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SEC. 3003. METROPOLITAN AND STATEWIDE TRANSPOR-
TATION PLANNING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5303 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ‘‘and bicycle 
transportation facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘, bicycle 
transportation facilities, and intermodal facilities 
that support intercity transportation, including 
intercity buses and intercity bus facilities’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Designation or selec-
tion of officials or representatives under para-
graph (2) shall be determined by the metropoli-
tan planning organization according to the by-
laws or enabling statute of the organization. 
‘‘(B) 
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
REP-
RESENTATIVE.—Subject to the bylaws or ena-
bling statute of the metropolitan planning orga-
nization, a representative of a provider of public 
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transportation may also serve as a representa-
tive of a local municipality. 
‘‘(C) POWERS OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS.— 
An official described in paragraph (2)(B) shall 
have responsibilities, actions, duties, voting 
rights, and any other authority commensurate 
with other officials described in paragraph 
(2).’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (6)’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(4)(B) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (d)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(6)’’; 
(4) in subsection (g)(3)(A) by inserting ‘‘tour-
ism, natural disaster risk reduction,’’ after ‘‘eco-
nomic development,’’; 
(5) in subsection (h)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (G) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (H) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) improve the resilience and reliability 
of the transportation system.’’; 
(6) in subsection (i)— 
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(A) in paragraph (2)(A)(i) by striking 
‘‘transit’’ and inserting ‘‘public transportation 
facilities, intercity bus facilities’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6)(A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘public ports,’’ before 
‘‘freight shippers,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(including intercity 
bus operators, employer-based commuting 
programs, such as a carpool program, van-
pool program, transit benefit program, 
parking cash-out program, shuttle pro-
gram, or telework program)’’ after ‘‘private 
providers of transportation’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘para-
graph 
(2)(C)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘paragraph 
(2)(E)’’ each place it appears; 
(7) in subsection (k)(3)(A), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding intercity bus operators, employer-based com-
muting programs, such as a carpool program, van-
pool program, transit benefit program, parking cash- 
out program, shuttle program, or telework program), 
job access projects,’’ after ‘‘reduction’’; 
(8) in subsection (l)— 
(A) by adding a period at the end of para-
graph (1); and 
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(B) in paragraph (2)(D) by striking ‘‘of 
less than 200,000’’ and inserting ‘‘with a popu-
lation of 200,000 or less’’; and 
(9) in subsection (p) by striking ‘‘Funds set 
aside under section 104(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘Funds 
apportioned under section 104(b)(5)’’. 
(b) STATEWIDE AND NONMETROPOLITAN TRANSPOR-
TATION PLANNING.—Section 5304 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘and bicycle 
transportation facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘, bicycle 
transportation facilities, and intermodal facilities 
that support intercity transportation, including 
intercity buses and intercity bus facilities’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (G) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (H) by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) improve the resilience and reliability 
of the transportation system.’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B)(ii) by striking 
‘‘urbanized’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking 
‘‘urbanized’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)(3)(A)(ii)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘public ports,’’ before 
‘‘freight shippers,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(including intercity bus 
operators, 
employer-based 
commuting 
pro-
grams, such as a carpool program, vanpool pro-
gram, transit benefit program, parking cash-out 
program, shuttle program, or telework pro-
gram)’’ after ‘‘private providers of transpor-
tation’’. 
SEC. 3004. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS. 
Subsection 5307 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(1) RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘recipient’ means a designated recipient, State, 
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or local governmental authority that receives a grant 
under this section directly from the Government.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) 
by inserting ‘‘or general public demand re-
sponse service’’ before ‘‘during’’ each place it 
appears; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION TO THE SPECIAL RULE.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (3), if a public transpor-
tation system described in such paragraph executes 
a written agreement with 1 or more other public 
transportation systems to allocate funds under this 
subsection, other than by measuring vehicle revenue 
hours, each of the public transportation systems to 
the agreement may follow the terms of such agree-
ment without regard to the percentages or the meas-
ured vehicle revenue hours referred to in such para-
graph.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(K)(i) by striking ‘‘1 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘one-half of 1 percent’’. 
SEC. 
3005. 
FIXED 
GUIDEWAY 
CAPITAL 
INVESTMENT 
GRANTS. 
Section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (h)(6)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘In carrying out’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) OPTIONAL
EARLY
RATING.—At the 
request of the project sponsor, the Secretary 
shall evaluate and rate the project in accord-
ance with paragraphs (4) and (5) and subpara-
graph (A) of this paragraph upon completion of 
the analysis required under the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.).’’; 
(2) in subsection (l)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘80 per-
cent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘50 
percent’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(4) REMAINING COSTS.—The remainder of the 
net project costs shall be provided— 
‘‘(A) in cash from non-Government sources 
other than revenues from providing public 
transportation services; 
‘‘(B) from revenues from the sale of adver-
tising and concessions; 
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‘‘(C) from an undistributed cash surplus, a 
replacement or depreciation cash fund or re-
serve, or new capital; or 
‘‘(D) from amounts appropriated or other-
wise made available to a department or agency 
of the Government (other than the Department 
of Transportation) that are eligible to be ex-
pended for transportation.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (n) and redesignating 
subsection (o) as subsection (n); and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) SPECIAL RULE.—For the purposes of calcu-
lating the cost effectiveness of a project described in sub-
section (d) or (e), the Secretary shall not reduce or elimi-
nate the capital costs of art and landscaping elements 
from the annualized capital cost calculation.’’. 
SEC. 3006. FORMULA GRANTS FOR ENHANCED MOBILITY 
OF SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DIS-
ABILITIES. 
Section 5310 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary shall collect 
from, review, and disseminate to public transit agencies 
innovative practices, program models, new service delivery 
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options, findings from activities under subsection (h), and 
transit cooperative research program reports.’’. 
SEC. 3007. FORMULA GRANTS FOR RURAL AREAS. 
Section 5311(g)(3) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 
(D) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (C) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(A) may be provided in cash from non- 
Government sources other than revenues from 
providing public transportation services; and 
‘‘(B) may be provided from revenues from 
the sale of advertising and concessions;’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated) by 
inserting ‘‘, including all operating and capital costs 
of such service whether or not offset by revenue 
from such service,’’ after ‘‘the costs of a private op-
erator for the unsubsidized segment of intercity bus 
service’’. 
SEC. 3008. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS.—Section 5312 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the section designation and 
heading and inserting the following: 
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‘‘§ 5312. Public transportation innovation’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (a) through (f) 
as subsections (b) through (g), respectively; 
(3) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide as-
sistance for projects and activities to advance innovative 
public transportation research and development in accord-
ance with the requirements of this section.’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)(5) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking clause 
(vi) and redesignating clause (vii) as clause (vi); 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘re-
cipients’’ and inserting ‘‘participants’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C) by striking clause 
(ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) GOVERNMENT SHARE OF COSTS 
FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.—A grant for a 
project carried out under this paragraph 
shall be 80 percent of the net project cost 
of the project unless the grant recipient re-
quests a lower grant percentage.’’; and 
(D) by striking subparagraph (G); 
(5) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘(f)’’ and all that follows 
before paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT
ON RESEARCH.—Not later 
than the first Monday in February of each year, the Sec-
retary shall make available to the public on the Web site 
of the Department of Transportation, a report that in-
cludes—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(D) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) 
TRANSIT
COOPERATIVE
RESEARCH
PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amounts made avail-
able under section 5338(b) are available for a public 
transportation cooperative research program. 
‘‘(2) INDEPENDENT GOVERNING BOARD.— 
‘‘(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary 
shall establish an independent governing board 
for the program under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
board 
shall recommend public transportation research, 
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development, and technology transfer activities 
the Secretary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
may make grants to, and enter into cooperative 
agreements with, the National Academy of Sciences 
to carry out activities under this subsection that the 
Secretary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(4) GOVERNMENT’S
SHARE.—If there would 
be a clear and direct financial benefit to an entity 
under a grant or contract financed under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall establish a Government 
share consistent with that benefit. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION
ON
APPLICABILITY.—Sub-
sections (f) and (g) shall not apply to activities car-
ried out under this subsection.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5312 of 
such title (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) 
is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(a)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(2) in each of subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘subsection 
(d)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(4)’’. 
(c) REPEAL.—Section 5313 of such title, and the 
item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 
53 of such title, are repealed. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 53 of such title is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 5312 and inserting the following: 
‘‘5312. Public transportation innovation.’’. 
SEC. 3009. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND WORKFORCE DE-
VELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5314 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 5314. Technical assistance and workforce develop-
ment 
‘‘(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND STANDARDS 
DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
make grants and enter into contracts, coopera-
tive agreements, and other agreements (includ-
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ing agreements with departments, agencies, and 
instrumentalities of the Government) to carry 
out activities that the Secretary determines will 
assist recipients of assistance under this chap-
ter to— 
‘‘(i) more effectively and efficiently 
provide public transportation service; 
‘‘(ii) administer funds received under 
this chapter in compliance with Federal 
law; and 
‘‘(iii) improve public transportation. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITIES.—The activi-
ties carried out under subparagraph (A) may 
include— 
‘‘(i) technical assistance; and 
‘‘(ii) the development of voluntary and 
consensus-based standards and best prac-
tices by the public transportation industry, 
including standards and best practices for 
safety, fare collection, intelligent transpor-
tation systems, accessibility, procurement, 
security, asset management to maintain a 
state of good repair, operations, mainte-
nance, vehicle propulsion, communications, 
and vehicle electronics. 
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‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, 
through a competitive bid process, may enter into 
contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agree-
ments with national nonprofit organizations that 
have the appropriate demonstrated capacity to pro-
vide public transportation-related technical assist-
ance under this subsection. The Secretary may enter 
into such contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other agreements to assist providers of public trans-
portation to— 
‘‘(A) comply with the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 
through technical assistance, demonstration 
programs, research, public education, and other 
activities related to complying with such Act; 
‘‘(B) comply with human services transpor-
tation coordination requirements and to en-
hance the coordination of Federal resources for 
human services transportation with those of the 
Department of Transportation through tech-
nical assistance, training, and support services 
related to complying with such requirements; 
‘‘(C) meet the transportation needs of el-
derly individuals; 
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‘‘(D) increase transit ridership in coordina-
tion with metropolitan planning organizations 
and other entities through development around 
public transportation stations through technical 
assistance and the development of tools, guid-
ance, and analysis related to market-based de-
velopment around transit stations; 
‘‘(E) address transportation equity with re-
gard to the effect that transportation planning, 
investment, and operations have for low-income 
and minority individuals; 
‘‘(F) facilitate best practices to promote 
bus driver safety; and 
‘‘(G) any other technical assistance activity 
that the Secretary determines is necessary to 
advance the interests of public transportation. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT ON TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—Not later than the first Monday in February 
of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives a report that includes— 
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‘‘(A) a description of each project that re-
ceived assistance under this subsection during 
the preceding fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) an evaluation of the activities carried 
out by each organization that received assist-
ance under this subsection during the preceding 
fiscal year; 
‘‘(C) a proposal for allocations of amounts 
for assistance under this subsection for the sub-
sequent fiscal year; and 
‘‘(D) measurable outcomes and impacts of 
the programs funded under subsections (b) and 
(c). 
‘‘(4) GOVERNMENT SHARE OF COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Government 
share of the cost of an activity carried out 
using a grant under this subsection may not ex-
ceed 80 percent. 
‘‘(B) 
NON-GOVERNMENT
SHARE.—The 
non-Government share of the cost of an activity 
carried out using a grant under this subsection 
may be derived from in-kind contributions. 
‘‘(b) HUMAN RESOURCES AND TRAINING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may under-
take, or make grants and contracts for, programs 
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that address human resource needs as they apply to 
public transportation activities. A program may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) an employment training program; 
‘‘(B) an outreach program to increase vet-
eran, minority, and female employment in pub-
lic transportation activities; 
‘‘(C) research on public transportation per-
sonnel and training needs; 
‘‘(D) training and assistance for veteran 
and minority business opportunities; and 
‘‘(E) consensus-based national training 
standards and certifications in partnership with 
industry stakeholders. 
‘‘(2) INNOVATIVE
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION 
FRONTLINE
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
establish a competitive grant program to assist 
the development of innovative activities eligible 
for assistance under subparagraph (1). 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
PROGRAMS.—A program 
eligible for assistance under subsection (a) 
shall— 
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‘‘(i) develop apprenticeships for tran-
sit maintenance and operations occupa-
tions, including hands-on, peer trainer, 
classroom and on-the-job training as well 
as training for instructors and on-the-job 
mentors; 
‘‘(ii) build local, regional, and state-
wide transit training partnerships in co-
ordination with entities such as local em-
ployers, local public transportation opera-
tors, labor union organizations, workforce 
development boards, State workforce agen-
cies, State apprenticeship agencies (where 
applicable), community colleges and univer-
sity transportation centers, to identify and 
address workforce skill gaps and develop 
skills needed for delivering quality transit 
service and supporting employee career ad-
vancement; 
‘‘(iii) provide improved capacity for 
safety, security, and emergency prepared-
ness in local transit systems through— 
‘‘(I) developing the role of the 
frontline workforce in building and 
sustaining safety culture and safety 
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systems in the industry and in indi-
vidual public transportation systems; 
‘‘(II) specific training, in coordi-
nation with the National Transit In-
stitute, on security and emergency 
preparedness, including protocols for 
coordinating with first responders and 
working with the broader community 
to address natural disasters or other 
threats to transit systems; and 
‘‘(III) training to address front-
line worker roles in promoting health 
and safety for transit workers and the 
riding public, and improving commu-
nication during emergencies between 
the frontline workforce and the riding 
public; or 
‘‘(iv) address current or projected 
workforce shortages by developing career 
pathway partnerships with high schools, 
community colleges and other community 
organizations for recruiting and training 
underrepresented 
populations, 
including 
minorities, women, individuals with disabil-
ities, veterans, and low-income populations 
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as successful transit employees who can 
develop careers in the transit industry. 
‘‘(C) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.—To the 
maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall 
select recipients that— 
‘‘(i) are geographically diverse; 
‘‘(ii) 
address 
the 
workforce 
and 
human resources needs of large public 
transportation providers; 
‘‘(iii) address the workforce and 
human resources needs of small public 
transportation providers; 
‘‘(iv) address the workforce and 
human resources needs of urban public 
transportation providers; 
‘‘(v) 
address 
the 
workforce 
and 
human resources needs of rural public 
transportation providers; 
‘‘(vi) advance training related to 
maintenance of alternative energy, energy 
efficiency, or zero emission vehicles and fa-
cilities used in public transportation; 
‘‘(vii) target areas with high rates of 
unemployment; 
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‘‘(viii) address current or projected 
workforce shortages in areas that require 
technical expertise; and 
‘‘(ix) advance opportunities for mi-
norities, women, veterans, individuals with 
disabilities, low-income populations, and 
other underserved populations. 
‘‘(D) PROGRAM
OUTCOMES.—A recipient 
of assistance under this subsection shall dem-
onstrate outcomes for any program that in-
cludes skills training, on-the-job training, and 
work-based learning, including— 
‘‘(i) the impact on reducing public 
transportation workforce shortages in the 
area served; 
‘‘(ii) the diversity of training partici-
pants; and 
‘‘(iii) the number of participants ob-
taining certifications or credentials re-
quired for specific types of employment. 
‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—The 
Government share of the cost of a project carried 
out using a grant under paragraph (1) or (2) shall 
be 50 percent. 
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‘‘(4) USE FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 
Secretary may use not more than 1 percent of 
amounts made available to carry out this section to 
provide technical assistance for activities and pro-
grams developed, conducted, and overseen under 
paragraphs (1) and (2). 
‘‘(c) NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a national transit institute and award grants 
to a public, 4-year institution of higher education, as 
defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), in order to carry 
out the duties of the institute. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In cooperation with 
the Federal Transit Administration, State 
transportation departments, public transpor-
tation authorities, and national and inter-
national entities, the institute established under 
paragraph (1) shall develop and conduct train-
ing and educational programs for Federal, 
State, and local transportation employees, 
United States citizens, and foreign nationals 
engaged or to be engaged in Government-aid 
public transportation work. 
