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‘‘(f) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) coordinate the research, education, training,
and technology transfer activities carried out by re-
cipients of grants under this section; and
‘‘(2) establish and operate a clearinghouse for,
and disseminate, the results of those activities.
‘‘(g) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The
Secretary shall make the following grants under this
subsection:
‘‘(A) GROUP A.—For each of fiscal years
2005 through 2009, the Secretary shall make a
grant in the amount of $938,629 to each of the
institutions in group A (as described in sub-
section (a)(4)(A)).
‘‘(B) GROUP B.—The Secretary shall make
a grant to each of the institutions in group B (as
described in subsection (a)(4)(B)) in the amount
of—
‘‘(i) $375,452 for fiscal year 2005; and
‘‘(ii) $563,177 for each of fiscal years
2006 and 2007.
‘‘(C) GROUP C.—For each of fiscal years
2005 through 2007, the Secretary shall make a
grant in the amount of $938,629 to each of the
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institutions in group C (as described in sub-
section (a)(4)(C)).
‘‘(D) GROUP D.—For each of fiscal years
2005 through 2009, the Secretary shall make a
grant in the amount of $1,877,258 to each of the
institutions in group D (as described in sub-
section (a)(4)(D)).
‘‘(E) LIMITED GRANTS FOR GROUPS B AND
C.—For each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, of
the institutions classified in groups B and C (as
described in subsection (a)(4)(B)), the Secretary
shall select and make grants in an amount total-
ing $37,545,924 to not more than 15 institu-
tions.
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Of the funds made
available for a fiscal year to a university trans-
portation center established under subsection (a)
or (b)—
‘‘(i) not less than $250,000 shall be
used to establish and maintain new faculty
positions for the teaching of undergraduate,
transportation-related courses;
‘‘(ii) not more than $500,000 for the
fiscal year, or $1,000,000 in the aggregate,
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may be used to construct or improve trans-
portation-related laboratory facilities; and
‘‘(iii) not more than $300,000 for the
fiscal year may be used for student intern-
ships of not more than 180 days in dura-
tion to enable students to gain experience by
working on transportation projects as in-
terns with design or construction firms.
‘‘(B) 
FACILITIES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
FEE.—Not more than 10 percent of any grant
made available to a university transportation
center (or any institution or consortium that es-
tablishes such a center) for a fiscal year may be
used to pay to the appropriate nonprofit institu-
tion of higher learning any administration and
facilities fee (or any similar overhead fee) for the
fiscal year.
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—
Funds made available under this subsection shall re-
main available for obligation for a period of 2 years
after September 30 of the fiscal year for which the
funds are authorized.
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‘‘§ 511. Multistate corridor operations and manage-
ment
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall encourage
multistate cooperative agreements, coalitions, or other ar-
rangements to promote regional cooperation, planning, and
shared project implementation for programs and projects
to improve transportation system management and oper-
ations.
‘‘(b) INTERSTATE ROUTE I–95 CORRIDOR COALITION
TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT
AND
OPER-
ATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make
grants under this subsection to States to continue in-
telligent transportation system management and op-
erations in the Interstate Route I–95 corridor coali-
tion region initiated under the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law
102–240).
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available
under section 2001(a)(4) of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of
2005, the Secretary shall use to carry out this
subsection—
‘‘(A) $9,386,289 for fiscal year 2005; and
‘‘(B) $11,263,547 for each of fiscal years
2006 through 2009.
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‘‘§ 512. Transportation analysis simulation system
‘‘(a) CONTINUATION OF TRANSIMS DEVELOPMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall continue
the deployment of the advanced transportation model
known as the ‘Transportation Analysis Simulation
System’ (referred to in this section as ‘TRANSIMS’)
developed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS.—In
carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) further improve TRANSIMS to reduce
the 
cost 
and 
complexity 
of 
using 
the
TRANSIMS;
‘‘(B) continue development of TRANSIMS
for applications to facilitate transportation
planning, regulatory compliance, and response to
natural disasters and other transportation dis-
ruptions; and
‘‘(C) assist State transportation depart-
ments and metropolitan planning organizations,
especially smaller metropolitan planning organi-
zations, in the implementation of TRANSIMS
by providing training and technical assistance.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall use
funds made available to carry out this section—
‘‘(1) to further develop TRANSIMS for addi-
tional applications, including—
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‘‘(A) congestion analyses;
‘‘(B) major investment studies;
‘‘(C) economic impact analyses;
‘‘(D) alternative analyses;
‘‘(E) freight movement studies;
‘‘(F) emergency evacuation studies;
‘‘(G) port studies; and
‘‘(H) airport access studies;
‘‘(2) provide training and technical assistance
with respect to the implementation and application of
TRANSIMS to States, local governments, and metro-
politan planning organizations with responsibility for
travel modeling;
‘‘(3) develop methods to simulate the national
transportation infrastructure as a single, integrated
system for the movement of individuals and goods;
‘‘(4) provide funding to State transportation de-
partments and metropolitan planning organizations
for implementation of TRANSIMS.
