stimulate the deployment of new technology, the Ad-
ministrator may carry out, on a cost-shared basis, 
collaborative research and development with— 
‘‘(A) non-Federal entities, including State 
and local governments, foreign governments, in-
stitutions of higher education, corporations, in-
stitutions, partnerships, sole proprietorships, 
and trade associations that are incorporated or 
established under the laws of any State; 
‘‘(B) Federal laboratories; and 
‘‘(C) other Federal agencies. 
‘‘(2) COOPERATION, GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND 
AGREEMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Administrator may directly initiate con-
tracts, grants, cooperative research and development 
agreements (as defined in section 12 of the Steven-
son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3710a)), and other agreements to fund, and 
accept funds from, the Transportation Research 
Board of the National Research Council of the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences, State departments of 
transportation, cities, counties, institutions of higher 
education, associations, and the agents of those enti-
ties to carry out joint transportation research and 
technology efforts. 
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‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Federal share of the cost of an 
activity carried out under paragraph (2) shall 
not exceed 50 percent. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that the activity is of substantial public 
interest or benefit, the Secretary may approve 
a greater Federal share. 
‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—All costs di-
rectly incurred by the non-Federal partners, in-
cluding personnel, travel, facility, and hardware 
development costs, shall be credited toward the 
non-Federal share of the cost of an activity de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(4) USE OF TECHNOLOGY.—The research, de-
velopment, or use of a technology under a contract, 
grant, cooperative research and development agree-
ment, or other agreement entered into under this 
subsection, including the terms under which the 
technology may be licensed and the resulting royal-
ties may be distributed, shall be subject to the Ste-
venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).’’. 
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SEC. 11. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Section 5505 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 5505. University transportation centers program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
AND
OPERATION.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 
Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 
shall make grants under sections 5506 and 5507 to 
institutions of higher education, including multiple 
institutions of higher education acting in consortia, 
to establish and operate university transportation 
centers to address the research topics identified 
under section 502(d) of title 23. 
‘‘(2) ROLE OF CENTERS.—The role of each uni-
versity transportation center referred to in para-
graph (1) shall be— 
‘‘(A) to advance significant transportation 
research on critical national transportation 
issues in the varied disciplines that comprise 
the field of transportation through research, 
education, and technology transfer activities; 
‘‘(B) to provide for a critical transpor-
tation knowledge base outside of the Depart-
ment of Transportation; and 
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‘‘(C) to address critical workforce needs 
and educate the next generation of transpor-
tation leaders. 
‘‘(b) COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant under 
either section 5506 or 5507, an institution of higher 
education, or a consortia thereof, shall submit to the 
Secretary an application that is in such form and 
contains such information and assurances as the 
Secretary may require. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—The Secretary 
shall select each recipient of a grant under section 
5506 or 5507 through a competitive process based 
on the assessment of the Secretary relating to— 
‘‘(A) the demonstrated ability of the recipi-
ent to address each specific topic area described 
in the research and strategic plans of the recipi-
ent; 
‘‘(B) the demonstrated research, education, 
and technology transfer resources available to 
the recipient to carry out this section; 
‘‘(C) the ability of the recipient to provide 
leadership in solving long-range national and 
regional transportation problems; 
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‘‘(D) the ability of the recipient to carry 
out research, education, and technology transfer 
activities that are multimodal and multidisci-
plinary in scope; 
‘‘(E) the demonstrated ability of the recipi-
ent to disseminate results and spur the imple-
mentation of transportation research and edu-
cation programs through national or statewide 
continuing education programs; 
‘‘(F) the demonstrated commitment of the 
recipient to the use of peer review principles 
and other research best practices in the selec-
tion, management, and dissemination of re-
search projects; 
‘‘(G) the strategic plan submitted by the 
recipient describing the proposed research to be 
carried out by the recipient and the perform-
ance metrics to be used in assessing the per-
formance of the recipient in meeting the stated 
research and technology transfer goals; and 
‘‘(H) the ability of the recipient to imple-
ment the proposed program in a cost-efficient 
manner, such as through consortia-based ap-
proaches with cost sharing aimed at reducing 
overhead, facilities, and administrative costs. 
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‘‘(3) 
ADDITIONAL
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIRE-
MENT.—An institution of higher education that re-
ceives a grant for a fiscal year under either section 
5506 or section 5507 or the lead institution of a 
consortia of institutions that receives a grant for a 
fiscal year under section 5506 or section 5507 is in-
eligible to receive an additional grant under either 
section in such fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of 
the costs of activities carried out using a grant made 
under this section shall be 35 percent of such costs. 