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‘‘(B) TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL PRO-
GRAMS.—The training and educational pro-
grams developed under subparagraph (A) may 
include courses in recent developments, tech-
niques, and procedures related to— 
‘‘(i) intermodal and public transpor-
tation planning; 
‘‘(ii) management; 
‘‘(iii) environmental factors; 
‘‘(iv) acquisition and joint-use rights- 
of-way; 
‘‘(v) engineering and architectural de-
sign; 
‘‘(vi) procurement strategies for public 
transportation systems; 
‘‘(vii) turnkey approaches to deliv-
ering public transportation systems; 
‘‘(viii) new technologies; 
‘‘(ix) emission reduction technologies; 
‘‘(x) ways to make public transpor-
tation accessible to individuals with disabil-
ities; 
‘‘(xi) construction, construction man-
agement, insurance, and risk management; 
‘‘(xii) maintenance; 
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‘‘(xiii) contract administration; 
‘‘(xiv) inspection; 
‘‘(xv) innovative finance; 
‘‘(xvi) workplace safety; and 
‘‘(xvii) public transportation security. 
‘‘(3) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING.— 
Education and training of Government, State, and 
local transportation employees under this subsection 
shall be provided— 
‘‘(A) by the Secretary at no cost to the 
States and local governments for subjects that 
are a Government program responsibility; or 
‘‘(B) when the education and training are 
paid under paragraph (4), by the State, with 
the approval of the Secretary, through grants 
and contracts with public and private agencies, 
other institutions, individuals, and the institute. 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY
OF
AMOUNTS.—Not more 
than 0.5 percent of the amounts made available for 
a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1991, to 
a State or public transportation authority in the 
State to carry out sections 5307 and 5309 is avail-
able for expenditure by the State and public trans-
portation authorities in the State, with the approval 
of the Secretary, to pay not more than 80 percent 
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of the cost of tuition and direct educational expenses 
related to educating and training State and local 
transportation employees under this subsection.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 5322 of such title, and the 
item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 
53 of such title, are repealed. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 53 of such title is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 5314 and inserting the following: 
‘‘5314. Technical assistance and workforce development’’. 
SEC. 3010. BICYCLE FACILITIES. 
Section 5319 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘90 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘80 
percent’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘95 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘80 
percent’’. 
SEC. 3011. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) pay incremental costs of incorporating art 
or landscaping into facilities, including the costs of 
an artist on the design team; or’’; 
(2) in subsection (i) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) ACQUISITION OF BASE-MODEL BUSES.—A 
grant for the acquisition of a base-model bus for use 
in public transportation may be not more than 85 
percent of the net project cost.’’; 
(3) in subsection (j)(2) by striking subpara-
graph (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) when procuring rolling stock (includ-
ing train control, communication, and traction 
power equipment) under this chapter— 
‘‘(i) the cost of components and sub-
components 
produced 
in 
the 
United 
States— 
‘‘(I) for fiscal years 2016 and 
2017, is more than 60 percent of the 
cost of all components of the rolling 
stock; 
‘‘(II) for fiscal years 2018 and 
2019, is more than 65 percent of the 
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cost of all components of the rolling 
stock; and 
‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2020 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, is more 
than 70 percent of the cost of all com-
ponents of the rolling stock; and 
‘‘(ii) final assembly of the rolling 
stock has occurred in the United States; 
or’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(s) VALUE CAPTURE REVENUE ELIGIBLE
FOR 
LOCAL SHARE.—A recipient of assistance under this 
chapter may use the revenue generated from value capture 
financing mechanisms as local matching funds for capital 
projects and operating costs eligible under this chapter. 
‘‘(t) SPECIAL CONDITION ON CHARTER BUS TRANS-
PORTATION SERVICE.—If, in a fiscal year, the Secretary 
is prohibited by law from enforcing regulations related to 
charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations, for any transit agency that during 
fiscal year 2008 was both initially granted a 60-day period 
to come into compliance with such part 604, and then was 
subsequently granted an exception from such part— 
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‘‘(1) the transit agency shall be precluded from 
receiving its allocation of urbanized area formula 
grant funds for that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) any amounts withheld pursuant to para-
graph (1) shall be added to the amount that the 
Secretary may apportion under section 5336 in the 
following fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 3012. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROGRAM. 
Section 5329 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (E); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
‘‘(D) minimum safety standards to ensure 
the safe operation of public transportation sys-
tems that— 
‘‘(i) are not related to performance 
standards for public transportation vehicles 
developed under subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, take 
into consideration— 
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‘‘(I) relevant recommendations of 
the National Transportation Safety 
Board; 
‘‘(II) best practices standards de-
veloped by the public transportation 
industry; 
‘‘(III) 
any 
minimum 
safety 
standards or performance criteria 
being implemented across the public 
transportation industry; 
‘‘(IV) relevant recommendations 
from the report under section 3018 of 
the Surface Transportation Reauthor-
ization and Reform Act of 2015; and 
‘‘(V) any additional information 
that the Secretary determines nec-
essary and appropriate;’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)(2) by inserting after ‘‘pub-
lic transportation system of a recipient’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or the public transportation industry gen-
erally’’; 
(3) in subsection (g)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) by striking ‘‘an eligible State, as defined in 
subsection (e),’’ and inserting ‘‘a recipient’’; 
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(B) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (D) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) withholding not more than 25 percent 
of financial assistance under section 5307.’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (g)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by inserting after ‘‘funds’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or withhold funds’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or (1)(E)’’ after 
‘‘paragraph (1)(D)’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may 
only withhold funds in accordance with para-
graph (1)(E), if enforcement actions under sub-
paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) did not bring 
the recipient into compliance.’’. 
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SEC. 3013. APPORTIONMENTS. 
Section 5336 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘subsection (h)(4)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (h)(5)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(E) by striking ‘‘22.27 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘27 percent’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (g) and redesignating 
subsections (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (g), (h), 
and (i), respectively. 
SEC. 3014. STATE OF GOOD REPAIR GRANTS. 
Section 5337 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘on a fa-
cility with access for other high-occupancy vehi-
cles’’ and inserting ‘‘on high-occupancy vehicle 
lanes during peak hours’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘vehicle’’ 
after ‘‘motorbus’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient in an urban-
ized area may use any portion of the amount appor-
tioned to the recipient under this subsection for high 
intensity fixed guideway state of good repair projects 
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under subsection (c) if the recipient demonstrates to 
the satisfaction of the Secretary that the high inten-
sity motorbus public transportation vehicles in the 
urbanized area are in a state of good repair.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) GOVERNMENT SHARE OF COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—A grant for a capital 
project under this section shall be for 80 percent of 
the net project cost of the project. The recipient may 
provide additional local matching amounts. 
‘‘(2) REMAINING COSTS.—The remainder of the 
net project cost shall be provided— 
‘‘(A) in cash from non-Government sources 
other than revenues from providing public 
transportation services; 
‘‘(B) from revenues derived from the sale 
of advertising and concessions; 
‘‘(C) from an undistributed cash surplus, a 
replacement or depreciation cash fund or re-
serve, or new capital; or 
‘‘(D) from amounts appropriated or other-
wise made available to a department or agency 
of the Government (other than the Department 
of Transportation) that are eligible to be ex-
pended for transportation.’’. 
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SEC. 3015. AUTHORIZATIONS. 
Section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 5338. Authorizations 
‘‘(a) FORMULA GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There shall be available 
from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
Trust Fund to carry out sections 5305, 5307, 5310, 
5311, 5314(c), 5318, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 
and section 20005(b) of the Federal Public Trans-
portation Act of 2012— 
‘‘(A) $8,723,925,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(B) $8,879,211,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(C) $9,059,459,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(D) $9,240,648,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(E) $9,429,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
and 
‘‘(F) $9,617,580,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) SECTION
5305.—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), there shall 
be available to carry out section 5305— 
‘‘(i) $128,800,000 for fiscal year 
2016; 
‘‘(ii) $128,800,000 for fiscal year 
2017; 
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‘‘(iii) $131,415,000 for fiscal year 
2018; 
‘‘(iv) $134,043,000 for fiscal year 
2019; 
‘‘(v) $136,775,000 for fiscal year 
2020; and 
‘‘(vi) $139,511,000 for fiscal year 
2021. 
‘‘(B) PILOT
PROGRAM.—$10,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, shall be 
available to carry out section 20005(b) of the 
Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012; 
‘‘(C) SECTION
5307.—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), there shall 
be allocated in accordance with section 5336 to 
provide financial assistance for urbanized areas 
under section 5307— 
‘‘(i) $4,458,650,000 for fiscal year 
2016; 
‘‘(ii) $4,458,650,000 for fiscal year 
2017; 
‘‘(iii) $4,549,161,000 for fiscal year 
2018; 
‘‘(iv) $4,640,144,000 for fiscal year 
2019; 
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‘‘(v) $4,734,724,000 for fiscal year 
2020; and 
‘‘(vi) $4,829,418,000 for fiscal year 
2021. 
‘‘(D) SECTION
5310.—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), there shall 
be available to provide financial assistance for 
services for the enhanced mobility of seniors 
and individuals with disabilities under section 
5310— 
‘‘(i) $262,175,000 for fiscal year 
2016; 
‘‘(ii) $266,841,000 for fiscal year 
2017; 
‘‘(iii) $272,258,000 for fiscal year 
2018; 
‘‘(iv) $277,703,000 for fiscal year 
2019; 
‘‘(v) $283,364,000 for fiscal year 
2020; and 
‘‘(vi) $289,031,000 for fiscal year 
2021. 
‘‘(E) SECTION 5311.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), there 
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shall be available to provide financial as-
sistance for rural areas under section 
5311— 
‘‘(I) $607,800,000 for fiscal year 
2016; 
‘‘(II) $607,800,000 for fiscal 
year 2017; 
‘‘(III) $620,138,000 for fiscal 
year 2018; 
‘‘(IV) $632,541,000 for fiscal 
year 2019; 
‘‘(V) $645,434,000 for fiscal year 
2020; and 
‘‘(VI) $658,343,000 for fiscal 
year 2021. 
‘‘(ii) 
SUBALLOCATION.—Of 
the 
amounts made available under clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) there shall be available to 
carry out section 5311(c)(1) not less 
than $30,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2021; and 
‘‘(II) there shall be available to 
carry out section 5311(c)(2) not less 
than $20,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2021. 
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‘‘(F) SECTION
5314(C).—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), there shall 
be available for the national transit institute 
under section 5314(c) $5,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2021. 
‘‘(G) SECTION
5318.—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), there shall 
be available for bus testing under section 5318 
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 
through 2021. 
‘‘(H) SECTION
5335.—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), there shall 
be 
available 
to 
carry 
out 
section 
5335 
$3,850,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 
through 2021. 
‘‘(I) SECTION 5337.—Of the amounts made 
available under paragraph (1), there shall be 
available to carry out section 5337— 
‘‘(i) $2,198,389,000 for fiscal year 
2016; 
‘‘(ii) $2,237,520,000 for fiscal year 
2017; 
‘‘(iii) $2,282,941,000 for fiscal year 
2018; 
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‘‘(iv) $2,328,600,000 for fiscal year 
2019; 
‘‘(v) $2,376,064,000 for fiscal year 
2020; and 
‘‘(vi) $2,423,585,000 for fiscal year 
2021. 
‘‘(J) SECTION
5339(c).—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), there shall 
be available for bus and bus facilities programs 
under section 5339(c)— 
‘‘(i) $430,000,000 for fiscal year 
2016; 
‘‘(ii) $431,850,000 for fiscal year 
2017; 
‘‘(iii) $445,120,000 for fiscal year 
2018; 
‘‘(iv) $458,459,000 for fiscal year 
2019; 
‘‘(v) $472,326,000 for fiscal year 
2020; and 
‘‘(vi) $486,210,000 for fiscal year 
2021. 
‘‘(K) SECTION 5339(d).—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), there shall 
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be available for bus and bus facilities competi-
tive grants under 5339(d)— 
‘‘(i) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
and 
‘‘(ii) $200,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2021. 
‘‘(L) SECTION
5340.—Of the amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), there shall 
be allocated in accordance with section 5340 to 
provide financial assistance for urbanized areas 
under section 5307 and rural areas under sec-
tion 5311— 
‘‘(i) $525,900,000 for fiscal year 
2016; 
‘‘(ii) $525,900,000 for fiscal year 
2017; 
‘‘(iii) $536,576,000 for fiscal year 
2018; 
‘‘(iv) $547,307,000 for fiscal year 
2019; 
‘‘(v) $558,463,000 for fiscal year 
2020; and 
‘‘(vi) $569,632,000 for fiscal year 
2021. 
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‘‘(b) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION 
AND DEPLOYMENT PROJECTS.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out section 5312— 
‘‘(1) $33,495,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(2) $34,091,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(3) $34,783,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(4) $35,479,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(5) $36,202,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(6) $36,926,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, STANDARDS, AND 
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out section 5314— 
‘‘(1) $6,156,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(2) $8,152,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(3) $10,468,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(4) $12,796,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(5) $15,216,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(6) $17,639,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(d) CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5309— 
‘‘(1) $2,029,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(2) $2,065,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(3) $2,106,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(4) $2,149,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(5) $2,193,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
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‘‘(6) $2,237,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated 
to 
carry 
out 
section 
5334, 
$105,933,000 for fiscal years 2016 through 2021. 
‘‘(2) SECTION 5329.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), not 
less than $4,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 
through 2021 shall be available to carry out section 
5329. 
‘‘(3) SECTION
5326.—Of the amounts made 
available under paragraph (2), not less than 
$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 
2021 shall be available to carry out section 5326. 
‘‘(f) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made 
available by or appropriated under this section shall re-
main available for obligation for a period of 3 years after 
the last day of the fiscal year for which the funds are au-
thorized. 
‘‘(g) GRANTS AS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS FINANCED FROM HIGHWAY TRUST 
FUND.—A grant or contract that is approved by the 
Secretary and financed with amounts made available 
from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
Trust Fund pursuant to this section is a contractual 
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obligation of the Government to pay the Government 
share of the cost of the project. 
‘‘(2) 
GRANTS
FINANCED
FROM
GENERAL 
FUND.—A grant or contract that is approved by the 
Secretary and financed with amounts appropriated 
in advance from the general fund of the Treasury 
pursuant to this section is a contractual obligation 
of the Government to pay the Government share of 
the cost of the project only to the extent that 
amounts are appropriated for such purpose by an 
Act of Congress. 
‘‘(h) OVERSIGHT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 
available to carry out this chapter for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary may use not more than the following 
amounts for the activities described in paragraph 
(2): 
‘‘(A) 0.5 percent of amounts made avail-
able to carry out section 5305. 
‘‘(B) 0.75 percent of amounts made avail-
able to carry out section 5307. 
‘‘(C) 1 percent of amounts made available 
to carry out section 5309. 
‘‘(D) 1 percent of amounts made available 
to carry out section 601 of the Passenger Rail 
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Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–432; 126 1 Stat. 4968). 
‘‘(E) 0.5 percent of amounts made avail-
able to carry out section 5310. 
‘‘(F) 0.5 percent of amounts made avail-
able to carry out section 5311. 
‘‘(G) 0.75 percent of amounts made avail-
able to carry out section 5337(c), of which not 
less than 0.25 percent shall be available to 
carry out section 5329. 
‘‘(H) 0.75 percent of amounts made avail-
able to carry out section 5339. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The activities described in 
this paragraph are as follows: 
‘‘(A) Activities to oversee the construction 
of a major capital project. 
‘‘(B) Activities to review and audit the 
safety and security, procurement, management, 
and financial compliance of a recipient or sub-
recipient of funds under this chapter. 
‘‘(C) Activities to provide technical assist-
ance generally, and to provide technical assist-
ance to correct deficiencies identified in compli-
ance reviews and audits carried out under this 
section. 
