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(B) 
PERFORMANCE
BENCHMARKS.—In 
order to complete the 280-hour probationary 
period under subparagraph (A), an employer 
shall determine that the apprentice is com-
petent in each of the following areas: 
(i) Backing and maneuvering in close 
quarters. 
(ii) Pre-trip inspections. 
(iii) Fueling procedures. 
(iv) Weighing loads, weight distribu-
tion, and sliding tandems. 
(v) Coupling and uncoupling proce-
dures. 
(vi) Trip planning, truck routes, map 
reading, navigation, and permits. 
(3) RESTRICTIONS
FOR
120-HOUR
AND
280- 
HOUR PROBATIONARY PERIODS.—During the 120- 
hour probationary period under paragraph (1) and 
the 280-hour probationary period under paragraph 
(2)— 
(A) the apprentice may only drive a com-
mercial motor vehicle that has— 
(i) automatic manual or automatic 
transmissions; 
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(ii) active braking collision mitigation 
systems; 
(iii) forward-facing video event cap-
ture; and 
(iv) governed speeds of 65 miles per 
hour at the pedal and 65 miles per hour 
under adaptive cruise control; and 
(B) the apprentice shall be accompanied in 
the cab of the commercial motor vehicle by an 
experienced driver. 
(4) RECORDS RETENTION.—The employer shall 
maintain records, in a manner required by the Sec-
retary, relating to the satisfaction of the require-
ments of paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) by the ap-
prentice. 
(5) REPORTABLE INCIDENTS.—If the appren-
tice is involved in a preventable accident reportable 
to the Department of Transportation or a pointed 
moving violation while driving a commercial motor 
vehicle as part of an apprenticeship program de-
scribed in this subsection, the apprentice shall un-
dergo remediation and additional training until the 
apprentice can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of 
the employer, competence in each of the performance 
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benchmarks described in paragraphs (1)(B) and 
(2)(B). 
(6) COMPLETION OF PROGRAM.—The appren-
tice shall be considered to have completed the ap-
prenticeship program on the date on which the ap-
prentice completes the 280-hour probationary period 
under paragraph (2). 
(7) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section 
prevents an employer from imposing additional 
requirements on an apprentice taking part in 
an apprenticeship program established pursuant 
to this section. 
(B) TECHNOLOGIES.—Nothing in this sec-
tion prevents an employer from requiring or in-
stalling additional technologies in a commercial 
motor vehicle in addition to the technologies de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(A). 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promul-
gate regulations to implement this section. 
(e) NO EFFECT ON LICENSE REQUIREMENT.—Noth-
ing in this section exempts an apprentice from any re-
quirement to hold a commercial driver’s license in order 
to operate a commercial motor vehicle. 
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(f) EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY.—An employer shall 
not knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize a driver 
under the age of 21 to operate a commercial motor vehicle 
in interstate commerce unless the driver is participating 
in or has completed an apprenticeship program that meets 
the requirements of subsection (c). 
SEC. 5005. HOURS OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR AGRI-
CULTURAL OPERATIONS. 
Section 229 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improve-
ment Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘during planting and harvest 
periods, as determined by each State,’’; and 
(B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) drivers transporting agricultural com-
modities within a 150 air-mile radius from— 
‘‘(i) the source of the agricultural 
commodities; or 
‘‘(ii) the destination of the agricul-
tural commodities;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(8)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘during the planting and 
harvesting seasons within each State, as deter-
mined by the State,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘at any time of the year’’. 
TITLE VI—INNOVATION 
SEC. 6001. ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 520. Advanced transportation technologies pro-
gram 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall establish a program to provide grants to eligible enti-
ties to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation 
technologies to improve safety, efficiency, system perform-
ance, mobility, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure 
return on investment. 
‘‘(b) CRITERIA.—In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop criteria for se-
lection of an eligible entity to receive a grant, including 
how the proposed deployment of technology— 
‘‘(1) reduces costs and improves return on in-
vestments (including through the optimization of ex-
isting transportation capacity); 
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‘‘(2) delivers environmental benefits by alle-
viating congestion and streamlining traffic flow; 
‘‘(3) measures and improves the operational 
performance of the applicable transportation net-
work; 
‘‘(4) reduces the number and severity of traffic 
accidents and increases driver, passenger, and pedes-
trian safety; 
‘‘(5) collects, disseminates, and uses informa-
tion on real-time traffic, work zone, weather, transit, 
paratransit, parking, and other transportation-re-
lated information to improve mobility, reduce con-
gestion, and provide for more efficient, accessible, 
and integrated transportation and transportation 
services; 
‘‘(6) monitors transportation assets to improve 
infrastructure management, reduce maintenance 
costs, prioritize investment decisions, and ensure a 
state of good repair; 
‘‘(7) delivers economic benefits by reducing 
delays, improving system performance, and providing 
for the efficient and reliable movement of goods and 
services; or 
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‘‘(8) accelerates the deployment of vehicle-to-ve-
hicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, autonomous vehicles, 
and other technologies. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—An application submitted for a 
project to be carried out by a grant under this program 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A plan to deploy and provide for the long- 
term operation and maintenance of advanced trans-
portation technologies to improve safety, efficiency, 
system performance, and return on investment. 
‘‘(2) Objectives for quantifiable system perform-
ance improvements, such as— 
‘‘(A) reducing traffic-related accidents, 
congestion, and costs; 
‘‘(B) optimizing system efficiency; and 
‘‘(C) improving access to transportation 
services. 
‘‘(3) Quantifiable safety, mobility, and environ-
mental benefit projections such as data-driven esti-
mates of how the project proposes to improve the 
applicable transportation system efficiency and how 
such project proposes to reduce traffic congestion. 
