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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 502(f) of such title 
(as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘(f) LONG-TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE PRO-
GRAM.—
‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall complete 
the 20-year long-term pavement performance pro-
gram tests initiated under the strategic highway re-
search program established under section 307(d) (as 
in effect on June 8, 1998). 
‘(2) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND 
CONTRACTS.—Under the program, the Secretary 
shall make grants and enter into cooperative agree-
ments and contracts to—
‘(A) monitor, material-test, and evaluate 
highway test sections in existence as of the date 
of the grant, agreement, or contract; 
‘(B) analyze the data obtained under sub-
paragraph (A); and 
‘(C) prepare products to fulfill program ob-
jectives and meet future pavement technology 
needs.’. 
(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available 
by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $10,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2004 and $21,000,000 for each of fiscal
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years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry 
out section 502(f) of title 23, United States Code. 
(i) TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CEN-
TER.—Section 502 of title 23, United States Code, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘(i) TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CEN-
TER.—
‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate 
in the Federal Highway Administration a Turner-
Fairbank Highway Research Center. 
‘(2) USES
OF
THE
CENTER.—The Turner-
Fairbank Highway Research Center shall support—
‘(A) the conduct of highway research and 
development related to new highway technology; 
‘(B) the development of understandings, 
tools, and techniques that provide solutions to 
complex technical problems through the devel-
opment of economical and environmentally sen-
sitive designs, efficient and quality-controlled 
construction practices, and durable materials; 
and 
‘(C) the development of innovative highway 
products and practices.’. 
(j) UNIVERSITY FUNDING.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this title and any amendments made by this title,
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the Secretary may not provide financial assistance to a 
university under section 5101 unless the university is se-
lected to receive such funds through a competitive process 
that incorporates merit-based peer review and the selec-
tion is based on a proposal submitted to the Secretary by 
the university in response to a request for proposals issued 
by the Secretary. 
SEC. 5202. LONG-TERM BRIDGE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM; 
INNOVATIVE BRIDGE RESEARCH AND DE-
PLOYMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) LONG-TERM
BRIDGE
PERFORMANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 502 of title 23, 
United States Code, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘(j) LONG-TERM
BRIDGE
PERFORMANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—
‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall establish 
a 20-year long-term bridge performance program. 
‘(2) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND 
CONTRACTS.—Under the program, the Secretary 
shall make grants and enter into cooperative agree-
ments and contracts to—
‘(A) monitor, material-test, and evaluate 
test bridges;
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‘(B) analyze the data obtained under sub-
paragraph (A); and 
‘(C) prepare products to fulfill program ob-
jectives and meet future bridge technology 
needs.’. 
(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available 
by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $5,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2004 and $15,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry 
out section 502(j) of title 23, United States Code. 
(b) INNOVATIVE BRIDGE RESEARCH AND DEPLOY-
MENT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 503(b)(1) of such 
title is amended to read as follows: 
‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish and carry out a program to promote, dem-
onstrate, evaluate, and document the application of 
innovative designs, materials, and construction 
methods in the construction, repair, and rehabilita-
tion of bridges and other highway structures.’. 
(2) GOALS.—Section 503(b)(2) of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the program shall 
include—
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‘(A) the development of new, cost-effective, 
innovative highway bridge applications; 
‘(B) the development of construction tech-
niques to increase safety and reduce construc-
tion time and traffic congestion; 
‘(C) the development of engineering design 
criteria for innovative products, materials, and 
structural systems for use in highway bridges 
and structures; 
‘(D) the reduction of maintenance costs 
and life-cycle costs of bridges, including the 
costs of new construction, replacement, or reha-
bilitation of deficient bridges; 
‘(E) the development of highway bridges 
and structures that will withstand natural dis-
asters; 
‘(F) the documentation and wide dissemi-
nation of objective evaluations of the perform-
ance and benefits of these innovative designs, 
materials, and construction methods; 
‘(G) the effective transfer of resulting in-
formation and technology; and 
‘(H) the development of improved methods 
to detect bridge scour and economical bridge
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foundation designs that will withstand bridge 
scour.’. 
