mits the Needs Assessment under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall transmit a report to the Committee 
on Science and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, 
and to the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate, that describes—
‘‘(A) how the Department plans to fill the 
data gaps identified under paragraph (2)(A); 
‘‘(B) how the Department plans to stop 
collecting data identified under paragraph 
(2)(C); 
‘‘(C) how the Department plans to imple-
ment improved data collection methods and 
other changes identified under paragraph 
(2)(D); 
‘‘(D) the expected costs of implementing 
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this para-
graph; 
‘‘(E) any findings of the Needs Assessment 
under paragraph (1) with which the Secretary 
disagrees, and why; and 
‘‘(F) any proposed statutory changes need-
ed to implement the findings if the Needs As-
sessment under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(e) INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION DATA BASE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In consultation with the 
Under Secretary for Policy, the Assistant Secre-
taries, and the heads of the operating administra-
tions of the Department of Transportation, the Di-
rector shall establish and maintain a transportation 
data base for all modes of transportation. 
‘‘(2) USE.—The data base shall be suitable for 
analyses carried out by the Federal Government, the 
States, and metropolitan planning organizations. 
‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The data base shall in-
clude—
‘‘(A) information on the volumes and pat-
terns of movement of goods, including local, 
interregional, and international movement, by 
all modes of transportation and intermodal 
combinations, and by relevant classification; 
‘‘(B) information on the volumes and pat-
terns of movement of people, including local, 
interregional, and international movements, by 
all modes of transportation (including bicycle 
and pedestrian modes) and intermodal combina-
tions, and by relevant classification; 
‘‘(C) information on the location and 
connectivity of transportation facilities and 
services; and
‘‘(D) a national accounting of expenditures 
and capital stocks on each mode of transpor-
tation and intermodal combination. 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LIBRARY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 
and maintain a National Transportation Library, 
which shall contain a collection of statistical and 
other information needed for transportation decision-
making at the Federal, State, and local levels. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS.—The Director shall facilitate and 
promote access to the Library, with the goal of im-
proving the ability of the transportation community 
to share information and the ability of the Director 
to make statistics readily accessible under subsection 
(c)(8). 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Director shall work 
with other transportation libraries and other trans-
portation information providers, both public and pri-
vate, to achieve the goal specified in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(g) NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION
ATLAS
DATA 
BASE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall develop 
and maintain geospatial data bases that depict—
‘‘(A) transportation networks;
‘‘(B) flows of people, goods, vehicles, and 
craft over the networks; and 
‘‘(C) social, economic, and environmental 
conditions that affect or are affected by the net-
works. 
‘‘(2) INTERMODAL
NETWORK
ANALYSIS.—The 
data bases shall be able to support intermodal net-
work analysis. 
‘‘(h) MANDATORY
RESPONSE
AUTHORITY
FOR 
FREIGHT
DATA
COLLECTION.—Whoever, being the 
owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the 
person in charge, of any corporation, company, business, 
institution, establishment, or organization of any nature 
whatsoever, neglects or refuses, when requested by the Di-
rector or other authorized officer, employee or contractor 
of the Bureau, to answer completely and correctly to the 
best of his/her knowledge all questions relating to the cor-
poration, company, business, institution, establishment, or 
other organization, or to records or statistics in his/her 
official custody, contained in a data collection request pre-
pared and submitted as part of the collection of freight 
data, shall be fined not more than $500; and if the indi-
vidual willfully gives a false answer to a question, shall 
be fined not more than $10,000.
‘‘(i) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—The 
Secretary may make grants to, or enter into cooperative 
agreements or contracts with, public and nonprofit private 
entities (including State transportation departments, met-
ropolitan planning organizations, and institutions of high-
er education) for—
‘‘(1) investigation of the subjects specified in 
subsection (c)(5) and research and development of 
new methods of data collection, standardization, 
management, integration, dissemination, interpreta-
tion, and analysis; 
‘‘(2) demonstration programs by States, local 
governments, and metropolitan planning organiza-
tions to harmonize data collection, reporting, man-
agement, storage, and archiving to simplify data 
comparisons across jurisdictions; 
‘‘(3) development of electronic clearinghouses of 
transportation data and related information, as part 
of the National Transportation Library under sub-
section (f); and 
‘‘(4) development and improvement of methods 
for sharing geographic data, in support of the na-
tional transportation atlas data base under sub-
section (g) and the National Spatial Data Infra-
structure developed under Executive Order No. 
