and cities in developing and implementing smart city 
or community programs. 
(2) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—The Secretaries, 
in coordination with representatives of cities, com-
munities, and industry entities, shall determine what 
information shall be included in the guide described 
in paragraph (1). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The guide published under 
subsection (a)— 
(1) shall be maintained electronically on a 
website; 
(2) shall be provided as an electronic reference 
guide available to the public free of charge; and 
(3) may include— 
(A) available examples of local govern-
ments engaging private sector entities in order 
to implement smart city or community solu-
tions, including public-private partnership mod-
els, that could be used to leverage private sector 
funding, reduce transportation costs, and en-
hance security resiliency; 
(B) best practices and lessons learned from 
technology demonstrations, including return on 
investment and performance information to help 
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cities decide how to initiate integration of smart 
technologies; 
(C) Federal best practices for safeguarding 
cybersecurity and physical security, and ensur-
ing appropriate data management and data pri-
vacy; and 
(D) such other topics as are determined to 
be necessary by the Secretaries. 
(c) EXISTING GUIDES.—In creating, publishing, and 
maintaining the guide under subsection (a), the Secre-
taries shall consider Federal guides published before, on, 
or after the date of enactment of this Act relating to smart 
city or community goals, activities, and best practices— 
(1) to prevent duplication of efforts by the Fed-
eral Government; and 
(2) to leverage existing complementary efforts. 
SEC. 5. SMART CITIES CHALLENGE GRANT EXTENSION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall develop and implement an additional round 
to the Smart Cities Challenge under which the Secretary 
shall provide grants on a competitive basis to small- and 
medium-sized communities to implement smart transpor-
tation proposals. 
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(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall be— 
(1) a State or local government; 
(2) a tribal government; 
(3) a transit agency or authority; 
(4) a public toll authority; 
(5) a metropolitan planning organization; 
(6) any other subdivision of a State or local 
government; or 
(7) a multijurisdictional group applying through 
a single lead applicant. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity seeking a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at the time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require. An eligible 
entity may only submit 1 application. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible entities to receive 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall prioritize ap-
plicants that— 
(1) identify transportation challenges and de-
scribe how smart city technologies and systems can 
address such challenges; 
(2) determine what technologies have the most 
potential to address the challenges identified; 
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(3) identify what data may be collected and 
analyzed using these technologies and how such data 
would be used to continue to address identified 
transportation challenges; 
(4) incorporate relevant security solutions based 
on the scope and necessity for such smart city 
project; and 
(5) comply with any other requirements that 
the Secretary may identify. 
(e) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 
of the cost of a project for which a grant is awarded under 
this section shall be a minimum of 25 percent of the total 
cost. 
(f) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The amount of a grant 
awarded under this section shall be a minimum of 
$20,000,000 and a maximum of $40,000,000. The total 
amount of funds awarded under this section shall not ex-
ceed $100,000,000 for one calendar year. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 
Additionally, the Secretary may reallocate unobligated 
funds to carry out this section. 
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SEC. 6. GAO STUDY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study to identify— 
(1) financial and procurement mechanisms cur-
rently available to public and private entities to fund 
smart city or community activities and associated 
demonstration projects, including ‘‘pay for perform-
ance’’ financing that could deliver measurable and 
verifiable market and non-market values to smart 
cities or communities; 
(2) new, innovative financial and procurement 
mechanisms under development or used experi-
mentally that may be available, in the near term, to 
public and private entities to fund smart city or 
community activities and associated demonstration 
projects; 
(3) barriers to creative financing solutions for 
those activities and projects, including procurement 
barriers faced by State and local governments; and 
(4) ways to leverage private sector investments 
in smart cities and communities. 
SEC. 7. REPORTS TO SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
AND CONGRESS. 
(a) QUARTERLY
REPORT.—Each recipient of a 
Smart Cities Challenge grant under section 5 shall submit 
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