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‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT
SHARE
OF
COSTS.—The 
Government shall pay the entire cost of carrying out 
a contract under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
FUNDS.— 
Funds made available under paragraph (1)(C) shall 
be available to the Secretary before allocating the 
funds appropriated to carry out any project under a 
full funding grant agreement.’’. 
SEC. 3016. BUS AND BUS FACILITY GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5339 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 5339. Bus and bus facility grants 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
make grants under this section to assist eligible recipients 
described in subsection (b)(1) in financing capital 
projects— 
‘‘(1) to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses 
and related equipment; and 
‘‘(2) to construct bus-related facilities. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS AND SUBRECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(1) RECIPIENTS.—Eligible recipients under 
this section are designated recipients that operate 
fixed route bus service or that allocate funding to 
fixed route bus operators. 
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‘‘(2) SUBRECIPIENTS.—A designated recipient 
that receives a grant under this section may allocate 
amounts of the grant to subrecipients that are public 
agencies or private nonprofit organizations engaged 
in public transportation. 
‘‘(c) FORMULA GRANT DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available for 
making grants under this subsection shall be distrib-
uted as follows: 
‘‘(A) 
NATIONAL
DISTRIBUTION.— 
$65,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 
through 2021 shall be allocated to all States 
and territories, with each State receiving 
$1,250,000, 
and 
each 
territory 
receiving 
$500,000, for each such fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION
USING
POPULATION 
AND SERVICE FACTORS.—The remainder of the 
funds not otherwise distributed under para-
graph (1) shall be allocated pursuant to the for-
mula set forth in section 5336 (other than sub-
section (b) of that section). 
‘‘(2) TRANSFERS OF APPORTIONMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) TRANSFER
FLEXIBILITY
FOR
NA-
TIONAL DISTRIBUTION FUNDS.—The Governor 
of a State may transfer any part of the State’s 
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apportionment under subparagraph (A) to sup-
plement— 
‘‘(i) amounts apportioned to the State 
under section 5311(c); or 
‘‘(ii) amounts apportioned to urban-
ized areas under subsections (a) and (c) of 
section 5336. 
‘‘(B) TRANSFER FLEXIBILITY FOR POPU-
LATION AND SERVICE FACTORS FUNDS.—The 
Governor of a State may expend in an urban-
ized area with a population of less than 
200,000 any amounts apportioned under para-
graph (1)(B) that are not allocated to des-
ignated recipients in urbanized areas with a 
population of 200,000 or more. 
‘‘(3) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY
TO
RECIPI-
ENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made avail-
able under this subsection may be obligated by 
a recipient for 3 years after the fiscal year in 
which the amount is apportioned. 
‘‘(B) 
REAPPORTIONMENT
OF
UNOBLI-
GATED
AMOUNTS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the end of the 3-year period described in 
subparagraph (A), any amount that is not obli-
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gated on the last day of that period shall be 
added to the amount that may be apportioned 
under this subsection in the next fiscal year. 
‘‘(4) PILOT
PROGRAM
FOR
COST-EFFECTIVE 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For each of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2021, the Secretary shall 
carry out a pilot program under which an eligi-
ble designated recipient (as described in sub-
section (c)(1)) in an urbanized area with popu-
lation of not less than 200,000 and not more 
than 999,999 may elect to participate in a 
State pool in accordance with this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) PURPOSE
OF
STATE
POOLS.—The 
purpose of a State pool shall be to allow for 
transfers of formula grant funds made available 
under this subsection among the designated re-
cipients participating in the State pool in a 
manner that supports the transit asset manage-
ment plans of the designated recipients under 
section 5326. 
‘‘(C) REQUESTS
FOR
PARTICIPATION.—A 
State, and designated recipients in the State 
described in subparagraph (A), may submit to 
the Secretary a request for participation in the 
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program under procedures to be established by 
the Secretary. A designated recipient for a 
multistate area may participate in only 1 State 
pool. 
‘‘(D) ALLOCATIONS
TO
PARTICIPATING 
STATES.—For each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall allocate to each State participating in the 
program the total amount of funds that other-
wise would be allocated to the urbanized areas 
of the designated recipients participating in the 
State’s pool for that fiscal year pursuant to the 
formula referred to in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(E) ALLOCATIONS
TO
DESIGNATED
RE-
CIPIENTS IN STATE POOLS.—A State shall dis-
tribute the amount that is allocated to the State 
for a fiscal year under subparagraph (D) 
among the designated recipients participating in 
the State’s pool in a manner that supports the 
transit asset management plans of the recipi-
ents under section 5326. 
‘‘(F) ALLOCATION PLANS.—A State par-
ticipating in the program shall develop an allo-
cation plan for the period of fiscal years 2016 
through 2021 to ensure that a designated re-
cipient participating in the State’s pool receives 
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under the program an amount of funds that 
equals the amount of funds that would have 
otherwise been available to the designated re-
cipient for that period pursuant to the formula 
referred to in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(G) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make 
grants under this subsection for a fiscal year to 
a designated recipient participating in a State 
pool following notification by the State of the 
allocation amount determined under subpara-
graph (E). 
‘‘(d) COMPETITIVE GRANTS
FOR BUS STATE
OF 
GOOD REPAIR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants under this subsection to eligible recipients de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1) to assist in financing 
capital projects described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) GRANT
CONSIDERATIONS.—In making 
grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
consider the age and condition of buses, bus fleets, 
related equipment, and bus-related facilities of an el-
igible recipient. 
‘‘(3) STATEWIDE APPLICATIONS.—A State may 
submit a statewide application on behalf of a public 
agency or private nonprofit organization engaged in 
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public transportation in rural areas or other areas 
for which the State allocates funds. The submission 
of a statewide application shall not preclude the sub-
mission and consideration of any application under 
this subsection from other eligible recipients in an 
urbanized area in a State. 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) disclose all metrics and evaluation 
procedures to be used in considering grant ap-
plications under this subsection upon issuance 
of the notice of funding availability in the Fed-
eral Register; and 
‘‘(B) publish a summary of final scores for 
selected projects, metrics, and other evaluations 
used in awarding grants under this subsection 
in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any amounts 
made available to carry out this subsection— 
‘‘(A) shall remain available for 2 fiscal 
years after the fiscal year for which the amount 
is made available; and 
‘‘(B) following the period of availability 
shall be made available to be apportioned under 
subsection (c) for the following fiscal year. 
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‘‘(6) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under this subsection, not more than 15 percent 
in fiscal year 2016 and not more than 5 percent in 
each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 may be 
awarded to a single recipient. 
‘‘(7) GRANT FLEXIBILITY.—If the Secretary de-
termines that there are not sufficient grant applica-
tions that meet the metrics described in paragraph 
(4)(A) to utilize the full amount of funds made 
available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal 
year, the Secretary may use the remainder of the 
funds for making apportionments under sections 
5307 and 5311. 
‘‘(e) GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—A grant under 
this section shall be subject to the requirements of— 
‘‘(A) section 5307 for recipients of grants 
made in urbanized areas; and 
‘‘(B) section 5311 for recipients of grants 
made in rural areas. 
‘‘(2) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—A grant for a 
capital project under this section shall be for 80 
percent of the net capital costs of the project. 
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A recipient of a grant under this section may 
provide additional local matching amounts. 
‘‘(B) REMAINING COSTS.—The remainder 
of the net project cost shall be provided— 
‘‘(i) in cash from non-Government 
sources other than revenues from providing 
public transportation services; 
‘‘(ii) from revenues derived from the 
sale of advertising and concessions; 
‘‘(iii) from an undistributed cash sur-
plus, a replacement or depreciation cash 
fund or reserve, or new capital; or 
‘‘(iv) from amounts received under a 
service agreement with a State or local so-
cial service agency or private social service 
organization. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means a State 
of the United States. 
‘‘(2) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
United States Virgin Islands.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 5339 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘5339. Bus and bus facility grants.’’. 
SEC. 3017. OBLIGATION CEILING. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total 
of all obligations from amounts made available from the 
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund by sub-
section (a) of section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not exceed— 
(1) $8,724,000,000 in fiscal year 2016; 
(2) $8,879,000,000 in fiscal year 2017; 
(3) $9,059,000,000 in fiscal year 2018; 
(4) $9,240,000,000 in fiscal year 2019; 
(5) $9,429,000,000 in fiscal year 2020; and 
(6) $9,618,000,000 in fiscal year 2021. 
SEC. 3018. INNOVATIVE PROCUREMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT.— 
The term ‘‘cooperative procurement contract’’ means 
a contract— 
(A) entered into between a State govern-
ment and 1 or more vendors; and 
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(B) under which the vendors agree to pro-
vide an option to purchase rolling stock and re-
lated equipment to multiple participants. 
(2) LEAD PROCUREMENT AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘lead procurement agency’’ means a State govern-
ment that acts in an administrative capacity on be-
half of each participant in a cooperative procure-
ment contract. 
(3) PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘‘participant’’ 
means a grantee that participates in a cooperative 
procurement contract. 
(4) PARTICIPATE.—The term ‘‘participate’’ 
means to purchase rolling stock and related equip-
ment under a cooperative procurement contract 
using assistance provided under chapter 53 of title 
49, United States Code. 
(5) GRANTEE.—The term ‘‘grantee’’ means a 
recipient and subrecipient of assistance under chap-
ter 53 of title 49, United States Code. 
(b) COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT.— 
(1) GENERAL RULES.— 
(A) PROCUREMENT
NOT
LIMITED
TO 
INTRASTATE
PARTICIPANTS.—A grantee may 
participate in a cooperative procurement con-
tract without regard to whether the grantee is 
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located in the same State as the parties to the 
contract. 
(B) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—Partici-
pation by grantees in a cooperative procurement 
contract shall be voluntary. 
(2) AUTHORITY.—A State government may 
enter into a cooperative procurement contract with 1 
or more vendors if the vendors agree to provide an 
option to purchase rolling stock and related equip-
ment to the lead procurement agency and any other 
participant. 
(3) APPLICABILITY OF POLICIES AND PROCE-
DURES.—In procuring rolling stock and related 
equipment under a cooperative procurement contract 
under this subsection, a lead procurement agency 
shall comply with the policies and procedures that 
apply to procurement by the State government when 
using non-Federal funds, to the extent that the poli-
cies and procedures are in conformance with applica-
ble Federal law. 
(c) JOINT PROCUREMENT CLEARINGHOUSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a clearinghouse for the purpose of allowing grantees 
to aggregate planned rolling stock purchases and 
identify joint procurement participants. 
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(2) INFORMATION
ON
PROCUREMENTS.—The 
clearinghouse may include information on bus size, 
engine type, floor type, and any other attributes nec-
essary to identify joint procurement participants. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) ACCESS.—The clearinghouse shall only 
be accessible to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration and grantees. 
(B) PARTICIPATION.—No grantees shall be 
required to submit procurement information to 
the database. 
SEC. 3019. REVIEW OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY 
STANDARDS. 
(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall begin a review of the safety stand-
ards and protocols used in public transportation 
systems in the United States that examines the 
efficacy of existing standards and protocols. 
(B) CONTENTS
OF
REVIEW.—In con-
ducting the review under this paragraph, the 
Secretary shall review— 
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(i) 
minimum 
safety 
performance 
standards developed by the public trans-
portation industry; 
(ii) safety performance standards, 
practices, or protocols in use by rail fixed 
guideway public transportation systems, in-
cluding— 
(I) written emergency plans and 
procedures for passenger evacuations; 
(II) training programs to ensure 
public transportation personnel com-
pliance and readiness in emergency 
situations; 
(III) coordination plans approved 
by recipients with local emergency re-
sponders having jurisdiction over a 
rail fixed guideway public transpor-
tation system, including— 
(aa) emergency prepared-
ness training, drills, and famil-
iarization programs for the first 
responders; and 
(bb) the scheduling of reg-
ular field exercises to ensure ap-
propriate response and effective 
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radio and public safety commu-
nications; 
(IV) maintenance, testing, and 
inspection programs to ensure the 
proper functioning of— 
(aa) tunnel, station, and ve-
hicle ventilation systems; 
(bb) signal and train control 
systems, track, mechanical sys-
tems, and other infrastructure; 
and 
(cc) other systems as nec-
essary; 
(V) certification requirements for 
train and bus operators and control 
center employees; 
(VI) consensus-based standards, 
practices, or protocols available to the 
public transportation industry; and 
(VII) any other standards, prac-
tices, or protocols the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate; and 
(iii) rail and bus safety standards, 
practices, or protocols in use by public 
transportation systems, regarding— 
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(I) rail and bus design and the 
workstation of rail and bus operators, 
as it relates to— 
(aa) the reduction of blind-
spots that contribute to accidents 
involving pedestrians; and 
(bb) protecting rail and bus 
operators from the risk of as-
sault; 
(II) scheduling fixed route rail 
and bus service with adequate time 
and access for operators to use rest-
room facilities; 
(III) fatigue management; and 
(IV) crash avoidance and worthi-
ness. 
(2) EVALUATION.—After conducting the review 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, in con-
sultation with representatives of the public transpor-
tation industry, evaluate the need to establish addi-
tional Federal minimum public transportation safety 
standards. 
(3) REPORT.—After completing the review and 
evaluation required under paragraphs (1) and (2), 
but not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
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ment of this Act, the Secretary shall make available 
on a publicly accessible Web site, a report that in-
cludes— 
(A) findings based on the review conducted 
under paragraph (1); 
(B) the outcome of the evaluation con-
ducted under paragraph (2); 
(C) a comprehensive set of recommenda-
tions to improve the safety of the public trans-
portation industry, including recommendations 
for statutory changes if applicable; and 
(D) actions that the Secretary will take to 
address the recommendations provided under 
subparagraph (C), including, if necessary, the 
authorities under section 5329(b)(2)(D) of 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 3020. STUDY ON EVIDENTIARY PROTECTION FOR PUB-
LIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROGRAM IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall complete 
a study to evaluate whether it is in the public interest, 
including public safety and the legal rights of persons in-
jured in public transportation accidents, to withhold from 
discovery or admission into evidence in a Federal or State 
court proceeding any plan, report, data, or other informa-
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tion or portion thereof, submitted to, developed, produced, 
collected, or obtained by the Secretary or the Secretary’s 
representative for purposes of complying with the require-
ments under section 5329 of chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, including information related to a recipient’s 
safety plan, safety risks, and mitigation measures. 
(b) INPUT.—In conducting the study under sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General shall solicit input 
from the public transportation recipients, public transpor-
tation nonprofit employee labor organizations, and im-
pacted members of the general public. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General 
shall issue a report, with the findings of the study under 
subsection (a), including any recommendations on statu-
tory changes regarding evidentiary protections that will in-
crease transit safety. 
SEC. 3021. MOBILITY OF SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH 
DISABILITIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) ALLOCATED COST MODEL.—The term ‘‘allo-
cated cost model’’ means a method of determining 
the cost of trips by allocating the cost to each trip 
purpose served by a transportation provider in a 
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manner that is proportional to the level of transpor-
tation service that the transportation provider deliv-
ers for each trip purpose, to the extent permitted by 
applicable Federal laws. 
(2) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
Interagency Transportation Coordinating Council on 
Access and Mobility established under Executive 
Order 13330 (49 U.S.C. 101 note). 
