apply the requirements described under section 113 of title 
23, as applicable, to any project receiving funds under this 
section. 
‘‘(o) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATED
ENTITY.—The term ‘des-
ignated entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State; 
‘‘(B) a unit of local government; 
‘‘(C) a metropolitan planning organization; 
‘‘(D) a public transportation authority (in-
cluding a port authority); 
‘‘(E) a tribal government; or 
‘‘(F) or a consortium of the entities de-
scribed in this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States 
Virgin Islands. 
‘‘(3) STATE FREIGHT PLAN.—The term ‘State 
freight plan’ means the State freight plan described 
under section 1118 of MAP–21 (Public Law 112– 
141). 
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‘‘§ 5508. National freight policy, network, plan, and 
data 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 
States to improve the condition and performance of the 
national freight system to ensure that the national freight 
system provides the foundation for the United States to 
compete in the global economy and achieve each goal de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) GOALS.—The goals of the national freight policy 
are— 
‘‘(1) to increase the productivity and efficiency 
of the national freight system so as to enhance the 
economic competitiveness of the United States; 
‘‘(2) to improve the safety, security, and resil-
ience of freight transportation; and 
‘‘(3) to improve quality of life by reducing, 
eliminating or reversing adverse environmental and 
community impacts of freight projects and goods 
movement in the United States. 
‘‘(c) NATIONAL FREIGHT SYSTEM DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘national freight system’ means the 
publicly and privately-owned transportation facilities that 
are used in transporting freight within the United States, 
including roads, railroads, ports, waterways, locks and 
dams, airports, airways, warehouses, distribution centers, 
and intermodal facilities. 
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‘‘(d) 
MULTIMODAL
NATIONAL
FREIGHT
NET-
WORK.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a multimodal national freight network in ac-
cordance with this section to inform public and pri-
vate planning, to prioritize for Federal investment, 
to aid the public and private sector in strategically 
directing resources, and to support Federal decision 
making to achieve the national freight policy goals 
set forth in subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) NETWORK
COMPONENTS.—The national 
freight network shall consist of such connectors, cor-
ridors, and facilities in all freight transportation 
modes as most critical to the current and future 
movement of freight within the national freight sys-
tem. 
‘‘(3) INITIAL DESIGNATION OF THE NATIONAL 
FREIGHT NETWORK.— 
‘‘(A) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall 
designate a national freight network— 
‘‘(i) using measurable data to assess 
the significance of goods movement, includ-
ing consideration of points of origin, des-
tination, and linking components of the 
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United States global and domestic supply 
chains; 
‘‘(ii) fostering network connectivity; 
and 
‘‘(iii) reflecting input collected from 
stakeholders through a public process, in-
cluding input from metropolitan planning 
organizations, and States to identify crit-
ical freight facilities that are vital links in 
national or regionally significant goods 
movement and supply chains. 
‘‘(B) FACTORS
FOR
DESIGNATION.—In 
designating the national freight network, the 
Secretary may consider— 
‘‘(i) volume, tonnage, and value of 
freight; 
‘‘(ii) 
origins 
and 
destinations 
of 
freight movement in, to, and from the 
United States; 
‘‘(iii) land and maritime ports of 
entry; 
‘‘(iv) population centers; 
‘‘(v) economic factors or other inputs 
determined to be relevant by the Secretary; 
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‘‘(vi) bottlenecks and other impedi-
ments contributing to significant measur-
able congestion and delay in freight move-
ment; 
‘‘(vii) facilities of future freight im-
portance based on input from stakeholders 
and analysis of projections for future 
growth and changes to the freight system; 
and 
‘‘(viii) elements of the freight system 
identified and documented by a metropoli-
tan planning organization or State using 
national or local data as having critical 
freight importance to the region. 
‘‘(4) 
REDESIGNATION
OF
THE
NATIONAL 
FREIGHT NETWORK.—Not later than 5 years after 
the designation of the national freight network 
under paragraph (2) and every 5 years thereafter, 
using the designation factors described in paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall redesignate the national 
freight network. 
