 2026’’. 

4 SEC. 104. AMENDMENT TO THE EXPLORATORY ADVANCED 

5 RESEARCH PROGRAM. 

6 Section 503(b)(6) of title 23, United States Code, is 

7 amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(6) EXPLORATORY ADVANCED RESEARCH.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

10 carry out long-term, exploratory advanced re11 search activities to develop potentially trans12 formational solutions to improve the durability, 

13 efficiency, environmental impact, productivity, 

14 and safety aspects of highway and intermodal 

15 transportation systems, including by— 

16 ‘‘(i) awarding competitive grants and 

17 cooperative agreements to institutions of 

18 higher education and nonprofit research 

19 organizations (or consortia thereof); 

20 ‘‘(ii) leveraging the targeted capabili21 ties of the Turner-Fairbank Highway Re22 search Center to develop technologies and 

23 innovations of national importance; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) collaborating with other Federal 

25 agencies with relevant expertise, including 


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1 the National Science Foundation, the Na2 tional Institute of Standards and Tech3 nology, and the Department of Energy. 

4 ‘‘(B) FUNDING.—From funds made avail5 able to carry out this subsection, the Secretary 

6 shall obligate $25,000,000 to carry out this 

7 paragraph for each of fiscal years 2022 through 

8 2026.’’. 

9 SEC. 105. AMENDMENT TO THE STATE PLANNING AND RE10 SEARCH PROGRAM. 

11 Section 505(b) of title 23, United States Code, is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(4) FLEXIBILITY.—In addition to the min14 imum expenditures required under paragraph (1), of 

15 the sums apportioned to a State under paragraphs 

16 (1) through (5) of section 104(b), a State may use 

17 additional funds under such paragraphs for multi18 state pooled fund research activities.’’. 

19 SEC. 106. ROAD WEATHER CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 

20 Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 

21 by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 520. ROAD WEATHER CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in collaboration 

24 with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra25 tion, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 


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1 and the National Science Foundation, as appropriate, 

2 shall carry out a program to make awards to institutions 

3 of higher education or nonprofit research organizations (or 

4 a consortium thereof) to establish regional road weather 

5 research and development centers. 

6 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the centers estab7 lished using funds under subsection (a) shall be to— 

8 ‘‘(1) maximize use of available road weather in9 formation and technologies; 

10 ‘‘(2) expand road weather research and develop11 ment efforts to enhance roadway safety, mobility, 

12 and transportation system efficiency while mini13 mizing environmental impacts; 

14 ‘‘(3) support research and development focused 

15 on improving road weather information for auto16 mated vehicles and automated transportation sys17 tems; 

18 ‘‘(4) promoting the adoption of road weather in19 formation and technologies by Federal, State, and 

20 local governments, and private entities; and 

21 ‘‘(5) foster collaboration among academic re22 searchers, the private sector, State and local govern23 ments, and nongovernmental organizations, includ24 ing transportation, meteorological, and other organi25 zations. 


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1 ‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the program es2 tablished in subsection (a) shall include— 

3 ‘‘(1) supporting research and development to— 

4 ‘‘(A) integrate existing observational net5 works, including mobile and fixed sensor net6 works, and data management systems for road 

7 weather applications; 

8 ‘‘(B) improve weather modeling capabilities 

9 and forecast tools, such as the road surface and 

10 atmospheric interface; 

11 ‘‘(C) enhance mechanisms for commu12 nicating road weather information to users, 

13 such as transportation officials and the public; 

14 ‘‘(D) understand the human and cultural 

15 factors in driver decision-making in response to 

16 road weather hazards and in response to the de17 livery of road weather information; and 

18 ‘‘(E) integrate road weather technologies 

19 into an information infrastructure; 

20 ‘‘(2) improving coordination of research, devel21 opment, testing, and implementation of road weather 

22 information technologies and automated vehicle and 

23 automated transportation systems technologies; 


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1 ‘‘(3) partnering with private sector entities to 

2 promote secure voluntary data sharing for the pur3 poses of this section; 

4 ‘‘(4) supporting implementation of road weather 

5 information technology and improved communication 

6 of road weather information to the public and other 

7 users, including transportation officials, emergency 

8 managers and vehicle manufacturers; 

9 ‘‘(5) improving education and training of road 

10 weather information users, such as State and local 

11 transportation officials and private sector transpor12 tation contractors; and 

13 ‘‘(6) coordinating with transportation weather 

14 research activities in other modes, such as transit, 

15 railroad, and aviation. 

16 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An institution of higher 

18 education or a nonprofit research organization (or a 

19 consortium thereof) seeking funding under this sub20 section shall submit an application to the Secretary 

21 at such time, in such manner, and containing such 

22 information as the Secretary may require. 

23 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—Each application under 

24 paragraph (1) shall include a description of— 


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1 ‘‘(A) how the institution of higher edu2 cation or nonprofit research organization (or 

3 consortium thereof) will work together with 

4 other research institutions, industry partners, 

5 and State and local transportation officials to 

6 carry out activities described in subsection (c); 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) how the institution of higher edu9 cation or nonprofit research organization (or 

10 consortium thereof) will promote multidisci11 plinary research to improve road weather infor12 mation implementation. 

13 ‘‘(3) SELECTION AND DURATION.—The Sec14 retary, in consultation with National Oceanic and 

15 Atmospheric Administration and the National 

16 Science Foundation, shall select not less than six re17 gional centers that represent diverse geographic re18 gions and weather patterns, and to the extent pos19 sible be located along major United States transpor20 tation corridors. Each center established under this 

21 section is authorized to carry out activities for a pe22 riod of 5 years, renewable for an additional 5 years 

23 at the discretion of the Director. 

24 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 

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1 face Transportation Research and Development Act of 

2 2020, $12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 

3 through 2026 shall be made available to carry out this 

4 section.’’. 

5 TITLE II—MULTIMODAL 

6 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH 

7 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 (a) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS PRO9 GRAM.—The following amounts are authorized to be ap10 propriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than 

11 the Mass Transit Account) to carry out section 5505 of 

12 title 49, United States Code: 

13 (1) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

14 (2) $159,750,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

15 (3) $170,134,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

16 (4) $181,192,000 for fiscal year 2025. 

17 (5) $192,970,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

18 (b) BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.—The 

19 following amounts are authorized to be appropriated out 

20 of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

21 Account) to carry out chapter 63 of title 49, United States 

22 Code: 

23 (1) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

24 (2) $35,875,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

25 (3) $36,772,000 for fiscal year 2024. 


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1 (4) $37,691,000 for fiscal year 2025. 

2 (5) $38,633,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

3 (c) TRANSIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Sec4 tion 5338(a)(2)(G) of title 49, United States Code, is 

5 amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(G) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, 

7 $35,875,000 for fiscal year 2023, $36,772,000 

8 for fiscal year 2024, $37,691,000 for fiscal year 

9 2025, and $38,633,000 for fiscal year 2026, 

10 shall be available to carry out section 5312;’’. 

11 (d) NATIONAL COOPERATIVE RAIL RESEARCH PRO12 GRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

13 out section 24910 of title 49, United States Code, 

14 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

15 (e) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVEL16 OPMENT.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

17 carry out section 5118(c) of title 49, United States Code, 

18 $2,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund and 

19 $2,000,000 from the General Fund for each of fiscal years 

20 2022 through 2026. 

21 (f) NATIONAL COOPERATIVE FREIGHT TRANSPOR22 TATION RESEARCH PROGRAM.—There are authorized to 

23 be appropriated to carry out section 5509 of title 49, 

24 United States Code, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

25 2022 through 2026. 


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1 SEC. 202. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRANSPORTATION STA2 TISTICS. 

3 Section 6305 of title 49, United States Code, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Direc6 tor’’ and all that follows to the period and inserting 

7 ‘‘Notwithstanding section 418 of the FAA Reauthor8 ization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254), not later 

9 than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 

10 Act, the Director shall establish and consult with an 

11 advisory council on transportation statistics.’’; and 

12 (2) by striking subsection (d)(3). 

13 SEC. 203. AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY TRANSPOR14 TATION CENTERS PROGRAM. 

15 Section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

18 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

19 and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec20 tively; and 

21 (B) by inserting the following before sub22 paragraph (C) as so redesignated: 

23 ‘‘(B) to address emerging transportation 

24 challenges, as appropriate, including reducing 

25 cybersecurity risks or other issues that have 


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1 broad impact to the issue areas specified in sec2 tion 6503(c);’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘re4 search priorities identified in chapter 65.’’ and in5 serting the following: ‘‘following research priorities: 

6 ‘‘(i) Improving the mobility of people 

7 and goods. 

