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SEC. 116. The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor of an 
airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air service from 
a large certified air carrier (as defined in part 241 of title 14 
Code of Federal Regulations, or such other regulations as may 
be issued by the Secretary under the authority of section 41709) 
an amount equal to the minimum apportionment specified in 49 
U.S.C. 47114(c), if the Secretary determines that airport had more 
than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, 
based on data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal 
Aviation Administration without the prior written approval of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department of 
Transportation. 
SEC. 118. Subparagraph (D) of section 47124(b)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘benefit.’’ and inserting 
‘‘benefit, with the maximum allowable local cost share capped at 
20 percent.’’. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may 
be used to implement or to continue to implement any limitation 
on the ability of any owner or operator of a private aircraft to 
obtain, upon a request to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft 
registration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data that 
is made available to the public, except data made available to 
a Government agency, for the noncommercial flights of that owner 
or operator. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than 9 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 
49, United States Code, until the FAA provides to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and explains how 
such fees are consistent with Executive Order 13642. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds appropriated or limited by this 
Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission 
rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119D. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration or reduce its services unless the Administrator notifies 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
90 full business days in advance. 
SEC. 119E. Section 916 of Public Law 112–95 is amended by 
striking ‘‘Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft’’ and inserting 
‘‘Joint Advanced Materials and Structures’’. 
SEC. 119F. Subsection 47109(c)(2) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by adding before the period ‘‘, except that at 
a primary non-hub airport located in a State as set forth in para-
graph (1) of this subsection that is within 15 miles of another 
State as set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Govern-
ment’s share shall be an average of the Government share 
applicable to any project in each of the States’’.
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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $426,100,000, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, 
shall be obligated for necessary expenses for administration and 
operation of the Federal Highway Administration. In addition, not 
to exceed $3,248,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian 
Regional Commission in accordance with section 104 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution of pro-
grams of Federal-aid Highways and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States Code, 
and the provisions of Public Law 112–141 shall not exceed total 
obligations of $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 2015: Provided, That 
the Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 
23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of expert 
firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit 
instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Govern-
ment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts are in addition to administrative 
expenses that are also available for such purpose, and are not 
subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on administra-
tive expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out Federal- 
aid Highways and highway safety construction programs authorized 
under title 23, United States Code, $40,995,000,000 derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), 
to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid Highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
Code; and
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(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transpor-
tation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to the unobligated bal-
ance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid High-
ways and highway safety construction programs for pre-
vious fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by 
the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under sec-
tion 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 
a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways, 
less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated 
for the Federal-aid Highways and highway safety construc-
tion programs (other than sums authorized to be appro-
priated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (12) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be 
appropriated for section 119 of title 23, United States Code, 
equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(13) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid High-
ways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than pro-
grams to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by 
the Secretary under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 
21st Century Act and title 23, United States Code, or appor-
tioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that 
title, by multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 
by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each 
such program for such fiscal year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid High-
ways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under para-
graph (4), for Federal-aid Highways and highway safety 
construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts 
apportioned for the National Highway Performance Program 
in section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt 
from the limitation under subsection (b)(13) and the amounts 
apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
proportion that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the pro-
grams that are apportioned under title 23, United States 
Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for the programs that are apportioned under title 
23, United States Code, to all States for such fiscal year.
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(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to obligations 
under or for— 
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
Stat. 1701); 
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
(101 Stat. 198); 
(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 
on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 
for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid Highways programs for which obligation 
authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts 
for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but 
only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed 
or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 
119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations 
at the time at which the funds were initially made available 
for obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
effect for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, but only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); and 
(13) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
fiscal year 2015, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 
of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot 
be obligated during that fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able 
to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having 
large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 
144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 
of Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR-
TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall apply to
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contract authority for transportation research programs carried 
out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and 
(B) division E of the Moving Ahead for Progress in 
the 21st Century Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made available under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; 
and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid Highways and high-
way safety construction programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding 
funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 
23, United States Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal 
year for Federal-aid Highways programs; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to 
the States (or will not be apportioned to the States under 
section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not 
be available for obligation, for such fiscal year because 
of the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal 
year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph 
(1) in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
authority under subsection (a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each State under 
paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described 
in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod-
ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of 
title 49, United States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid 
Highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for 
such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the 
obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways and highway safety 
construction programs. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his 
or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Fed-
eral-aid Highways projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
make an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the 
intent to issue such waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall provide an annual report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted 
under the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 123. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds made available, limited, or otherwise affected 
by this Act shall be used to approve or otherwise authorize the 
imposition of any toll on any segment of highway located on the 
Federal-aid system in the State of Texas that— 
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not tolled; 
(2) is constructed with Federal assistance provided under 
title 23, United States Code; and
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(3) is in actual operation as of the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any segment of highway on the Federal-aid system described 
in that subsection that, as of the date on which a toll is 
imposed on the segment, will have the same number of nontoll 
lanes as were in existence prior to that date. 