‘‘(e) NATIONAL FREIGHT STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
PLAN.—Not later 
than October 1, 2015, the Secretary shall, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
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Secretary of Commerce, Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Civil Works, the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, State departments 
of transportation, and other appropriate public and 
private transportation stakeholders, develop, main-
tain, and post on the Department of Transportation 
public website a national freight strategic plan that 
includes— 
‘‘(A) an assessment of the condition and 
performance of the national freight system; 
‘‘(B) an identification of bottlenecks on the 
national freight system that create significant 
freight congestion problems, based on a quan-
titative methodology developed by the Secretary, 
which shall, at a minimum, include— 
‘‘(i) information from the Freight 
Analysis Framework of the Federal High-
way Administration; and 
‘‘(ii) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, an estimate of the cost of address-
ing each bottleneck and any operational 
improvements that could be implemented; 
‘‘(C) forecasts of freight volumes for 10- 
year and 20-year periods beginning in the year 
during which the plan is issued; 
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‘‘(D) an identification of major trade gate-
ways and national freight corridors that connect 
major population centers, trade gateways, and 
other major freight generators for current and 
forecasted traffic and freight volumes, the iden-
tification of which shall be revised, as appro-
priate, in subsequent plans; 
‘‘(E) an assessment of statutory, regu-
latory, technological, institutional, financial, 
and other barriers to improved freight transpor-
tation performance (including opportunities for 
overcoming the barriers); 
‘‘(F) an identification of routes providing 
access to energy exploration, development, in-
stallation, or production areas; 
‘‘(G) best practices for improving the per-
formance of the national freight system; 
‘‘(H) best practices for addressing the im-
pacts of freight movement on communities; 
‘‘(I) a process for addressing multistate 
projects and encouraging jurisdictions to col-
laborate; 
‘‘(J) 
strategies 
to 
improve 
freight 
connectivity between modes of transportation; 
and 
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‘‘(K) best practices to reduce greenhouse 
gas emissions, local air pollution, water runoff, 
and wildlife habitat loss. 
‘‘(2) UPDATES TO NATIONAL FREIGHT STRA-
TEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 5 years after the date 
of completion of the first national freight strategic 
plan under paragraph (1), and every 5 years there-
after, the Secretary shall update and repost on the 
Department of Transportation public website a re-
vised national freight strategic plan. 
‘‘(f) FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION CONDITIONS AND 
PERFORMANCE REPORTS.—Not later than October 1, 
2015, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall pre-
pare a report that contains a description of the conditions 
and performance of the national freight system in the 
United States. 
‘‘(g) TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENT
DATA
AND 
PLANNING TOOLS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
new tools and improve existing tools to support an 
outcome-oriented, performance-based approach to 
evaluate proposed freight-related and other transpor-
tation projects, including— 
‘‘(A) methodologies for systematic analysis 
of benefits and costs; 
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‘‘(B) freight forecasting models; 
‘‘(C) tools for ensuring that the evaluation 
of freight-related and other transportation 
projects can consider safety, economic competi-
tiveness, environmental sustainability, and sys-
tem condition in the project selection process; 
and 
‘‘(D) other elements to assist in effective 
transportation planning. 
‘‘(2) FREIGHT
DATA.—In support of these 
tools, and to support a broad range of evaluation 
methods and techniques to assist in making trans-
portation investment decisions, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) direct the collection of appropriate 
transportation-related data, including data to 
measure the condition and performance of the 
national freight system; and 
‘‘(B) consider any improvements to exist-
ing freight data collection efforts that could re-
duce identified freight data gaps and defi-
ciencies and help improve forecasts of freight 
transportation demand. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-
sult with Federal, State, and other stakeholders to 
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develop, improve, and implement the tools and col-
lect the data identified pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(4) MULTIMODAL
FREIGHT
MEASURE.—The 
Secretary shall evaluate the analyses and plans re-
quired under section 5506(c)(2) and consider devel-
opment of a national performance measure to assess 
the efficiency of the multimodal freight network in 
accordance with the national freight strategic plan. 
‘‘(h) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘State’ means any of the 50 States, the District of Colum-
bia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United 
States Virgin Islands.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
for chapter 55 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding after the item related to section 
5505 the following: 
‘‘5506. Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program. 
‘‘5507. National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program. 
‘‘5508. National freight policy, network, plan, and data.’’. 
(2) REPEAL.—Section 167 of title 23, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(3) CROSS-REFERENCE.—Section 505(a)(3) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘149, and 167’’ and inserting ‘‘and 149, and section 
5405 of title 49’’. 
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SEC. 3. STATE FREIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
Section 1117 of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1117. STATE FREIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall encourage 
each State to establish and maintain a freight advisory 
committee consisting of a representative cross-section of 
public and private sector freight entities, including— 
‘‘(1) any modes of freight transportation active 
in the State, including airports, highways, ports, and 
rail; 
‘‘(2) shippers; 
‘‘(3) carriers; 
‘‘(4) freight-related associations: 
‘‘(5) the freight industry workforce; 
‘‘(6) the transportation department of the 
State; 
‘‘(7) metropolitan planning organizations; 
‘‘(8) local governments; 
‘‘(9) the environmental protection department 
of the State, if applicable; and 
‘‘(10) the air resources board of the State, if 
applicable. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of a committee es-
tablished under subsection (a) shall be widely recognized 
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