8 ‘‘(ii) Reducing Congestion. 

9 ‘‘(iii) Promoting Safety. 

10 ‘‘(iv) Improving the durability and ex11 tending the life of transportation infra12 structure and the existing transportation 

13 system. 

14 ‘‘(v) Preserving the environment.’’; 

15 and 

16 (3) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

19 ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

21 (I) by striking ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘$6,000,000’’; and 

23 (II) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 

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1 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘As 

2 a condition’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 

3 clause (ii), as a condition’’; 

4 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 

5 ‘‘section 6503(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub6 section (b)(4)(A)’’; 

7 (III) by redesignating clause (ii) 

8 as clause (iii); and 

9 (IV) by inserting after clause (i) 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.— 

12 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal 

13 years 2022 and 2023, as a condition 

14 of receiving a grant under this para15 graph, a grant recipient shall match 

16 50 percent of the amounts made avail17 able under the grant. 

18 ‘‘(II) NATIONAL EMERGENCY.— 

19 The Secretary may reduce the per20 centage described in subclause (I) to 

21 not less than 50 percent during a na22 tional emergency.’’; 

23 (iv) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(D) REQUIREMENT.—In awarding grants 

2 under this section, the Secretary shall ensure 

3 that each of the focus areas described in sub4 section (b)(4)(A) is the priority focus for at 

5 least 1 national center.’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (C)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘$4,500,000’’; and 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘$2,500,000’’; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (D)— 

13 (I) by striking ‘‘As a condition’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘Subject to clause (ii), 

15 as a condition’’; 

16 (II) by redesignating clause (ii) 

17 as clause (iii); and 

18 (III) by inserting after clause (i) 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.— 

21 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal 

22 years 2022 and 2023, as a condition 

23 of receiving a grant under this para24 graph, a grant recipient shall match 


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1 50 percent of the amounts made avail2 able under the grant. 

3 ‘‘(II) NATIONAL EMERGENCY.— 

4 The Secretary may reduce the per5 centage described in subclause (I) to 

6 not less than 50 percent during a na7 tional emergency.’’; and 

8 (iii) by striking subparagraph (E); 

9 (C) in paragraph (4)(A)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘For each fiscal year, the’’; 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and in13 serting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 

14 (iii) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and in15 serting ‘‘$1,500,000’’; and 

16 (iv) by striking ‘‘20’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘30’’; and 

18 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, 

20 a grant is defined as a traditional grant award and not 

21 a cooperative agreement, such as a Cooperative Research 

22 and Development Agreement, or other contractual vehi23 cle.’’. 


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1 SEC. 204. RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE 

2 CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter 1 of title 49, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 5506. RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUC7 TURE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 

8 ‘‘(a) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.—The Secretary 

9 shall award grants to establish five Centers of Excellence 

10 to advance research and development that improves the 

11 resilience of regions of the United States to natural disas12 ters, extreme weather, and the effects of climate change 

13 on modal and multimodal transportation and infrastruc14 ture. 

15 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this section, the 

16 Secretary shall ensure the Centers promote resilient infra17 structure through— 

18 ‘‘(1) development of new design, operations, 

19 and maintenance standards that incorporate existing 

20 and anticipated impacts of natural disasters, ex21 treme weather, and climate change; 

22 ‘‘(2) development and integration of new mate23 rials and technologies into existing and future modal 

24 and multimodal transportation infrastructure; 

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1 ‘‘(4) development and dissemination of tools, 

2 techniques, and information that informs Federal, 

3 State, and local government decision making, poli4 cies, planning, and investments. 

5 ‘‘(c) CENTER COORDINATION.—In making awards 

6 under subsection (f), the Secretary shall designate one of 

7 the Centers to coordinate activities of all five Centers to 

8 prevent duplication and promote dissemination of research 

9 among awardees. 

10 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.—An institution of higher edu11 cation as defined by section 102 of the Higher Education 

12 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002) or a consortium led by an 

13 institution of higher education shall be eligible to receive 

14 grants under this program. 

