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expanding their ability to deal effectively with transpor-
tation-related problems;
‘‘(D) operate, in cooperation with State transportation
departments and universities—
‘‘(i) local technical assistance program centers des-
ignated to provide transportation technology transfer
services to rural areas and to urbanized areas with
populations of between 50,000 and 1,000,000 individ-
uals; and
‘‘(ii) local technical assistance program centers des-
ignated to provide transportation technical assistance
to Indian tribal governments; and
‘‘(E) allow local transportation agencies and tribal
governments, in cooperation with the private sector, to
enhance new technology implementation.
‘‘(c) RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, acting either
independently or in cooperation with other Federal depart-
ments, agencies, and instrumentalities, may make grants for
research fellowships for any purpose for which research is
authorized by this chapter.
‘‘(2) DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER TRANSPORTATION FELLOW-
SHIP PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish and implement
a transportation research fellowship program for the purpose
of attracting qualified students to the field of transportation.
The program shall be known as the ‘Dwight David Eisenhower
Transportation Fellowship Program’.’’.
SEC. 5105. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by section
5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 505. State planning and research
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Two percent of the sums apportioned
to a State for fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter
under section 104 (other than sections 104(f) and 104(h)) and under
section 144 shall be available for expenditure by the State, in
consultation with the Secretary, only for the following purposes:
‘‘(1) Engineering and economic surveys and investigations.
‘‘(2) The planning of future highway programs and local
public transportation systems and the planning of the financing
of such programs and systems, including metropolitan and
statewide planning under sections 134 and 135.
‘‘(3) Development and implementation of management sys-
tems under section 303.
‘‘(4) Studies of the economy, safety, and convenience of
surface transportation systems and the desirable regulation
and equitable taxation of such systems.
‘‘(5) Research, development, and technology transfer activi-
ties necessary in connection with the planning, design, construc-
tion, management, and maintenance of highway, public
transportation, and intermodal transportation systems.
‘‘(6) Study, research, and training on the engineering stand-
ards and construction materials for transportation systems
described in paragraph (5), including the evaluation and
accreditation of inspection and testing and the regulation and
taxation of their use.
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‘‘(b) MINIMUM EXPENDITURES ON RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), not less than
25 percent of the funds subject to subsection (a) that are appor-
tioned to a State for a fiscal year shall be expended by the
State for research, development, and technology transfer activi-
ties described in subsection (a), relating to highway, public
transportation, and intermodal transportation systems.
‘‘(2) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive the application
of paragraph (1) with respect to a State for a fiscal year if
the State certifies to the Secretary for the fiscal year that
total expenditures by the State for transportation planning
under sections 134 and 135 will exceed 75 percent of the funds
described in paragraph (1) and the Secretary accepts such
certification.
‘‘(3) NONAPPLICABILITY OF ASSESSMENT.—Funds expended
under paragraph (1) shall not be considered to be part of
the extramural budget of the agency for the purpose of section
9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a project
carried out using funds subject to subsection (a) shall be 80 percent
unless the Secretary determines that the interests of the Federal-
aid highway program would be best served by decreasing or
eliminating the non-Federal share.
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF SUMS.—Funds subject to subsection
(a) shall be combined and administered by the Secretary as a
single fund and shall be available for obligation for the same period
as funds apportioned under section 104(b)(1).’’.
SEC. 5106. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION OUTREACH
PROGRAM.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by section
5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 506. International highway transportation outreach pro-
gram
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may establish an inter-
national highway transportation outreach program—
‘‘(1) to inform the United States highway community of
technological innovations in foreign countries that could signifi-
cantly improve highway transportation in the United States;
‘‘(2) to promote United States highway transportation
expertise, goods, and services in foreign countries; and
‘‘(3) to increase transfers of United States highway
transportation technology to foreign countries.
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Activities carried out under the program may
include—
‘‘(1) development, monitoring, assessment, and dissemina-
tion in the United States of information about highway
transportation innovations in foreign countries that could
significantly improve highway transportation in the United
States;
‘‘(2) research, development, demonstration, training, and
other forms of technology transfer and exchange;
‘‘(3) informing foreign countries about the technical quality
of United States highway transportation goods and services
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through participation in trade shows, seminars, expositions,
and other such activities;
‘‘(4) offering technical services of the Federal Highway
Administration that cannot be readily obtained from United
States private sector firms to be incorporated into the proposals
of United States private sector firms undertaking highway
transportation projects outside the United States if the costs
of such services will be recovered under the terms of the project;
‘‘(5) conducting studies to assess the need for or feasibility
of highway transportation improvements in countries that are
not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development, as of December 18, 1991, and in Greece
and Turkey; and
‘‘(6) gathering and disseminating information on foreign
transportation markets and industries.