(3) FUNDING.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 
available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 
through 2009 shall be available to carry out 
section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code; 
and 
(B) 
HIGH
PERFORMANCE
CONCRETE 
BRIDGE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEPLOY-
MENT.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
obligate 
$2,000,000 of the amount described in subpara-
graph (A) for each of fiscal years 2004 through 
2009 to conduct research and deploy technology 
related to high-performance concrete bridges. 
SEC. 5203. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENT AND 
PLANNING COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 507 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘§ 507. Surface Transportation environment and plan-
ning cooperative research program 
‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
and carry out a collaborative, public-private surface trans-
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portation environment and planning cooperative research 
program. 
‘(b) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary shall enter into an 
agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to carry 
out administrative and management activities relating to 
the governance of the surface transportation environment 
and planning cooperative research program. 
‘(c) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—
‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a committee that will be responsible for pro-
gram oversight and project selection. 
‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the com-
mittee shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall 
be composed of—
‘(A) representatives of State, regional, and 
local transportation agencies, including transit 
agencies; 
‘(B) representatives of State environmental 
agencies and other environmental organizations; 
‘(C) representatives of the transportation 
private sector; 
‘(D) transportation and environmental sci-
entists and engineers; and 
‘(E) representatives of the Federal High-
way Administration, Federal Transit Adminis-
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tration, 
Environmental 
Protection 
Agency, 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Corps 
of Engineers, American Association of State 
Highway and Transportation Officials, and 
American Public Transportation Association, 
who shall serve in an ex officio capacity. 
‘(3) BALANCE.—The majority of the commit-
tee’s voting members shall be representatives of gov-
ernment transportation agencies. 
‘(4) MEETINGS.—The National Academy of 
Sciences shall convene meetings of the committee. 
‘(d) GOVERNANCE.—The program established under 
this section shall include the following administrative and 
management elements: 
‘(1) NATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA.—The advi-
sory committee, in consultation with interested par-
ties, shall carry out and periodically update research 
and development called for in the Transportation 
Research Board Special Report 268, entitled ‘‘Sur-
face Transportation Environmental Research: A 
Long-Term Strategy’’ and published in 2002, as de-
scribed in subsection (e). The national research 
agenda shall include a multiyear strategic plan. 
‘(2) INVOLVEMENT.—Interested parties may—
‘(A) submit research proposals;
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‘(B) participate in merit reviews of re-
search proposals and peer reviews of research 
products; and 
‘(C) receive research results. 
‘(3) OPEN COMPETITION AND PEER REVIEW OF 
RESEARCH PROPOSALS.—The National Academy of 
Sciences may award under the program research 
contracts and grants through open competition and 
merit review conducted on a regular basis. 
‘(4) EVALUATION OF RESEARCH.—
‘(A) PEER
REVIEW.—Research contracts 
and grants may allow peer review of the re-
search results. 
‘(B) PROGRAMMATIC EVALUATIONS.—The 
National Academy of Sciences may conduct 
periodic programmatic evaluations on a regular 
basis. 
‘(5) DISSEMINATION
OF
RESEARCH
FIND-
INGS.—The National Academy of Sciences shall dis-
seminate research findings to researchers, practi-
tioners, and decisionmakers, through conferences 
and seminars, field demonstrations, workshops, 
training programs, presentations, testimony to gov-
ernment officials, World Wide Web, and publications 
for the general public.
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‘(e) CONTENTS.—The national research agenda for 
the program required under subsection (d)(1) shall include 
research in the following areas for the purposes described: 
‘(1) HUMAN HEALTH.—Human health to estab-
lish the links between transportation activities and 
human health; substantiate the linkages between ex-
posure to concentration levels, emissions, and health 
impacts; examine the potential health impacts from 
the implementation and operation of transportation 
infrastructure and services; develop strategies for 
avoidance and reduction of these impacts; and de-
velop strategies to understand the economic value of 
health improvements and for incorporating health 
considerations into valuation methods. 