15 ‘‘(e) LOCATION.—Centers shall be located in diverse 

16 geographic regions that experience different natural disas17 ters, extreme weather patterns, and climate change im18 pacts. 

19 ‘‘(f) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In awarding a grant, 

20 the Secretary shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) give preference to the recipient’s past per22 formance in the activities related to subsection (b); 

23 ‘‘(2) consider the extent to which an applicant’s 

24 proposal would involve participation by local, re25 gional, and national stakeholders; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) consider the local, regional, and national 

2 impacts of the applicant’s proposal. 

3 ‘‘(g) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under this 

4 subsection shall be used for— 

5 ‘‘(1) research and development; 

6 ‘‘(2) education, workforce development, and 

7 outreach; and 

8 ‘‘(3) technology transfer and commercialization. 

9 ‘‘(h) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a 

10 grant under this subsection shall be 50 percent of the 

11 costs of establishing and operating the center of excellence 

12 and related activities carried out by the grant recipient. 

13 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

15 $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 

16 2026 for grants under this subsection.’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec18 tions for such subchapter is amended by adding at the 

19 end the following: 

‘‘5506. Resilient Transportation Infrastructure Centers of Excellence.’’. 

20 SEC. 205. TRANSPORTATION DATA FOR HEALTHY LIVING 

21 STUDY PILOT. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

23 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish 

24 the results a study for the purpose of informing land use 


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1 and transportation planning for accessible health, food, 

2 education, and other essential services and activities. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—In carrying out the study, the Sec4 retary shall collect and analyze data to determine— 

5 (1) if individuals travel to essential services and 

6 activities; 

7 (2) how individuals travel to essential services 

8 and activities; 

9 (3) how far individuals travel to essential serv10 ices and activities; and 

11 (4) to the extent practicable, the geographic lo12 cation and socioeconomic status of the study partici13 pants. 

14 (c) GEOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY; 

15 CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study, the Secretary 

16 shall— 

17 (1) select geographically diverse areas, including 

18 rural, tribal, and urban areas, and socioeconomically 

19 diverse populations; and 

20 (2) consult with other Federal and State statis21 tical agencies with relevant data related to essential 

22 services. 

23 (d) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap24 propriated to carry out the activities of this section 

25 $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023. 


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1 SEC. 206. VEHICULAR DATA ANALYTICS PILOT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

3 pilot program for the purpose of integrating vehicle on4 board sensor data with public and private data sets in ex5 istence as of the date of the enactment of this Act to im6 prove safety, operations, cost reduction, and congestion re7 lief strategies for local and State transportation authori8 ties and private sector partners. 

9 (b) AWARD.—In carrying out the pilot program 

10 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make one or 

11 more awards to an institution of higher education or non12 profit research organization (or a consortium thereof). 

13 (c) PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary shall require a re14 cipient of an award under subsection (b) to, on a voluntary 

15 basis, partner with private sector organizations and local 

16 and State transportation authorities to facilitate— 

17 (1) access to vehicle on-board sensor data; and 

18 (2) the sharing of information regarding oper19 ational needs and research and development prior20 ities from such organizations or authorities to such 

21 recipient. 

22 (d) ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the pilot program 

23 shall include— 

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1 ular on-board sensor data to ensure the privacy and 

2 security of such data; and 

3 (2) research and development to analyze and in4 tegrate vehicle on-board sensor data with public and 

5 private data sets in existence as of the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act, including development of ap7 plications to address safety, operations, cost reduc8 tion, congestion mitigations, and other transpor9 tation challenges. 

10 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

12 shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

13 Technology and the Committee on Transportation and In14 frastructure of the House of Representatives, and the 

15 Committee on Commerce and Transportation of the Sen16 ate, a report detailing— 

17 (1) a summary of the activities of the pilot pro18 gram under subsection (a); and 

19 (2) recommendations for continuing such pilot 

20 program or integrating such pilot program into the 

21 activities of the Department. 

22 (f) PROTECTIONS.—In carrying out this section, the 

23 Secretary shall apply all applicable privacy protections of 

24 the Department of Transportation. 


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1 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities 

3 of this section $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

4 and 2023. 

5 SEC. 207. NATIONAL COOPERATIVE FREIGHT TRANSPOR6 TATION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 702 of title 49, United 

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘§ 70205. National cooperative freight transportation 

11 research program 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

14 Transportation shall establish and support a multimodal 

15 national cooperative freight transportation research pro16 gram. 

17 ‘‘(b) AGREEMENT.—Upon establishment of the pro18 gram under (a), the Secretary shall enter into an agree19 ment with the National Academy of Sciences to support 

20 and carry out administrative and management activities 

21 relating to the governance of the national cooperative 

22 freight transportation research program. 

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1 holders, including the Department of Transportation, 

2 other Federal agencies, State transportation departments, 

3 local governments, nonprofit research organizations, aca4 demia, and the private sector. 

5 ‘‘(d) GOVERNANCE.—The national cooperative 

6 freight transportation research program established under 

7 this section may include the following administrative and 

8 management elements: 

9 ‘‘(1) NATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA.—The advi10 sory committee, in consultation with interested par11 ties, shall recommend a multi-year national research 

12 agenda for the program. At a minimum, the advi13 sory committee shall consider— 

14 ‘‘(A) techniques for estimating and quanti15 fying public benefits derived from transpor16 tation projects; 

17 ‘‘(B) methods for incorporating estimates 

18 of international trade, originating at both water 

19 and land ports, into landside transportation 

20 planning; 

21 ‘‘(C) ways to synchronize infrastructure 

22 improvements with freight transportation de23 mand, including impacts of e-commerce on 

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1 ‘‘(D) the effect of changing patterns of 

2 freight movement on transportation planning 

3 decisions relating to rest areas and implementa4 tion of truck parking solutions; 

5 ‘‘(E) new innovative technologies and tools 

6 for data collection, analysis, modeling, routing, 

7 and overall management of freight movement; 

8 ‘‘(F) ways to advance deployment of 

9 freight intelligent transportation systems, in10 cluding advanced information systems; 

11 ‘‘(G) methods for developing the outreach 

12 tools and incentives to increase the workforce; 

13 ‘‘(H) new methods and technologies for 

14 monitoring and enforcement, including data 

15 sharing and harmonization; 

16 ‘‘(I) new methods and policies for incor17 porating freight in urban transportation and 

18 land use planning; and 

19 ‘‘(J) other research areas, including human 

20 factors research, to identify and address emerg21 ing and future research needs related to freight 

22 transportation by all modes. 

23 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying 

24 out the program under this section, the National 

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1 extent practicable, that grants and contracts award2 ed under this section are selected through open com3 petitions and merit review conducted on a regular 

4 basis. 

5 ‘‘(3) DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FIND6 INGS.—The National Academy of Sciences shall dis7 seminate research findings to researchers, practi8 tioners, and decisionmakers, including through con9 ferences and seminars, field demonstrations, work10 shops, presentations, testimony to government offi11 cials, the Internet, publications for the general pub12 lic, and other appropriate means. 

13 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.— 

14 ‘‘(1) USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—In addi15 tion to using funds authorized for this section, the 

16 National Academy of Sciences may seek and accept 

17 additional funding from non-Federal sources, includ18 ing public and private entities. 

19 ‘‘(2) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 

20 made available to carry out this section shall remain 

21 available until expended.’’. 

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec23 tions for such chapter is amended by adding at the end 

24 the following: 

‘‘70205. National cooperative freight transportation research program.’’. 


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1 SEC. 208. HEAVY FREIGHT AUTOMATED TRUCKING RE2 SEARCH CORRIDOR. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter 1 of chapter 55 of 

4 title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 5507. Heavy Freight Automated Trucking Research 

7 Corridor 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

9 date of enactment of the Surface Transportation Research 

10 and Development Act of 2021, the Secretary of Transpor11 tation shall establish a Heavy Freight Automated Truck12 ing Research Initiative to explore the potential benefits 

13 and risks of the broad scale adoption of heavy freight 

14 automated commercial motor vehicles. 