‘‘(2) SOURCE.—The non-Federal share may in-
clude amounts made available to a recipient under 
section 504(b) or 505 of title 23. 
‘‘(d) PROGRAM COORDINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) coordinate the research, education, 
and technology transfer activities carried out by 
grant recipients under this section; and 
‘‘(B) disseminate the results of that re-
search through the establishment and operation 
of an information clearinghouse. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—Not 
less frequently than annually, and consistent with 
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the transportation research and development stra-
tegic plan developed under section 508, the Sec-
retary shall review and evaluate the programs car-
ried out under this section and sections 5506 and 
5507 by grant recipients. 
‘‘(3) 
PROGRAM
EVALUATION
AND
OVER-
SIGHT.—For each of fiscal years 2013 through 
2016, the Secretary shall expend not more than 11⁄2 
percent of the amounts made available to the Sec-
retary under section 2(a)(4) of the Driving Research 
through Innovative Viable Economic Solutions Act 
of 2012 for any coordination, evaluation, and over-
sight activities of the Secretary, including efforts to 
combat waste, fraud, and abuse, under this section, 
section 5506, and section 5507. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.— 
Amounts made available to the Secretary to carry out this 
section and sections 5506 and 5507 shall remain available 
for obligation by the Secretary for a period of 2 years after 
the last day of the fiscal year for which the amounts are 
appropriated. 
‘‘(f) INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section and sections 5506 
and 5507, the term ‘institution of higher education’ has 
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the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 
(b) REGIONAL UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CEN-
TERS.—Section 5506 of such title is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘§ 5506. Regional university transportation centers 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2016, the Secretary shall make grants to institu-
tions of higher education, or a consortia thereof, to estab-
lish and operate 10 regional university transportation cen-
ters. 
‘‘(b) LOCATION.—The Secretary shall make a grant 
under subsection (a) to the institution, or the lead institu-
tion of a consortia, located in each of the 10 United States 
Government regions that comprise the Standard Federal 
Regional Boundary System that the Secretary determines 
best meets the criteria described in section 5505(b). 
‘‘(c) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2016, the Secretary may not award a grant under 
this section that exceeds $3,500,000.’’. 
(c) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CEN-
TERS.—Subchapter I of chapter 55 of such title is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘§ 5507. University transportation research centers 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2016, the Secretary shall make grants to 20 insti-
tutions of higher education or consortia thereof that the 
Secretary determines best meet the criteria described in 
section 5505(b). 
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2016, the Secretary may not award a grant under 
this section that exceeds $2,000,000.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 55 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the items relating to sections 5505 and 5506 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘5505. University transportation centers program. 
‘‘5506. Regional university transportation centers. 
‘‘5507. University transportation research centers.’’. 
SEC. 12. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS. 
Section 111 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph (5) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) 
TRANSPORTATION
STATISTICS.—Col-
lecting, compiling, analyzing, and publishing a com-
prehensive set of transportation statistics on the per-
formance and impacts of the national transportation 
system, including statistics on— 
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‘‘(A) transportation safety across all modes 
and intermodally; 
‘‘(B) the state of good repair of United 
States transportation infrastructure; 
‘‘(C) the extent, connectivity, and condition 
of the transportation system, building on the 
national transportation atlas database devel-
oped under subsection (g); 
‘‘(D) economic efficiency across the entire 
transportation sector; 
‘‘(E) the effects of the transportation sys-
tem on global and domestic economic competi-
tiveness; 
‘‘(F) demographic, economic, and other 
variables influencing travel behavior, including 
choice of transportation mode and goods move-
ment; 
‘‘(G) transportation-related variables that 
influence the domestic economy and global com-
petitiveness; 
‘‘(H) economic costs and impacts for pas-
senger travel and freight movement; 
‘‘(I) intermodal and multimodal passenger 
movement; and 
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‘‘(J) consequences of transportation for the 
environment.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(d) ACCESS TO FEDERAL DATA.—In carrying out 
subsection (c), the Director shall be provided access to all 
transportation and transportation-related information and 
data, including that related to safety, held by any agency 
of the Department of Transportation and, upon written 
request and subject to any statutory or regulatory restric-
tions, to all such data held by any other Federal Govern-
ment agency, that is germane to carrying out subsection 
(c).’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LIBRARY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To support the information 
