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of this Act, $1,500,000 per fiscal year shall be available
to carry out this paragraph.
SEC. 5118. DREXEL UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE
INSTITUTE.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shall establish the Intelligent
Infrastructure Institute at Drexel University, Pennsylvania. The
Institute shall conduct research, training, technology transfer,
construction, maintenance, and other activities to advance infra-
structure research.
(b) FUNDING.—The amounts made available by the item num-
bered 315 in the table contained in section 1602 of this Act shall
be available to carry out this section.
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be appropriated
$10,000,000 to carry out subsection (a).
(d) FACILITY.—Funds made available to carry out this section
may be used to construct a building to house the Institute.
SEC. 5119. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Section 204(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended
in the last sentence by striking ‘‘326’’ and inserting ‘‘504(b)’’.
(b) Sections 307, 321, 325, and 326 of title 23, United States
Code, are repealed.
(c) The analysis for chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code,
is amended by striking the items relating to sections 307, 321,
325, and 326.
(d) Section 115(a)(1)(A)(i) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘or 307’’ and inserting ‘‘or 505’’.
(e) Section 151(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘section 307(a),’’ and inserting ‘‘section 502,’’.
(f) Section 106 of Public Law 89–564 (23 U.S.C. 403 note;
80 Stat. 735) is amended in the third sentence by striking ‘‘sections
307 and 403 of title 23, United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘section
403 and chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code,’’.
Subtitle C—Intelligent Transportation
Systems
SEC. 5201. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Intelligent Transportation
Systems Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 5202. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) investments authorized by the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1914 et seq.)
have demonstrated that intelligent transportation systems can
mitigate surface transportation problems in a cost-effective
manner; and
(2) continued investment in architecture and standards
development, research, and systems integration is needed to
accelerate the rate at which intelligent transportation systems
are incorporated into the national surface transportation net-
work, thereby improving transportation safety and efficiency
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and reducing costs and negative impacts on communities and
the environment.
SEC. 5203. GOALS AND PURPOSES.
(a) GOALS.—The goals of the intelligent transportation system
program include—
(1) enhancement of surface transportation efficiency and
facilitation of intermodalism and international trade to enable
existing facilities to meet a significant portion of future
transportation needs, including public access to employment,
goods, and services, and to reduce regulatory, financial, and
other transaction costs to public agencies and system users;
(2) achievement of national transportation safety goals,
including the enhancement of safe operation of motor vehicles
and nonmotorized vehicles, with particular emphasis on
decreasing the number and severity of collisions;
(3) protection and enhancement of the natural environment
and communities affected by surface transportation, with
particular emphasis on assisting State and local governments
to achieve national environmental goals;
(4) accommodation of the needs of all users of surface
transportation systems, including operators of commercial
vehicles, passenger vehicles, and motorcycles, and including
individuals with disabilities; and
(5) improvement of the Nation’s ability to respond to emer-
gencies and natural disasters and enhancement of national
defense mobility.
(b) PURPOSES.—The Secretary shall implement activities under
the intelligent system transportation program to, at a minimum—
(1) expedite, in both metropolitan and rural areas, deploy-
ment and integration of intelligent transportation systems for
consumers of passenger and freight transportation;
(2) ensure that Federal, State, and local transportation
officials have adequate knowledge of intelligent transportation
systems for full consideration in the transportation planning
process;
(3) improve regional cooperation and operations planning
for effective intelligent transportation system deployment;
(4) promote the innovative use of private resources;
(5) develop a workforce capable of developing, operating,
and maintaining intelligent transportation systems; and
(6) complete deployment of Commercial Vehicle Information
Systems and Networks in a majority of States by September
30, 2003.
SEC. 5204. GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS.
(a) SCOPE.—Subject to the provisions of this subtitle, the Sec-
retary shall conduct an ongoing intelligent transportation system
program to research, develop, and operationally test intelligent
transportation systems and advance nationwide deployment of such
systems as a component of the surface transportation systems of
the United States.
(b) POLICY.—Intelligent transportation system operational tests
and deployment projects funded pursuant to this subtitle shall
encourage and not displace public-private partnerships or private
sector investment in such tests and projects.