‘‘(c) COOPERATION.—The Secretary may carry out this section
in cooperation with any appropriate Federal agency, State or local
agency, authority, association, institution, corporation (profit or non-
profit), foreign government, multinational institution, or other
organization or person.
‘‘(d) FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) CONTRIBUTIONS.—Funds available to carry out this
section shall include funds deposited by any cooperating
organization or person into a special account of the Treasury
established for this purpose.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—The funds deposited into
the account and other funds available to carry out this section
shall be available to cover the cost of any activity eligible
under this section, including the cost of promotional materials,
travel, reception and representation expenses, and salaries and
benefits.
‘‘(3) REIMBURSEMENTS
FOR
SALARIES
AND
BENEFITS.—
Reimbursements for salaries and benefits of Department of
Transportation employees providing services under this section
shall be credited to the account.
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE USE OF STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH FUNDS.—
A State, in coordination with the Secretary, may obligate funds
made available to carry out section 505 for any activity authorized
under subsection (a).’’.
SEC. 5107. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION-ENVIRONMENT COOPERATIVE
RESEARCH PROGRAM.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by section
5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 507. 
Surface 
transportation-environment 
cooperative
research program
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and carry out
a surface transportation-environment cooperative research program.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The program to be carried out under this
section shall include research designed—
‘‘(1) to develop more accurate models for evaluating
transportation control measures and transportation system
designs that are appropriate for use by State and local govern-
ments, including metropolitan planning organizations, in
designing implementation plans to meet Federal, State, and
local environmental requirements;
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‘‘(2) to improve understanding of the factors that contribute
to the demand for transportation, including transportation sys-
tem design, demographic change, land use planning, and
communications and other information technologies;
‘‘(3) to develop indicators of economic, social, and environ-
mental performance of transportation systems to facilitate
analysis of potential alternatives;
‘‘(4) to study the relationship between highway density
and ecosystem integrity, including the impacts of highway den-
sity on habitat integrity and overall ecosystem health, and
develop a rapid assessment methodology for use by transpor-
tation and regulatory agencies in determining the relationship
between highway density and ecosystem integrity; and
‘‘(5) to meet additional priorities as determined by the
advisory board established under subsection (c), including rec-
ommendations of the National Research Council in the report
entitled ‘Environmental Research Needs in Transportation’.
‘‘(c) ADVISORY BOARD.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In consultation with the Secretary
of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, and the heads of other appropriate Federal depart-
ments and agencies, the Secretary shall establish an advisory
board to recommend environmental and energy conservation
research, technology, and technology transfer activities related
to surface transportation.
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory board shall include—
‘‘(A) representatives of State transportation and
environmental agencies;
‘‘(B) transportation and environmental scientists and
engineers; and
‘‘(C) representatives of metropolitan planning organiza-
tions, transit operating agencies, and environmental
organizations.
‘‘(d) NATIONAL ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES.—The Secretary may
make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the
National Academy of Sciences to carry out such activities relating
to the research, technology, and technology transfer activities
described in subsection (b) as the Secretary determines appro-
priate.’’.
SEC. 5108. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH STRATEGIC PLAN-
NING.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by section
5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 508. Surface transportation research strategic planning
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) establish a strategic planning process, consistent with
section 306 of title 5 for the Department of Transportation
to determine national transportation research and technology
development priorities related to surface transportation;
‘‘(2) coordinate Federal surface transportation research and
technology development activities;
‘‘(3) measure the results of those activities and how they
impact the performance of the surface transportation systems
of the United States; and
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‘‘(4) ensure that planning and reporting activities carried
out under this section are coordinated with all other surface
transportation planning and reporting requirements.
‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) provide for the integrated planning, coordination, and
consultation among the operating administrations of the
Department of Transportation, all other Federal agencies with
responsibility for surface transportation research and tech-
nology development, State and local governments, institutions
of higher education, industry, and other private and public
sector organizations engaged in surface transportation-related
research and development activities;
‘‘(2) ensure that the surface transportation research and
technology development programs of the Department do not
duplicate other Federal, State, or private sector research and
development programs; and
‘‘(3) provide for independent validation of the scientific
and technical assumptions underlying the surface transpor-
tation research and technology development programs of the
Department.
‘‘(c) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
AND TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.—
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall develop an
integrated surface transportation research and technology
development strategic plan.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The plan shall include—
‘‘(A) an identification of the general goals and objectives
of the Department of Transportation for surface transpor-
tation research and development;
‘‘(B) a description of the roles of the Department and
other Federal agencies in achieving the goals identified
under subparagraph (A), in order to avoid unnecessary
duplication of effort;
‘‘(C) a description of the overall strategy of the Depart-
ment, and the role of each of the operating administrations
of the Department, in carrying out the plan over the next
5 years, including a description of procedures for coordina-
tion of the efforts of the Secretary with the efforts of
the operating administrations of the Department and other
Federal agencies;
‘‘(D) an assessment of how State and local research
and technology development activities are contributing to
the achievement of the goals identified under subparagraph
(A);
‘‘(E) details of the surface transportation research and
technology development programs of the Department,
including performance goals, resources needed to achieve
those goals, and performance indicators as described in
section 1115(a) of title 31, United States Code, for the
next 5 years for each area of research and technology
development;
‘‘(F) significant comments on the plan obtained from
outside sources; and
‘‘(G) responses to significant comments obtained from
the National Research Council and other advisory bodies,
and a description of any corrective actions taken pursuant
to such comments.