12906. 
‘‘(j) LIMITATIONS ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed—
‘‘(1) to authorize the Bureau to require any 
other department or agency to collect data; or 
‘‘(2) to reduce the authority of any other officer 
of the Department of Transportation to collect and 
disseminate data independently. 
‘‘(k) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DISCLOSURES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An officer or employee of 
the Bureau may not—
‘‘(A) make any disclosure in which the 
data provided by an individual or organization 
under subsection (c) can be identified; 
‘‘(B) use the information provided under 
subsection (c) for a nonstatistical purpose; or 
‘‘(C) permit anyone other than an indi-
vidual authorized by the Director to examine 
any individual report provided under subsection 
(c). 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON REQUESTS FOR CERTAIN 
DATA.—
‘‘(A) GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES.—No de-
partment, bureau, agency, officer, or employee
of the United States (except the Director in 
carrying out this section) may require, for any 
reason, a copy of any report that has been filed 
under subsection (c) with the Bureau or re-
tained by an individual respondent. 
‘‘(B) COURTS.—Any copy of a report de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) that has been re-
tained by an individual respondent or filed with 
the Bureau or any of its employees, contractors, 
or agents—
‘‘(i) shall be immune from legal proc-
ess; and 
‘‘(ii) shall not, without the consent of 
the individual concerned, be admitted as 
evidence or used for any purpose in any 
action, suit, or other judicial or adminis-
trative proceeding. 
‘‘(C) 
APPLICABILITY.—This 
paragraph 
shall apply only to reports that permit informa-
tion concerning an individual or organization to 
be reasonably inferred by direct or indirect 
means. 
‘‘(3) DATA COLLECTED FOR NONSTATISTICAL 
PURPOSES.—In a case in which the Bureau is au-
thorized by statute to collect data or information for
a nonstatistical purpose, the Director shall clearly 
distinguish the collection of the data or information, 
by rule and on the collection instrument, so as to in-
form a respondent that is requested or required to 
supply the data or information of the nonstatistical 
purpose. 
‘‘(l) TRANSPORTATION
STATISTICS
ANNUAL
RE-
PORT.—The Director shall transmit to the President and 
Congress a Transportation Statistics Annual Report which 
shall include information on items referred to in sub-
section (c)(5), documentation of methods used to obtain 
and ensure the quality of the statistics presented in the 
report, and recommendations for improving transportation 
statistical information. 
‘‘(m) PROCEEDS OF DATA PRODUCT SALES.—Not-
withstanding section 3302 of title 31, funds received by 
the Bureau from the sale of data products, for necessary 
expenses incurred, may be credited to the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the pur-
pose of reimbursing the Bureau for the expenses. 
‘‘(n) ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRANSPORTATION STA-
TISTICS.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics shall establish 
an Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics.
‘‘(2) FUNCTION.—It shall be the function of the 
Advisory Council established under this subsection 
to—
‘‘(A) advise the Director of the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics on the quality, reli-
ability, consistency, objectivity, and relevance of 
transportation statistics and analyses collected, 
supported, or disseminated by the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics and the Department 
of Transportation; 
‘‘(B) provide input to and review the re-
port to Congress under subsection (d)(4); and 
‘‘(C) advise the Director on methods to en-
courage harmonization and interoperability of 
transportation data collected by the Bureau, the 
operating administrations of the Department of 
Transportation, States, local governments, met-
ropolitan planning organizations, and private 
sector entities. 
‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Council es-
tablished under this subsection shall be composed of 
not fewer than 15 members appointed by the Direc-
tor, who are not officers or employees of the United 
States, including—
‘‘(A) 2 members with specific expertise in 
economics; 
‘‘(B) 3 members with expertise in statis-
tics; and 
‘‘(C) additional members with expertise in 
transportation statistics, analysis, or policy. 
Members shall include representatives of a cross-sec-
tion of transportation community stakeholders. 
