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oping or administering education and training
programs under this subsection.
‘‘(B) PERSONS
SUBJECT
TO
FEES.—Fees
may be assessed and collected under this sub-
section only with respect to—
‘‘(i) persons and entities for whom edu-
cation or training programs are developed
or administered under this subsection; and
‘‘(ii) persons and entities to whom edu-
cation or training is provided under this
subsection.
‘‘(C) AMOUNT OF FEES.—The fees assessed
and collected under this subsection shall be estab-
lished in a manner that ensures that the liability
of any person or entity for a fee is reasonably
based on the proportion of the costs referred to
in subparagraph (A) that relate to the person or
entity.
‘‘(D) USE.—All fees collected under this
subsection shall be used, without further appro-
priation, to defray costs associated with the de-
velopment or administration of education and
training programs authorized under this sub-
section.
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‘‘(8) RELATION
TO
FEES.—The funds made
available to carry out this subsection may be com-
bined with or held separate from the fees collected
under—
‘‘(A) paragraph (7);
‘‘(B) memoranda of understanding;
‘‘(C) regional compacts; and
‘‘(D) other similar agreements.
‘‘(b) LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall carry out
a local technical assistance program that will provide
access to surface transportation technology to—
‘‘(A) highway and transportation agencies
in urbanized areas;
‘‘(B) highway and transportation agencies
in rural areas;
‘‘(C) contractors that perform work for the
agencies; and
‘‘(D) infrastructure security.
‘‘(2) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND
CONTRACTS.—The Secretary may make grants and
enter into cooperative agreements and contracts to
provide education and training, technical assistance,
and related support services to—
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‘‘(A) assist rural, local transportation agen-
cies and tribal governments, and the consultants
and construction personnel working for the agen-
cies and governments, to—
‘‘(i) develop and expand expertise in
road and transportation areas (including
pavement, bridge, concrete structures, inter-
modal connections, safety management sys-
tems, intelligent transportation systems, in-
cident response, operations, and traffic safe-
ty countermeasures);
‘‘(ii) improve roads and bridges;
‘‘(iii) enhance—
‘‘(I) programs for the movement of
passengers and freight; and
‘‘(II) intergovernmental transpor-
tation planning and project selection;
and
‘‘(iv) deal effectively with special
transportation-related problems by pre-
paring and providing training packages,
manuals, guidelines, and technical resource
materials;
‘‘(B) develop technical assistance for tour-
ism and recreational travel;
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‘‘(C) identify, package, and deliver trans-
portation technology and traffic safety informa-
tion to local jurisdictions to assist urban trans-
portation agencies in developing and expanding
their ability to deal effectively with transpor-
tation-related problems (particularly the pro-
motion of regional cooperation);
‘‘(D) operate, in cooperation with State
transportation departments and universities—
‘‘(i) local technical assistance program
centers designated to provide transportation
technology transfer services to rural areas
and to urbanized areas; and
‘‘(ii) local technical assistance program
centers designated to provide transportation
technical assistance to tribal governments;
and
‘‘(E) allow local transportation agencies
and tribal governments, in cooperation with the
private sector, to enhance new technology imple-
mentation.
‘‘(c) RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, act-
ing independently or in cooperation with other Fed-
eral agencies and instrumentalities, may make grants
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for research fellowships for any purpose for which re-
search is authorized by this chapter.
‘‘(2) DWIGHT
DAVID
EISENHOWER
TRANSPOR-
TATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall
establish and implement a transportation research fel-
lowship program, to be known as the ‘Dwight David
Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program’, for
the purpose of attracting qualified students to the
field of transportation.
‘‘§ 505. State planning and research
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Two percent of the sums appor-
tioned to a State for fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year
thereafter under sections 104 (other than subsections (f) and
(h)) and 144 shall be available for expenditure by the State,
in consultation with the Secretary, only for—
‘‘(1) the conduct of engineering and economic
surveys and investigations;
‘‘(2) the planning of—
‘‘(A) future highway programs and local
public transportation systems; and
‘‘(B) the financing of those programs and
systems, including metropolitan and statewide
planning under sections 134 and 135;
‘‘(3) the development and implementation of
management systems under section 303;
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‘‘(4) the conduct of studies on—
‘‘(A) the economy, safety, and convenience
of surface transportation systems; and
‘‘(B) the desirable regulation and equitable
taxation of those systems;
‘‘(5) research, development, and technology trans-
fer activities necessary in connection with the plan-
ning, design, construction, management, and mainte-
nance of highway, public transportation, and inter-
modal transportation systems;
‘‘(6) the conduct of studies, research, and train-
ing relating to the engineering standards and con-
struction materials for surface transportation systems
described in paragraph (5) (including the evaluation
and accreditation of inspection and testing and the
regulation of and charging for the use of the stand-
ards and materials); and
‘‘(7) the conduct of activities relating to the
planning of real-time monitoring elements.
‘‘(b) MINIMUM EXPENDITURES ON RESEARCH, DEVEL-
OPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
not less than 25 percent of the funds subject to sub-
section (a) that are apportioned to a State for a fiscal