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‘‘(3) NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REVIEW.—The Secretary
shall enter into an agreement for the review by the National
Research Council of the details of each—
‘‘(A) strategic plan or revision required under section
306 of title 5;
‘‘(B) performance plan required under section 1115 of
title 31; and
‘‘(C) program performance report required under sec-
tion 1116,
with respect to surface transportation research and technology
development.
‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE PLANS AND REPORTS.—In reports submit-
ted under sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, the Secretary
shall include—
‘‘(A) a summary of the results for the previous fiscal
year of surface transportation research and technology
development programs to which the Department of
Transportation contributes, along with—
‘‘(i) an analysis of the relationship between those
results and the goals identified under paragraph (2)(A);
and
‘‘(ii) a description of the methodology used for
assessing the results; and
‘‘(B) a description of significant surface transportation
research and technology development initiatives, if any,
undertaken during the previous fiscal year that were not
in the plan developed under paragraph (1), and any signifi-
cant changes in the plan from the previous year’s plan.
‘‘(d) MERIT REVIEW
AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.—Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report describing competitive
merit review procedures for use in selecting grantees and contrac-
tors in the programs covered by the plan developed under subsection
(c) and performance measurement procedures for evaluating the
programs.
‘‘(e) PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) develop model procurement procedures that encourage
the use of advanced technologies; and
‘‘(2) develop model transactions for carrying out and coordi-
nating Federal and State surface transportation research and
technology development activities.
‘‘(f) CONSISTENCY
WITH
GOVERNMENT
PERFORMANCE
AND
RESULTS ACT OF 1993.—The plans and reports developed under
this section shall be consistent with and incorporated as part of
the plans developed under section 306 of title 5 and sections 1115
and 1116 of title 31.’’.
SEC. 5109. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 111 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(4) by striking the second sentence;
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (J) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(ii) in subparagraph (K) by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(iii) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(L) transportation-related variables that influence
global competitiveness.’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘national
transportation system’’ and inserting ‘‘transportation
systems of the United States’’;
(ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(A) be coordinated with efforts to measure outputs
and outcomes of the Department of Transportation and
the transportation systems of the United States under the
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (107
Stat. 285 et seq.) and the amendments made by such
Act;’’; and
(iii) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ‘‘, made rel-
evant to the States and metropolitan planning
organizations,’’ after ‘‘accuracy’’;
(C) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘The Bureau shall review and report to the Secretary of
Transportation on the sources and reliability of the statis-
tics proposed by the heads of the operating administrations
of the Department to measure outputs and outcomes as
required by the Government Performance and Results Act
of 1993, and the amendments made by such Act, and
shall carry out such other reviews of the sources and reli-
ability of other data collected by the heads of the operating
administrations of the Department as shall be requested
by the Secretary.’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) 
SUPPORTING
TRANSPORTATION
DECISIONMAKING.—
Ensuring that the statistics compiled under paragraph (1) are
relevant for transportation decisionmaking by the Federal
Government, State and local governments, transportation-
related associations, private businesses, and consumers.’’;
(3) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as sub-
sections (h), (i), and (j), respectively;
(4) by striking subsection (g);
(5) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
‘‘(d) INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION DATA BASE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In consultation with the Associate Dep-
uty Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, and the heads of the
operating administrations of the Department of Transportation,
the Director shall establish and maintain a transportation data
base for all modes of transportation.
‘‘(2) USE.—The data base shall be suitable for analyses
carried out by the Federal Government, the States, and metro-
politan planning organizations.
‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The data base shall include—
‘‘(A) information on the volumes and patterns of move-
ment of goods, including local, interregional, and inter-
national movement, by all modes of transportation and
intermodal combinations, and by relevant classification;
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‘‘(B) information on the volumes and patterns of move-
ment of people, including local, interregional, and inter-
national movements, by all modes of transportation (includ-
ing bicycle and pedestrian modes) and intermodal combina-
tions, and by relevant classification;
‘‘(C) information on the location and connectivity of
transportation facilities and services; and
‘‘(D) a national accounting of expenditures and capital
stocks on each mode of transportation and intermodal com-
bination.
‘‘(e) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LIBRARY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish and main-
tain a National Transportation Library, which shall contain
a collection of statistical and other information needed for
transportation decisionmaking at the Federal, State, and local
levels.