‘‘(4) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT.—(A) Except as 
provided in subparagraph (B), members shall be ap-
pointed to staggered terms not to exceed 3 years. A 
member may be renominated for one additional 3-
year term. 
‘‘(B) Members serving on the Advisory Council 
on Transportation Statistics as of the date of enact-
ment of the Surface Transportation Research and 
Development Act of 2005 shall serve until the end 
of their appointed terms. 
‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY
OF
FEDERAL
ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee 
Act shall apply to the Advisory Council established 
under this subsection, except that section 14 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to 
such Advisory Council.’’.
SEC. 108. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH. 
Section 505 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 505. State planning and research 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Two and a half percent of the 
sums apportioned to a State for fiscal year 2005 and each 
fiscal year thereafter under section 104 (other than sub-
sections (f) and (h)) and under sections 105 and 144 shall 
be available for expenditure by the State, in consultation 
with the Secretary, only for the following purposes: 
‘‘(1) Engineering and economic surveys and in-
vestigations. 
‘‘(2) The planning of future highway programs 
and local public transportation systems, the planning 
of the financing of such programs and systems, in-
cluding metropolitan and Statewide planning under 
sections 134 and 135, freight planning, safety plan-
ning, transportation systems management and oper-
ations planning, transportation-related land use 
planning, and transportation-related growth manage-
ment activities within these planning processes, and 
planning capacity building activities. 
‘‘(3) Development and implementation of infra-
structure management and traffic monitoring sys-
tems, and for asset management.
‘‘(4) Studies of the economy, safety, and con-
venience of highway, local public transportation, bi-
cycle, and pedestrian systems and the desirable reg-
ulation and equitable taxation of their use. 
‘‘(5) Research, development, and technology 
transfer activities necessary in connection with the 
planning, design, construction, management, mainte-
nance, regulation, and taxation of the use of high-
way, local public transportation, and intermodal 
transportation systems, including innovative tech-
niques for ensuring representative public input (e.g. 
deliberative polling). 
‘‘(6) Research on the effects of design stand-
ards on intermodal coordination, such as the high-
way-rail interface, and on safe pedestrian access to 
transit on arterial roads and urban highways. 
‘‘(7) Study, research and development, and 
training on the engineering standards and construc-
tion materials, including accreditation of inspection 
and testing, for highway, local public transportation, 
bicycle, pedestrian, and intermodal transportation 
systems. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM EXPENDITURES ON RESEARCH, DE-
VELOPMENT, 
AND
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
ACTIVI-
TIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated 
pursuant to subsection (a) to a State for a fiscal 
year shall be expended by the State for research, de-
velopment, and technology transfer activities de-
scribed in subsection (a), relating to highway, public 
transportation, bicycle, pedestrian, and intermodal 
transportation systems. 
‘‘(2) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive the 
application of paragraph (1) with respect to a State 
for a fiscal year if the State certifies to the Sec-
retary for the fiscal year that the funds described in 
paragraph (1) are not needed for research, develop-
ment, and technology transfer and the Secretary ac-
cepts such certification. 
‘‘(3) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF
ASSESSMENT.—
Funds expended under paragraph (1) shall not be 
considered to be part of the extramural budget of 
the agency for the purpose of section 9 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
‘‘(c) MINIMUM EXPENDITURES FOR IMPROVING THE 
QUALITY
OF COLLECTION
AND REPORTING
OF STRA-
TEGIC SURFACE TRANSPORTATION DATA.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
not less than 10 percent of the funds appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year to a 
State shall be expended by the State to improve the 
collection and reporting of strategic surface trans-
portation data to provide critical information about 
the extent, condition, use, performance, and financ-
ing of the Nation’s surface transportation system 
(including intermodal connectors) for passenger and 
freight movement. 
‘‘(2) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive the 
application of paragraph (1) with respect to a State 
for a fiscal year if the State certifies to the Sec-
retary for the fiscal year that the State is collecting 
and reporting strategic data consistent with quality 
assurance guidelines developed cooperatively with the 
States and the Secretary approves such certification. 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of a project carried out using funds subject to sub-
section (a) shall be matched in accordance with section 
120(b) unless the Secretary determines that the interests 
of the surface transportation program would be best 
served without such matching.’’.