‘‘(c) ALLOCATION
OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made
available to carry out this section for each fiscal year, not
less than 15 percent shall be allocated for activities de-
scribed in subsection (b)(3).
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under
section 2001(a) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Effi-
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cient Transportation Equity Act of 2005 for each of fiscal
years 2005 through 2009, the Secretary shall use $893,082
to carry out this section.
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made available
under this section shall be available to the Secretary
through the Transportation Planning, Research, and Devel-
opment Account of the Office of the Secretary.’’.
(b) OTHER UNIVERSITY FUNDING.—No university
(other than university transportation centers specified in
section 510 of title 23, United States Code (as added by
subsection (a)) shall receive funds made available under sec-
tion 2001 to carry out research unless the university is se-
lected to receive the funds—
(1) through a competitive process that incor-
porates merit-based peer review; and
(2) based on a proposal submitted to the Sec-
retary by the university in response to a request for
proposals issued by the Secretary.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5505 of title
49, United States Code, is repealed.
SEC. 2102. STUDY OF DATA COLLECTION AND STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS EFFORTS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ means the Federal Highway Administration.
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(2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the
Transportation Research Board of the National Acad-
emy of Sciences.
(3) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
(4) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’
means the Department of Transportation.
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Transportation.
(b) PRIORITY AREAS OF EFFORT.—
(1) STATISTICAL
STANDARDS.—The Secretary
shall direct the Bureau to assume the role of the lead
agency in working with other agencies of the Depart-
ment to establish, by not later the date that is 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, statistical
standards for the Department.
(2) STATISTICAL ANALYSIS EFFORT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau shall pro-
vide to the Secretary, on an annual basis, an
overview of the level of effort expended on statis-
tical analyses by each agency within the Depart-
ment.
(B) DUTY OF AGENCIES.—Each agency of
the Department shall provide to the Bureau such
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information as the Bureau may require in car-
rying out subparagraph (A).
(3) NATIONAL SECURITY.—The Bureau shall—
(A) conduct a study of the ways in which
transportation statistics are and may be used for
the purpose of national security; and
(B) submit to the Transportation Security
Administration recommendations for means by
which the use of transportation statistics for the
purpose of national security may be improved.
(4) MODERNIZATION.—The Bureau shall develop
new protocols for adapting data collection and deliv-
ery efforts in existence as of the date of enactment of
this Act to deliver information in a more timely and
frequent fashion.
(c) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
provide a grant to, or enter into a cooperative agree-
ment or contract with, the Board for the conduct of
a study of the data collection and statistical analysis
efforts of the Department with respect to the modes of
surface transportation for which funds are made
available under this Act.
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(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the study shall be
to provide to the Department information for use by
agencies of the Department in providing to surface
transportation agencies and individuals engaged in
the surface transportation field higher quality, and
more relevant and timely, data, statistical analyses,
and products.
(3) CONTENT.—The study shall include—
(A) an examination and analysis of the ef-
forts, analyses, and products (with respect to
usefulness and policy relevance) of the Bureau as
of the date of the study, as compared with the
duties of the Bureau specified in subsections (c)
through (f) of section 111 of title 49, United
States Code;
(B) an examination and analysis of data
collected by, methods of data collection of, and
analyses performed by, agencies within the De-
partment; and
(C) recommendations relating to—
(i) the future efforts of the Department
in the area of surface transportation with
respect to—
(I) types of data collected;
(II) methods of data collection;
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(III) types of analyses performed;
and
(IV) products made available by
the Secretary to the transportation
community and Congress;
(ii) the means by which the Depart-
ment may cooperate with State transpor-
tation departments to provide technical as-
sistance in the use of data collected by traf-
fic operations centers; and
(iii) duplication of efforts within the
Department, including ways in which—
(I) the duplication may be re-
duced or eliminated; and
(II) each agency of the Depart-
ment may cooperate with, and com-
plement the efforts of, the others.
(4) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study,
the Board shall consult with such stakeholders, agen-
cies, and other entities as the Board considers to be
appropriate.