(b) STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Council shall publish 
a strategic plan for the Council that— 
(1) outlines the role and responsibilities of each 
Federal agency with respect to local transportation 
coordination, including nonemergency medical trans-
portation; 
(2) identifies a strategy to strengthen inter-
agency collaboration; 
(3) addresses any outstanding recommendations 
made by the Council in the 2005 Report to the 
President relating to the implementation of Execu-
tive Order 13330, including— 
(A) a cost-sharing policy endorsed by the 
Council; and 
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(B) recommendations to increase participa-
tion by recipients of Federal grants in locally 
developed, coordinated planning processes; 
(4) to the extent feasible, addresses rec-
ommendations by the Comptroller General of the 
United States concerning local coordination of trans-
portation services; 
(5) examines and proposes changes to Federal 
regulations that will eliminate Federal barriers to 
local transportation coordination, including non- 
emergency medical transportation; and 
(6) recommends to Congress changes to Federal 
laws, except chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
Code, that will eliminate Federal barriers to local 
transportation coordination, including nonemergency 
medical transportation. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT
OF COST-SHARING POLICY
IN 
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS.—In es-
tablishing the cost-sharing policy required under sub-
section (b), the Council may consider, to the extent prac-
ticable— 
(1) the development of recommended strategies 
for grantees of programs funded by members of the 
Council, including strategies for grantees of pro-
grams that fund nonemergency medical transpor-
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tation, to use the cost-sharing policy in a manner 
that does not violate applicable Federal laws; and 
(2) incorporation of an allocated cost model to 
facilitate local coordination efforts that comply with 
applicable requirements of programs funded by 
members of the Council, such as— 
(A) eligibility requirements; 
(B) service delivery requirements; and 
(C) reimbursement requirements. 
SEC. 3022. IMPROVED TRANSIT SAFETY MEASURES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 90 days after 
publication of the report required in section 3019, the Sec-
retary shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking on pro-
tecting transit operators from the risk of assault. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—In the proposed rulemaking 
the Secretary shall consider— 
(1) different safety needs of drivers of different 
modes; 
(2) differences in operating environments; 
(3) the use of technology to mitigate driver as-
sault risks; 
(4) existing experience, from both agencies and 
operators who already are using or testing driver as-
sault mitigation infrastructure; and 
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(5) the impact of the rule on future rolling 
stock procurements and vehicles currently in revenue 
service. 
(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may 
be construed as prohibiting the Secretary from issuing dif-
ferent comprehensive worker protections, including stand-
ards for mitigating assaults. 
TITLE IV—HIGHWAY SAFETY 
SEC. 4001. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are author-
ized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account): 
(1) HIGHWAY
SAFETY
PROGRAMS.—For car-
rying out section 402 of title 23, United States 
Code— 
(A) $260,274,200 for fiscal year 2016; 
(B) $265,935,829 for fiscal year 2017; 
(C) $271,787,002 for fiscal year 2018; 
(D) $278,090,300 for fiscal year 2019; 
(E) $284,874,829 for fiscal year 2020; and 
(F) $291,195,558 for fiscal year 2021. 
(2) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT.—For carrying out section 403 of title 23, 
United States Code— 
(A) $115,951,600 for fiscal year 2016; 
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(B) $118,398,179 for fiscal year 2017; 
(C) $121,665,968 for fiscal year 2018; 
(D) $124,926,616 for fiscal year 2019; 
(E) $128,187,201 for fiscal year 2020; and 
(F) $131,455,975 for fiscal year 2021. 
(3) NATIONAL PRIORITY SAFETY PROGRAMS.— 
For carrying out section 405 of title 23, United 
States Code— 
(A) $275,862,400 for fiscal year 2016; 
(B) $281,186,544 for fiscal year 2017; 
(C) $286,500,970 for fiscal year 2018; 
(D) $292,316,940 for fiscal year 2019; 
(E) $298,601,754 for fiscal year 2020; and 
(F) $304,394,628 for fiscal year 2021. 
(4) NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.—For the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration to 
carry out chapter 303 of title 49, United States 
Code— 
(A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
(B) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
(C) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
(D) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
(E) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
(F) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
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(5) 
HIGH-VISIBILITY
ENFORCEMENT
PRO-
GRAM.—For carrying out section 404 of title 23, 
United States Code— 
(A) $29,411,800 for fiscal year 2016; 
(B) $29,979,448 for fiscal year 2017; 
(C) $30,546,059 for fiscal year 2018; 
(D) $31,166,144 for fiscal year 2019; 
(E) $31,836,216 for fiscal year 2020; and 
(F) $32,453,839 for fiscal year 2021. 
(6) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—For adminis-
trative and related operating expenses of the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration in car-
rying out chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, 
and this title— 
(A) $25,500,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
(B) $25,500,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
(C) $25,500,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
(D) $25,500,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
(E) $25,500,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
(F) $25,500,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON OTHER USES.—Except as oth-
erwise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States 
Code, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 
the amounts made available from the Highway Trust 
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Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for a pro-
gram under such chapters— 
(1) shall only be used to carry out such pro-
gram; and 
(2) may not be used by States or local govern-
ments for construction purposes. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Except as other-
wise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, 
and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, amounts 
made available under subsection (a) for fiscal years 2016 
through 2021 shall be available for obligation in the same 
manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 
1 of title 23, United States Code. 
(d) STATE MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—If a grant 
awarded under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, 
requires a State to share in the cost, the aggregate of all 
expenditures for highway safety activities made during a 
fiscal year by the State and its political subdivisions (ex-
clusive of Federal funds) for carrying out the grant (other 
than planning and administration) that are in excess of 
the amount required under Federal law shall be available 
for the purpose of crediting the State during such fiscal 
year for the non-Federal share of the cost of any other 
project carried out under chapter 4 of title 23, United 
States Code (other than planning or administration), with-
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out regard to whether such expenditures were made in 
connection with such project. 
(e) GRANT APPLICATION AND DEADLINE.—To re-
ceive a grant under chapter 4 of title 23, United States 
Code, a State shall submit an application, and the Sec-
retary shall establish a single deadline for such applica-
tions to enable the award of grants early in the next fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 4002. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS. 
Section 402 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)— 
(A) in clause (vi) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (vii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(viii) to increase driver awareness of 
commercial motor vehicles to prevent 
crashes and reduce injuries and fatali-
ties;’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(4), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(C) SURVEY.—A State shall expend funds 
apportioned to that State under this section to 
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conduct a biennial survey that the Secretary 
shall make publicly available through the Inter-
net Website of the Department of Transpor-
tation that includes— 
‘‘(i) a list of automated traffic en-
forcement systems in the State; 
‘‘(ii) adequate data to measure the 
transparency, accountability, and safety at-
tributes of each automated traffic enforce-
ment system; and 
‘‘(iii) a comparison of each automated 
traffic enforcement system with— 
‘‘(I) Speed Enforcement Camera 
Systems Operational Guidelines (DOT 
HS 810 916, March 2008); and 
‘‘(II) Red Light Camera Systems 
Operational Guidelines (FHWA–SA– 
05–002, January 2005).’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(g) RESTRICTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to authorize the appropriation or expenditure 
of funds for highway construction, maintenance, or design 
(other than design of safety features of highways to be 
incorporated into guidelines).’’; 
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(4) in subsection (k)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) 
ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSION.—The 
Sec-
retary, in coordination with the Governors Highway 
Safety Association, shall develop procedures to allow 
States to submit highway safety plans under this 
subsection, including any attachments to the plans, 
in electronic form.’’; and 
(5) in subsection (m)(2)(A)— 
(A) in clause (iv) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) increase driver awareness of 
commercial motor vehicles to prevent 
crashes and reduce injuries and fatalities; 
and’’. 
SEC. 4003. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT. 
Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 
subparagraph (G); 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 
the following: 
‘‘(F) the installation of ignition interlocks 
in the United States; and’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (G), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘in subparagraphs 
(A) through (F)’’; 
(2) in subsection (h) by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall obligate 
for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, from 
funds made available to carry out this section, ex-
cept that the total obligated for the period covering 
fiscal years 2016 through 2021 may not exceed 
$30,000,000, to conduct the research described in 
paragraph (1).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON DRUG AND ALCOHOL SURVEY 
DATA.—The Secretary shall establish procedures and 
guidelines to ensure that any person participating in a 
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program or activity that collects data on drug or alcohol 
use by drivers of motor vehicles and is carried out under 
this section is informed that the program or activity is 
voluntary. 
‘‘(j) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of any project or activity carried out under this sec-
tion may be not more than 100 percent.’’. 
SEC. 4004. HIGH-VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 404. High visibility enforcement program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall estab-
lish and administer a program under which not less than 
3 campaigns will be carried out in each of fiscal years 
2016 through 2021. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of each campaign car-
ried out under this section shall be to achieve outcomes 
related to not less than 1 of the following objectives: 
‘‘(1) Reduce alcohol-impaired or drug-impaired 
operation of motor vehicles. 
‘‘(2) Increase use of seatbelts by occupants of 
motor vehicles. 
‘‘(3) Reduce distracted driving of motor vehi-
cles. 
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‘‘(c) ADVERTISING.—The Administrator may use, or 
authorize the use of, funds available to carry out this sec-
tion to pay for the development, production, and use of 
broadcast and print media advertising and Internet-based 
outreach in carrying out campaigns under this section. 
Consideration shall be given to advertising directed at 
non-English speaking populations, including those who lis-
ten to, read, or watch nontraditional media. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH STATES.—The Adminis-
trator shall coordinate with States in carrying out the 
campaigns under this section, including advertising funded 
under subsection (c), with consideration given to— 
‘‘(1) relying on States to provide law enforce-
ment resources for the campaigns out of funding 
available under sections 402 and 405; and 
‘‘(2) providing out of National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration resources most of the means 
necessary for national advertising and education ef-
forts associated with the campaigns. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available to carry 
out this section may only be used for activities described 
in subsection (c). 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
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‘‘(1) CAMPAIGN.—The term ‘campaign’ means 
a high-visibility traffic safety law enforcement cam-
paign. 
‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean-
ing such term has under section 401.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to section 404 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘404. High-visibility enforcement program.’’. 
SEC. 4005. NATIONAL PRIORITY SAFETY PROGRAMS. 
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 405(a) of title 
23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to the require-
ments of this section, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall manage programs to address national priorities for 
reducing highway deaths and injuries. Funds shall be allo-
cated according to the following: 
‘‘(1) OCCUPANT PROTECTION.—In each fiscal 
year, 13 percent of the funds provided under this 
section shall be allocated among States that adopt 
and implement effective occupant protection pro-
grams to reduce highway deaths and injuries result-
ing from individuals riding unrestrained or improp-
erly restrained in motor vehicles (as described in 
subsection (b)). 
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‘‘(2) STATE
TRAFFIC
SAFETY
INFORMATION 
SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.—In each fiscal year, 14.5 
percent of the funds provided under this section 
shall be allocated among States that meet require-
ments with respect to State traffic safety informa-
tion system improvements (as described in sub-
section (c)). 
‘‘(3) IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES.— 
In each fiscal year, 52.5 percent of the funds pro-
vided under this section shall be allocated among 
States that meet requirements with respect to im-
paired driving countermeasures (as described in sub-
section (d)). 
‘‘(4) DISTRACTED
DRIVING.—In each fiscal 
year, 8.5 percent of the funds provided under this 
section shall be allocated among States that adopt 
and implement effective laws to reduce distracted 
driving (as described in subsection (e)). 
‘‘(5) MOTORCYCLIST
SAFETY.—In each fiscal 
year, 1.5 percent of the funds provided under this 
section shall be allocated among States that imple-
ment motorcyclist safety programs (as described in 
subsection (f)). 
‘‘(6) STATE
GRADUATED
DRIVER
LICENSING 
LAWS.—In each fiscal year, 5 percent of the funds 
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provided under this section shall be allocated among 
States that adopt and implement graduated driver 
licensing laws (as described in subsection (g)). 
‘‘(7) NONMOTORIZED SAFETY.—In each fiscal 
year, 5 percent of the funds provided under this sec-
tion shall be allocated among States that meet re-
quirements with respect to nonmotorized safety (as 
described in subsection (h)). 
‘‘(8) 
TRANSFERS.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graphs (1) through (7), the Secretary may reallo-
cate, before the last day of any fiscal year, any 
amounts remaining available to carry out any of the 
activities described in subsections (b) through (h) to 
increase the amount made available under section 
402, in order to ensure, to the maximum extent pos-
sible, that all such amounts are obligated during 
such fiscal year. 
‘‘(9) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENTS.—No grant may be 
made to a State in any fiscal year under sub-
section (b), (c), or (d) unless the State enters 
into such agreements with the Secretary as the 
Secretary may require to ensure that the State 
will maintain its aggregate expenditures from 
all State and local sources for programs de-
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scribed in those subsections at or above the av-
erage level of such expenditures in the 2 fiscal 
years preceding the date of enactment of this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—Upon the request of a 
State, the Secretary may waive or modify the 
requirements under subparagraph (A) for not 
more than 1 fiscal year if the Secretary deter-
mines that such a waiver would be equitable 
due to exceptional or uncontrollable cir-
cumstances.’’. 
(b) 
HIGH
SEATBELT
USE
RATE.—Section 
405(b)(4)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘75 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘100 percent’’. 
(c) IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES.—Sec-
tion 405(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIRED
PROGRAMS.—High-range 
States shall use grant funds for— 
‘‘(i) high-visibility enforcement efforts; 
and 
‘‘(ii) any of the activities described in 
subparagraph (B) if— 
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‘‘(I) the activity is described in 
the statewide plan; and 
‘‘(II) the Secretary approves the 
use of funding for such activity. 
‘‘(B) AUTHORIZED
PROGRAMS.—Medium- 
range and low-range States may use grant 
funds for— 
‘‘(i) any of the purposes described in 
subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) hiring a full-time or part-time 
impaired driving coordinator of the State’s 
activities to address the enforcement and 
adjudication of laws regarding driving 
while impaired by alcohol, drugs, or the 
combination of alcohol and drugs; 
‘‘(iii) court support of high-visibility 
enforcement efforts, training and education 
of criminal justice professionals (including 
law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and 
probation officers) to assist such profes-
sionals in handling impaired driving cases, 
hiring traffic safety resource prosecutors, 
hiring judicial outreach liaisons, and estab-
lishing driving while intoxicated courts; 
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‘‘(iv) alcohol ignition interlock pro-
grams; 
‘‘(v) 
improving 
blood-alcohol 
con-
centration testing and reporting; 
‘‘(vi) paid and earned media in sup-
port of high-visibility enforcement efforts, 
conducting 
standardized 
field 
sobriety 
training, advanced roadside impaired driv-
ing evaluation training, and drug recogni-
tion expert training for law enforcement, 
and equipment and related expenditures 
used in connection with impaired driving 
enforcement in accordance with criteria es-
tablished by the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration; 
‘‘(vii) training on the use of alcohol 
and drug screening and brief intervention; 
‘‘(viii) training for and implementa-
tion of impaired driving assessment pro-
grams or other tools designed to increase 
the probability of identifying the recidivism 
risk of a person convicted of driving under 
the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a com-
bination of alcohol and drugs and to deter-
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mine the most effective treatment or sanc-
tion that will reduce such risk; 
‘‘(ix) developing impaired driving in-
formation systems; and 
‘‘(x) costs associated with a 24–7 so-
briety program. 
‘‘(C) 
OTHER
PROGRAMS.—Low-range 
States may use grant funds for any expenditure 
designed to reduce impaired driving based on 
problem identification and may use not more 
than 50 percent of funds made available under 
this subsection for any project or activity eligi-
ble for funding under section 402. Medium- and 
high-range States may use funds for any ex-
penditure designed to reduce impaired driving 
based on problem identification upon approval 
by the Secretary.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (6)(A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make a separate grant under this subsection to 
each State that adopts and is enforcing a law 
that requires any individual convicted of driving 
under the influence of alcohol or of driving 
while intoxicated to receive a restriction on driv-
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ing privileges that limits the individual to oper-
ating only motor vehicles with an ignition inter-
lock installed. Such law may provide limited ex-
ceptions for circumstances when— 
‘‘(i) a State-certified ignition interlock 
provider is not available within 100 miles 
of the individual’s residence; 
‘‘(ii) the individual is required to oper-
ate an employer’s motor vehicle in the 
course and scope of employment and the 
business entity that owns the vehicle is not 
owned or controlled by the individual; or 
‘‘(iii) the individual is certified by a 
medical doctor as being unable to provide 
a deep lung breath sample for analysis by 
an ignition interlock device.’’. 
