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‘‘Development of a Domestic Supply Base for Intermodal 
Transportation in the U.S.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that collaboration between the Department of Transpor-
tation and the Department of Commerce can significantly 
improve the scope and depth of the domestic supply base 
for transportation infrastructure, particularly for small 
businesses in the United States. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation and the Secretary of Commerce shall prioritize 
the implementation of the Memorandum of Agree-
ment. 
(2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—The requirement under 
paragraph (1) may not be construed to require the ex-
penditure of additional funds. 
SEC. 33009. CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR NATURAL DISASTERS 
AND EXTREME WEATHER. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) EXTREME
WEATHER.—The term ‘‘extreme 
weather’’ includes severe or unseasonable weather, 
heavy precipitation, a storm surge, flooding, drought, 
windstorms (including hurricanes, tornadoes, and as-
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sociated storm surges), extreme heat, and extreme 
cold. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 
with— 
(A) the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology; 
(B) the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency; and 
(C) as appropriate— 
(i) the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
(ii) the Director of the United States 
Geological Survey; 
(iii) the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; 
(iv) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; and 
(v) the heads of other Federal agencies. 
(b) DATA.—The Secretary shall determine and provide 
to transportation planners appropriate data on the impact 
on infrastructure of natural disasters and a higher fre-
quency of extreme weather. 
(c) TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue 
guidance and establish design standards for transpor-
tation infrastructure to help States, metropolitan 
planning organizations, and local governments plan 
for natural disasters and a greater frequency of ex-
treme weather events in the process of planning, 
siting, designing, and developing transportation in-
frastructure by assessing vulnerabilities to a changing 
climate and the costs and benefits of adaptation 
measures (including economic, social, and environ-
mental costs and benefits). 
(2) COORDINATION.—If appropriate, guidance 
and design standards under paragraph (1) shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, be carried out 
through 
the 
coordination 
mechanism 
provided 
under— 
(A) the National Windstorm Impact Reduc-
tion Program established under section 204 of 
the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act 
of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 15703); and 
(B) the National Earthquake Hazard Re-
duction Program established under section 5 of 
the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 
(42 U.S.C. 7704).
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SEC. 33010. TOLL FAIRNESS STUDY. 
(a) REVIEW.—As soon as practicable after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a review of toll rate setting 
practices by selected interstate tolling authorities— 
(1) over any bridge constructed under the Act of 
March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C. 491 et seq.) (commonly 
known as the Bridge Act of 1906), the General Bridge 
Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525 et seq.), or the Inter-
national Bridge Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 535 et seq.); 
and 
(2) over or through any bridge or tunnel con-
structed on a Federal-aid highway (as defined in sec-
tion 101(a) of title 23, United States Code). 
(b) EVALUATION.—The review under subsection (a) 
shall include an evaluation of— 
(1) the extent to which the use of tolling revenue 
by interstate authorities is consistent with their man-
dates; and 
(2) the transparency and accountability of the 
funding and management decisions by those authori-
ties. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit a report to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
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and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives that contains— 
(1) the results of the review conducted under this 
section; and 
(2) any appropriate recommendations. 
TITLE 
IV—HAZARDOUS 
MATE-
RIALS 
TRANSPORTATION 
SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT 
OF 2012 
SEC. 34001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hazardous Materials 
Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 34002. DEFINITION. 
In this title, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Transportation. 
SEC. 34003. REFERENCES TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES 
CODE. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 
an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or 
other provision of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 34004. TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. 
(a) TRAINING CURRICULUM.—Section 5115 is amend-
ed—
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(1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘basic’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘basic’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘basic’’. 
(b) OPERATIONS LEVEL TRAINING.—Section 5116 is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘To the extent that a grant is used to train 
emergency responders, the State or Indian tribe shall 
provide written certification to the Secretary that the 
emergency responders who receive training under the 
grant will have the ability to protect nearby persons, 
property, and the environment from the effects of ac-
cidents or incidents involving the transportation of 
hazardous material in accordance with existing regu-
lations or National Fire Protection Association stand-
ards for competence of responders to hazardous mate-
rials.’’; 
(2) in subsection (j)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (7); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) The Secretary may not award a grant to an 
organization under this subsection unless the organi-
zation ensures that emergency responders who receive
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training under the grant will have the ability to pro-
tect nearby persons, property, and the environment 
from the effects of accidents or incidents involving the 
transportation of hazardous material in accordance 
with existing regulations or National Fire Protection 
Association standards for competence of responders to 
hazardous materials. 
‘‘(6) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (3), to 
the extent determined appropriate by the Secretary, a 
grant awarded by the Secretary to an organization 
under this subsection to conduct hazardous material 
response training programs may be used to train in-
dividuals with responsibility to respond to accidents 
and incidents involving hazardous material.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (k)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘annually’’ and inserting 
‘‘an annual report’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘the report’’ after ‘‘make 
available’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘information’’ and inserting 
‘‘. The report submitted under this subsection 
shall include information’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘The report shall identify’’ 
and all that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘The report submitted under this subsection shall