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the
date on which a grant is provided, or a cooperative
agreement or contract is entered into, for a study
under paragraph (1)—
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(A) the Board shall submit to the Secretary,
the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate, and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives a final report on the results of
the study; and
(B) the results of the study shall be
published—
(i) by the Secretary, on the Internet
website of the Department; and
(ii) by the Board, on the Internet
website of the Board.
(6) IMPLEMENTATION OF RESULTS.—The Bureau
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, implement
any recommendations made with respect to the results
of the study under this subsection.
(7) COMPLIANCE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General
of the United States shall conduct a review of the
study under this subsection.
(B) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Comptroller
General of the United States determines that the
Bureau failed to conduct the study under this
subsection, the Bureau shall be ineligible to re-
ceive funds from the Highway Trust Fund until
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such time as the Bureau conducts the study
under this subsection.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 111 of title
49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection
(m);
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following:
‘‘(k) ANNUAL REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2005 and
each fiscal year thereafter, the Bureau shall prepare
and submit to the Secretary an annual report that—
‘‘(A) describes progress made in responding
to study recommendations for the fiscal year;
and
‘‘(B) summarizes the activities and expendi-
ture of funds by the Bureau for the fiscal year.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Bureau shall—
‘‘(A) make the report described in para-
graph (1) available to the public; and
‘‘(B) publish the report on the Internet
website of the Bureau.
‘‘(3) COMBINATION OF REPORTS.—The report re-
quired under paragraph (1) may be included in or
combined with the Transportation Statistics Annual
Report required by subsection (j).
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‘‘(l) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Funds from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)
that are authorized to be appropriated, and made available,
in accordance with section 2001(a)(3) of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of
2005 shall be used only for the collection and statistical
analysis of information relating to surface transportation
systems.’’; and
(3) in subsection (m) (as redesignated by sub-
paragraph (A)), by inserting ‘‘surface transportation’’
after ‘‘sale of’’.
SEC. 2103. CENTERS FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EX-
CELLENCE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish
the centers for surface transportation excellence described in
subsection (b) to promote high-quality outcomes in support
of strategic national programs and activities, including—
(1) the environment;
(2) operations;
(3) surface transportation safety;
(4) project finance; and
(5) asset management.
(b) CENTERS.—The centers for surface transportation
excellence referred to in subsection (a) are—
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(1) a Center for Environmental Excellence to
provide technical assistance, information sharing of
best practices, and training in the use of tools and de-
cision-making processes to assist States in planning
and delivering environmentally-sound surface trans-
portation projects;
(2) a Center for Operations Excellence to provide
support for an integrated and coordinated national
program for implementing operations in planning
and management (including standards development)
for the transportation system in the United States;
(3) a Center for Excellence in Surface Transpor-
tation Safety to implement a program of support for
State transportation departments, including—
(A) the maintenance of an Internet site to
provide critical information on safety programs;
(B) the provision of technical assistance to
support a lead State transportation department
for each of the safety emphasis areas (as identi-
fied by the Secretary); and
(C) the provision of training and education
to enhance knowledge of personnel of State trans-
portation departments in support of safety high-
way goals;
(4) a Center for Excellence in Project Finance—
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(A) to provide support to State transpor-
tation departments in the development of finance
plans and project oversight tools; and
(B) to develop and offer training in state-
of-the-art financing methods to advance projects
and leverage funds; and
(5) a Center for Excellence in Asset Management
to develop and conduct research, provide training and
education, and disseminate information on the bene-
fits and tools for asset management.
(c) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before funds authorized under
this section for fiscal years 2005 through 2009 are ob-
ligated, the Secretary shall review and approve a
multiyear strategic plan to be submitted by each of
the centers.
(2) TIMING.—The plan shall be submitted before
the beginning of fiscal year 2005 and, subsequently,
shall be annually updated.
(3) CONTENT.—The plan shall include—
(A) a list of research and technical assist-
ance projects and objectives; and
(B) a description of any other technology
transfer activities, including a summary of
training efforts.
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(4) COOPERATION AND COMPETITION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
carry out this section by making grants to, or
entering into contracts, cooperative agreements,
and other transactions with—
(i) the National Academy of Sciences;
(ii) the American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials;
(iii) planning organizations;
(iv) a Federal laboratory;
(v) a State agency;
(vi) an authority, association, institu-
tion, or organization; or
(vii) a for-profit or nonprofit corpora-
tion.
(B) COMPETITION; REVIEW.—All parties en-
tering into contracts, cooperative agreements, or
other transactions with the Secretary, or receiv-
ing grants, to perform research or provide tech-
nical assistance under this section shall be se-
lected, to the maximum extent practicable—
(i) on a competitive basis; and
(ii) on the basis of the results of peer
review of proposals submitted to the Sec-
retary.