15 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out the initia16 tive established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) support and conduct research and develop18 ment on automated and connected freight trucking 

19 with private industry, driver associations, other Fed20 eral agencies, State and local Transportation agen21 cies, and a National Transportation center selected 

22 under section 5505(c)(2) of title 49, United States 

23 Code; and 

24 ‘‘(2) support or establish a heavy freight auto25 mated trucking testing and demonstration corridor 

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1 ‘‘(c) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.—The 

2 Secretary shall establish an agenda for research and devel3 opment conducted under subsection (b)(1) and the pro4 grams described in subsection (b)(2) that at a minimum, 

5 may include— 

6 ‘‘(1) analyzing, modeling, and piloting the feasi7 bility, benefits, and risks of dedicated automated 

8 trucking corridors, including their impact on— 

9 ‘‘(A) long Distance Freight movement; 

10 ‘‘(B) supply chains; 

11 ‘‘(C) fuel economy and emissions; 

12 ‘‘(D) transportation infrastructure; 

13 ‘‘(E) vehicle miles traveled; 

14 ‘‘(F) small business concerns (as defined in 

15 section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 632); 

17 ‘‘(G) the freight trucking workforce, in18 cluding any impact on pay, benefits, and work19 ing conditions in both long-haul trucking and 

20 for any driving, warehousing, or operations jobs 

21 being created; 

22 ‘‘(H) safety, including interactions with 

23 non-automated motor vehicles and other road 

24 users; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) providing deployment guidance, including 

2 for— 

3 ‘‘(A) cyber-physical security; and 

4 ‘‘(B) human factors, including human-ma5 chine interfaces, psychological impacts, training 

6 the next generation of the transportation work7 force, and how to address impacts on the work8 force, including impacts on driver retention and 

9 on wages, benefits, and working conditions 

10 across the industry. 

11 ‘‘(d) OUTREACH AND CONSULTATION.—In devel12 oping the research agenda under subsection (b), the Sec13 retary shall conduct outreach to, and solicit input from, 

14 public, private, and academic stakeholders, including indi15 vidual workers and labor organizations (as defined in sec16 tion 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 

17 152)). 

18 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBILITY.—An institution of higher edu19 cation (as defined by section 102 of the Higher Education 

20 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) or a consortium composed 

21 of nonprofit research organizations and institutions of 

22 higher education shall be eligible to receive grants under 

23 this program. 

24 ‘‘(f) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In awarding a grant, 

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1 ‘‘(1) give preference to the recipient’s past and 

2 current collaboration with local and State transpor3 tation agencies, other Federal agencies, private in4 dustry, and driver associations in activities related to 

5 this section; 

6 ‘‘(2) give preference to a recipient whose geo7 graphic location offers access to long haul trucking 

8 corridors; 

9 ‘‘(3) consider the extent to which an applicant’s 

10 proposal would involve participation by local, re11 gional, and national stakeholders; and 

12 ‘‘(4) consider the local, regional, and national 

13 impacts of the applicant’s proposal. 

14 ‘‘(g) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 

16 a grant under subsection (b)(2), a grant recipient 

17 shall match 50 percent of the costs of establishing 

18 and operating the testing and demonstration cor19 ridor and related activities carried out by the grant 

20 recipient. 

21 ‘‘(2) SOURCES.—The matching amounts re22 ferred to in paragraph (1) may include amounts 

23 made available to the recipient under— 

24 ‘‘(A) section 504(b) of title 23; or 

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1 ‘‘(h) TRANSPARENCY.—The results of testing and re2 search funded under this section shall be made available 

3 on a publicly accessible website of the Department of 

4 Transportation. 

5 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

7 $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 

8 for grants under subsection (b)(2). 

9 ‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘heavy 

10 freight automated commercial motor vehicle’ means a 

11 commercial motor vehicle as the term is defined in section 

12 31101 of title 49, United States Code, that— 

13 ‘‘(1) is designed to transport freight in inter14 state commerce and has a gross vehicle weight rat15 ing or gross vehicle weight of at least 26,001 

16 pounds, whichever is greater; and 

17 ‘‘(2) is designed to be operated exclusively by a 

18 Level 4 automated driving system for trips within its 

19 operational design domain or a Level 5 automated 

20 driving system for all trips according to the rec21 ommended practice standards published on June 15, 

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1 spect to automated motor vehicles, while operating 

2 on public roads.’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec4 tions for such subchapter is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following: 

‘‘5507. Heavy Freight Autonomous Trucking Research Corridor.’’. 