(d) DISTRACTED DRIVING GRANTS.—Section 405(e) 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(e) DISTRACTED DRIVING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
a grant under this subsection to any State that in-
cludes distracted driving awareness as part of the 
State’s driver’s license examination, and enacts and 
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enforces a law that meets the requirements set forth 
in paragraphs (2) and (3). 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON TEXTING WHILE DRIVING 
OR STOPPED IN TRAFFIC.—A State law meets the 
requirements set forth in this paragraph if the law— 
‘‘(A) prohibits a driver from texting 
through a personal wireless communications de-
vice while driving or stopped in traffic; 
‘‘(B) makes violation of the law a primary 
offense; and 
‘‘(C) establishes a minimum fine for a vio-
lation of the law. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON YOUTH CELL PHONE USE 
WHILE DRIVING OR STOPPED IN TRAFFIC.—A State 
law meets the requirements set forth in this para-
graph if the law— 
‘‘(A) prohibits a driver from using a per-
sonal wireless communications device while driv-
ing or stopped in traffic— 
‘‘(i) younger than 18 years of age; or 
‘‘(ii) in the learner’s permit and inter-
mediate license stages set forth in sub-
section (g)(2)(B); 
‘‘(B) makes violation of the law a primary 
offense; and 
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‘‘(C) establishes a minimum fine for a first 
violation of the law. 
‘‘(4) PERMITTED
EXCEPTIONS.—A law that 
meets the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) or 
(3) may provide exceptions for— 
‘‘(A) a driver who uses a personal wireless 
communications device to contact emergency 
services; 
‘‘(B) emergency services personnel who use 
a personal wireless communications device 
while— 
‘‘(i) operating an emergency services 
vehicle; and 
‘‘(ii) engaged in the performance of 
their duties as emergency services per-
sonnel; 
‘‘(C) an individual employed as a commer-
cial motor vehicle driver or a school bus driver 
who uses a personal wireless communications 
device within the scope of such individual’s em-
ployment if such use is permitted under the 
regulations promulgated pursuant to section 
31136 of title 49; and 
‘‘(D) any additional exceptions determined 
by the Secretary through a rulemaking process. 
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‘‘(5) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), amounts received by a State 
under this subsection shall be used— 
‘‘(i) to educate the public through ad-
vertising containing information about the 
dangers of texting or using a cell phone 
while driving; 
‘‘(ii) for traffic signs that notify driv-
ers about the distracted driving law of the 
State; or 
‘‘(iii) for law enforcement costs re-
lated to the enforcement of the distracted 
driving law. 
‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY.— 
‘‘(i) Not more than 50 percent of 
amounts received by a State under 
this subsection may be used for any 
eligible project or activity under sec-
tion 402. 
‘‘(ii) Not more than 75 percent 
of amounts received by a State under 
this subsection may be used for any 
eligible project or activity under sec-
tion 402 if the State has conformed 
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its distracted driving data to the most 
recent 
Model 
Minimum 
Uniform 
Crash Criteria published by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(6) ALLOCATION
TO
SUPPORT
STATE
DIS-
TRACTED DRIVING LAWS.—Of the amounts available 
under this subsection in a fiscal year for distracted 
driving grants, the Secretary may expend not more 
than $5,000,000 for the development and placement 
of broadcast media to reduce distracted driving of 
motor vehicles, including to support campaigns re-
lated to distracted driving that are funded under 
section 404. 
‘‘(7) GRANT AMOUNT.—The allocation of grant 
funds to a State under this subsection for a fiscal 
year shall be in proportion to the State’s apportion-
ment under section 402 for fiscal year 2009. 
‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions apply: 
‘‘(A) DRIVING.—The term ‘driving’— 
‘‘(i) means operating a motor vehicle 
on a public road, including operation while 
temporarily stationary because of traffic, a 
traffic light or stop sign, or otherwise; and 
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‘‘(ii) does not include operating a 
motor vehicle when the vehicle has pulled 
over to the side of, or off, an active road-
way and has stopped in a location where it 
can safely remain stationary. 
‘‘(B) PERSONAL
WIRELESS
COMMUNICA-
TIONS
DEVICE.—The term ‘personal wireless 
communications device’— 
‘‘(i) means a device through which 
personal wireless services (as defined in 
section 332(c)(7)(C)(i) of the Communica-
tions 
Act 
of 
1934 
(47 
U.S.C. 
332(c)(7)(C)(i))) are transmitted; and 
‘‘(ii) does not include a global naviga-
tion satellite system receiver used for posi-
tioning, emergency notification, or naviga-
tion purposes. 
‘‘(C) PRIMARY OFFENSE.—The term ‘pri-
mary offense’ means an offense for which a law 
enforcement officer may stop a vehicle solely for 
the purpose of issuing a citation in the absence 
of evidence of another offense. 
‘‘(D) PUBLIC
ROAD.—The term ‘public 
road’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 402(c). 
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‘‘(E) TEXTING.—The term ‘texting’ means 
reading from or manually entering data into a 
personal wireless communications device, in-
cluding doing so for the purpose of SMS 
texting, emailing, instant messaging, or engag-
ing in any other form of electronic data re-
trieval or electronic data communication.’’. 
(e) MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY.—Section 405(f) of title 
23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) GRANT AMOUNT.—The allocation of grant 
funds to a State under this subsection for a fiscal 
year shall be in proportion to the State’s apportion-
ment under section 402 for fiscal year 2009, except 
that the amount of a grant awarded to a State for 
a fiscal year may not exceed 25 percent of the 
amount apportioned to the State under such section 
for fiscal year 2009.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) FLEXIBILITY.—Not more than 50 
percent of grant funds received by a State 
under this subsection may be used for any eligi-
ble project or activity under section 402 if the 
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State is in the lowest 25 percent of all States 
for motorcycle deaths per 10,000 motorcycle 
registrations based on the most recent data that 
conforms with criteria established by the Sec-
retary.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) SHARE-THE-ROAD
MODEL
LANGUAGE.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this paragraph, the Secretary shall update and 
provide to the States model language for use in traf-
fic safety education courses, driver’s manuals, and 
other driver training materials that provides instruc-
tion for drivers of motor vehicles on the importance 
of sharing the road safely with motorcyclists.’’. 
(f) STATE GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING INCEN-
TIVE GRANT.—Section 405(g) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) STATE GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING INCEN-
TIVE GRANT.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the re-
quirements under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
award grants to States that adopt and implement 
graduated driver licensing laws in accordance with 
the requirements set forth in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State meets the re-
quirements set forth in this paragraph if the 
State has a graduated driver licensing law that 
requires novice drivers younger than 18 years 
of age to comply with the 2-stage licensing 
process described in subparagraph (B) before 
receiving an unrestricted driver’s license. 
‘‘(B) LICENSING PROCESS.—A State is in 
compliance with the 2-stage licensing process 
described in this subparagraph if the State’s 
driver’s license laws comply with the additional 
requirements under subparagraph (C) and in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) a learner’s permit stage that— 
‘‘(I) is not less than 6 months in 
duration and remains in effect until 
the driver reaches not less than 16 
years of age; 
‘‘(II) contains a prohibition on 
the driver using a personal wireless 
communications device (as defined in 
subsection (e)) while driving except 
under an exception permitted under 
subsection (e)(4); 
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‘‘(III) requires that the driver be 
accompanied and supervised at all 
times while operating a motor vehicle 
by a licensed driver who is— 
‘‘(aa) not less than 21 years 
of age; 
‘‘(bb) the driver’s parent or 
guardian; or 
‘‘(cc) a State-certified driv-
ing instructor; and 
‘‘(IV) complies with the addi-
tional requirements for a learner’s 
permit stage set forth in subpara-
graph (C)(i); and 
‘‘(ii) an intermediate stage that— 
‘‘(I) is not less than 6 months in 
duration; 
‘‘(II) contains a prohibition on 
the driver using a personal wireless 
communications device (as defined in 
subsection (e)) while driving except 
under an exception permitted under 
subsection (e)(4); 
‘‘(III) for the first 6 months of 
such stage, restricts driving at night 
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when not supervised by a licensed 
driver described in clause (i)(III), ex-
cluding transportation to work, school, 
or religious activities, or in the case of 
an emergency; 
‘‘(IV) for a period of not less 
than 6 months, prohibits the driver 
from operating a motor vehicle with 
more than 1 nonfamilial passenger 
under 21 years of age unless a li-
censed driver described in clause 
(i)(III) is in the vehicle; and 
‘‘(V) complies with the additional 
requirements 
for 
an 
intermediate 
stage 
set 
forth 
in 
subparagraph 
(C)(ii). 
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) LEARNER’S PERMIT STAGE.—In 
addition to the requirements of subpara-
graph (B)(i), a learner’s permit stage shall 
include not less than 2 of the following re-
quirements: 
‘‘(I) Passage of a vision and 
knowledge assessment by a learner’s 
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permit applicant prior to receiving a 
learner’s permit. 
‘‘(II) The driver completes— 
‘‘(aa) a State-certified driver 
education or training course; or 
‘‘(bb) not less than 40 hours 
of behind-the-wheel training with 
a licensed driver described in 
subparagraph (B)(i)(III). 
‘‘(III) In addition to any other 
penalties imposed by State law, the 
grant of an unrestricted driver’s li-
cense or advancement to an inter-
mediate stage be automatically de-
layed for any individual who, during 
the learner’s permit stage, is convicted 
of a driving-related offense, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(aa) driving while intoxi-
cated; 
‘‘(bb) misrepresentation of 
the individual’s age; 
‘‘(cc) reckless driving; 
‘‘(dd) driving without wear-
ing a seatbelt; 
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‘‘(ee) speeding; or 
‘‘(ff) any other driving-re-
lated offense, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(ii) INTERMEDIATE STAGE.—In addi-
tion to the requirements of subparagraph 
(B)(ii), an intermediate stage shall include 
not less than 2 of the following require-
ments: 
‘‘(I) 
Commencement 
of 
such 
stage after the successful completion 
of a driving skills test. 
‘‘(II) That such stage remain in 
effect until the driver reaches the age 
of not less than 17. 
‘‘(III) In addition to any other 
penalties imposed by State law, the 
grant of an unrestricted driver’s li-
cense be automatically delayed for any 
individual who, during the learner’s 
permit stage, is convicted of a driving- 
related offense, including those de-
scribed in clause (i)(III). 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—A State that otherwise 
meets the minimum requirements set forth in para-
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graph (2) shall be deemed by the Secretary to be in 
compliance with the requirement set forth in para-
graph (2) if the State enacted a law before January 
1, 2011, establishing a class of license that permits 
licensees or applicants younger than 18 years of age 
to drive a motor vehicle— 
‘‘(A) in connection with work performed 
on, or for the operation of, a farm owned by 
family members who are directly related to the 
applicant or licensee; or 
‘‘(B) if demonstrable hardship would result 
from the denial of a license to the licensees or 
applicants. 
‘‘(4) ALLOCATION.—Grant funds allocated to a 
State under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be 
in proportion to the State’s apportionment under 
section 402 for fiscal year 2009. 
‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), grant funds received by a 
State under this subsection shall be used for— 
‘‘(i) enforcing a 2-stage licensing 
process that complies with paragraph (2); 
‘‘(ii) training for law enforcement per-
sonnel and other relevant State agency 
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personnel relating to the enforcement de-
scribed in clause (i); 
‘‘(iii) publishing relevant educational 
materials that pertain directly or indirectly 
to the State graduated driver licensing law; 
‘‘(iv) carrying out other administrative 
activities that the Secretary considers rel-
evant to the State’s 2-stage licensing proc-
ess; or 
‘‘(v) carrying out a teen traffic safety 
program described in section 402(m). 
‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY.— 
‘‘(i) Not more than 75 percent of 
grant funds received by a State under this 
subsection may be used for any eligible 
project or activity under section 402. 
‘‘(ii) Not more than 100 percent of 
grant funds received by a State under this 
subsection may be used for any eligible 
project or activity under section 402, if the 
State is in the lowest 25 percent of all 
States for the number of drivers under age 
18 involved in fatal crashes in the State 
per the total number of drivers under age 
18 in the State based on the most recent 
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data that conforms with criteria estab-
lished by the Secretary.’’. 
(g) NONMOTORIZED SAFETY.—Section 405 of title 
23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(h) NONMOTORIZED SAFETY.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to the re-
quirements under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
award grants to States for the purpose of decreasing 
pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and injuries that re-
sult from crashes involving a motor vehicle. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of a project carried out by a State using 
amounts from a grant awarded under this subsection 
may not exceed 80 percent. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—A State shall receive a 
grant under this subsection in a fiscal year if the an-
nual combined pedestrian and bicycle fatalities in 
the State exceed 15 percent of the total annual 
crash fatalities in the State, based on the most re-
cently reported final data from the Fatality Analysis 
Reporting System. 
‘‘(4) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Grant funds 
received by a State under this subsection may be 
used for— 
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‘‘(A) training of law enforcement officials 
on State laws applicable to pedestrian and bicy-
cle safety; 
‘‘(B) enforcement mobilizations and cam-
paigns designed to enforce State traffic laws 
applicable to pedestrian and bicycle safety; and 
‘‘(C) public education and awareness pro-
grams designed to inform motorists, pedes-
trians, and bicyclists of State traffic laws appli-
cable to pedestrian and bicycle safety. 
‘‘(5) GRANT AMOUNT.—The allocation of grant 
funds to a State under this subsection for a fiscal 
year shall be in proportion to the State’s apportion-
ment under section 402 for fiscal year 2009.’’. 
SEC. 4006. PROHIBITION ON FUNDS TO CHECK HELMET 
USAGE OR CREATE RELATED CHECKPOINTS 
FOR A MOTORCYCLE DRIVER OR PASSENGER. 
The Secretary may not provide a grant or otherwise 
make available funding to a State, Indian tribe, county, 
municipality, or other local government to be used for a 
program or activity to check helmet usage, including 
checkpoints related to helmet usage, with respect to a mo-
torcycle driver or passenger. 
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SEC. 4007. MARIJUANA-IMPAIRED DRIVING. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary, in consultation with the 
heads of other Federal agencies as appropriate, shall con-
duct a study on marijuana-impaired driving. 
(b) ISSUES TO BE EXAMINED.—In conducting the 
study, the Secretary shall examine, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Methods to detect marijuana-impaired driv-
ing, including devices capable of measuring mari-
juana levels in motor vehicle operators. 
(2) A review of impairment standard research 
for driving under the influence of marijuana. 
(3) Methods to differentiate the cause of a driv-
ing impairment between alcohol and marijuana. 
(4) State-based policies on marijuana-impaired 
driving. 
(5) The role and extent of marijuana impair-
ment in motor vehicle accidents. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
cooperation with other Federal agencies as appro-
priate, shall submit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
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and Transportation of the Senate a report on the re-
sults of the study. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include, at a 
minimum, the following: 
(A) FINDINGS.—The findings of the Sec-
retary based on the study, including, at a min-
imum, the following: 
(i) An assessment of methodologies 
and technologies for measuring driver im-
pairment resulting from the use of mari-
juana, including the use of marijuana in 
combination with alcohol. 
(ii) A description and assessment of 
the role of marijuana as a causal factor in 
traffic crashes and the extent of the prob-
lem of marijuana-impaired driving. 
(iii) A description and assessment of 
current State laws relating to marijuana- 
impaired driving. 
(iv) A determination whether an im-
pairment standard for drivers under the 
influence of marijuana is feasible and could 
reduce vehicle accidents and save lives. 
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(B) 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
rec-
ommendations of the Secretary based on the 
study, including, at a minimum, the following: 
(i) Effective and efficient methods for 
training law enforcement personnel, includ-
ing drug recognition experts, to detect or 
measure the level of impairment of a motor 
vehicle operator who is under the influence 
of marijuana by the use of technology or 
otherwise. 
(ii) If feasible, an impairment stand-
ard for driving under the influence of 
marijuana. 
(iii) Methodologies for increased data 
collection regarding the prevalence and ef-
fects of marijuana-impaired driving. 