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(5) NONDUPLICATION.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that activities conducted by each of the centers
do not duplicate, and to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, are integrated and coordinated with similar
activities conducted by the Federal Highway Admin-
istration, the local technical assistance program, uni-
versity transportation centers, and other research ef-
forts supported with funds authorized by this title.
(d) ALLOCATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2005
through 2009, of the funds made available under sec-
tion 2001(a)(1)(A), the Secretary shall set aside
$9,386,289 to carry out this section.
(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made
available under paragraph (1)—
(A) 20 percent shall be allocated to the Cen-
ter for Environmental Excellence established
under subsection (b)(1);
(B) 30 percent shall be allocated to the Cen-
ter for Operations Excellence established under
subsection (b)(2);
(C) 20 percent shall be allocated to the Cen-
ter for Excellence in Surface Transportation
Safety established under subsection (b)(3);
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(D) 10 percent shall be allocated to the Cen-
ter for Excellence in Project Finance established
under subsection (b)(4); and
(E) 20 percent shall be allocated to the Cen-
ter for Excellence in Asset Management estab-
lished under subsection (b)(5).
(3) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made
available under this section shall be available for obli-
gation in the same manner as if the funds were ap-
portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States
Code, except that the Federal share shall be 100 per-
cent.
SEC. 
2104. 
MOTORCYCLE 
CRASH 
CAUSATION 
STUDY
GRANTS.
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall provide grants for
the purpose of conducting a comprehensive, in-depth motor-
cycle crash causation study that employs the common inter-
national methodology for in-depth motorcycle accident in-
vestigation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development.
(b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under
section 2001(a)(3), $1,407,943 for each of fiscal years 2005
and 2006 shall be available to carry out this section.
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SEC. 2105. TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
Section 5117(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (112 Stat 449; 112 Stat. 864; 115 Stat.
2330) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(3) 
INTELLIGENT
TRANSPORTATION
INFRA-
STRUCTURE.—
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph:
‘‘(i) CONGESTED
AREA.—The term
‘congested area’ means a metropolitan area
that experiences significant traffic conges-
tion, as determined by the Secretary on an
annual basis.
‘‘(ii) DEPLOYMENT
AREA.—The term
‘deployment area’ means any of the metro-
politan areas of Baltimore, Birmingham,
Boston, 
Chicago, 
Cleveland, 
Dallas/Ft.
Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianap-
olis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New
York/Northern New Jersey, Northern Ken-
tucky/Cincinnati, Oklahoma City, Orlando,
Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Port-
land, Providence, Salt Lake, San Diego,
San Francisco, St. Louis, Seattle, Tampa,
and Washington, District of Columbia.
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‘‘(iii) METROPOLITAN AREA.—
‘‘(I) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
term
‘metropolitan area’ means any area
that—
‘‘(aa) has a population ex-
ceeding 300,000; and
‘‘(bb) meets criteria estab-
lished by the Secretary in con-
junction with the intelligent vehi-
cle highway systems corridors pro-
gram.
‘‘(II) 
INCLUSIONS.—The 
term
‘metropolitan area’ includes a major
transportation corridor serving a met-
ropolitan area.
‘‘(iv) ORIGINAL CONTRACT.—The term
‘original contract’ means the Department of
Transportation contract numbered DTTS
59–99–D–00445 T020013.
‘‘(v) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’
means the 2-part intelligent transportation
infrastructure program carried out under
this paragraph.
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‘‘(vi) STATE
TRANSPORTATION
DE-
PARTMENT.—The term ‘State transportation
department’ means—
‘‘(I) a State transportation de-
partment (as defined in section 101 of
title 23, United States Code); and
‘‘(II) a designee of a State trans-
portation department (as so defined)
for the purpose of entering into con-
tracts.
‘‘(vii) 
UNCOMMITTED
FUNDS—The
term ‘uncommitted funds’ means the total
amount of funds that, as of the date that is
180 days after the date of enactment of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient
Transportation Equity Act of 2005, remain
uncommitted under the original contract.
‘‘(B) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION INFRA-
STRUCTURE PROGRAM.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
carry out a 2-part intelligent transpor-
tation infrastructure program in accord-
ance with this paragraph to advance the de-
ployment of an operational intelligent
transportation 
infrastructure 
system,
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through measurement of various transpor-
tation 
system 
activities, 
to
simultaneously—
‘‘(I) aid in transportation plan-
ning and analysis; and
‘‘(II) make a significant contribu-
tion to the ITS program under this
title.
