‘‘(12) technology that enhances high occupancy 
vehicle toll lanes, cordon pricing, or congestion pric-
ing; 
‘‘(13) advanced mobility and access tech-
nologies, such as dynamic ridesharing and informa-
tion systems to support human services for elderly 
and disabled individuals; 
‘‘(14) technology that collects and maintains 
automated driving system safety data and data anal-
ysis tools; 
‘‘(15) cybersecurity protection measures and ac-
tivities to protect against cybersecurity threats; or 
‘‘(16) advanced vulnerable road user safety in-
formation systems. 
‘‘(f) REPORT TO SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that a recipient of a grant under this section sub-
mits, not later than 1 year after the recipient re-
ceives a grant and annually thereafter, a report to 
the Secretary that describes— 
‘‘(A) deployment and operational costs of 
the project compared to the benefits and sav-
ings the project provides; and 
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‘‘(B) how the project has met the original 
expectations projected in the deployment plan 
submitted with the application, such as— 
‘‘(i) data on how the project has 
helped reduce traffic accidents, congestion, 
costs, and other benefits of the deployed 
systems; 
‘‘(ii) data on the effect of measuring 
and improving transportation system per-
formance through the deployment of ad-
vanced transportation technologies; 
‘‘(iii) the effectiveness of providing 
real-time integrated traffic, transit, and 
multimodal transportation information to 
the public to make informed travel deci-
sions; and 
‘‘(iv) 
lessons 
learned 
and 
rec-
ommendations for future deployment strat-
egies to optimize transportation mobility, 
efficiency, and multimodal system perform-
ance. 
‘‘(2) REPORT CONSISTENCY.— 
‘‘(A) 
ADMINISTRATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall provide grant recipients with methods and 
techniques to support consistent data collection 
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across grant recipients and may update such 
methods and techniques as appropriate. 
‘‘(B) UPDATE.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide grant recipients notice of an update de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) not less than 90 
days before carrying out such update. 
‘‘(g) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this section, and once every 2 years there-
after, the Secretary shall make available to the public on 
the website of the Department of Transportation an up-
dated report that describes the effectiveness of grant re-
cipients in meeting projected deployment plans including 
data described in subsection (f) on how the program has— 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(7) provided cost savings to transportation 
agencies, businesses, and the traveling public; or 
‘‘(8) provided other benefits to transportation 
users and the general public. 
‘‘(h) PENALTY.—The Secretary may terminate a 
grant provided under this section and deobligate funds 
provided by such grant if— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary determines from a report 
submitted pursuant to subsection (f) that a recipient 
of such grant is not carrying out the requirements 
of the grant; and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary provides written notice to 
the Committees on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture and Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committees on 
Environment and Public Works and Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate 60 days 
prior to deobligating funds under this subsection. 
‘‘(i) FUNDING.—Of the amounts provided to carry 
out this section, the Secretary may set aside $2,000,000 
each fiscal year for program reporting, evaluation, and ad-
ministrative costs related to this section. 
‘‘(j) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of a project for which a grant is awarded under this 
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subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the 
project. 
‘‘(k) GRANT LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not 
award more than 15 percent of the amount described 
under subsection (i). 
‘‘(l) EXPENSES FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS.—A grant 
recipient under this section may use not more than 5 per-
cent of the funds awarded each fiscal year to carry out 
planning and reporting requirements. 
‘‘(m) GRANT FLEXIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, by August 1 of each fis-
cal year, the Secretary determines that there are not 
enough grant applications that meet the require-
ments described in subsection (c) to carry out this 
section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer 
to the programs specified in paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) any of the funds reserved for the fis-
cal year under subsection (i) that the Secretary 
has not yet awarded under this section; and 
‘‘(B) an amount of obligation limitation 
equal to the amount of funds that the Secretary 
transfers under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.—The programs referred to in 
paragraph (1) are— 
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‘‘(A) the programs under sections 503(b) 
and 503(c); and 
‘‘(B) the programs under sections 512 
through 518. 
‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTION.—Any transfer of funds 
and obligation limitation under paragraph (1) shall 
be divided among the programs referred to in that 
paragraph in the same proportions as the Secretary 
originally reserved funding from the programs for 
the fiscal year under subsection (i). 