(2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY
VEHICLE
LANES.—A high-occupancy 
vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane shall not be subject 
to this section, and shall not be considered to be a nontoll 
lane for purposes of determining whether a highway will have 
fewer nontoll lanes than prior to the date of imposition of 
the toll, if— 
(A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the number 
of passengers specified by the entity operating the toll 
lane may use the toll lane without paying a toll, unless 
otherwise specified by the appropriate county, town, munic-
ipal or other local government entity, or public toll road 
or transit authority; or 
(B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was con-
verted to a toll lane was constructed as a temporary lane 
to be replaced by a toll lane under a plan approved by 
the appropriate county, town, municipal or other local 
government entity, or public toll road or transit authority. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds in this Act to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance unless 
not less than 3 days before any application approval to provide 
credit assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United 
States Code, the Secretary of Transportation provides notification 
in writing to the following committees: the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Provided, That such 
notification shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the 
project sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit assist-
ance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line 
of credit; and the amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 125. Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN OTHER WISCONSIN 
HIGHWAYS.—If any segment of the United States Route 41 corridor, 
as described in section 1105(c)(57) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, is designated as a route 
on the Interstate System, a vehicle that could operate legally on 
that segment before the date of such designation may continue 
to operate on that segment, without regard to any requirement 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(k) OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN MISSISSIPPI HIGH-
WAYS.—If any segment of United States Route 78 in Mississippi 
from mile marker 0 to mile marker 113 is designated as part 
of the Interstate System, no limit established under this section 
may apply to that segment with respect to the operation of any 
vehicle that could have legally operated on that segment before 
such designation.
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‘‘(l) OPERATION
OF VEHICLES
ON CERTAIN KENTUCKY HIGH-
WAYS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any segment of highway described 
in paragraph (2) is designated as a route on the Interstate 
System, a vehicle that could operate legally on that segment 
before the date of such designation may continue to operate 
on that segment, without regard to any requirement under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION OF HIGHWAY SEGMENTS.—The highway 
segments referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows: 
‘‘(A) Interstate Route 69 in Kentucky (formerly the 
Wendell H. Ford (Western Kentucky) Parkway) from the 
Interstate Route 24 Interchange, near Eddyville, to the 
Edward T. Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway Interchange. 