‘(2) ECOLOGY AND NATURAL SYSTEMS.—Ecol-
ogy and natural systems to measure transportation’s 
short- and long-term impact on natural systems; de-
velop ecologically based performance measures; de-
velop insight into both the spatial and temporal 
issues associated with transportation and natural 
systems; study the relationship between highway 
density and ecosystem integrity, including the im-
pacts of highway density on habitat integrity and 
overall ecosystem health; develop a rapid assessment 
methodology for use by transportation and regu-
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latory agencies in determining the relationship be-
tween highway density and ecosystem integrity; and 
develop ecologically based performance techniques to 
evaluate the success of highway project mitigation 
and enhancement measures. 
‘(3) ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC RE-
LATIONSHIPS.—Environmental and socioeconomic 
relationships to understand differences in mobility, 
access, travel behavior, and travel preferences across 
socioeconomic groups; develop improved planning ap-
proaches that better reflect and respond to commu-
nity needs; improve evaluation methods for exam-
ining the incidence of benefits and costs; examine 
the differential impacts of current methods of fi-
nance and explore alternatives; understand the socio-
economic implications of emerging land development 
patterns and new transportation technologies; de-
velop cost-effective applications of technology that 
improve the equity of the transport system; and de-
velop improved methods for community involvement, 
collaborative planning, and conflict resolution. 
‘(4) 
EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES.—Emerging 
technologies to assist in the transition to environ-
mentally benign fuels and vehicles for passengers 
and freight; develop responses to and demand for
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new technologies that could offer improved environ-
mental performance; identify possible applications of 
intelligent transportation systems technologies for 
environmental benefit; develop policy instruments 
that would encourage the development of beneficial 
new technologies in a cost-effective manner; and re-
spond to the impact of new technologies. 
‘(5) LAND USE.—Land use to assess land con-
sumption trends and contributing factors of trans-
portation investment, housing policies, school qual-
ity, and consumer preferences; incorporate impacts 
of transportation investments on location decision 
and land use; identify the costs and benefits of cur-
rent development patterns and their transportation 
implications; determine the effect of the built envi-
ronment on people’s willingness to walk, drive, or 
take public transportation; determine the roles of 
public policy and institutional arrangements in cur-
rent and prospective land use and transportation 
choices; and develop improved data, methods, and 
processes for considering land use, transportation, 
and the environment in an integrated, systematic 
fashion. 
‘(6) PLANNING
AND
PERFORMANCE
MEAS-
URES.—Planning and performance measures to im-
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prove understanding of travel needs and preferences; 
improve planning methods for system analysis, fore-
casting, and decisionmaking; expand information on 
consumer choice processes and travel and activity 
patterns for both local and long-distance trips and 
both passenger and freight transportation analysis 
of social, environmental, and economic benefits and 
cost of various transport options; develop tools for 
measuring and forecasting complex transportation 
decisions for all modes and users; and develop per-
formance measures and policy analysis approaches 
that can be used to determine effectiveness. 
‘(7) OTHER RESEARCH AREAS.—Other research 
areas to identify and address the emerging and fu-
ture surface transportation research needs related to 
planning and environment. 
‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of an activity carried out under this section shall be up 
to 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until 
expended. 
‘(g) USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—In addition to 
using funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
section, the National Academy of Sciences may seek and 
accept additional funding sources to carry out this section 
from public and private entities capable of attracting and
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accepting funding from the Department of Transpor-
tation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of 
Energy, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and 
other Federal environmental agencies, States, local gov-
ernments, nonprofit foundations, and the private sector.’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 5 of such title is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 507 and inserting the following:
‘507. Surface transportation environment and planning cooperative research 
program.’.
(c) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by 
section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 
2004 and $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 507 
of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 5204. TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT. 