SEC. 109. FUTURE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 509. Future Strategic Highway Research Program 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the American Association of State Highway and 
Transportation Officials, shall establish and support a 
grant program to be known as the Future Strategic High-
way Research Program. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—The program established under this 
section shall implement the Transportation Research 
Board Special Report 260, entitled ‘Strategic Highway 
Research: Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving 
Quality of Life’, which included the following research 
areas: 
‘‘(1) Accelerating the renewal of America’s 
highways. 
‘‘(2) Making a significant improvement in high-
way safety. 
‘‘(3) Providing a highway system with reliable 
travel times. 
‘‘(4) Providing highway capacity in support of 
the Nation’s economic, environmental, multi-modal 
transportation, and social goals.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall enter 
into an arrangement with the National Research Council 
to administer the program established under subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds set aside to 
carry out this section shall remain available for the fiscal 
year for which such funds are made available and the 
three succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation from the Highway Trust Fund, for each 
of fiscal years 2005 through 2010, $75,000,000 to carry 
out this section. 
‘‘(f) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out 
the program under this section, the Secretary, through the 
agreement with the National Research Council, shall en-
sure that the selection of awards shall be based on open 
competition and peer review, and that a balanced group 
of stakeholders is represented on all committees and pan-
els established to implement the program. Proposals that 
involve partnerships and include significant matching 
funds shall be encouraged, although no matching funds 
are required. 
‘‘(g) PROGRAMMATIC EVALUATIONS.—Within 3 years 
after the first research and development project grants,
cooperative agreements, or contracts are awarded under 
this section, the Comptroller General shall review the pro-
gram under this section, and recommend improvements. 
The review shall assess the degree to which projects fund-
ed under this section have addressed the research and de-
velopment topics identified in the Transportation Research 
Board Special Report 260, including identifying those top-
ics which have not yet been addressed. 
‘‘(h) ANNUAL PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE RE-
PORT.—The National Research Council shall produce an 
annual progress and performance report for the program 
under this section. The report shall summarize the status, 
funding, and sponsors of all funded projects by the re-
search and development areas specified in subsection (b). 
The report shall be submitted to the Secretary, to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
Committee on Science of the House of Representatives, 
and to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
of the Senate.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis of 
chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘509. Future strategic highway research program.’’.
SEC. 110. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH. 
Section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 5505. University transportation research 
‘‘(a) REGIONAL CENTERS.—The Secretary of Trans-
portation shall make grants to nonprofit institutions of 
higher learning to establish and operate 1 university 
transportation center in each of the 10 United States Gov-
ernment regions that comprise the Standard Federal Re-
gional Boundary System. 
‘‘(b) OTHER CENTERS.—The Secretary shall make 
16 grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning, in 
addition to grants made under subsection (a), to establish 
and operate university transportation centers. 
‘‘(c) ROLE OF CENTERS.—The role of each center 
shall be to address transportation management and re-
search and development matters, with special attention to 
increasing the number of highly skilled individuals enter-
ing the field of transportation. 
‘‘(d) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—In order to be eligible to 
receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit insti-
tution of higher learning shall submit to the Sec-
retary an application that is in such form and con-
tains such information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Except as other-
wise provided by this section, the Secretary shall se-
lect each recipient of a grant under this section
through an open competition, peer-reviewed process 
on the basis of the following: 
‘‘(A) The capability of the recipient to pro-
vide leadership in making national and regional 
contributions to the solution of immediate and 
long-range transportation problems. 
‘‘(B) The recipient’s establishment of a 
surface transportation program by the date of 
the award, which encompasses several modes of 
transportation. 
‘‘(C) The recipient’s demonstrated ability 
to disseminate results of transportation re-
search and education programs through a state-
wide or regionwide continuing education pro-
gram. 
‘‘(D) The strategic plan the recipient pro-
poses to carry out under the grant. 
‘‘(e) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
each university transportation center receiving a grant 
under this section shall conduct the following programs 
and activities: 
‘‘(1) Basic and applied research and develop-
ment that supports the Department’s research and 
development agenda consistent with section 508 of 
title 23.
‘‘(2) An education program that includes multi-
disciplinary course work, faculty and student partici-
pation in research and development, and an oppor-
tunity for practical experience. 