‘‘(B) The Edward T. Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway (to 
be designated as Interstate Route 69) in Kentucky from 
the Wendell H. Ford (Western Kentucky) Parkway Inter-
change to near milepost 77, and on new alignment to 
an interchange on the Audubon Parkway, if the segment 
is designated as part of the Interstate System.’’. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations 
and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States 
Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as amended 
by Public Law 112–141, $271,000,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together 
with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds available for implementa-
tion, execution or administration of motor carrier safety operations 
and programs authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $271,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier 
Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2015, of which 
$9,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2017, is for the research and technology program, and of which 
$34,545,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2017, is for information management: Provided further, That 
$2,300,000 shall be made available for commercial motor vehicle 
operator grants to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59, 
as amended by Public Law 112–141, of which $1,300,000 is to 
be made available from prior year unobligated contract authority 
provided in Public Law 112–141, or other appropriations or 
authorization acts: Provided further, That of unobligated contract 
authority provided in Public Law 112–141, or other appropriations 
or authorization acts for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’, $6,700,000 shall be made available for enforcement 
and investigation activities related to the safe transportation of
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energy products, information management and technology needs 
related to the monitoring of high-risk carriers and carriers operating 
under consent agreements, and the Capital Improvement Plan for 
border facilities and field offices, and an additional $4,000,000 shall 
be made available to administer the study required under section 
133 of this Act, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2017: Provided further, That the Secretary shall complete final 
regulatory action on the implementation of 49 United States Code 
31137 no later than June 1, 2015. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 
31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 
109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, $313,000,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds available for the implementation or execution of motor carrier 
safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of $313,000,000 
in fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which 
$218,000,000 shall be available for the motor carrier safety assist-
ance program, $30,000,000 shall be available for commercial driver’s 
license program improvement grants, $32,000,000 shall be available 
for border enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be available for 
performance and registration information system management 
grants, $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial vehicle 
information systems and networks deployment program, and 
$3,000,000 shall be available for safety data improvement grants: 
Provided further, That, of the funds made available herein for 
the motor carrier safety assistance program, $32,000,000 shall be 
available for audits of new entrant motor carriers. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be 
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of 
Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110–28. 
SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 violations by certified 
mail, registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records 
the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the violations. 
SEC. 132. None of the funds limited or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be used by the Secretary to enforce any regula-
tion prohibiting a State from issuing a commercial learner’s permit 
to individuals under the age of eighteen if the State had a law 
authorizing the issuance of commercial learner’s permits to individ-
uals under eighteen years of age as of May 9, 2011. 
SEC. 133. (a) TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ENFORCEMENT.—None 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to enforce sections 395.3(c)
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and 395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and such 
sections shall have no force or effect from the date of enactment 
of this Act until the later of September 30, 2015, or upon submission 
of the final report issued by the Secretary under this section. 
The restart provisions in effect on June 30, 2013, shall be in 
effect during this period. 
(b) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.—As soon as possible after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
publish a Notice in the Federal Register and on the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration website announcing that the provi-
sions in the rule referred to in subsection (a) shall have no force 
or effect from the date of enactment of this Act through September 
30, 2015, and the restart rule in effect on June 30, 2013, shall 
immediately be in effect. 
(c) COMMERCIAL
MOTOR
VEHICLE
(CMV) DRIVER
RESTART 
STUDY.—Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall initiate a naturalistic study of the operational, 
safety, health and fatigue impacts of the restart provisions in sec-
tions 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
on commercial motor vehicle drivers. The study required under 
this subsection shall— 
(1) compare the work schedules and assess operator fatigue 
between the following two groups of commercial motor vehicle 
drivers, each large enough to produce statistically significant 
results: 
(A) commercial motor vehicle drivers who operate 
under such provisions, in effect between July 1, 2013, and 
the day before the date of enactment of this Act, and 
(B) commercial motor vehicle drivers who operate 
under the provisions in effect on June 30, 2013. 
(2) compare, at a minimum, the 5-month work schedules, 
and assess safety critical events (crashes, near crashes and 
crash-relevant conflicts) and operator fatigue between the 
commercial motor vehicle drivers identified under subsection 
(c)(1) of this section from a statistically significant sample of 
drivers comprised of fleets of all sizes, including long-haul, 
regional and short-haul operations in various sectors of the 
industry, including flat-bed, refrigerated, tank, and dry-van, 
to the extent practicable; 
(3) assess drivers’ safety critical events, fatigue and levels 
of alertness, and driver health outcomes by using both electronic 
and captured record of duty status, including the Psychomotor 
Vigilance Test (PVT), e-logging data, actigraph watches and 
cameras or other on-board monitoring systems that record or 
measure safety critical events and driver alertness; 
(4) utilize data from electronic logging devices, consistent 
to the extent practicable, with the anticipated requirements 
for such devices in section 31137(b) of title 49, United States 
Code, from motor carriers and drivers of commercial motor 
vehicles, notwithstanding any limitation on the use of such 
data under section 31137(e) of title 49, United States Code; 
and 
(5) include the development of an initial study plan and 
final report, each of which shall be subject to an independent 
peer review by a panel of individuals with relevant medical 
and scientific expertise.