‘‘(ii) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of
the program shall be—
‘‘(I) to build or integrate an in-
frastructure of the measurement of var-
ious transportation system metrics to
aid in planning, analysis, and mainte-
nance of the Department of Transpor-
tation, including the buildout, mainte-
nance, and operation of greater than
40 metropolitan area systems with a
total cost of not to exceed $2,000,000
for each metropolitan area;
‘‘(II) to provide private tech-
nology commercialization initiatives to
generate revenues that will be rein-
vested in the intelligent transportation
infrastructure system;
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‘‘(III) to aggregate data into re-
ports for multipoint data distribution
techniques; and
‘‘(IV) with respect to part I of the
program under subparagraph (C), to
use an advanced information system
designed and monitored by an entity
with experience with the Department of
Transportation in the design and mon-
itoring of high-reliability, mission-crit-
ical voice and data systems.
‘‘(C) PART I.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out
part I of the program, the Secretary shall
permit the entity to which the original con-
tract was awarded to use uncommitted
funds to deploy intelligent transportation
infrastructure systems that have been ac-
cepted by the Secretary—
‘‘(I) in accordance with the terms
of the original contract; and
‘‘(II) in any deployment area,
with the consent of the State transpor-
tation department for the deployment
area.
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‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE
CONDITIONS.—The
same asset ownership, maintenance, fixed
price contract, and revenue sharing model,
and the same competitively selected consor-
tium leader, as were used for the deploy-
ment of intelligent transportation infra-
structure systems under the original con-
tract before the date of enactment of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient
Transportation Equity Act of 2005 shall
apply to each deployment carried out under
clause (i).
‘‘(iii) DEPLOYMENT
IN
CONGESTED
AREAS.—If the entity referred to in clause
(i) is unable to commit the uncommitted
funds by deploying intelligent transpor-
tation infrastructure systems in deployment
areas, as determined by the Secretary, the
entity may deploy the systems in accord-
ance with this paragraph in 1 or more con-
gested areas, with the consent of the State
transportation departments for the con-
gested areas.
‘‘(D) PART II.—
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out
part II of the program, the Secretary shall
award, on a competitive basis, contracts for
the deployment of intelligent transportation
infrastructure systems that have been ac-
cepted by the Secretary in congested areas,
with the consent of the State transportation
departments for the congested areas.
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary
shall award contracts under clause (i)—
‘‘(I) 
for 
individual 
congested
areas among entities that seek to de-
ploy intelligent transportation infra-
structure systems in the congested
areas; and
‘‘(II) on the condition that the
terms of each contract awarded re-
quires the entity deploying the intel-
ligent 
transportation 
infrastructure
system to ensure that the deployed sys-
tem is compatible (as determined by
the Secretary) with systems deployed
in other congested areas under this
paragraph.
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‘‘(iii) PROVISIONS
IN
CONTRACTS.—
The Secretary shall require that each con-
tract for the deployment of an intelligent
transportation infrastructure system under
this subparagraph contain such provisions
relating to asset ownership, maintenance,
fixed price, and revenue sharing as the Sec-
retary considers to be appropriate.
‘‘(E) USE OF FUNDS FOR UNDEPLOYED SYS-
TEMS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If, under part I or
part II of the program, a State transpor-
tation department for a deployment area or
congested area does not consent by the later
of the date that is 180 days after the date
of enactment of the Safe, Accountable, Flexi-
ble, and Efficient Transportation Equity
Act of 2005, or another date determined
jointly by the State transportation depart-
ment and the deployment area or congested
area, to participate in the deployment of an
intelligent 
transportation 
infrastructure
system in the deployment area or congested
area, upon application by any other deploy-
ment area or congested area that has con-
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sented by that date to participate in the de-
ployment of such a system, the Secretary
shall supplement the funds made available
for each of the deployment areas or con-
gested areas submitting the application by
using for that purpose the funds not used
for deployment of the system in the non-
participating deployment area or congested
area.
‘‘(ii) NO INCLUSION IN COST LIMITA-
TION.—Costs paid using funds provided
through a supplementation under clause (i)
shall not be considered in determining the
limitation on maximum cost described in
subparagraph (F)(ii).
‘‘(F) FEDERAL SHARE; LIMITS ON COSTS OF
SYSTEMS FOR METROPOLITAN AREAS.—
‘‘(i) FEDERAL
SHARE.—Subject to
clause (ii), the Federal share of the cost of
any project or activity carried out under
the program shall be 80 percent.
‘‘(ii) LIMIT ON COSTS OF SYSTEM FOR
EACH METROPOLITAN AREA.—
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not more than
$2,000,000 may be provided under this