‘‘(3) An ongoing program of technology transfer 
that makes research and development results avail-
able to potential users in a form that can be imple-
mented, utilized, or otherwise applied. 
‘‘(f) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—To be eligible to 
receive a grant under this section, an applicant shall—
‘‘(1) enter into an agreement with the Secretary 
to ensure that the applicant will maintain total ex-
penditures from all other sources to establish and 
operate a university transportation center and re-
lated educational and research and development ac-
tivities at a level that is at least equal to the average 
level of those expenditures during the 2 fiscal years 
before the date on which the grant is provided; 
‘‘(2) submit to the Secretary an annual report 
on the projects and activities of the university trans-
portation center for which funds are made available 
for the fiscal year covered by the report, a descrip-
tion of—
‘‘(A) the educational activities carried out 
by the center (including a detailed summary of 
the budget for those educational activities); 
‘‘(B) 
each 
research 
and 
development 
project carried out by the center, including—
‘‘(i) the identity of the principal inves-
tigator working on a research and develop-
ment project; and 
‘‘(ii) the overall funding amount for 
each research and development project (in-
cluding the amounts expended for the 
project as of the date of the report); and 
‘‘(C) overall technology transfer and imple-
mentation efforts of the center; and 
‘‘(3) make use of National Research Council, 
Transportation Research Board, and Transportation 
Research Information Services online databases 
for—
‘‘(A) program development and strategic 
planning; 
‘‘(B) reporting of activities funded under 
this section; and 
‘‘(C) input and dissemination of results 
and reports from completed research and devel-
opment.
‘‘(g) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
costs of activities carried out using a grant made under 
subsection (a) is 80 percent of costs, and under subsection 
(b) is 50 percent of costs. The non-Federal share may in-
clude funds provided to a recipient under section 503, 
504(b), or 505 of title 23, United States Code. 
‘‘(h) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—
‘‘(1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co-
ordinate the research and development, education, 
training, and technology transfer activities that 
grant recipients carry out under this section. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—At 
least annually and consistent with the plan devel-
oped by the recipient under subsection (f)(2), the 
Secretary shall review and evaluate programs the 
grant recipients carry out. 
‘‘(3) FUNDING
LIMITATION.—The Secretary 
may use not more than 1 percent of amounts made 
available from Government sources to carry out this 
subsection. 
‘‘(i) LIMITATION
ON AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—
Funds made available to carry out this program shall re-
main available for obligation for a period of 2 years after 
the last day of the fiscal year for which such funds are 
authorized.
‘‘(j) TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT 
PILOT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a program to make grants to institutions of 
higher education that in partnership with industry 
or State Departments of Transportation will de-
velop, test, and revise new curricula and education 
programs to train individuals at all levels of the 
transportation workforce. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION
OF
GRANT
RECIPIENTS.—In 
selecting applications for awards under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall consider—
‘‘(A) the degree to which the new curricula 
or education program meets the specific needs 
of a segment of the transportation industry, 
States, or regions; 
‘‘(B) providing for practical experience and 
on-the-job training; 
‘‘(C) proposals oriented toward practi-
tioners in the field rather than the support and 
growth of the research community; 
‘‘(D) the degree to which the new curricula 
or program will provide training in areas other 
than engineering, such as business administra-
tion, economics, information technology, envi-
ronmental science, and law; 
‘‘(E) programs or curricula in nontradi-
tional departments which train professionals for 
work in the transportation field, such as mate-
rials, information technology, environmental 
science, urban planning, and industrial tech-
nology; and 
‘‘(F) industry or a State’s Department of 
Transportation commitment to the program. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
From amounts authorized under section 101(b)(4) 
of the Surface Transportation Research and Devel-
opment Act of 2005 for carrying out this section, for 
each of fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 
and 2010, there shall be available for carrying out 
this subsection $4,500,000. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.—No individual grant under 
this subsection shall exceed $750,000 per year. After 
a recipient has received 3 years of Federal funding 
under this subsection, Federal funding may equal no 
more than 75 percent of a grantee’s program costs. 