(d) MARIJUANA DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘marijuana’’ 
includes 
all 
substances 
containing 
tetrahydrocannabinol. 
SEC. 4008. NATIONAL PRIORITY SAFETY PROGRAM GRANT 
ELIGIBILITY. 
Not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
Secretary of Transportation awards grants under section 
405 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall 
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make available on a publicly available Internet Website of 
the Department of Transportation— 
(1) an identification of— 
(A) the States that were awarded grants 
under such section; 
(B) the States that applied and were not 
awarded grants under such section; and 
(C) the States that did not apply for a 
grant under such section; and 
(2) a list of deficiencies that made a State ineli-
gible for a grant under such section for each State 
under paragraph (1)(B). 
SEC. 4009. DATA COLLECTION. 
Section 1906 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 
note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A) has enacted’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘(B) is maintaining’’ and 
inserting ‘‘is maintaining’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and any passengers’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A grant received by 
a State under subsection (a) shall be used by the State 
for the costs of— 
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‘‘(1) collecting and maintaining data on traffic 
stops; and 
‘‘(2) evaluating the results of the data.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating 
subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), 
respectively; 
(4) in subsection (c)(2), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘A State’’ and inserting ‘‘On or after Octo-
ber 1, 2015, a State’’; and 
(5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 
(A) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS’’ and 
inserting ‘‘FUNDING’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From funds made available 
under section 403 of title 23, United States Code, 
the Secretary shall set aside $7,500,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2016 through 2021 to carry out this 
section.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘authorized by’’ and in-
serting ‘‘made available under’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘percent,’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘percent.’’. 
SEC. 4010. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
Title 23, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 402 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C) by striking 
‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (E)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘in which’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for which’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘under sub-
section (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘under sub-
section (k)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (k)(4) by striking ‘‘under 
paragraph (2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘under para-
graph (3)(A)’’. 
(2) Section 403(e) is amended by striking 
‘‘chapter 301’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 301 of title 
49’’. 
(3) Section 405 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)— 
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(i) in paragraph (5) by striking 
‘‘under section 402(c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘under section 402’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (6)(C) by striking 
‘‘on the basis of the apportionment for-
mula set forth in section 402(c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in proportion to the State’s appor-
tionment under section 402 for fiscal year 
2009’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(4)(A)(iv)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘such as the’’ and in-
serting ‘‘including’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘developed under sub-
section (g)’’. 
TITLE V—MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY 
Subtitle A—Motor Carrier Safety 
Grant Consolidation 
SEC. 5101. GRANTS TO STATES. 
(a) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM.—Section 31102 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 31102. Motor carrier safety assistance program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall administer a motor carrier safety assistance program 
funded under section 31104. 
‘‘(b) GOAL.—The goal of the program is to ensure 
that the Secretary, States, local governments, other polit-
ical jurisdictions, federally recognized Indian tribes, and 
other persons work in partnership to establish programs 
to improve motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and 
driver safety to support a safe and efficient surface trans-
portation system by— 
‘‘(1) making targeted investments to promote 
safe commercial motor vehicle transportation, includ-
ing the transportation of passengers and hazardous 
materials; 
‘‘(2) investing in activities likely to generate 
maximum reductions in the number and severity of 
commercial motor vehicle crashes and in fatalities 
resulting from such crashes; 
‘‘(3) adopting and enforcing effective motor car-
rier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety reg-
ulations and practices consistent with Federal re-
quirements; and 
‘‘(4) assessing and improving statewide per-
formance by setting program goals and meeting per-
formance standards, measures, and benchmarks. 
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‘‘(c) STATE PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pro-
gram, the Secretary shall prescribe procedures for a 
State to submit a multiple-year plan, and annual up-
dates thereto, under which the State agrees to as-
sume responsibility for improving motor carrier safe-
ty by adopting and enforcing State regulations, 
standards, and orders that are compatible with the 
regulations, standards, and orders of the Federal 
Government on commercial motor vehicle safety and 
hazardous materials transportation safety. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall approve 
a State plan if the Secretary determines that the 
plan is adequate to comply with the requirements of 
this section, and the plan— 
‘‘(A) implements performance-based activi-
ties, including deployment and maintenance of 
technology to enhance the efficiency and effec-
tiveness of commercial motor vehicle safety pro-
grams; 
‘‘(B) designates a lead State commercial 
motor vehicle safety agency responsible for ad-
ministering the plan throughout the State; 
‘‘(C) contains satisfactory assurances that 
the lead State commercial motor vehicle safety 
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agency has or will have the legal authority, re-
sources, and qualified personnel necessary to 
enforce the regulations, standards, and orders; 
‘‘(D) contains satisfactory assurances that 
the State will devote adequate resources to the 
administration of the plan and enforcement of 
the regulations, standards, and orders; 
‘‘(E) provides a right of entry and inspec-
tion to carry out the plan; 
‘‘(F) provides that all reports required 
under this section be available to the Secretary 
on request; 
‘‘(G) provides that the lead State commer-
cial motor vehicle safety agency will adopt the 
reporting requirements and use the forms for 
recordkeeping, inspections, and investigations 
that the Secretary prescribes; 
‘‘(H) requires all registrants of commercial 
motor vehicles to demonstrate knowledge of ap-
plicable safety regulations, standards, and or-
ders of the Federal Government and the State; 
‘‘(I) provides that the State will grant 
maximum reciprocity for inspections conducted 
under the North American Inspection Stand-
ards through the use of a nationally accepted 
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system that allows ready identification of pre-
viously inspected commercial motor vehicles; 
‘‘(J) ensures that activities described in 
subsection (h), if financed through grants to 
the State made under this section, will not di-
minish the effectiveness of the development and 
implementation of the programs to improve 
motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and 
driver safety as described in subsection (b); 
‘‘(K) ensures that the lead State commer-
cial motor vehicle safety agency will coordinate 
the plan, data collection, and information sys-
tems with the State highway safety improve-
ment program required under section 148(c) of 
title 23; 
‘‘(L) ensures participation in appropriate 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
information technology and data systems and 
other information systems by all appropriate ju-
risdictions receiving motor carrier safety assist-
ance program funding; 
‘‘(M) ensures that information is ex-
changed among the States in a timely manner; 
‘‘(N) provides satisfactory assurances that 
the State will undertake efforts that will em-
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phasize and improve enforcement of State and 
local traffic safety laws and regulations related 
to commercial motor vehicle safety; 
‘‘(O) provides satisfactory assurances that 
the State will address national priorities and 
performance goals, including— 
‘‘(i) activities aimed at removing im-
paired commercial motor vehicle drivers 
from the highways of the United States 
through adequate enforcement of regula-
tions on the use of alcohol and controlled 
substances and by ensuring ready roadside 
access to alcohol detection and measuring 
equipment; 
‘‘(ii) activities aimed at providing an 
appropriate level of training to State motor 
carrier safety assistance program officers 
and employees on recognizing drivers im-
paired by alcohol or controlled substances; 
and 
‘‘(iii) when conducted with an appro-
priate commercial motor vehicle inspection, 
criminal interdiction activities, and appro-
priate strategies for carrying out those 
interdiction activities, including interdic-
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tion activities that affect the transpor-
tation of controlled substances (as defined 
in section 102 of the Comprehensive Drug 
Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 
(21 U.S.C. 802) and listed in part 1308 of 
title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
updated and republished from time to 
time) by any occupant of a commercial 
motor vehicle; 
‘‘(P) provides that the State has estab-
lished and dedicated sufficient resources to a 
program to ensure that— 
‘‘(i) the State collects and reports to 
the Secretary accurate, complete, and 
timely motor carrier safety data; and 
‘‘(ii) the State participates in a na-
tional motor carrier safety data correction 
system prescribed by the Secretary; 
‘‘(Q) ensures that the State will cooperate 
in the enforcement of financial responsibility re-
quirements under sections 13906, 31138, and 
31139 and regulations issued under those sec-
tions; 
‘‘(R) ensures consistent, effective, and rea-
sonable sanctions; 
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‘‘(S) ensures that roadside inspections will 
be conducted at locations that are adequate to 
protect the safety of drivers and enforcement 
personnel; 
‘‘(T) provides that the State will include in 
the training manuals for the licensing examina-
tion to drive noncommercial motor vehicles and 
commercial motor vehicles information on best 
practices for driving safely in the vicinity of 
noncommercial and commercial motor vehicles; 
‘‘(U) provides that the State will enforce 
the registration requirements of sections 13902 
and 31134 by prohibiting the operation of any 
vehicle discovered to be operated by a motor 
carrier without a registration issued under 
those sections or to be operated beyond the 
scope of the motor carrier’s registration; 
‘‘(V) provides that the State will conduct 
comprehensive and highly visible traffic enforce-
ment and commercial motor vehicle safety in-
spection programs in high-risk locations and 
corridors; 
‘‘(W) except in the case of an imminent 
hazard or obvious safety hazard, ensures that 
an inspection of a vehicle transporting pas-
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sengers for a motor carrier of passengers is 
conducted at a bus station, terminal, border 
crossing, maintenance facility, destination, or 
other location where a motor carrier may make 
a planned stop (excluding a weigh station); 
‘‘(X) ensures that the State will transmit 
to its roadside inspectors notice of each Federal 
exemption granted under section 31315(b) of 
this title and sections 390.23 and 390.25 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and pro-
vided to the State by the Secretary, including 
the name of the person that received the exemp-
tion and any terms and conditions that apply to 
the exemption; 
‘‘(Y) except as provided in subsection (d), 
provides that the State— 
‘‘(i) will conduct safety audits of 
interstate and, at the State’s discretion, 
intrastate new entrant motor carriers 
under section 31144(g); and 
‘‘(ii) if the State authorizes a third 
party to conduct safety audits under sec-
tion 31144(g) on its behalf, the State 
verifies the quality of the work conducted 
and remains solely responsible for the 
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management and oversight of the activi-
ties; 
‘‘(Z) provides that the State agrees to fully 
participate in the performance and registration 
information systems management under section 
31106(b) not later than October 1, 2020, by 
complying with the conditions for participation 
under paragraph (3) of that section, or dem-
onstrates to the Secretary an alternative ap-
proach for identifying and immobilizing a motor 
carrier with serious safety deficiencies in a 
manner that provides an equivalent level of 
safety; 
‘‘(AA) in the case of a State that shares a 
land border with another country, provides that 
the State— 
‘‘(i) will conduct a border commercial 
motor vehicle safety program focusing on 
international commerce that includes en-
forcement and related projects; or 
‘‘(ii) will forfeit all funds calculated by 
the Secretary based on border-related ac-
tivities if the State declines to conduct the 
program described in clause (i) in its plan; 
and 
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‘‘(BB) in the case of a State that meets 
the other requirements of this section and 
agrees to comply with the requirements estab-
lished in subsection (l)(3), provides that the 
State may fund operation and maintenance 
costs associated with innovative technology de-
ployment under subsection (l)(3) with motor 
carrier safety assistance program funds author-
ized under section 31104(a)(1). 
‘‘(3) PUBLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall publish each ap-
proved State multiple-year plan, and each an-
nual update thereto, on a publically accessible 
Internet Web site of the Department of Trans-
portation not later than 30 days after the date 
the Secretary approves the plan or update. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Before publishing an 
approved State multiple-year plan or annual up-
date under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall redact any information identified by the 
State that, if disclosed— 
‘‘(i) would reasonably be expected to 
interfere with enforcement proceedings; or 
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‘‘(ii) would reveal enforcement tech-
niques or procedures that would reasonably 
be expected to risk circumvention of the 
law. 
‘‘(d) EXCLUSION OF U.S. TERRITORIES.—The re-
quirement that a State conduct safety audits of new en-
trant motor carriers under subsection (c)(2)(Y) does not 
apply to a territory of the United States unless required 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) INTRASTATE COMPATIBILITY.—The Secretary 
shall prescribe regulations specifying tolerance guidelines 
and standards for ensuring compatibility of intrastate 
commercial motor vehicle safety laws, including regula-
tions, with Federal motor carrier safety regulations to be 
enforced under subsections (b) and (c). To the extent 
practicable, the guidelines and standards shall allow for 
maximum flexibility while ensuring a degree of uniformity 
that will not diminish motor vehicle safety. 
‘‘(f) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 
‘‘(1) BASELINE.—Except as provided under 
paragraphs (2) and (3) and in accordance with sec-
tion 5106 of the Surface Transportation Reauthor-
ization and Reform Act of 2015, a State plan under 
subsection (c) shall provide that the total expendi-
ture of amounts of the lead State commercial motor 
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vehicle safety agency responsible for administering 
the plan will be maintained at a level each fiscal 
year that is at least equal to— 
‘‘(A) the average level of that expenditure 
for fiscal years 2004 and 2005; or 
‘‘(B) the level of that expenditure for the 
year in which the Secretary implements a new 
allocation formula under section 5106 of the 
Surface Transportation Reauthorization and 
Reform Act of 2015. 
‘‘(2) ADJUSTED BASELINE AFTER FISCAL YEAR 
2017.—At the request of a State, the Secretary may 
evaluate additional documentation related to the 
maintenance of effort and may make reasonable ad-
justments to the maintenance of effort baseline after 
the year in which the Secretary implements a new 
allocation formula under section 5106 of the Surface 
Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 
2015, and this adjusted baseline will replace the 
maintenance of effort requirement under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) WAIVERS.—At the request of a State, the 
Secretary may waive or modify the requirements of 
this subsection for a total of 1 fiscal year if the Sec-
retary determines that the waiver or modification is 
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reasonable, based on circumstances described by the 
State, to ensure the continuation of commercial 
motor vehicle enforcement activities in the State. 
‘‘(4) LEVEL OF STATE EXPENDITURES.—In es-
timating the average level of a State’s expenditures 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) may allow the State to exclude State 
expenditures for federally sponsored demonstra-
tion and pilot programs and strike forces; 
‘‘(B) may allow the State to exclude ex-
penditures for activities related to border en-
forcement and new entrant safety audits; and 
‘‘(C) shall require the State to exclude 
State matching amounts used to receive Federal 
financing under section 31104. 
‘‘(g) USE OF UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION FEES 
AGREEMENT.—Amounts generated under section 14504a 
and received by a State and used for motor carrier safety 
purposes may be included as part of the State’s match 
required under section 31104 or maintenance of effort re-
quired by subsection (f). 
‘‘(h) USE OF GRANTS TO ENFORCE OTHER LAWS.— 
When approved as part of a State’s plan under subsection 
(c), the State may use motor carrier safety assistance pro-
gram funds received under this section— 
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‘‘(1) if the activities are carried out in conjunc-
tion with an appropriate inspection of a commercial 
motor vehicle to enforce Federal or State commercial 
motor vehicle safety regulations, for— 
‘‘(A) enforcement of commercial motor ve-
hicle size and weight limitations at locations, 
excluding fixed-weight facilities, such as near 
steep grades or mountainous terrains, where 
the weight of a commercial motor vehicle can 
significantly affect the safe operation of the ve-
hicle, or at ports where intermodal shipping 
containers enter and leave the United States; 
and 
‘‘(B) detection of and enforcement actions 
taken as a result of criminal activity, including 
the trafficking of human beings, in a commer-
cial motor vehicle or by any occupant, including 
the operator, of the commercial motor vehicle; 
and 
‘‘(2) for documented enforcement of State traf-
fic laws and regulations designed to promote the 
safe operation of commercial motor vehicles, includ-
ing documented enforcement of such laws and regu-
lations relating to noncommercial motor vehicles 
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when necessary to promote the safe operation of 
commercial motor vehicles, if— 
‘‘(A) the number of motor carrier safety 
activities, including roadside safety inspections, 
conducted in the State is maintained at a level 
at least equal to the average level of such activi-
ties conducted in the State in fiscal years 2004 
and 2005; and 
‘‘(B) the State does not use more than 10 
percent of the basic amount the State receives 
under 
a 
grant 
awarded 
under 
section 
31104(a)(1) for enforcement activities relating 
to noncommercial motor vehicles necessary to 
promote the safe operation of commercial motor 
vehicles unless the Secretary determines that a 
higher percentage will result in significant in-
creases in commercial motor vehicle safety. 
‘‘(i) EVALUATION
OF
PLANS
AND
AWARD
OF 
GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) AWARDS.—The Secretary shall establish 
criteria for the application, evaluation, and approval 
of State plans under this section. Subject to sub-
section (j), the Secretary may allocate the amounts 
made available under section 31104(a)(1) among the 
States. 
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‘‘(2) OPPORTUNITY TO CURE.—If the Secretary 
disapproves a plan under this section, the Secretary 
shall give the State a written explanation of the rea-
sons for disapproval and allow the State to modify 
and resubmit the plan for approval. 
‘‘(j) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, by regula-
tion, shall prescribe allocation criteria for funds 
made available under section 31104(a)(1). 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS.—On October 1 of 
each fiscal year, or as soon as practicable thereafter, 
and after making a deduction under section 
31104(c), the Secretary shall allocate amounts made 
available under section 31104(a)(1) to carry out this 
section for the fiscal year among the States with 
plans approved under this section in accordance with 
the criteria prescribed under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) ELECTIVE ADJUSTMENTS.—Subject to the 
availability of funding and notwithstanding fluctua-
tions in the data elements used by the Secretary to 
calculate the annual allocation amounts, after the 
creation of a new allocation formula under section 
5106 of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization 
and Reform Act of 2015 the Secretary may not 
make elective adjustments to the allocation formula 
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that decrease a State’s Federal funding levels by 
more than 3 percent in a fiscal year. The 3 percent 
limit shall not apply to the withholding provisions of 
subsection (k). 
‘‘(k) PLAN MONITORING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—On the basis of reports 
submitted by the lead State agency responsible for 
administering a State plan approved under this sec-
tion and an investigation by the Secretary, the Sec-
retary shall periodically evaluate State implementa-
tion of and compliance with the State plan. 
‘‘(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) DISAPPROVAL.—If, after notice and 
an opportunity to be heard, the Secretary finds 
that a State plan previously approved under 
this section is not being followed or has become 
inadequate to ensure enforcement of State reg-
ulations, standards, or orders described in sub-
section (c)(1), or the State is otherwise not in 
compliance with the requirements of this sec-
tion, the Secretary may withdraw approval of 
the State plan and notify the State. Upon the 
receipt of such notice, the State plan shall no 
longer be in effect and the Secretary shall with-
hold all funding to the State under this section. 
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‘‘(B) NONCOMPLIANCE WITHHOLDING.—In 
lieu of withdrawing approval of a State plan 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may, 
after providing notice to the State and an op-
portunity to be heard, withhold funding from 
the State to which the State would otherwise be 
entitled under this section for the period of the 
State’s noncompliance. In exercising this op-
tion, the Secretary may withhold— 
‘‘(i) up to 5 percent of funds during 
the fiscal year that the Secretary notifies 
the State of its noncompliance; 
‘‘(ii) up to 10 percent of funds for the 
first full fiscal year of noncompliance; 
‘‘(iii) up to 25 percent of funds for 
the second full fiscal year of noncompli-
ance; and 
‘‘(iv) not more than 50 percent of 
funds for the third and any subsequent full 
fiscal year of noncompliance. 
‘‘(3) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A State adversely af-
fected by a determination under paragraph (2) may 
seek judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5. Not-
withstanding the disapproval of a State plan under 
paragraph (2)(A) or the withholding of funds under 
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paragraph (2)(B), the State may retain jurisdiction 
in an administrative or a judicial proceeding that 
commenced before the notice of disapproval or with-
holding if the issues involved are not related directly 
to the reasons for the disapproval or withholding. 
‘‘(l) HIGH PRIORITY PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister a high priority program funded under section 
31104 for the purposes described in paragraphs (2) 
and (3). 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY.—The Secretary may make discretionary 
grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with 
States, local governments, federally recognized In-
dian tribes, other political jurisdictions as necessary, 
and any person to carry out high priority activities 
and projects that augment motor carrier safety ac-
tivities and projects planned in accordance with sub-
sections (b) and (c), including activities and projects 
that— 
‘‘(A) increase public awareness and edu-
cation on commercial motor vehicle safety; 
‘‘(B) target unsafe driving of commercial 
motor vehicles and noncommercial motor vehi-
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cles in areas identified as high risk crash cor-
ridors; 
‘‘(C) improve the safe and secure move-
ment of hazardous materials; 
‘‘(D) improve safe transportation of goods 
and persons in foreign commerce; 
‘‘(E) demonstrate new technologies to im-
prove commercial motor vehicle safety; 
‘‘(F) support participation in performance 
and registration information systems manage-
ment under section 31106(b)— 
‘‘(i) for entities not responsible for 
submitting the plan under subsection (c); 
or 
‘‘(ii) for entities responsible for sub-
mitting the plan under subsection (c)— 
‘‘(I) before October 1, 2020, to 
achieve compliance with the require-
ments of participation; and 
‘‘(II) beginning on October 1, 
2020, or once compliance is achieved, 
whichever is sooner, for special initia-
tives or projects that exceed routine 
operations required for participation; 
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‘‘(G) conduct safety data improvement 
projects— 
‘‘(i) that complete or exceed the re-
quirements under subsection (c)(2)(P) for 
entities not responsible for submitting the 
plan under subsection (c); or 
‘‘(ii) that exceed the requirements 
under subsection (c)(2)(P) for entities re-
sponsible for submitting the plan under 
subsection (c); and 
‘‘(H) otherwise improve commercial motor 
vehicle safety and compliance with commercial 
motor vehicle safety regulations. 
‘‘(3) INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY
DEPLOYMENT 
GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
establish an innovative technology deployment 
grant program to make discretionary grants 
funded under section 31104(a)(2) to eligible 
States for the innovative technology deployment 
of commercial motor vehicle information sys-
tems and networks. 
‘‘(B) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the 
program shall be— 
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‘‘(i) to advance the technological capa-
bility and promote the deployment of intel-
ligent transportation system applications 
for commercial motor vehicle operations, 
including commercial motor vehicle, com-
mercial driver, and carrier-specific infor-
mation systems and networks; and 
‘‘(ii) to support and maintain com-
mercial motor vehicle information systems 
and networks— 
‘‘(I) to link Federal motor carrier 
safety information systems with State 
commercial motor vehicle systems; 
‘‘(II) to improve the safety and 
productivity of commercial motor vehi-
cles and drivers; and 
‘‘(III) to reduce costs associated 
with commercial motor vehicle oper-
ations and Federal and State commer-
cial motor vehicle regulatory require-
ments. 
‘‘(C) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a 
grant under this paragraph, a State shall— 
‘‘(i) have a commercial motor vehicle 
information systems and networks program 
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plan approved by the Secretary that de-
scribes the various systems and networks 
at the State level that need to be refined, 
revised, upgraded, or built to accomplish 
deployment of commercial motor vehicle in-
formation systems and networks capabili-
ties; 
‘‘(ii) certify to the Secretary that its 
commercial motor vehicle information sys-
tems and networks deployment activities, 
including hardware procurement, software 
and system development, and infrastruc-
ture modifications— 
‘‘(I) are consistent with the na-
tional intelligent transportation sys-
tems and commercial motor vehicle in-
formation systems and networks ar-
chitectures and available standards; 
and 
‘‘(II) 
promote 
interoperability 
and efficiency to the extent prac-
ticable; and 
‘‘(iii) agree to execute interoperability 
tests developed by the Federal Motor Car-
rier Safety Administration to verify that 
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its systems conform with the national intel-
ligent transportation systems architecture, 
applicable standards, and protocols for 
commercial motor vehicle information sys-
tems and networks. 
‘‘(D) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Grant funds re-
ceived under this paragraph may be used— 
‘‘(i) for deployment activities and ac-
tivities to develop new and innovative ad-
vanced technology solutions that support 
commercial motor vehicle information sys-
tems and networks; 
‘‘(ii) for planning activities, including 
the development or updating of program or 
top level design plans in order to become 
eligible or maintain eligibility under sub-
paragraph (C); and 
‘‘(iii) for the operation and mainte-
nance costs associated with innovative 
technology. 
‘‘(E) SECRETARY
AUTHORIZATION.—The 
Secretary is authorized to award a State fund-
ing for the operation and maintenance costs as-
sociated with innovative technology deployment 
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with funds made available under sections 
31104(a)(1) and 31104(a)(2).’’. 
(b) COMMERCIAL
MOTOR
VEHICLE
OPERATORS 
GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 31103 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 31103. Commercial motor vehicle operators grant 
program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer 
a commercial motor vehicle operators grant program fund-
ed under section 31104. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the grant program 
is to train individuals in the safe operation of commercial 
motor vehicles (as defined in section 31301). 
‘‘(c) VETERANS.—In administering grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall award priority to grant appli-
cations for programs to train former members of the 
armed forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10) in the 
safe operation of such vehicles.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
31104 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this 
Act, is further amended on the effective date set forth in 
subsection (f) to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 31104. Authorization of appropriations 
‘‘(a) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—The fol-
lowing sums are authorized to be appropriated from the 
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Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count): 
‘‘(1) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM.—Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (c), 
to carry out section 31102— 
‘‘(A) $278,242,684 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(B) $293,685,550 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(C) $308,351,227 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(D) $323,798,553 for fiscal year 2020; 
and 
‘‘(E) $339,244,023 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(2) HIGH PRIORITY ACTIVITIES PROGRAM.— 
Subject to subsection (c), to make grants and coop-
erative agreements under section 31102(l), the Sec-
retary may set aside from amounts made available 
under paragraph (1) up to— 
‘‘(A) $40,798,780 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(B) $41,684,114 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(C) $42,442,764 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(D) $43,325,574 for fiscal year 2020; 
and 
‘‘(E) $44,209,416 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(3) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS 
GRANT PROGRAM.—To carry out section 31103— 
‘‘(A) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
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‘‘(B) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(C) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(D) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(E) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(4) COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE PROGRAM 
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM.—Subject to subsection 
(c), to carry out section 31313— 
‘‘(A) $30,958,536 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(B) $31,630,336 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(C) $32,206,008 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(D) $32,875,893 for fiscal year 2020; 
and 
‘‘(E) $33,546,562 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(b) REIMBURSEMENT AND PAYMENT TO RECIPI-
ENTS FOR GOVERNMENT SHARE OF COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts made available 
under subsection (a) shall be used to reimburse fi-
nancial assistance recipients proportionally for the 
Federal Government’s share of the costs incurred. 
‘‘(2) REIMBURSEMENT
AMOUNTS.—The Sec-
retary shall reimburse a recipient, in accordance 
with a financial assistance agreement made under 
section 31102, 31103, or 31313, an amount that is 
at least 85 percent of the costs incurred by the re-
cipient in a fiscal year in developing and imple-
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menting programs under such sections. The Sec-
retary shall pay the recipient an amount not more 
than the Federal Government share of the total 
costs approved by the Federal Government in the fi-
nancial assistance agreement. The Secretary shall 
include a recipient’s in-kind contributions in deter-
mining the reimbursement. 
‘‘(3) VOUCHERS.—Each recipient shall submit 
vouchers at least quarterly for costs the recipient in-
curs in developing and implementing programs 
under sections 31102, 31103, and 31313. 
‘‘(c) DEDUCTIONS
FOR PARTNER TRAINING
AND 
PROGRAM SUPPORT.—On October 1 of each fiscal year, 
or as soon after that date as practicable, the Secretary 
may deduct from amounts made available under para-
graphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (a) for that fiscal 
year not more than 1.50 percent of those amounts for 
partner training and program support in that fiscal year. 
The Secretary shall use at least 75 percent of those de-
ducted amounts to train non-Federal Government employ-
ees and to develop related training materials in carrying 
out such programs. 
‘‘(d) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AS 
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.—The approval of a finan-
cial assistance agreement by the Secretary under section 
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31102, 31103, or 31313 is a contractual obligation of the 
Federal Government for payment of the Federal Govern-
ment’s share of costs in carrying out the provisions of the 
grant or cooperative agreement. 
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish criteria for eligible activities to be funded with fi-
nancial assistance agreements under this section and pub-
lish those criteria in a notice of funding availability before 
the financial assistance program application period. 
‘‘(f) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL AS-
SISTANCE AGREEMENT FUNDS FOR RECIPIENT EXPENDI-
TURES.—The period of availability for a recipient to ex-
pend funds under a grant or cooperative agreement au-
thorized under subsection (a) is as follows: 
‘‘(1) For grants made for carrying out section 
31102, other than section 31102(l), for the fiscal 
year in which the Secretary approves the financial 
assistance agreement and for the next fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) For grants made or cooperative agree-
ments entered into for carrying out section 
31102(l)(2), for the fiscal year in which the Sec-
retary approves the financial assistance agreement 
and for the next 2 fiscal years. 
‘‘(3) For grants made for carrying out section 
31102(l)(3), for the fiscal year in which the Sec-
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retary approves the financial assistance agreement 
and for the next 4 fiscal years. 
‘‘(4) For grants made for carrying out section 
31103, for the fiscal year in which the Secretary ap-
proves the financial assistance agreement and for 
the next fiscal year. 
‘‘(5) For grants made or cooperative agree-
ments entered into for carrying out section 31313, 
for the fiscal year in which the Secretary approves 
the financial assistance agreement and for the next 
4 fiscal years. 
‘‘(g) CONTRACT
AUTHORITY; INITIAL
DATE
OF 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) by this 
section shall be available for obligation on the date of their 
apportionment or allocation or on October 1 of the fiscal 
year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs first. 
‘‘(h) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.—Amounts made 
available under this section shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the items relating to sections 31102, 31103, and 
31104 and inserting the following: 
‘‘31102. Motor carrier safety assistance program. 
‘‘31103. Commercial motor vehicle operators grant program. 
‘‘31104. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
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(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SAFETY FITNESS OF OWNERS AND OPER-
ATOR; SAFETY REVIEWS OF NEW OPERATORS.—Sec-
tion 31144(g) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraph (5). 
(2) INFORMATION
SYSTEMS; 
PERFORMANCE 
AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 31106(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraph (4). 
(3) BORDER ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.—Section 
31107 of title 49, United States Code, and the item 
relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 
311 of that title, are repealed. 
(4) PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFOR-
MATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT.—Section 31109 of 
title 49, United States Code, and the item relating 
to that section in the analysis for chapter 311 of 
that title, are repealed. 
(5) COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYS-
TEMS AND NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT.—Section 4126 
of SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 31106 note), and the 
item relating to that section in the table of contents 
contained in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed. 
(6) SAFETY DATA IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.— 
Section 4128 of SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 31100 
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note), and the item relating to that section in the 
table of contents contained in section 1(b) of that 
Act, are repealed. 
(7) GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR 
VEHICLE OPERATORS.—Section 4134 of SAFETEA– 
LU (49 U.S.C. 31301 note), and the item relating 
to that section in the table of contents contained in 
section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed. 
(8) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AS CONDITION 
ON
GRANTS
TO
STATES.—Section 103(c) of the 
Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 
U.S.C. 31102 note) is repealed. 
(9) STATE COMPLIANCE WITH CDL REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 103(e) of the Motor Carrier Safety 
Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31102 note) is 
repealed. 
(10) BORDER STAFFING STANDARDS.—Section 
218(d) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement 
Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31133 note) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘section 
31104(f)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 31104(a)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3). 
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2016. 
(g) TRANSITION.—Notwithstanding the amendments 
made by this section, the Secretary shall carry out sections 
31102, 31103, 31104 of title 49, United States Code, and 
any sections repealed under subsection (e), as necessary, 
as those sections were in effect on the day before October 
1, 2016, with respect to applications for grants, coopera-
tive agreements, or contracts under those sections sub-
mitted before October 1, 2016. 
SEC. 5102. PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMA-
TION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT. 
Section 31106(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended in the subheading by striking ‘‘PROGRAM’’ and 
inserting ‘‘SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT’’. 
SEC. 5103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 311 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 31110. Authorization of appropriations 
‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—There is author-
ized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for the Secretary 
of Transportation to pay administrative expenses of the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration— 
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‘‘(1) $259,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(2) $259,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(3) $259,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(4) $259,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(5) $259,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(6) $259,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds authorized by this 
section shall be used for— 
‘‘(1) personnel costs; 
‘‘(2) administrative infrastructure; 
‘‘(3) rent; 
‘‘(4) information technology; 
‘‘(5) programs for research and technology, in-
formation management, regulatory development, and 
the administration of performance and registration 
information systems management under section 
31106(b); 
‘‘(6) programs for outreach and education 
under subsection (c); 
‘‘(7) other operating expenses; 
‘‘(8) conducting safety reviews of new opera-
tors; and 
‘‘(9) such other expenses as may from time to 
time become necessary to implement statutory man-
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dates of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration not funded from other sources. 
‘‘(c) OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may con-
duct, through any combination of grants, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, and other activities, an in-
ternal and external outreach and education program 
to be administered by the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
an outreach and education project for which a grant, 
contract, or cooperative agreement is made under 
this subsection may be up to 100 percent of the cost 
of the project. 
‘‘(3) FUNDING.—From amounts made available 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make avail-
able not more than $4,000,000 each fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) CONTRACT
AUTHORITY; INITIAL
DATE
OF 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) by this 
section shall be available for obligation on the date of their 
apportionment or allocation or on October 1 of the fiscal 
year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs first. 
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‘‘(e) FUNDING AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made avail-
able under this section shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(f) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION.—The approval of 
funds by the Secretary under this section is a contractual 
obligation of the Federal Government for payment of the 
Federal Government’s share of costs.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 31109 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘31110. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES; AUTHORIZA-
TION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 31104 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (i); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (j) and 
(k) as subsections (i) and (j), respectively. 
(2) USE OF AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE UNDER 
SUBSECTION (i).—Section 4116(d) of SAFETEA– 
LU (49 U.S.C. 31104 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 31104(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 31110’’. 
(3) INTERNAL
COOPERATION.—Section 31161 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘section 31104(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
31110’’. 
(4) SAFETEA–LU; 
OUTREACH
AND
EDU-
CATION.—Section 4127 of SAFETEA–LU (119 
Stat. 1741; Public Law 109–59), and the item relat-
ing to that section in the table of contents contained 
in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed. 
SEC. 5104. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE PROGRAM IM-
PLEMENTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31313 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 31313. Commercial driver’s license program imple-
mentation financial assistance program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall administer a financial assistance program for com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation for the 
purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2). 
‘‘(1) STATE
COMMERCIAL
DRIVER’S
LICENSE 
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—In carrying 
out the program, the Secretary may make a grant 
to a State agency in a fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) to assist the State in complying with 
the requirements of section 31311; 
‘‘(B) in the case of a State that is making 
a good faith effort toward substantial compli-
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ance with the requirements of section 31311, to 
improve the State’s implementation of its com-
mercial driver’s license program, including ex-
penses— 
‘‘(i) for computer hardware and soft-
ware; 
‘‘(ii) for publications, testing, per-
sonnel, training, and quality control; 
‘‘(iii) for commercial driver’s license 
program coordinators; and 
‘‘(iv) to implement or maintain a sys-
tem to notify an employer of an operator 
of a commercial motor vehicle of the sus-
pension or revocation of the operator’s 
commercial driver’s license consistent with 
the standards developed under section 
32303(b) of the Commercial Motor Vehicle 
Safety Enhancement Act of 2012 (49 
U.S.C. 31304 note). 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 
may make a grant to or enter into a cooperative 
agreement with a State agency, local government, or 
any person in a fiscal year for research, development 
and testing, demonstration projects, public edu-
cation, and other special activities and projects relat-
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ing to commercial drivers licensing and motor vehicle 
safety that— 
‘‘(A) benefit all jurisdictions of the United 
States; 
‘‘(B) address national safety concerns and 
circumstances; 
‘‘(C) address emerging issues relating to 
commercial driver’s license improvements; 
‘‘(D) support innovative ideas and solu-
tions to commercial driver’s license program 
issues; or 
‘‘(E) address other commercial driver’s li-
cense issues, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—A recipient may not use finan-
cial assistance funds awarded under this section to rent, 
lease, or buy land or buildings. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall issue an annual 
report on the activities carried out under this section. 
‘‘(d) APPORTIONMENT.—All amounts made available 
to carry out this section for a fiscal year shall be appor-
tioned to a recipient described in subsection (a)(2) accord-
ing to criteria prescribed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—For fiscal years beginning after 
September 30, 2016, this section shall be funded under 
section 31104.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 313 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 31313 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘31313. Commercial driver’s license program implementation financial assist-
ance program.’’. 
SEC. 5105. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFE-
TY PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016. 
(a) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
GRANT EXTENSION.—Section 31104(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (10) and 
(11) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(10) $218,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; and 
‘‘(11) $241,480,000 for fiscal year 2016.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
OF GRANT PROGRAMS.—Section 
4101(c) of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1715; Public Law 
109–59) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—The 
following sums are authorized to be appropriated from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count): 
‘‘(1) COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE PROGRAM 
IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.—For carrying out the com-
mercial driver’s license program improvement grants 
program under section 31313 of title 49, United 
States Code, $30,480,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
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‘‘(2) BORDER
ENFORCEMENT
GRANTS.—For 
border enforcement grants under section 31107 of 
that title $32,512,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFOR-
MATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.— 
For the performance and registration information 
systems management grant program under section 
31109 of that title $5,080,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(4) COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYS-
TEMS AND NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT.—For carrying 
out the commercial vehicle information systems and 
networks deployment program under section 4126 of 
this Act $25,400,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(5) SAFETY DATA IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.— 
For safety data improvement grants under section 
4128 of this Act $3,048,000 for fiscal year 2016.’’. 
(c) 
HIGH-PRIORITY
ACTIVITIES.—Section 
31104(j)(2) of title 49, United States Code, as redesig-
nated by this subtitle, is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
(d) 
NEW
ENTRANT
AUDITS.—Section 
31144(g)(5)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) SET ASIDE.—The Secretary shall set 
aside from amounts made available under sec-
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tion 31104(a) up to $32,000,000 for fiscal year 
2016 for audits of new entrant motor carriers 
conducted under this paragraph.’’. 
(e) GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VE-
HICLE OPERATORS.—Section 4134(c) of SAFETEA–LU 
(49 U.S.C. 31301 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) FUNDING.—From amounts made available 
under section 31110 of title 49, United States Code, the 
Secretary shall make available, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 
2016 to carry out this section.’’. 
(f) COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS 
AND NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4126 of SAFETEA– 
LU (49 U.S.C. 31106 note; 119 Stat. 1738; Public 
Law 109–59) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (2) by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Funds deobligated by 
the Secretary from previous year grants 
shall 
not 
be 
counted 
toward 
the 
$2,500,000 maximum aggregate amount 
for core deployment.’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3) by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Funds may also be 
used for planning activities, including the 
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development or updating of program or top 
level design plans.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(4) by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Funds may also be used for 
planning activities, including the development 
or updating of program or top level design 
plans.’’. 
(2) INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY
DEPLOYMENT 
PROGRAM.—For fiscal year 2016, the commercial ve-
hicle information systems and networks deployment 
program under section 4126 of SAFETEA–LU (119 
Stat. 1738; Public Law 109–59) may also be re-
ferred to as the innovative technology deployment 
program. 
SEC. 5106. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM ALLOCATION. 
(a) WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish a motor carrier safety assist-
ance program formula working group (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘working group’’). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the working group shall consist of 
representatives of the following: 
(i) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration. 
(ii) The lead State commercial motor 
vehicle safety agencies responsible for ad-
ministering the plan required by section 
31102 of title 49, United States Code. 
(iii) An organization representing 
State agencies responsible for enforcing a 
program for inspection of commercial 
motor vehicles. 
(iv) Such other persons as the Sec-
retary considers necessary. 
(B) 
COMPOSITION.—Representatives 
of 
State commercial motor vehicle safety agencies 
shall comprise at least 51 percent of the mem-
bership. 
(3) NEW ALLOCATION FORMULA.—The working 
group shall analyze requirements and factors for the 
establishment of a new allocation formula for the 
motor carrier assistance program under section 
31102 of title 49, United States Code. 
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(4) RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date the working group is established 
under paragraph (1), the working group shall make 
a recommendation to the Secretary regarding a new 
allocation formula for the motor carrier assistance 
program. 
(5) EXEMPTION.—The Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the 
working group established under this subsection. 
(6) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall 
publish on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of 
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration— 
(A) summaries of the meetings of the 
working group; and 
(B) the final recommendation of the work-
ing group provided to the Secretary. 
(b) NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING.—After re-
ceiving the recommendation of the working group under 
subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register a notice seeking public comment on the es-
tablishment of a new allocation formula for the motor car-
rier safety assistance program. 
(c) BASIS FOR FORMULA.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that the new allocation formula for the motor carrier 
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assistance program is based on factors that reflect, at a 
minimum— 
(1) the relative needs of the States to comply 
with section 31102 of title 49, United States Code; 
(2) the relative administrative capacities of and 
challenges faced by States in complying with that 
section; 
(3) the average of each State’s new entrant 
motor carrier inventory for the 3-year period prior 
to the date of enactment of this Act; 
(4) the number of international border inspec-
tion facilities and border crossings by commercial ve-
hicles in each State; and 
(5) any other factors the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(d) FUNDING AMOUNTS PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT OF 
NEW ALLOCATION FORMULA.— 
(1) INTERIM FORMULA.—Prior to the develop-
ment of the new allocation formula for the motor 
carrier assistance program, the Secretary may cal-
culate the interim funding amounts for that program 
in fiscal year 2017 (and later fiscal years, as nec-
essary) under section 31104(a)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, as amended by this subtitle, by using 
the following methodology: 
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(A) The Secretary shall calculate the fund-
ing amount to a State using the allocation for-
mula the Secretary used to award motor carrier 
safety assistance program funding in fiscal year 
2016 under section 31102 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
(B) The Secretary shall average the fund-
ing awarded or other equitable amounts to a 
State in fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015 
for— 
(i) border enforcement grants under 
section 31107 of title 49, United States 
Code; and 
(ii) new entrant audit grants under 
section 31144(g)(5) of that title. 
(C) The Secretary shall add the amounts 
calculated in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—Subject to the availability 
of funding and notwithstanding fluctuations in the 
data elements used by the Secretary, the initial 
amounts resulting from the calculation described in 
paragraph (1) shall be adjusted to ensure that, for 
each State, the amount shall not be less than 97 
percent of the average amount of funding received or 
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other equitable amounts in fiscal years 2013, 2014, 
and 2015 for— 
(A) motor carrier safety assistance pro-
gram funds awarded to the State under section 
31102 of title 49, United States Code; 
(B) border enforcement grants awarded to 
the State under section 31107 of title 49, 
United States Code; and 
(C) new entrant audit grants awarded to 
the State under section 31144(g)(5) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
(3) IMMEDIATE
RELIEF.—In developing the 
new allocation formula, the Secretary shall terminate 
the withholding of motor carrier assistance program 
funds from a State for at least 3 fiscal years if the 
State was subject to the withholding of such funds 
for matters of noncompliance immediately prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(4) FUTURE
WITHHOLDINGS.—Beginning on 
the date that the new allocation formula for the 
motor carrier assistance program is implemented, 
the Secretary shall impose all future withholdings in 
accordance with section 31102(k) of title 49, United 
States Code, as amended by this subtitle. 
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(e) TERMINATION OF WORKING GROUP.—The work-
ing group established under subsection (a) shall terminate 
on the date of the implementation of a new allocation for-
mula for the motor carrier safety assistance program. 
SEC. 5107. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT CALCULATION. 
(a) BEFORE NEW ALLOCATION FORMULA.— 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2017.—If a new allocation for-
mula for the motor carrier safety assistance program 
has not been established under this subtitle for fiscal 
year 2017, the Secretary shall calculate for fiscal 
year 2017 the maintenance of effort baseline re-
quired under section 31102(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, as amended by this subtitle, by aver-
aging the expenditures for fiscal years 2004 and 
2005 required by section 31102(b)(4) of title 49, 
United States Code, as that section was in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
FISCAL
YEARS.—The Sec-
retary may use the methodology for calculating the 
maintenance of effort baseline specified in paragraph 
(1) for fiscal year 2018 and subsequent fiscal years 
if a new allocation formula for the motor carrier 
safety assistance program has not been established 
for that fiscal year. 
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(b) BEGINNING WITH NEW ALLOCATION FORMA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3)(B), beginning on the date that a new alloca-
tion formula for the motor carrier safety assistance 
program is established under this subtitle, upon the 
request of a State, the Secretary may waive or mod-
ify the baseline maintenance of effort required of the 
State by section 31102(e) of title 49, United States 
Code, as amended by this subtitle, for the purpose 
of establishing a new baseline maintenance of effort 
if the Secretary determines that a waiver or modi-
fication— 
(A) is equitable due to reasonable cir-
cumstances; 
(B) will ensure the continuation of com-
mercial motor vehicle enforcement activities in 
the State; and 
(C) is necessary to ensure that the total 
amount of State maintenance of effort and 
matching expenditures required under sections 
31102 and 31104 of title 49, United States 
Code, as amended by this subtitle, does not ex-
ceed a sum greater than the average of the 
total amount of State maintenance of effort and 
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matching expenditures required under those 
sections for the 3 fiscal years prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(2) 
ADJUSTMENT
METHODOLOGY.—If 
re-
quested by a State, the Secretary may modify the 
maintenance of effort baseline referred to in para-
graph (1) for the State according to the following 
methodology: 
(A) The Secretary shall establish the main-
tenance of effort baseline for the State using 
the average baseline of fiscal years 2004 and 
2005, as required by section 31102(b)(4) of 
title 49, United States Code, as that section 
was in effect on the day before the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(B) The Secretary shall calculate the aver-
age required match by a lead State commercial 
motor vehicle safety agency for fiscal years 
2013, 2014, and 2015 for motor carrier safety 
assistance grants established at 20 percent by 
section 31103 of title 49, United States Code, 
as that section was in effect on the day before 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(C) The Secretary shall calculate the esti-
mated match required under section 31104(b) 
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of title 49, United States Code, as amended by 
this subtitle. 
(D) The Secretary shall subtract the 
amount in subparagraph (B) from the amount 
in subparagraph (C) and— 
(i) if the number is greater than 0, 
the Secretary shall subtract the number 
from the amount in subparagraph (A); or 
(ii) if the number is not greater than 
0, the Secretary shall calculate the mainte-
nance of effort using the methodology in 
subparagraph (A). 
(3) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AMOUNT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
the amount calculated under paragraph (2) as 
the baseline maintenance of effort required 
under section 31102(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, as amended by this subtitle. 
(B) DEADLINE.—If a State does not re-
quest a waiver or modification under this sub-
section before September 30 during the first 
fiscal year that the Secretary implements a new 
allocation formula for the motor carrier safety 
assistance program under this subtitle, the Sec-
retary shall calculate the maintenance of effort 
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‘‘(ii) advanced transportation manage-
ment technologies; 
‘‘(iii) 
infrastructure 
maintenance, 
monitoring, and condition assessment; 
‘‘(iv) advanced public transportation 
systems; 
‘‘(v) transportation system perform-
ance data collection, analysis, and dissemi-
nation systems; 
‘‘(vi) advanced safety systems, includ-
ing vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infra-
structure communications, technologies as-
sociated with autonomous vehicles, and 
other collision avoidance technologies, in-
cluding systems using cellular technology; 
‘‘(vii) integration of intelligent trans-
portation systems with the Smart Grid and 
other energy distribution and charging sys-
tems; 
‘‘(viii) electronic pricing and payment 
systems; or 
‘‘(ix) advanced mobility and access 
technologies, such as dynamic ridesharing 
and information systems to support human 
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