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(B) led to an improvement in the health of 
individuals. 
(2) TIMING.—A report under paragraph (1) 
shall be made not less than 3 years and not more 
than 5 years after the date on which such grant is 
received. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) BUILT
ENVIRONMENT.—The term ‘‘built 
environment’’ means any buildings or spaces that 
are created or modified by individuals, including 
homes, schools, workplaces, parks and other recre-
ation areas, greenways, business areas, and trans-
portation areas. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a local government agency or group of 
such agencies with jurisdiction over planning or land 
use decisions. 
(3) HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT.—The term 
‘‘health impact assessment’’ means, in relation to a 
proposal, an assessment of the impact that the pro-
posal will have on the health of individuals if imple-
mented. 
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SEC. 502. JOINT USE AGREEMENTS. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make a grant to 
any eligible school or other public entity for the purposes 
of meeting either or both of the following: 
(1) Costs incurred by the school or other entity 
in negotiating or entering into a joint use agree-
ment. 
(2) Costs payable under a joint use agreement 
during the first year in which the joint use agree-
ment is in force. 
(b) PRIORITY.—In making grants under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall give priority to schools or other 
public entities in areas— 
(1) where obesity rates are above the national 
average; 
(2) where at least 50 percent of the residents 
are below the poverty line; or 
(3) that lack safe, accessible, and affordable fit-
ness and recreational facilities. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
school’’ means any elementary school or secondary 
school within the meaning of section 9101 of the El-
ementary and Secondary Education Act 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
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(2) JOINT USE AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘joint 
use agreement’’ means an agreement between an eli-
gible school and another public entity relating to the 
use of a school’s facilities or equipment by people 
other than the school’s students or staff. 
(3) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 673(2) 
of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
U.S.C. 9902(2)). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention. 
SEC. 503. EXPANSION OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS INCLUDED.—Section 
1404(a) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note; 119 
Stat. 1228) is amended by striking ‘‘in primary and mid-
dle schools’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘and adolescents 
in primary, middle, and high schools’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Sections 1404(b)(1) of 
SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1228) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and adolescents’’ after ‘‘children’’. 
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(2) 
SAFETY.—Section 
1404(b)(2) 
of 
SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1228) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and throughout adolescence’’ after ‘‘early 
age’’ 
(c) 
APPORTIONMENT.—Section 
1404(c)(1) 
of 
SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1228) is amended in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) by striking ‘‘and middle schools’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, middle, and high schools’’. 
(d) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.—Section 
1404(f) of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1229) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PREFERENCE.—From the amounts appor-
tioned to a State under this section, the State shall 
give priority to projects for primary and middle 
schools and to projects that propose to serve a com-
bination of at least one primary, middle, and high 
school within the same school district.’’. 
(e) 
DEFINITIONS.—Section 
1404(k)(2) 
of 
SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1230) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading by striking ‘‘AND 
MIDDLE’’ and inserting ‘‘, MIDDLE, AND
HIGH 
SCHOOLS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and middle’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
middle, and high schools’’; and 
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(3) 
by 
striking 
‘‘eighth’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘twelfth’’. 
SEC. 504. ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN-
VESTMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall carry out an active transportation investment pro-
gram in accordance with the requirements of this section. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program shall be 
to encourage a mode shift to active transportation within 
selected communities by providing safe and convenient op-
portunities to bicycle and walk for routine travel. 
(c) SELECTION OF COMMUNITIES.— 
(1) APPLICATIONS.—A community seeking to 
participate in the program shall submit to the Sec-
retary an application that is in such form and con-
tains such information as the Secretary may require. 
(2) INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL SELECTIONS.— 
(A) INITIAL SELECTIONS.—The Secretary 
shall select initial communities to participate in 
the program. Such communities shall partici-
pate in the program in each of fiscal years 
2011 through 2015. 
(B) ADDITIONAL SELECTIONS.—Following 
the initial selections under subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall select additional commu-
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nities to participate in the program. Such com-
munities shall participate in the program in 
each of fiscal years 2013 through 2015. 
(3) CRITERIA.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In selecting commu-
nities to participate in the program, the Sec-
retary shall consider, at a minimum, the extent 
to which a community— 
(i) provides a plan for development of 
walking and bicycling infrastructure that is 
likely to contribute to a significant trans-
portation mode shift to walking and bicy-
cling; 
(ii) demonstrates broad community 
support that will facilitate successful and 
expeditious implementation; 
(iii) demonstrates a cohesive plan in 
which noninfrastructure elements, where 
proposed, reinforce achievement of the pur-
pose of the program; 
(iv) provides evidence of regulatory or 
financial incentives or community design 
policies that facilitate significant increases 
in bicycling or walking; and 
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(v) commits State, local, or eligible 
Federal matching funds, in addition to 
Federal funds made available under this 
section, to projects eligible for assistance 
under this section. 