‘‘(2) ACCESS.—The Director shall facilitate and promote
access to the Library, with the goal of improving the ability
of the transportation community to share information and the
ability of the Director to make statistics readily accessible
under subsection (c)(5).
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Director shall work with other
transportation libraries and other transportation information
providers, both public and private, to achieve the goal specified
in paragraph (2).
‘‘(f) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION ATLAS DATA BASE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall develop and maintain
geospatial data bases that depict—
‘‘(A) transportation networks;
‘‘(B) flows of people, goods, vehicles, and craft over
the networks; and
‘‘(C) social, economic, and environmental conditions
that affect or are affected by the networks.
‘‘(2) INTERMODAL NETWORK ANALYSIS.—The data bases shall
be able to support intermodal network analysis.
‘‘(g) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants to, or
enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, public
and nonprofit private entities (including State transportation
departments, metropolitan planning organizations, and institu-
tions of higher education) for—
‘‘(A) investigation of the subjects specified in subsection
(c)(1) and research and development of new methods of
data collection, management, integration, dissemination,
interpretation, and analysis;
‘‘(B) development of electronic clearinghouses of
transportation data and related information, as part of
the National Transportation Library under subsection (e);
and
‘‘(C) development and improvement of methods for
sharing geographic data, in support of the national
transportation atlas data base under subsection (f) and
the National Spatial Data Infrastructure developed under
Executive Order No. 12906.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than $500,000 of the amounts
made available to carry out this section in a fiscal year may
be used to carry out this subsection.’’;
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(6) by striking subsection (i) (as redesignated by paragraph
(3) of this subsection) and inserting the following:
‘‘(i) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DISCLOSURES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An officer or employee of the Bureau
may not—
‘‘(A) make any disclosure in which the data provided
by an individual or organization under subsection (c)(2)
can be identified;
‘‘(B) use the information provided under subsection
(c)(2) for a nonstatistical purpose; or
‘‘(C) permit anyone other than an individual authorized
by the Director to examine any individual report provided
under subsection (c)(2).
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON REQUESTS FOR CERTAIN DATA.—
‘‘(A) GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.—No department, bureau,
agency, officer, or employee of the United States (except
the Director in carrying out this section) may require,
for any reason, a copy of any report that has been filed
under subsection (c)(2) with the Bureau or retained by
an individual respondent.
‘‘(B) COURTS.—Any copy of a report described in
subparagraph (A) that has been retained by an individual
respondent or filed with the Bureau or any of its employees,
contractors, or agents—
‘‘(i) shall be immune from legal process; and
‘‘(ii) shall not, without the consent of the individual
concerned, be admitted as evidence or used for any
purpose in any action, suit, or other judicial or adminis-
trative proceeding.
‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—This paragraph shall apply only
to reports that permit information concerning an individual
or organization to be reasonably inferred by direct or
indirect means.
‘‘(3) DATA COLLECTED FOR NONSTATISTICAL PURPOSES.—In
a case in which the Bureau is authorized by statute to collect
data or information for a nonstatistical purpose, the Director
shall clearly distinguish the collection of the data or informa-
tion, by rule and on the collection instrument, so as to inform
a respondent that is requested or required to supply the data
or information of the nonstatistical purpose.’’;
(7) in subsection (j) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of
this subsection) by striking ‘‘On or before January 1, 1994,
and annually thereafter, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and
(8) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(k) PROCEEDS OF DATA PRODUCT SALES.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 3302 of title 31, United States Code, funds received by the
Bureau from the sale of data products, for necessary expenses
incurred, may be credited to the Highway Trust Fund (other than
the Mass Transit Account) for the purpose of reimbursing the
Bureau for the expenses.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5503 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as sub-
sections (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
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SEC. 5110. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 55 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 5505. University transportation research
‘‘(a) REGIONAL CENTERS.—The Secretary of Transportation shall
make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish
and operate 1 university transportation center in each of the 10
United States Government regions that comprise the Standard Fed-
eral Regional Boundary System.
‘‘(b) OTHER CENTERS.—The Secretary shall make grants to non-
profit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate univer-
sity transportation centers, in addition to the centers receiving
grants under subsection (a), to address transportation management
and research and development matters, with special attention to
increasing the number of highly skilled individuals entering the
field of transportation.
‘‘(c) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—In order to be eligible to receive a
grant under this section, a nonprofit institution of higher learn-
ing shall submit to the Secretary an application that is in
such form and contains such information as the Secretary may
require.
‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Except as otherwise provided
by this section, the Secretary shall select each recipient of
a grant under this section through a competitive process on
the basis of the following:
‘‘(A) For regional centers, the location of the center
within the Federal region to be served.