‘‘(k) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SECURITY CEN-
TERS.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish not more than 4 National Transportation Se-
curity Centers at institutions of higher education to 
conduct research, education, and professional train-
ing on all aspects of surface transportation security, 
with emphasis on utilization of intelligent transpor-
tation systems, technologies, and architectures. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—The Secretary 
shall make grants using a competitive peer-reviewed 
procedure that gives priority to—
‘‘(A) institutions with a commitment to 
transportation security issues; 
‘‘(B) proposals that include partnerships 
with other institutions of higher education, fed-
erally funded research and development centers, 
or other nonprofit laboratories; 
‘‘(C) proposals to conduct both practical 
and theoretical research and technical systems 
analysis; and 
‘‘(D) proposals to develop professional 
training programs.’’. 
SEC. 111. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle C of title V of the Trans-
portation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended to 
read as follows:
‘‘Subtitle C—Intelligent 
Transportation Systems 
‘‘SEC. 5201. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Intelligent Trans-
portation Systems Act of 2005’. 
‘‘SEC. 5202. GOALS AND PURPOSES. 
‘‘(a) GOALS.—The goals of the intelligent transpor-
tation system program include—
‘‘(1) enhancement of surface transportation ef-
ficiency and facilitation of intermodalism and inter-
national 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 sys-
tem users; 
‘‘(2) achievement of national transportation 
safety goals, including the enhancement of safe oper-
ation 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 en-
vironmental goals; 
‘‘(4) accommodation of the needs of all users of 
surface transportation systems, including operators 
of commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, motor-
cycles, and bicycles, and including pedestrians and 
individuals with disabilities; and 
‘‘(5) improvement of the Nation’s ability to re-
spond to security related or other man-made emer-
gencies and natural disasters, and enhancement of 
national defense mobility. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The Secretary shall implement ac-
tivities under the intelligent transportation system pro-
gram to, at a minimum—
‘‘(1) develop and test emerging technologies to 
meet the goals described in subsection (a); 
‘‘(2) expedite deployment and ensure integra-
tion and interoperability of proven intelligent trans-
portation systems; 
‘‘(3) analyze the likelihood of utilization of in-
telligent transportation system technologies by the 
intended user community; 
‘‘(4) ensure that Federal, State, and local 
transportation officials have adequate knowledge of
intelligent transportation systems for full consider-
ation in the transportation planning process; 
‘‘(5) improve regional cooperation and oper-
ations planning for effective intelligent transpor-
tation system deployment; 
‘‘(6) promote the innovative use of private re-
sources; 
‘‘(7) develop a workforce capable of developing, 
operating, and maintaining intelligent transportation 
systems; and 
‘‘(8) evaluate costs and benefits of intelligent 
transportation systems projects. 
‘‘SEC. 5203. GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) SCOPE.—Subject to the provisions of this sub-
title, the Secretary shall conduct an ongoing intelligent 
transportation system program to research, develop, and 
operationally test intelligent transportation systems and 
advance nationwide deployment of proven systems through 
research on barriers to deployment as a component of the 
surface transportation systems of the United States. 
‘‘(b) POLICY.—Intelligent transportation system re-
search, development, operational tests, and deployment 
projects funded pursuant to this subtitle shall encourage 
and not displace public-private partnerships or private sec-
tor investment in such research and development tests and 
projects. 
‘‘(c) COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENTAL, PRI-
VATE, AND EDUCATIONAL ENTITIES.—The Secretary 
shall carry out the intelligent transportation system pro-
gram in cooperation with State and local governments and 
other public entities, the United States private sector, fed-
erally funded research and development centers, and col-
leges 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 pro-
gram, the Secretary, as appropriate, may consult with the 
Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation, and the heads of other Federal 
departments and agencies. 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND IN-
FORMATION.—The Secretary shall provide technical as-
sistance, training, and information to State and local gov-
ernments 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 within 
metropolitan and statewide transportation planning proc-
esses. 
‘‘(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 sub-
title; and 
‘‘(B) make that information (except for 
proprietary information and data) readily avail-
able to all users of the repository. 
‘‘(2) AGREEMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
enter into an agreement with a third party for 
the maintenance of the repository for technical 
and safety data under paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—
If the Secretary delegates responsibility under 
subparagraph (A), the entity to which the re-
sponsibility is delegated shall be eligible for 
Federal financial assistance under this section. 
‘‘(h) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—