(a) TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—Section 
503(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘Initia-
tives and Partnerships’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall de-
velop and administer a national technology deploy-
ment program.’;
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(3) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
following: 
‘(7) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND 
CONTRACTS.—
‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Under the program, 
the Secretary shall make grants to, and enter 
into cooperative agreements and contracts with, 
States, other Federal agencies, universities and 
colleges, private sector entities, and nonprofit 
organizations to pay the Federal share of the 
cost of research, development, and technology 
transfer activities concerning innovative mate-
rials. 
‘(B) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant 
under this subsection, an entity described in 
subparagraph (A) shall submit an application to 
the Secretary. The application shall be in such 
form and contain such information as the Sec-
retary may require. The Secretary shall select 
and approve an application based on whether 
the project that is the subject of the grant 
meets the purpose of the program described in 
paragraph (2).’; and 
(4) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 
following:
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‘(8) TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TRANS-
FER.—The Secretary shall ensure that the informa-
tion and technology resulting from research con-
ducted under paragraph (7) is made available to 
State and local transportation departments and 
other interested parties as specified by the Sec-
retary.’. 
(b) INNOVATIVE PAVEMENT RESEARCH
AND DE-
PLOYMENT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 503 of such title is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘(c) INNOVATIVE PAVEMENT RESEARCH AND DE-
PLOYMENT PROGRAM.—
‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish and implement a program to promote, dem-
onstrate, support, and document the application of 
innovative pavement technologies, practices, per-
formance, and benefits. 
‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the innovative pave-
ment research and deployment program shall in-
clude—
‘(A) the deployment of new, cost-effective, 
innovative designs, materials, recycled materials 
(including taconite tailings and foundry sand),
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and practices to extend pavement life and per-
formance and to improve customer satisfaction; 
‘(B) the reduction of initial costs and life-
cycle costs of pavements, including the costs of 
new construction, replacement, maintenance, 
and rehabilitation; 
‘(C) the deployment of accelerated con-
struction techniques to increase safety and re-
duce construction time and traffic disruption 
and congestion; 
‘(D) the deployment of engineering design 
criteria and specifications for innovative prac-
tices, products, and materials for use in high-
way pavements; 
‘(E) the deployment of new nondestructive 
and real-time pavement evaluation technologies 
and techniques; 
‘(F) the evaluation, refinement, and docu-
mentation of the performance and benefits of 
innovative technologies deployed to improve life, 
performance, cost effectiveness, safety, and cus-
tomer satisfaction; 
‘(G) effective technology transfer and in-
formation dissemination to accelerate imple-
mentation of innovative technologies and to im-
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prove life, performance, cost effectiveness, safe-
ty, and customer satisfaction; and 
‘(H) the development of designs and mate-
rials to reduce storm water runoff. 
‘(3) RESEARCH TO IMPROVE NHS PAVEMENT.—
The 
Secretary 
shall 
obligate 
not 
less 
than 
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $6,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 from funds 
made available to carry out this subsection to con-
duct research to improve asphalt pavement, concrete 
pavement, and aggregates used in highways on the 
National Highway System.’. 
(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available 
by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $5,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2004 and $15,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry 
out section 503(c) of title 23, United States Code. 
(c) SAFETY INNOVATION DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 503 of such title is 
further amended by adding the following: 
‘(d) 
SAFETY
INNOVATION
DEPLOYMENT
PRO-
GRAM.—
‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish and implement a program to demonstrate the
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application of innovative technologies in highway 
safety. 
‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the program shall 
include—
‘(A) the deployment and evaluation of safe-
ty technologies and innovations at State and 
local levels; and 
‘(B) the deployment of best practices in 
training, management, design, and planning. 
‘(3) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND 
CONTRACTS.—
‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Under the program, 
the Secretary shall make grants to, and enter 
into cooperative agreements and contracts with, 
States, other Federal agencies, universities and 
colleges, private sector entities, and nonprofit 
organizations for research, development, and 
technology transfer for innovative safety tech-
nologies. 
‘(B) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant 
under this subsection, an entity described in 
subparagraph (A) shall submit an application to 
the Secretary. The application shall be in such 
form and contain such information as the Sec-
retary may require. The Secretary shall select