‘‘(B) 
The 
demonstrated 
research 
and 
extension
resources available to the recipient to carry out this section.
‘‘(C) The capability of the recipient to provide leader-
ship in making national and regional contributions to the
solution of immediate and long-range transportation prob-
lems.
‘‘(D) The recipient’s establishment of a surface
transportation program encompassing several modes of
transportation.
‘‘(E) The recipient’s demonstrated commitment of at
least $200,000 in regularly budgeted institutional amounts
each year to support ongoing transportation research and
education programs.
‘‘(F) The recipient’s demonstrated ability to disseminate
results of transportation research and education programs
through a statewide or regionwide continuing education
program.
‘‘(G) The strategic plan the recipient proposes to carry
out under the grant.
‘‘(d) OBJECTIVES.—Each university transportation center receiv-
ing a grant under this section shall conduct the following programs
and activities:
‘‘(1) Basic and applied research, the products of which
are judged by peers or other experts in the field to advance
the body of knowledge in transportation.
‘‘(2) An education program that includes multidisciplinary
course work and participation in research.
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‘‘(3) An ongoing program of technology transfer that makes
research results available to potential users in a form that
can be implemented, utilized, or otherwise applied.
‘‘(e) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—In order to be eligible to receive
a grant under this section, a recipient shall enter into an agreement
with the Secretary to ensure that the recipient will maintain total
expenditures from all other sources to establish and operate a
university transportation center and related research activities at
a level at least equal to the average level of such expenditures
in its 2 fiscal years prior to award of a grant under this section.
‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the costs of activi-
ties carried out using a grant made under this section is 50 percent
of costs. The non-Federal share may include funds provided to
a recipient under section 503, 504(b), or 505 of title 23, United
States Code.
‘‘(g) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—
‘‘(1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate the
research, education, training, and technology transfer activities
that grant recipients carry out under this section, disseminate
the results of the research, and establish and operate a clearing-
house.
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—At least annually
and consistent with the plan developed under section 5506,
the Secretary shall review and evaluate programs the grant
recipients carry out.
‘‘(3) FUNDING
LIMITATION.—The Secretary may use not
more than 1 percent of amounts made available from Govern-
ment sources to carry out this subsection.
‘‘(h) LIMITATION
ON AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—Funds made
available to carry out this program shall remain available for obliga-
tion for a period of 2 years after the last day of the fiscal year
for which such funds are authorized.
‘‘(i) NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEARS 1998 AND 1999.—For each of fiscal years
1998 and 1999, the Secretary shall make the following grants
under this section:
‘‘(A) GROUP A.—The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $1,000,000 to each of the institutions in
group A.
‘‘(B) GROUP B.—The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $300,000 to each of the institutions in group
B.
‘‘(C) GROUP C.—The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $750,000 to each of the institutions in group
C.
‘‘(D) GROUP D.—The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $2,000,000 to each of the institutions in
group D.
‘‘(2) FISCAL YEARS 2000 AND 2001.—For each of fiscal years
2000 and 2001, the Secretary shall make the following grants
under this section:
‘‘(A) GROUP A.—The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $1,000,000 to each of the institutions in
group A.
‘‘(B) GROUP B.—The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $500,000 to 8 of the institutions in group
B.
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‘‘(C) GROUP C.—The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $750,000 to each of the institutions in group
C.
‘‘(D) GROUP D.—The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $2,000,000 to each of the institutions in
group D.
‘‘(3) FISCAL YEARS 2002 AND 2003.—For each of fiscal years
2002 and 2003, the Secretary shall make the following grants
under this section:
‘‘(A) GROUP A.—The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $1,000,000 to each of the institutions in
group A.
‘‘(B) GROUPS B AND C.—The Secretary shall make a
grant in the amount of $1,000,000 to 10 of the institutions
in groups B and C that received grants under this section
in fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
‘‘(C) GROUP D.—The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $2,000,000 to each of the institutions in
group D.
‘‘(j) IDENTIFICATION OF GROUPS.—For the purpose of making
grants under this section, the following groups are identified:
‘‘(1) GROUP A.—Group A shall consist of the 10 regional
centers selected under subsection (a).
‘‘(2) GROUP
B.—Group B shall consist of the following:
‘‘(A) The University of Denver and Mississippi State
University.
‘‘(B) The University of Central Florida.
‘‘(C) University of Southern California and California
State University at Long Beach.
‘‘(D) Rutgers University.
‘‘(E) University of Missouri at Rolla.
‘‘(F) South Carolina State University.
‘‘(G) Joseph P. Kennedy Science and Technology Cen-
ter, Assumption College, Massachusetts.
‘‘(H) Purdue University.
‘‘(3) GROUP
C.—Group C shall consist of the following:
‘‘(A) University of Arkansas.
‘‘(B) New Jersey Institute of Technology.
‘‘(C) University of Idaho.