(B) STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT FACILI-
TATE SUCCESS.—For purposes of subparagraph 
(A)(i), strategic priorities that facilitate success 
in increasing walking and bicycling include ef-
fective plans— 
(i) to create a network of active trans-
portation facilities connecting neighbor-
hoods with destinations such as work-
places, 
schools, 
residences, 
businesses, 
recreation areas, and other community ac-
tivity centers; 
(ii) to integrate active transportation 
facilities with transit services, where avail-
able, to improve access to public transpor-
tation; and 
(iii) to deliver safe, convenient, cost- 
effective mobility via walking and bicycling. 
(C) INDICATORS
OF
COMMUNITY
SUP-
PORT.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), 
indicators of community support include— 
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(i) the use of public input in the de-
velopment of transportation plans; and 
(ii) the commitment of community 
leaders to the success and timely imple-
mentation of projects eligible for assistance 
under this section. 
(d) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to each community selected to participate in 
the program. 
(2) RECIPIENTS.—A recipient of a grant rep-
resenting a community under the program shall be 
a local or regional governmental organization, multi- 
county special district, or Indian tribe that the Sec-
retary determines is suitably equipped and organized 
to carry out the objectives and requirements of this 
section. Such organizations include metropolitan 
planning organizations and other regional planning 
organizations. 
(3) SUBRECIPIENTS.—A recipient of a grant 
under the program may suballocate funds from the 
grant to a nonprofit organization to carry out the 
purposes of the program. 
(4) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.—To 
fulfill the Nation’s need to achieve and document 
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mode shift to bicycling and walking over time, the 
4 communities that received pilot funding under sec-
tion 1807 of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1460) may 
be among the communities selected by the Secretary 
under subsection (c). 
(5) GRANTS AMOUNTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
make a grant as low as $5,000,000 and as high 
as $15,000,000 per fiscal year for a community 
participating in the program. The Secretary 
shall ensure that grant awards under the pro-
gram are sufficiently high to enable a mode 
shift to active transportation. 
(B) 
JUSTIFICATION
FOR
LARGER 
GRANTS.—Subject to the $15,000,000 per fiscal 
year limit set forth in subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary may justify a grant in a higher 
amount for a community under the program 
based on the population served, greater oppor-
tunities to shift trips to bicycling and walking, 
or use of innovative design features. 
(e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Grants made to commu-
nities under this section shall be used for one or more of 
the following purposes: 
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(1) To carry out projects to construct networks 
of active transportation infrastructure facilities, in-
cluding sidewalks, bikeways, and pedestrian and bi-
cycle trails, that connect people with public transpor-
tation, workplaces, schools, residences, businesses, 
recreation areas, and other community activity cen-
ters. 
(2) To carry out projects to provide for bicycle 
boxes, cycle tracks, bicycle boulevards, dual traffic 
signals, and bicycle sharing stations. 
(3) To carry out projects to restore and up-
grade current active transportation infrastructure 
facilities. 
(4) To carry out projects to support educational 
activities, safety-oriented activities, and technical as-
sistance to further the purpose of the program. 
(f) PROGRAM MEASURES.—In carrying out the pro-
gram, the Secretary shall develop statistical information 
on changes in motor vehicle, active transportation, and 
public transportation usage in communities participating 
in the program and assess how the changes impact conges-
tion and energy usage, impact the frequency of bicycling 
and walking, and impact health, safety, and the environ-
ment. In addition, the Secretary shall develop interim 
measures of progress, which may include indicators of 
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public engagement, educational outcomes, and project ad-
vancement into planning and development. 
(g) DEADLINES.— 
(1) REQUEST
FOR
APPLICATIONS.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Reg-
ister a request for applications pursuant to sub-
section (c)(1). 
(2) SELECTION
OF
INITIAL
COMMUNITIES.— 
Not later than 180 days after such date of enact-
ment, the Secretary shall select initial communities 
to participate in the program under subsection 
(c)(2)(A). 
(3) 
SELECTION
OF
ADDITIONAL
COMMU-
NITIES.—Not later than September 30, 2012, the 
Secretary shall select additional communities to par-
ticipate in the program under subsection (c)(2)(B). 
(4) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants 
to communities selected to participate in the pro-
gram under subsection (c)— 
(A) for fiscal year 2011, not later than the 
later of— 
(i) the 60th day after the date of the 
selection of communities under subsection 
(c)(2)(A); and 
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(ii) the 30th day of the fiscal year; 
and 
(B) for each of fiscal years 2012 through 
2015, not later than 30th day of the fiscal year. 