(c) COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENTAL, PRIVATE, AND EDU-
CATIONAL ENTITIES.—The Secretary shall carry out the intelligent
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transportation system program in cooperation with State and local
governments and other public entities, the United States private
sector, the Federal laboratories, and colleges and universities,
including historically black colleges and universities and other
minority institutions of higher education.
(d) CONSULTATION WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS.—In carrying out
the intelligent transportation system program, the Secretary, as
appropriate, shall consult with the Secretary of Commerce, the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Director of the National Science Foundation,
and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies.
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND INFORMATION.—The
Secretary may provide technical assistance, training, and informa-
tion to State and local governments seeking to implement, operate,
maintain, or evaluate intelligent transportation system technologies
and services.
(f) TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.—The Secretary may provide
funding to support adequate consideration of transportation system
management and operations, including intelligent transportation
systems, within metropolitan and statewide transportation planning
processes.
(g) INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—
(A) maintain a repository for technical and safety data
collected as a result of federally sponsored projects carried
out under this subtitle; and
(B) on request, make that information (except for
proprietary information and data) readily available to all
users of the repository at an appropriate cost.
(2) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may delegate the
responsibility of the Secretary under this subsection, with
continuing oversight by the Secretary, to an appropriate
entity not within the Department of Transportation.
(B) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—If the Secretary delegates
the responsibility, the entity to which the responsibility
is delegated shall be eligible for Federal assistance under
this section.
(h) ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this subtitle, the Sec-
retary may use 1 or more advisory committees.
(2) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—
Any advisory committee so used shall be subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
(i) PROCUREMENT METHODS.—
(1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall develop
appropriate technical assistance and guidance to assist State
and local agencies in evaluating and selecting appropriate
methods of procurement for intelligent transportation system
projects carried out using funds made available from the High-
way Trust Fund, including innovative and nontraditional meth-
ods such as the Information Technology Omnibus Procurement.
(2) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE.—To
the maximum extent practicable, contracting officials shall use
as a critical evaluation criterion the Software Engineering
Institute’s Capability Maturity Model, or another similar recog-
nized standard risk assessment methodology, to reduce the
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cost, schedule, and performance risks associated with the
development, management, and integration of intelligent
transportation system software.
(j) EVALUATIONS.—
(1) GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue guidelines
and requirements for the evaluation of operational tests
and deployment projects carried out under this subtitle.
(B) OBJECTIVITY AND INDEPENDENCE.—The guidelines
and requirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall
include provisions to ensure the objectivity and independ-
ence of the evaluator so as to avoid any real or apparent
conflict of interest or potential influence on the outcome
by parties to any such test or deployment project or by
any other formal evaluation carried out under this subtitle.
(C) FUNDING.—The guidelines and requirements issued
under subparagraph (A) shall establish evaluation funding
levels based on the size and scope of each test or project
that ensure adequate evaluation of the results of the test
or project.
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Any survey, questionnaire, or interview
that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the evalua-
tion of any test, deployment project, or program assessment
activity under this subtitle shall not be subject to chapter
35 of title 44.
SEC. 5205. NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall maintain and update,
as necessary, the National ITS Program Plan developed by
the Department of Transportation and the Intelligent Transpor-
tation Society of America.
(2) SCOPE.—The National ITS Program Plan shall—
(A) specify the goals, objectives, and milestones for
the research and deployment of intelligent transportation
systems in the context of major metropolitan areas, smaller
metropolitan and rural areas, and commercial vehicle oper-
ations;
(B) specify how specific programs and projects will
achieve the goals, objectives, and milestones referred to
in subparagraph (A), including consideration of the 5- and
10-year timeframes for the goals and objectives;
(C) identify activities that provide for the dynamic
development of standards and protocols to promote and
ensure interoperability in the implementation of intelligent
transportation system technologies, including actions taken
to establish critical standards; and
(D) establish a cooperative process with State and local
governments for determining desired surface transportation
system performance levels and developing plans for incorpo-
ration of specific intelligent transportation system capabili-
ties into surface transportation systems.
(b) REPORTING.—The plan described in subsection (a) shall be
transmitted and updated as part of the Surface Transportation
Research and Development Strategic Plan developed under section
508 of title 23, United States Code.