‘‘(D) The University of Alabama.
‘‘(E) Morgan State University.
‘‘(F) North Carolina State University.
‘‘(G) San Jose State University.
‘‘(H) University of South Florida.
‘‘(I) North Carolina A. and T. State University.
‘‘(4) GROUP
D.—Group D shall consist of the following:
‘‘(A) University of Minnesota.
‘‘(B) Marshall University, West Virginia, on behalf of
a consortium of West Virginia colleges and universities.
‘‘(C) George Mason University, along with the Univer-
sity of Virginia and Virginia Tech University.
‘‘(D) Western Transportation Institute.
‘‘(E) Rhode Island Transportation Research Center.
‘‘(F) Northwestern University.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter
55 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 5504 the following:
‘‘5505. University transportation research.’’.
(c) REPEALS.—Section 5316 and 5317 of title 49, United States
Code, and the items relating to such sections in the analysis for
chapter 53 of such title, are repealed.
SEC. 5111. ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 55 of subtitle I of
title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 5110 of this
Act), is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 5506. Advanced vehicle technologies program
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The Secretary of Transportation, in coordina-
tion with other government agencies and private consortia, shall
encourage and promote the research, development, and deployment
of transportation technologies that will use technological advances
in multimodal vehicles, vehicle components, environmental tech-
nologies, and related infrastructure to remove impediments to an
efficient, safe, and cost-effective national transportation system.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION
OF ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUM.—In this section,
the term ‘eligible consortium’ means a consortium that receives
funding under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993
(Public Law 102–396; 106 Stat. 1876), and that comprises 2 or
more of the following entities:
‘‘(1) Businesses incorporated in the United States.
‘‘(2) Public or private educational or research organizations
located in the United States.
‘‘(3) Entities of State or local governments in the United
States.
‘‘(4) Federal laboratories.
‘‘(c) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall enter into contracts,
cooperative agreements, and other transactions as authorized by
section 2371 of title 10 with, and make grants to, eligible consortia
to promote the development and deployment of innovation in
transportation technology services, management, and operational
practices.
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—To be eligible to receive assistance
under this section, an eligible consortium shall—
‘‘(1) for a period of not less than the 3 years preceding
the date of a contract, cooperative agreement, or other trans-
action, be organized on a statewide or multistate basis for
the purpose of designing, developing, and deploying transpor-
tation technologies that address identified technological impedi-
ments in the transportation field;
‘‘(2) facilitate the participation in the consortium of small-
and medium-sized businesses, utilities, public laboratories and
universities, and other relevant entities;
‘‘(3) be actively engaged in transportation technology
projects that address compliance in nonattainment areas under
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
‘‘(4) be designed to use Federal and State funding to attract
private capital in the form of grants or investments to carry
out this section; and
‘‘(5) ensure that at least 50 percent of the funding for
the consortium project will be provided by non-Federal sources.
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‘‘(e) PROPOSALS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such terms and
conditions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for the
content and structure of proposals submitted for assistance under
this section.
‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—At least once each year, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the
projects undertaken by the eligible consortia and the progress made
in advancing the purposes of this section.
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated
to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2003, to remain available until expended.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Notwithstanding section 118(a), funds
made available under paragraph (1) shall not be available
in advance of an annual appropriation.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 55
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 5505 the following:
‘‘5506. Advanced vehicle technologies program.’’.
SEC. 5112. STUDY OF FUTURE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PRO-
GRAM.
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall make a grant to, or enter into
a cooperative agreement or contract with, the Transportation
Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences (in this section
referred to as the ‘‘Board’’) to conduct a study to determine the
goals, purposes, research agenda and projects, administrative struc-
ture, and fiscal needs for a new strategic highway research program
to replace the program established under section 307(d) (as in
effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act), or
a similar effort.
(b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study, the Board shall
consult with the American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials and such other entities as the Board deter-
mines appropriate to the conduct of the study.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after making a grant
or entering into a cooperative agreement or contract under sub-
section (a), the Board shall submit a final report on the results
of the study to the Secretary, the Committee on Environment and
Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 5113. COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS AND SPATIAL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and carry out
a program to validate commercial remote sensing products and
spatial information technologies for application to national transpor-
tation infrastructure development and construction.
(b) PROGRAM STAGES.—
(1) FIRST STAGE.—Not later than 18 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a national
policy for the use of commercial remote sensing products and
spatial information technologies in national transportation
infrastructure development and construction.
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(2) SECOND STAGE.—After establishment of the national
policy under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop new
applications of commercial remote sensing products and spatial
information technologies for the implementation of the national
policy.
(c) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall carry out this section
in cooperation with the Commercial Remote Sensing Program of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and a consor-
tium of university research centers.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 1999 through 2004.
SEC. 5114. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM.