6 SEC. 209. STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PRO7 GRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter 1 of chapter 55 of 

9 title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding 

10 at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 5508. SCOPING A NEW STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION 

12 RESEARCH PROGRAM. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter 

15 into an agreement with the National Academies of 

16 Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to undertake a study 

17 of the research needs of the surface transportation system 

18 to fully adapt and integrate advanced technologies and in19 novation. The study shall include the following focus 

20 areas— 

21 ‘‘(1) advancing connected and autonomous tech22 nologies; 

23 ‘‘(2) incorporating safety-related technologies; 

24 ‘‘(3) addressing infrastructure resiliency; 

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1 ‘‘(5) data gathering of travel behavior, includ2 ing the public’s short and long-term responses to 

3 transformational technologies; 

4 ‘‘(6) impacts of private-sector transportation 

5 product development on society and the traditional 

6 research enterprise; 

7 ‘‘(7) support for a public-sector culture of 

8 transportation innovation and acceleration of feder9 ally-funded research into practice, codes, and stand10 ards; and 

11 ‘‘(8) fostering development of transportation 

12 educators and transportation professionals. 

13 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—The National Academies of Sciences, 

14 Engineering, and Medicine shall submit a report to Con15 gress not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

16 of this Act.’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec18 tions for such subchapter is further amended by adding 

19 at the end the following: 

‘‘5508. Strategic Transportation Research Program.’’. 

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

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1 SEC. 210. ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND IN2 NOVATION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 55 of title 

4 49, United States Code, as amended, is further amended 

5 by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 5509. Advanced Transportation Research and In7 novation Program 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSES.—The Secretary 

9 of Transportation shall establish the Advanced Transpor10 tation Research and Innovation Program, to be adminis11 tered by the Assistant Secretary of Research and Tech12 nology. The purposes of the program shall be to— 

13 ‘‘(1) support research that addresses the long14 term barriers to development of multimodal ad15 vanced transportation technologies with the potential 

16 to meet the Nation’s long-term safety, competitive17 ness, and transportation goals; 

18 ‘‘(2) support high-risk research and develop19 ment to accelerate transformational transportation 

20 innovations and make federal investments in emerg21 ing technology development; 

22 ‘‘(3) leverage Federal interagency research 

23 mechanisms and the academic research enterprise; 

24 ‘‘(4) educate and train students in science, 

25 technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to 

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1 evant to transportation technologies, materials, sys2 tems, operations, processes, and policies; and 

3 ‘‘(5) fostering collaboration among Federal re4 searchers and academic researchers. 

5 ‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.—The Sec6 retary shall collaborate on, identify, and disseminate with7 in the Department, as appropriate, advanced transpor8 tation research, development, and other activities of other 

9 Federal agencies, including the Office of Science and 

10 Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation, the 

11 Department of Energy, the National Institute of Stand12 ards and Technology, the Department of Homeland Secu13 rity, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

14 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

15 and the Department of Defense to ensure the Depart16 ment’s research investments are making the best possible 

17 contribution to the Nation’s goals of public health and 

18 safety, economic prosperity, national security, and envi19 ronmental quality. 

20 ‘‘(c) RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Secretary may sup21 port the purposes of the program and carry out activities 

22 described under subsection (a) through— 

23 ‘‘(1) competitive, merit-based basic research 

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1 ‘‘(2) centers of excellence selected through a 

2 competitive, merit-based process. 

3 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An investigator, team of in5 vestigators, or an institution of higher education (or 

6 consortium thereof) seeking funding under this sec7 tion shall submit an application to the Secretary at 

8 such time, in such manner, and containing such in9 formation as the Secretary may require. 

10 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH CENTERS.—Each application 

11 under paragraph (1) from an institution of higher 

12 education (or consortium thereof) shall include a de13 scription of how the Center will promote multidisci14 plinary transportation research and development col15 laboration. 

16 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

18 $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

19 ‘‘(f) RESEARCH.—At a minimum, the Secretary shall 

20 award 75 percent of awards under this program to 

21 projects for basic research. 

22 ‘‘(g) REVIEW.—Not later than September 30, 2026, 

23 the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the Na24 tional Academies to conduct a review of the research and 

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1 whether they are consistent with meeting the purposes de2 scribed in subsection (a). Members of the review panel 

3 shall represent, at a minimum, multimodal surface trans4 portation researchers and practitioners. 