‘‘(n) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) 
ADVANCED
TRANSPORTATION
TECH-
NOLOGIES.—The term ‘advanced transportation 
technologies’ means technologies that improve the ef-
ficiency, safety, or state of good repair of surface 
transportation systems, including intelligent trans-
portation systems. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a State or local government, a transit 
agency, metropolitan planning organization, or a po-
litical subdivision of a State or local government, a 
multijurisdictional group, a public academic institu-
tion, public research institution, or a consortia of re-
search institutions or academic institutions. 
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‘‘(3) MULTIJURISDICTIONAL GROUP.—The term 
‘multijurisdictional group’ means any combination of 
State governments, local governments, metropolitan 
planning organizations, transit agencies, or other po-
litical subdivisions of a State for which each member 
of the group— 
‘‘(A) has signed a written agreement to 
implement a project carried out under this sec-
tion across jurisdictional boundaries; and 
‘‘(B) is an eligible entity under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(4) SMART
GRID.—The term ‘Smart Grid’ 
means a system that provides for any of the smart 
grid functions set forth in section 1306(d) of the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17386(d)).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘520. Advanced transportation technologies program.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Chapter 5 of title 
23, United States Code, is amended by striking section 
503(c)(4). 
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SEC. 3. CONNECTED VEHICLE DEPLOYMENT PILOT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 521. Connected vehicle deployment pilot program 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall establish a connected vehicle deployment 
pilot program to make grants, on a competitive 
basis, to spur operational deployments to meet the 
transportation needs of eligible entities through the 
use of the best available and emerging intelligent 
transportation systems. 
‘‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the program shall 
be to— 
‘‘(A) spur connected vehicle technology de-
ployment through wirelessly connected vehicles 
that interact with a connected environment, in-
cluding mobile devices, infrastructure, and 
other elements; 
‘‘(B) realize safety, mobility, and environ-
mental impacts through operational deploy-
ments; 
‘‘(C) capture and use new forms of con-
nected vehicle and mobile device data to support 
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improved surface transportation system per-
formance 
and 
enhanced 
performance-based 
management; 
‘‘(D) encourage partnerships of multiple 
stakeholders 
(including 
private 
companies, 
State and local agencies, transit agencies, com-
mercial vehicle operators, freight shippers, and 
transportation network companies); 
‘‘(E) deploy applications using data cap-
tured from multiple sources (including vehicles, 
mobile devices, and infrastructure) across all 
elements of the surface transportation system 
(including transit, highway, arterial highways, 
parking facilities, and toll highways); and 
‘‘(F) support deployment sites that create 
foundations for future expanded and enhanced 
deployments. 
‘‘(b) GRANT AMOUNT.—Each grant made under this 
section shall be in an amount that is at least $10,000,000. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Secretary may make 
a grant under this section to any of the following entities: 
‘‘(1) A State or a group of States. 
‘‘(2) A transit agency. 
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‘‘(3) A metropolitan planning organization that 
serves an urbanized area with a population of more 
than 200,000 individuals. 
‘‘(4) A unit of local government or a group of 
local governments. 
‘‘(5) A political subdivision of a State or local 
government. 
‘‘(6) A special purpose district or public author-
ity with a transportation function, including a port 
authority. 
‘‘(7) A multijurisdictional group (as defined 
under section 520) or a consortia of research institu-
tions or academic institutions. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A grant recipient may 
use funds awarded under this section for a project that 
deploys connected vehicle applications and technologies, 
including— 
‘‘(1) advanced safety systems, including vehicle- 
to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communica-
tions, technologies associated with autonomous vehi-
cles, and other collision avoidance technologies, in-
cluding systems using cellular technology; 
‘‘(2) integration of intelligent transportation 
systems with the Smart Grid and other energy dis-
tribution and charging systems; 
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‘‘(3) electronic pricing and payment systems; 
‘‘(4) advanced mobility and access technologies, 
such as dynamic ridesharing and information sys-
tems to support human services for elderly and dis-
abled individuals; and 
‘‘(5) any deployment concept eligible, before the 
date of enactment of this section, under the con-
nected vehicle pilot deployment program carried out 
by the Department of Transportation. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant amounts received for 
a project under this section may be used for— 
‘‘(1) activities in the development phase, includ-
ing planning, feasibility analysis, revenue fore-
casting, environmental review process (as defined 
under section 139), preliminary engineering and de-
sign work, and other preconstruction activities; 
‘‘(2) construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, 
acquisition of real property (including land related 
to the project and improvements to the land), envi-
ronmental mitigation, construction contingencies, ac-
quisition of equipment, and operational improvement 
directly related to improving system performance; 
‘‘(3) providing incentives to attract driver par-
ticipation; and 
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