With the year 2000 fast approaching, it is the sense of the
Congress that the Secretary should—
(1) give high priority to correcting all 2-digit date-related
problems in computer systems of the Department of Transpor-
tation to ensure that the systems continue to operate effectively
in the year 2000 and thereafter;
(2) assess immediately the extent of the risk to the oper-
ations of the Department of Transportation posed by the prob-
lems referred to in paragraph (1), and plan and budget for
achieving year 2000 compliance for all mission-critical systems
of the Department; and
(3) develop contingency plans for those systems that the
Secretary of Transportation is unable to correct in time.
SEC. 5115. INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRAFFIC.
(a) STUDY.—The Director shall carry out a study—
(1) to measure the ton-miles and value-miles of inter-
national trade traffic carried by highway for each State;
(2) to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of such measures
for use in the formula for highway apportionments;
(3) to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the use of
diesel fuel data as a measure of international trade traffic
by State; and
(4) to identify needed improvements in long-term data
collection programs to provide accurate and reliable measures
of international traffic for use in the formula for highway
apportionments.
(b) BASIS
FOR EVALUATIONS.—The study shall evaluate the
accuracy and reliability of measures for use as formula factors
based on statistical quality standards developed by the Bureau
in consultation with the Committee on National Statistics of the
National Academy of Sciences.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
a report on the results of the study carried out under paragraph
(1), including recommendations for changes in law necessary to
implement the identified needs for improvements in long-term data
collection programs.
SEC. 5116. UNIVERSITY GRANTS.
(a) SEISMIC RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
AT SAN
DIEGO.—
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(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to the
University of Alabama at Birmingham for the study of advanced
trauma care.
(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under sec-
tion 5001(a)(2) of this Act, $750,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2003 shall be available to carry out this sub-
section.
(h) CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION INJURY RESEARCH.—
(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to establish
and maintain a center for transportation injury research at
the Calspan University of Buffalo Research Center affiliated
with the State University of New York at Buffalo.
(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under sec-
tion 5001(a)(2) of this Act, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003 shall be available to carry out this sub-
section.
(i) HEAD AND SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH.—
(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to the
Neuroscience Center for Excellence at Louisiana State Univer-
sity and the Virginia Transportation Research Institute at
George Washington University for research and technology
development for preventing and minimizing head and spinal
cord injuries relating to automobile accidents.
(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under sec-
tion 5001(a)(2) of this Act, $500,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2003 shall be available to carry out this sub-
section.
SEC. 5117. TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND DEM-
ONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a transportation
technology innovation and demonstration program in accordance
with the requirements of this section.
(b) CONTENTS OF PROGRAM.—
(1) MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY WARNING SYSTEM.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall expand and con-
tinue the study authorized by section 358(c) of the National
Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (23 U.S.C. 401
note; 109 Stat. 625) relating to the development of a motor
vehicle safety warning system and shall conduct tests of
such system.
(B) GRANTS.—In carrying out this paragraph, the Sec-
retary may make grants to State and local governments.
(C) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for each
of fiscal years 1998 through 2000 by section 5001(a)(2)
of this Act, $700,000 per fiscal year shall be available
to carry out this paragraph.
(2) MOTOR CARRIER ADVANCED SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct research
on the deployment of a system of advanced sensors and
signal processors in trucks and tractor trailers to determine
axle and wheel alignment, monitor collision alarm, check
tire pressure and tire balance conditions, measure and
detect load distribution in the vehicle, and monitor and
adjust automatic braking systems.
(B) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for each
of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2)
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of this Act, $700,000 per fiscal year shall be available
to carry out this paragraph.
(3) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a pro-
gram to advance the deployment of an operational intel-
ligent 
transportation 
infrastructure 
system 
for 
the
measurement of various transportation system activities
to aid in the transportation planning and analysis while
making a significant contribution to the ITS program under
this title. This program shall be initiated in the 2 largest
metropolitan areas in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The program may locate its database at the facility author-
ized under paragraph (6).
(B) DESCRIPTION.—The program under this section
shall meet the following objectives:
(i) Build an infrastructure of the measurement
of various transportation system metrics to aid in plan-
ning, analysis, and maintenance of the Department
of Transportation, including the buildout, maintenance,
and operation of greater than 40 metropolitan area
systems with a cost not to exceed $2,000,000 per metro-
politan area. For the purposes of this demonstration
initiative, a metropolitan area is defined as any area
that has a population exceeding 300,000 and that
meets several of the criteria established by the Sec-
retary in conjunction with the intelligent vehicle high-
way systems corridors program.
(ii) Provide private technology commercialization
initiatives to generate revenues which will be shared
with local departments of transportation.
(iii) Collect data primarily through wireless trans-
mission along with some shared wide area networks.
(iv) Aggregate data into reports for multipoint data
distribution techniques.
