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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4241 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a pilot program 
to improve transportation planning, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 
Ms. ESTY of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of 
Illinois, and Mrs. COMSTOCK) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a 
pilot program to improve transportation planning, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation Access 
and System Connection Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of carrying out sec-
tions 119, 133, 148, and 149 of title 23, United States 
Code, the Secretary of Transportation, in accordance with 
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the requirements of this section, shall carry out a pilot 
program to improve transportation planning. 
(b) DATA SETS.—In carrying out the program, not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall acquire for a participating State or 
metropolitan planning organization a data set containing 
information measuring the level of access by all transpor-
tation modes to important destinations in the State or 
metropolitan planning organization, such as jobs, edu-
cation, health care, and food sources. 
(c) SELECTION
OF PARTICIPATING STATES
AND 
MPOS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall select, 
on a competitive basis and in a manner that ensures 
geographic diversity, 5 States and 10 metropolitan 
planning organizations (including 6 such organiza-
tions that serve an area with a population of not 
more than 200,000) to participate in the program. 
(2) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to partici-
pate in the program, a State or metropolitan plan-
ning organization shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require. 
(d) CONSULTATION WITH PARTICIPATING STATES 
AND MPOS.—The Secretary shall consult with partici-
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pating States and metropolitan planning organizations to 
determine the benefits of the data sets acquired under 
subsection (b). 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 120 days 
after providing data sets to States and metropolitan plan-
ning organizations under the program, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
a report on the results of the program, including the feasi-
bility of issuing similar data sets to all States, regions, 
and localities. 
(f) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out the pro-
gram using amounts made available to the Secretary as 
administrative expenses under the sections referred to in 
subsection (a). 
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