management and decisionmaking needs of transpor-
tation officials at the Federal, State, and local levels, 
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shall main-
tain a National Transportation Library that shall— 
‘‘(A) be headed by an individual who is 
highly qualified in library and information 
science; 
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‘‘(B) acquire, preserve, and manage trans-
portation information and information products 
and services for use by the Department, other 
Federal agencies, and the general public; 
‘‘(C) provide reference and research assist-
ance; 
‘‘(D) serve as a central depository for re-
search results and technical publications of the 
Department; 
‘‘(E) provide a central clearinghouse for 
transportation data and information of the Fed-
eral Government; 
‘‘(F) serve as coordinator and policy lead 
for transportation data and information of the 
Federal Government; 
‘‘(G) provide transportation information 
and information products and services to— 
‘‘(i) the Department; 
‘‘(ii) other Federal agencies; 
‘‘(iii) public and private organizations; 
and 
‘‘(iv) individuals, within the United 
States as well as internationally; 
‘‘(H) coordinate efforts among, and co-
operate with, transportation libraries, informa-
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tion providers, and technical assistance centers, 
with the goal of developing a comprehensive 
transportation information and knowledge net-
work that supports the activities described in 
subsection (c)(5); and 
‘‘(I) engage in such other activities as the 
Director determines to be necessary and as the 
resources of the Library permit. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS.—The Director shall publicize, fa-
cilitate, and promote access to the products and 
services described in subsection (a), with the goal of 
improving the ability of the transportation commu-
nity to share information and the ability of the Di-
rector to make statistics readily accessible under 
subsection (c)(9). 
‘‘(3) AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this sub-
section, the Director may enter into agreements 
with, provide grants to, and receive amounts 
from, any— 
‘‘(i) State or local government; 
‘‘(ii) organization; 
‘‘(iii) business; or 
‘‘(iv) individual. 
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‘‘(B) CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND
AGREE-
MENTS.—The Library may initiate and support 
specific information and data management, ac-
cess, and exchange activities relating to the 
strategic goals of the Department, knowledge 
networking, and national and international co-
operation, by entering into contracts or other 
agreements or providing grants. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS.—Any amounts received by 
the Library as payment for library products 
and services or other activities shall be made 
available to the Director to carry out this sub-
section and remain available until expended.’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (m); 
(5) by redesignating subsections (n) and (o) as 
subsections (m) and (n), respectively; 
(6) in subsection (m) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘(other than the Mass Transit account)’’; 
(7) in subsection (n) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon in subparagraph (A); 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(C) as subparagraph (B); and 
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(B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory council es-
tablished under this subsection shall be composed of 
not fewer than 9 and not more than 11 members ap-
pointed by the Director, who are not officers or em-
ployees of the United States. Members shall include 
representation of a cross-section of transportation 
community stakeholders and shall include individuals 
with expertise or knowledge of statistics, economics, 
transportation safety, or transportation data anal-
ysis, collection, or application.’’; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) TRANSPORTATION STATISTICAL COLLECTION, 
ANALYSIS, AND DISSEMINATION.—To ensure that all 
transportation statistical collection, analysis, and dissemi-
nation is carried out in a coordinated manner, the Director 
may— 
‘‘(1) use the services, equipment, records, per-
sonnel, information, and facilities of other Federal 
agencies, or State, local, and private agencies and 
instrumentalities, subject to the conditions that the 
applicable agency or instrumentality consents to that 
use; 
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‘‘(2) enter into agreements with the agencies 
and instrumentalities described in paragraph (1) for 
purposes of data collection and analysis; 
‘‘(3) confer and cooperate with foreign govern-
ments, international organizations, and State, mu-
nicipal, and other local agencies; 
‘‘(4) request such information, data, and re-
ports from any Federal agency as the Director de-
termines necessary to carry out this section, includ-
ing by entering into cooperative data sharing agree-
ments in conformity with all laws and regulations 
applicable to the disclosure and use of data; and 
‘‘(5) encourage replication, coordination, and 
sharing among transportation agencies regarding in-
formation systems, information policy, and data. 
‘‘(p) FURNISHING OF INFORMATION, DATA, OR RE-
PORTS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Except in a case in 
which the disclosure of information, data, or reports by 
a Federal agency is expressly prohibited by law, a Federal 
agency requested to furnish information, data, or reports 
under subsection (d) shall provide such information to the 
Bureau.’’. 
Æ 
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