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emergency response times are reduced by an av-
erage of 10 minutes; and
‘‘(ii) subject to subsection (d), improving
communication between emergency care pro-
viders and trauma centers;
‘‘(3) address traffic management, incident man-
agement, transit management, toll collection, traveler
information, or highway operations systems;
‘‘(4) conduct operational tests of the integration
of at least 3 crash-avoidance technologies in passenger
vehicles;
‘‘(5) incorporate human factors research, includ-
ing the science of the driving process;
‘‘(6) facilitate the integration of intelligent infra-
structure, vehicle, and control technologies;
‘‘(7) incorporate research on the impact of envi-
ronmental, weather, and natural conditions on intel-
ligent transportation systems, including the effects of
cold climates;
‘‘(8) as determined by the Secretary, will im-
prove the overall safety performance of vehicles and
roadways, including the use of real-time setting of
speed limits through the use of speed management
technology;
‘‘(9) examine—
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‘‘(A) the application to intelligent transpor-
tation systems of appropriately modified existing
technologies from other industries; and
‘‘(B) the development of new, more robust
intelligent transportation systems technologies
and instrumentation;
‘‘(10) develop and test communication tech-
nologies that—
‘‘(A) are based on an assessment of the
needs of officers participating in a motor carrier
safety program funded under section 31104 of
title 49;
‘‘(B) take into account the effectiveness and
adequacy of available technology;
‘‘(C) 
address 
systems 
integration,
connectivity, and interoperability challenges;
and
‘‘(D) provide the means for officers partici-
pating in a motor carrier safety program funded
under section 31104 of title 49 to directly assess,
without an intermediary, current and accurate
safety and regulatory information on motor car-
riers, commercial motor vehicles and drivers at
roadside or mobile inspection facilities;
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‘‘(11) enhance intermodal use of intelligent
transportation systems for diverse groups, including
for emergency and health-related services;
‘‘(12) improve sensing and wireless communica-
tions that provide real-time information regarding
congestion and incidents;
‘‘(13) develop and test high-accuracy, lane-level,
real-time accessible digital map architectures that can
be used by intelligent vehicles and intelligent infra-
structure elements to facilitate safety and crash avoid-
ance (including establishment of national standards
for an open-architecture digital map of all public
roads that is compatible with electronic 9–1–1 serv-
ices);
‘‘(14) encourage the dual-use of intelligent trans-
portation system technologies (such as wireless com-
munications) for—
‘‘(A) emergency services;
‘‘(B) road pricing; and
‘‘(C) local economic development; and
‘‘(15) advance the use of intelligent transpor-
tation systems to facilitate high-performance trans-
portation systems, such as through—
‘‘(A) congestion-pricing;
‘‘(B) real-time facility management;
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‘‘(C) rapid-emergency response; and
‘‘(D) just-in-time transit.
‘‘(c) OPERATIONAL TESTS.—Operational tests con-
ducted under this section shall be designed for—
‘‘(1) the collection of data to permit objective
evaluation of the results of the tests;
‘‘(2) the derivation of cost-benefit information
that is useful to others contemplating deployment of
similar systems; and
‘‘(3) the development and implementation of
standards.
‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the costs
of operational tests under subsection (a) shall not exceed
80 percent.
‘‘§ 529. Use of funds
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, not more
than $5,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out
this subchapter shall be used for intelligent transportation
system outreach, public relations, displays, tours, and bro-
chures.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall not apply
to intelligent transportation system training, scholarships,
or the publication or distribution of research findings, tech-
nical guidance, or similar documents.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Title V of the Trans-
portation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended by
striking subtitle C (23 U.S.C. 502 note; 112 Stat. 452).
TITLE 
III—TRANSPORTATION
DISCRETIONARY 
SPENDING
GUARANTEE 
AND 
BUDGET
OFFSETS
SEC. 3101. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON OVERALL FEDERAL
BUDGET.
It is the sense of the Senate that—
(1) comprehensive statutory budget enforcement
measures, the jurisdiction of which lies with the Sen-
ate Budget Committee and Senate Governmental Af-
fairs Committee, should—
(A) be enacted this year; and
(B) address all areas of the Federal budget,
including discretionary spending, direct spend-
ing, and revenues; and
(2) special allocations for transportation should
be included in that context.
SEC. 3102. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING CATEGORIES.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) HIGHWAY CATEGORY.—Section 250(c)(4)(B)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
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trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(4)(B)) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century’’ and inserting ‘‘Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation
Equity Act of 2005’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(v) 69–8158–0–7–401 (Motor Carrier
Safety Grants).
‘‘(vi) 69–8159–0–7–401 (Motor Carrier
Safety Operations and Programs).’’.
(2) 
MASS
TRANSIT
CATEGORY.—Section
250(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(4)) is
amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(C) MASS TRANSIT CATEGORY.—The term
‘mass transit category’ means the following
budget accounts, or portions of the accounts, that
are subject to the obligation limitations on con-
tract authority provided in the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act of 2005 or for which appropriations are
provided in accordance with authorizations con-
tained in that Act: