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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3825 
To improve transportation safety, efficiency, and system performance through 
innovative technology deployment and operations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2015 
Mr. TAKANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To improve transportation safety, efficiency, and system per-
formance through innovative technology deployment and 
operations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intelligent Tech-
nologies Initiative Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a State or local government, including a 
territory of the United States, tribal government, 
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transit agency, port authority, metropolitan planning 
organization, or other political subdivision of a State 
or local government or a multi-State or multi-juris-
dictional group applying through a single lead appli-
cant. 
(2) ITS.—The term ‘‘ITS’’ means intelligent 
transportation systems. 
(3) MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL GROUP.—The term 
‘‘multi-jurisdictional group’’ means a combination of 
State governments, locals governments, metropolitan 
planning agencies, transit agencies, or other political 
subdivisions of a State that have signed a written 
agreement to implement the Intelligent Technology 
Initiative across jurisdictional boundaries. Each 
member of the group, including the lead applicant, 
must be an eligible entity to receive a grant under 
this Act. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
SEC. 3. INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Not later than 
6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish an Intelligent Technology Initiative 
to provide grants to eligible entities to establish deploy-
ment sites for large scale installation and operation of ITS 
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to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, and re-
turn on investment. The Secretary shall develop criteria 
for selection of an eligible entity to receive a grant, includ-
ing how the deployment of technology will enable the re-
cipient— 
(1) to reduce costs and improve return on in-
vestments, including through the enhanced utiliza-
tion of existing transportation capacity; 
(2) to deliver environmental benefits and reduce 
energy consumption by alleviating congestion and 
streamlining traffic flow; 
(3) to measure and improve the operational per-
formance of its transportation network; 
(4) to reduce the number and severity of traffic 
collisions and increase driver, passenger, and pedes-
trian safety; 
(5) to collect, disseminate, and utilize real-time 
traffic, transit, parking, and other transportation-re-
lated information to improve mobility, reduce con-
gestion, and provide for more efficient and accessible 
transportation alternatives; 
(6) to monitor transportation assets to improve 
infrastructure management, reduce maintenance 
costs, prioritize investment decisions, and ensure a 
state of good repair; and 
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(7) to deliver economic benefits by reducing 
delays, improving system performance, and providing 
for the efficient and reliable movement of goods and 
services. 
(b) REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall request applications in accordance with sec-
tion 4 for participation in the Intelligent Technology Ini-
tiative. 
SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANT APPLICATION.—To be considered for a 
grant under this Act, an eligible entity shall submit an 
application to the Secretary that includes the following: 
(1) DEPLOYMENT PLAN.—A plan to deploy and 
provide for the long-term operation and maintenance 
of intelligent transportation systems to improve safe-
ty, efficiency, system performance, and return on in-
vestment, such as— 
(A) real-time integrated traffic, transit, 
and multimodal transportation information; 
(B) advanced traffic, freight, parking, and 
incident management systems; 
(C) collision avoidance systems; 
(D) advanced technologies to improve tran-
sit and commercial vehicle operations; 
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(E) synchronized, adaptive, and transit 
preferential traffic signals; 
(F) advanced infrastructure condition as-
sessment technologies; and 
(G) other technologies to improve system 
operations, including ITS applications necessary 
for multimodal systems integration and for 
achieving performance goals. 
(2) OBJECTIVES.—Quantifiable system per-
formance improvements, including reducing traffic- 
related crashes, congestion, and costs, optimizing 
system efficiency, and improving access to transpor-
tation services. 
(3) RESULTS.—Quantifiable safety, mobility, 
and environmental benefit projections including data 
driven estimates of how the project will improve the 
region’s transportation system efficiency and reduce 
traffic congestion. 
(4) PARTNERSHIPS.—A plan for partnering 
with the private sector, public agencies including 
multimodal and multi-jurisdictional entities, research 
institutions, organizations representing transpor-
tation and technology leaders, and other transpor-
tation stakeholders. 
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(5) LEVERAGING.—A plan to leverage and opti-
mize existing local and regional ITS investments. 
(6) INTEROPERABILITY.—A plan to ensure 
interoperability of deployed technologies with other 
tolling, traffic management, and intelligent transpor-
tation systems. 
(b) GRANT SELECTION.— 
(1) GRANT AWARDS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall award a grant to not more than 6 eligi-
ble entities with funds available for up to 5 fiscal 
years. 
(2) GEOGRAPHIC
DIVERSITY.—In awarding a 
grant under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, 
to the extent practicable, that grant recipients rep-
resent diverse geographic areas of the United States, 
including urban, suburban, and rural areas. 
SEC. 5. USES OF FUNDS. 
A grant recipient may use funds authorized in this 
Act to deploy, operate, and maintain ITS and ITS-enabled 
operational strategies, including— 
(1) advanced traveler information systems; 
(2) advanced transportation management tech-
nologies; 
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(3) infrastructure maintenance, monitoring, and 
condition assessment; 
(4) advanced public transportation systems; 
(5) transportation system performance data col-
lection, analysis, and dissemination systems; 
(6) advanced safety systems, including vehicle- 
to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communica-
tions and other collision avoidance technologies; 
(7) integration of intelligent transportation sys-
tems with the Smart Grid and other energy distribu-
tion and charging systems; 
(8) electronic pricing and tolling systems; and 
(9) advanced mobility and access technologies, 
such as dynamic ridesharing and information sys-
tems to support human services for elderly and dis-
abled Americans. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 year 
after an eligible entity receives a grant award under this 
Act and each year thereafter, each grant recipient shall 
submit a report to the Secretary that describes— 
(1) deployment and operational cost compared 
to the benefits and savings from the pilot program 
and compared to other alternative approaches; and 
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(2) how the project has met the original expec-
tation as projected in the deployment plan submitted 
with the application, including— 
(A) data on how the program has helped 
reduce traffic crashes, congestion, costs, and 
other benefits of the deployed systems; 
(B) data on the effect of measuring and 
improving transportation system performance 
through the deployment of advanced tech-
nologies; 
(C) the effectiveness of providing real-time 
integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal 
transportation information to the public to 
make informed travel decisions; and 
(D) lessons learned and recommendations 
for future deployment strategies to optimize 
transportation efficiency and multimodal system 
performance. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 
after grants have been allocated and each year thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that de-
scribes the effectiveness of grant recipients in meeting 
their projected deployment plan, including data on how the 
program has— 
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(1) reduced traffic-related fatalities and inju-
ries; 
(2) reduced traffic congestion and improved 
travel time reliability; 
(3) reduced transportation-related emissions; 
(4) optimized multimodal system performance; 
(5) improved access to transportation alter-
natives; 
(6) provided the public with access to real-time 
integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transpor-
tation information to make informed travel deci-
sions; 
(7) provided cost savings to transportation 
agencies, businesses, and the traveling public; and 
(8) provided other benefits to transportation 
users and the general public. 
(c) ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—If the Secretary deter-
mines from a grant recipient’s reports that the recipient 
is not carrying out the requirements of the grant, the Sec-
retary may cease to provide any additional grant funds 
to the recipient. The Secretary shall have the authority 
to redistribute remaining funds to select additional eligible 
entities for a program under this Act. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) FUNDING.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund to 
carry out this Act— 
(A) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 
(B) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
(C) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
(D) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
(E) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and 
(F) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 
(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
under this subsection shall be available for obligation 
in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, ex-
cept that such funds shall not be transferable, the 
obligation limitations shall not apply to such funds, 
and shall remain available until expended. 
(b) GRANT LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not 
award more than 25 percent of the amount appropriated 
under this Act to a single grant recipient. 
(c) EXPENSES FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS.—A grant 
recipient under this Act may use not more than 5 percent 
of the grant award each fiscal year to carry out planning 
and reporting requirements. 
(d) EXPENSES FOR SECRETARY.—Before awarding 
grant funds under this Act, the Secretary may set aside 
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