5 ‘‘(h) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, 

7 the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Com8 merce, Science, and Transportation and Environment and 

9 Public Works of the Senate and the Committees on Trans10 portation and Infrastructure and Science, Space, and 

11 Technology of the House of Representatives a report on 

12 implementation of this program and research areas that 

13 the program will support.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec15 tions for such subchapter, as amended, is further amended 

16 by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘5509. Advanced Transportation Research and Innovation Program’’. 

17 SEC. 211. RAIL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM. 

18 Section 24910 of title 49, United States Code is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (c)(3) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘2010 through 

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1 SEC. 212. MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRA2 TION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may establish 

4 a program for the demonstration of advanced transpor5 tation technologies, including autonomous systems, for 

6 surface transportation modes, including highways, public 

7 transportation, freight, ports, and maritime. 

8 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this program is to 

9 provide Federal investment in the demonstration of 

10 emerging technologies in small and mid-sized communities 

11 to achieve the purposes of the national transportation re12 search and development program described in section 

13 6503 of title 49, United States Code. Activities supported 

14 under this section may include data interoperability, mo15 bility-on-demand and micro-mobility projects to dem16 onstrate first-mile/last-mile transportation, and any other 

17 topics as determined by the Secretary. Where appropriate, 

18 joint interagency funding for projects is authorized to sup19 port multimodal projects. 

20 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—Eligible recipients of grants under 

21 this program include local transportation organizations 

22 and transit agencies serving a population of not more than 

23 250,000 individuals, including communities of economic 

24 hardship and communities that experience transportation 

25 equity and accessibility issues. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—An organization seeking 

2 funding under this section shall submit an applica3 tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 

4 and containing such information as the Secretary 

5 may require. 

6 (2) COLLABORATION.—Each application sub7 mitted under this section shall describe how that or8 ganization will collaborate, as appropriate, with in9 stitutions of higher education, State and local gov10 ernments, regional transportation organizations, 

11 nonprofit research organizations, and private sector 

12 entities. 

13 (e) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap14 propriated to carry out activities under this section 

15 $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

16 SEC. 213. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRANSPORTATION RE17 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In consultation with the As19 sistant Secretary for Research and Technology, the Sec20 retary shall establish a surface transportation research 

21 and development advisory board. 

22 (b) DUTIES.—It shall be the duty of the advisory 

23 board to review and make recommendations to the Sec24 retary and the Assistant Secretary for Research and Tech25 nology for general policy for the Department’s surface 


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1 transportation research and development activities, its or2 ganization, its budget and its programs as they relate to 

3 national surface transportation policies. 

4 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall appoint not 

5 less than 9 members from State transportation depart6 ments, local governments, nonprofit organizations, aca7 demia, and the private sector, a majority of whom shall 

8 be from institutions of higher education. 

9 (d) QUALIFICATIONS.—The persons appointed as 

10 members of the advisory board— 

11 (1) shall be experts in areas such as Federal 

12 transportation research and development, engineer13 ing, education, climate change, resilient transpor14 tation technologies; public-private partnerships; data 

15 science; information and communications tech16 nologies; and social, behavioral and economic 

17 sciences; 

18 (2) shall be selected solely on the basis of estab19 lished records of distinguished service; 

20 (3) shall not be employees of the Federal Gov21 ernment; and 

22 (4) shall represent multiple surface transpor23 tation modes and disciplines of legacy and emerging 

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1 (e) REPORT.—The advisory board established in this 

2 section shall make publicly available a biennial report of 

3 recommendations made by the advisory board to the Sec4 retary and the Assistant Secretary for Research and Tech5 nology and any such additional reports the advisory board 

6 deems necessary. 

7 SEC. 214. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOP8 MENT QUINQUENNIAL REVIEW AND STRA9 TEGIC PLAN. 

10 Section 6503 of title 49, United States Code, is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Sec13 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘For each 5-year period begin14 ning with fiscal year 2022, the Secretary’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

17 semicolon and inserting ‘‘and security in the 

18 transportation system;’’; and 

19 (B) by amending subparagraph (F) to read 

20 as follows: 

21 ‘‘(F) developing and maintaining a diverse 

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1 (3) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘not later 

2 than December 31, 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘not later 

3 than December 31, 2022,’’. 

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