‘‘(4) A plan for any partnerships with private 
sector 
entities 
or 
public 
agencies, 
including 
multimodal and multijurisdictional entities, research 
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institutions, organizations representing transpor-
tation and technology leaders, or other transpor-
tation stakeholders. 
‘‘(5) A plan to leverage and optimize existing 
local and regional advanced transportation tech-
nology investments. 
‘‘(d) GRANT SELECTION.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT
AWARDS.—Each fiscal year for 
which funding is made available under this section, 
the Secretary shall award grants to not less than 5 
and not more than 10 eligible entities. 
‘‘(2) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), in awarding a grant under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent 
practicable, that grant recipients represent di-
verse geographic areas of the United States, in-
cluding urban areas and rural areas. 
‘‘(B) RURAL SET-ASIDE.—Not less than 20 
percent of the amounts made available to carry 
out this section shall be reserved for projects 
serving rural areas, to the extent there are suf-
ficient eligible applications. 
‘‘(3) TECHNOLOGY DIVERSITY.—In awarding a 
grant under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, 
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to the extent practicable, that grant recipients rep-
resent a variety of technology solutions. 
‘‘(e) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A grant recipient may 
use funds awarded under this section to deploy advanced 
transportation technologies, including— 
‘‘(1) advanced traveler information systems; 
‘‘(2) advanced transportation management tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(3) advanced transportation technologies to 
improve emergency evacuation and response by Fed-
eral, State, and local authorities; 
‘‘(4) infrastructure maintenance, monitoring, 
and condition assessment; 
‘‘(5) advanced public transportation systems; 
‘‘(6) transportation system performance data 
collection, analysis, and dissemination systems; 
‘‘(7) advanced safety systems, such as systems 
using cellular technology, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle- 
to-pedestrian, and vehicle-to-infrastructure commu-
nications, technologies associated with autonomous 
vehicles, and other collision avoidance technologies; 
‘‘(8) integration of intelligent transportation 
systems with the Smart Grid and other energy dis-
tribution and charging systems; 
‘‘(9) integrated corridor management systems; 
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‘‘(10) advanced parking reservation or variable 
pricing systems; 
‘‘(11) electronic pricing, toll collection, and pay-
ment systems; 
‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(A) deployment and operational costs of 
the project compared to the benefits and sav-
ings the project provides; and 
‘‘(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.— 
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‘‘(A) 
ADMINISTRATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall provide grant recipients with methods and 
techniques to support consistent data collection 
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; 
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‘‘(6) provided the public with access to real-time 
integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transpor-
tation information to make informed travel deci-
sions; 
‘‘(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 
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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 
subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the 
project. 
‘‘(k) 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 such recipi-
ent to carry out planning and reporting requirements. 
‘‘(l) 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). 
‘‘(m) 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) a State or local government or a po-
litical subdivision of a State or local govern-
ment; 
‘‘(B) a transit agency; 
‘‘(C) a metropolitan planning organization; 
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‘‘(D) a multijurisdictional group; or 
‘‘(E) a consortia of research institutions or 
academic institutions. 
‘‘(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. 6002. CONNECTED VEHICLE DEPLOYMENT PILOT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United 
States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘§ 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. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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). 
‘‘(8) A consortia of research institutions or aca-
demic 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, such as systems 
using cellular technology, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehi-
cle-to-infrastructure communications, technologies 
associated with autonomous vehicles, and other colli-
sion avoidance technologies; 
‘‘(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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‘‘(4) purchasing and installing any connected 
vehicle equipment (including vehicle applications, 
roadside units, and back-office equipment). 
‘‘(f) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a grant 
under this section, an entity described under sub-
section (c) shall submit to the Secretary an applica-
tion in such form, at such time, and containing such 
information as the Secretary determines is appro-
priate, including— 
‘‘(A) a plan to deploy and provide for the 
long-term operation and maintenance of con-
nected vehicle technologies to improve safety, 
efficiency, and system performance; 
‘‘(B) objectives to improve and measure 
system performance in 1 or more of— 
‘‘(i) system productivity; 
‘‘(ii) mobility, including impact on 
freight movements; 
‘‘(iii) livability and accessibility of 
goods, services, and activities; 
‘‘(iv) environment and fuel use; and 
‘‘(v) traveler and system safety, in-
cluding advising individuals of potentially 
unsafe conditions and mitigating the im-
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pact of events that may cause vehicle acci-
dents; and 
‘‘(C) a plan for partnering with private 
sector entities or public agencies, including 
multimodal and multijurisdictional entities, re-
search institutions, organizations representing 
transportation and technology leaders, or other 
transportation stakeholders. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—When evaluating applications 
under this section, the Secretary may not require 
that a pilot deployment under the program be based 
on research carried out or funded by the Depart-
ment of Transportation. 
‘‘(g) GRANT SELECTION.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT AWARDS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section, and each 
fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall award 
grants to not less than 3 and not more than 5 eligi-
ble entities described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—In awarding a 
grant under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, 
to the extent practicable, that grant recipients rep-
resent diverse geographic areas of the United States, 
including urban areas and rural areas. 
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‘‘(h) GRANT MANAGEMENT.—In carrying out the 
grant program under this section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) emphasize project sustainability and long- 
term funding goals; 
‘‘(2) create a noncompetitive environment and 
encourage collaboration among project sites; 
‘‘(3) balance the privacy of users and secure op-
erations of pilot projects, while maintaining the abil-
ity to measure performance factors; and 
‘‘(4) be wary of technological maturity of con-
nected vehicle applications and impact of long-term 
viability of non-deployment ready applications. 
‘‘(i) SMART GRID DEFINED.—In this section, 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 further amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘521. Connected vehicle deployment pilot program.’’. 
SEC. 6003. AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United 
States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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