(h) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit 
to Congress— 
(A) an interim report on progress made 
under the program not later than September 
30, 2014; and 
(B) a final report on progress made under 
the program not later than September 30, 
2016. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include the Secretary’s findings 
concerning the best practices of communities partici-
pating in the program and the impediments experi-
enced by such communities relating to program de-
velopment and achieving a mode shift to active 
transportation. 
(i) FUNDING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated out of the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) to carry out this section— 
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(A) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
(B) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(C) $466,666,666 for fiscal year 2013; 
(D) $466,666,666 for fiscal year 2014; 
and 
(E) $466,666,668 for fiscal year 2015. 
(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this section shall be available 
for obligation and administered in the same manner 
as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of 
title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal 
share of the cost of a project carried out using the 
funds shall be 100 percent, and the funds shall re-
main available until expended and shall not be trans-
ferable. 
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
(A) SET ASIDE.—Each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall set aside not more than 1.5 percent 
of the funds made available to carry out this 
section to cover the costs of administrative, re-
search, technical assistance, communications, 
and training activities under the program. 
(B) CONTRACTS
AND
OTHER
AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may enter into con-
tracts with for-profit organizations, or con-
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tracts, partnerships, or cooperative agreements 
with other government agencies, institutions of 
higher learning, or nonprofit organizations, to 
perform activities with amounts set aside under 
subparagraph (A). The Federal share of the 
cost of such activities may be up to 100 per-
cent. 
(C) LIMITATION
ON
STATUTORY
CON-
STRUCTION.—Nothing in this paragraph may 
be construed to prohibit a community from re-
ceiving research or other funds under title 23 or 
49, United States Code. 
(j) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS.— 
(1) NONINFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS.—Non-
infrastructure projects and infrastructure projects 
that do not involve or lead directly to construction 
assisted under this subsection shall not be treated as 
projects on a Federal-aid system under chapter 1 of 
title 23, United States Code. 
(2) INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS.—Not later 
than one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall develop regulations or guid-
ance (or both) for Federal-aid projects under this 
section that encourages the use of the programmatic 
categorical exclusion, expedited procurement tech-
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niques, and other best practices to facilitate produc-
tive and timely expenditure for projects that are 
small, low impact, and constructed within an exist-
ing built environment. 
(3) STATE
PROCESSES.—The Secretary shall 
work with State departments of transportation to 
ensure that any guidance or regulation developed 
under paragraph (2) is being implemented by States 
and the Federal Highway Administration consist-
ently to avoid unnecessary delays in implementing 
projects and to ensure the effective use of Federal 
dollars. 
(k) ASSISTANCE
TO
INDIAN
TRIBES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary may 
enter into grants agreements, self-determination con-
tracts, and self-governance compacts under the authority 
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) with eligible Indian tribes 
to carry out the purposes of this Act, and such grant 
agreements, self-determination contracts, and self-govern-
ance compacts shall be administered in accordance with 
that Act. 
(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
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(1) ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.—The term ‘‘ac-
tive transportation’’ means mobility options powered 
solely by human energy, such as bicycling and walk-
ing. 
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)). 
(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 
the active transportation investment program estab-
lished under this section. 
TITLE VI—RESEARCH AND 
ASSESSMENT TOOLS 
SEC. 601. NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS. 
Section 306 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 242k) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)(4)(B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (n)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘subsection (o)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (n) as sub-
section (o); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (m) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n)(1) The Secretary, acting through the Center, 
may provide for the— 
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‘‘(A) collection of data for determining the fit-
ness levels and energy expenditure of children and 
youth; and 
‘‘(B) analysis of data collected as part of the 
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 
and other data sources. 
‘‘(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary, 
acting through the Center, may make grants to States, 
public entities, and nonprofit entities. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary, acting through the Center, may 
provide technical assistance, standards, and methodologies 
to grantees supported by this subsection in order to maxi-
mize the data quality and comparability with other stud-
ies.’’. 
SEC. 602. REPORT ON OBESITY RESEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives a report on research conducted on causes 
and health implications (including mental health implica-
tions) of obesity and being overweight. 
(b) CONTENT.—The report described in subsection 
(a) shall contain— 
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(1) descriptions on the status of relevant, cur-
rent, ongoing research being conducted in the De-
partment of Health and Human Services including 
research at the National Institutes of Health, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the 
Health Resources and Services Administration, and 
other offices and agencies; 
(2) information about what these studies have 
shown regarding the causes, prevention, and treat-
ment of, obesity and being overweight; and 
(3) recommendations on further research that 
is needed, including research among diverse popu-
lations, the plan of the Department of Health and 
Human Services for conducting such research, and 
how current knowledge can be disseminated. 
Æ 
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