(v) Utilize an advanced information system
designed and monitored by an entity with experience
with the Department of Transportation in the design
and monitoring of high reliability, mission critical voice
and data systems.
(C) ELIGIBILITY.—In addition to the amounts made
available under subparagraph (D), the program authorized
under this paragraph shall be eligible for funding under
sections 5207 and 5208 of this Act.
(D) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for each
of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2)
of this Act, $1,700,000 per fiscal year shall be available
to carry out this paragraph.
(E) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost
of a program carried out under this paragraph shall be
80 percent of the cost of such program.
(4) CORROSION CONTROL AND PREVENTION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a grant
to conduct a study on the costs and benefits of corrosion
control and prevention. The study shall be conducted in
conjunction with an interdisciplinary team of experts from
the fields of metallurgy, chemistry, economics, and others,
as appropriate. Not later than September 30, 2001, the
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Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study
results, together with any recommendations.
(B) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for each
of fiscal years 1999 and 2000 by section 5001(a)(1) of this
Act, $500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry
out this paragraph.
(5) FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF ASPHALTS AND MODIFIED
ASPHALTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall continue to carry
out section 6016 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991. Additional areas of the program
under such section shall be asphalt-water interaction
studies and asphalt-aggregate thin film behavior studies.
(B) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for each
of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(1)
of this Act, $3,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available
to carry out this paragraph.
(6) 
ADVANCED
TRAFFIC
MONITORING
AND
RESPONSE
CENTER.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants
to the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, in conjunc-
tion with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, to estab-
lish an advanced traffic monitoring and emergency
response center at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambers-
burg, Pennsylvania. The center shall help develop and
coordinate traffic monitoring and ITS systems on portions
of the Pennsylvania Turnpike system and I–81, coordinate
emergency response with State and local governments in
the Central Pennsylvania Region and conduct research on
emergency response and prototype trauma response.
(B) FUNDING.—
(i) ELIGIBILITY UNDER SECTION 5208.—The center
established under this paragraph shall be eligible for
funding under section 5208 of this Act.
(ii) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts made available
for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section
5001(a)(2) of this Act, $1,667,000 per fiscal year shall
be available to carry out this paragraph.
(7) TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC AND LAND USE SYSTEM.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall continue develop-
ment and deployment through the New Jersey Institute
of Technology to metropolitan planning organizations of
the Transportation Economic and Land Use System.
(B) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for each
of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2)
of this Act, $1,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available
to carry out this paragraph.
(8) RECYCLED MATERIALS RESOURCE CENTER.—
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish at
the University of New Hampshire a research program to
be known as the ‘‘Recycled Materials Resource Center’’
(referred to in this paragraph as the ‘‘Center’’).
(B) ACTIVITIES.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall—
(I) systematically test, evaluate, develop
appropriate 
guidelines 
for, 
and 
demonstrate
environmentally acceptable and occupationally
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safe technologies and techniques for the increased
use of traditional and nontraditional recycled and
secondary materials in transportation infrastruc-
ture construction and maintenance;
(II) make information available to State
transportation departments, the Federal Highway
Administration, the construction industry, and
other interested parties to assist in evaluating
proposals to use traditional and nontraditional
recycled and secondary materials in transportation
infrastructure construction;
(III) encourage the increased use of traditional
and nontraditional recycled and secondary mate-
rials by using sound science to analyze thoroughly
all potential long-term considerations that affect
the physical and environmental performance of the
materials; and
(IV) work cooperatively with Federal and State
officials to reduce the institutional barriers that
limit widespread use of traditional and nontradi-
tional recycled and secondary materials and to
ensure that such increased use is consistent with
the sustained environmental and physical integrity
of the infrastructure in which the materials are
used.
(ii) SITES
AND
PROJECTS
UNDER
ACTUAL
FIELD
CONDITIONS.—In carrying out clause (i)(III), the Sec-
retary may authorize the Center to—
(I) use test sites and demonstration projects
under actual field conditions to develop appro-
priate performance data; and
(II) develop appropriate tests and guidelines
to ensure correct use of recycled and secondary
materials 
in 
transportation 
infrastructure
construction.
(C) REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not less often than every 2 years,
the Secretary shall review and evaluate the program
carried out by the Center.
(ii) NOTIFICATION
OF
DEFICIENCIES.—In carrying
out clause (i), if the Secretary determines that the
Center is deficient in carrying out subparagraph (B),
the Secretary shall notify the Center of each deficiency
and recommend specific measures to address the defi-
ciency.
(iii) DISQUALIFICATION.—If, after the end of the
180-day period that begins on the date of notification
to the Center under clause (ii), the Secretary deter-
mines that the Center has not corrected each deficiency
identified under clause (ii), the Secretary may, after
notifying the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives of the determination, disqualify the Center from
further participation under this section.
(D) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for each
of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(1)