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‘‘(A) operate, in the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, a National Highway Institute (re-
ferred to in this subsection as the ‘Institute’);
and
‘‘(B) administer, through the Institute, the
authority vested in the Secretary by this title or
by any other law for the development and con-
duct of education and training programs relat-
ing to highways.
‘‘(2) DUTIES OF THE INSTITUTE.—In coopera-
tion with State transportation departments, indus-
tries in the United States, and national or inter-
national entities, the Institute shall develop and ad-
minister education and training programs of instruc-
tion for—
‘‘(A) Federal Highway Administration,
State, and local transportation agency employ-
ees;
‘‘(B) regional, State, and metropolitan
planning organizations;
‘‘(C) State and local police, public safety,
and motor vehicle employees; and
‘‘(D) United States citizens and foreign na-
tionals engaged or to be engaged in surface
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transportation work of interest to the United
States.
‘‘(3) COURSES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Institute shall—
‘‘(i) develop or update existing courses
in asset management, including courses that
include such components as—
‘‘(I) the determination of life-cycle
costs;
‘‘(II) the valuation of assets;
‘‘(III) benefit-to-cost ratio calcula-
tions; and
‘‘(IV) 
objective 
decisionmaking
processes for project selection; and
‘‘(ii) continually develop courses relat-
ing to the application of emerging tech-
nologies for—
‘‘(I) transportation infrastructure
applications and asset management;
‘‘(II) 
intelligent 
transportation
systems;
‘‘(III) operations (including secu-
rity operations);
‘‘(IV) the collection and archiving
of data;
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‘‘(V) expediting the planning and
development of transportation projects;
and
‘‘(VI) the intermodal movement of
individuals and freight.
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
COURSES.—In addition
to the courses developed under subparagraph (A),
the Institute, in consultation with State trans-
portation departments, metropolitan planning
organizations, and the American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officials,
may develop courses relating to technology, meth-
ods, techniques, engineering, construction, safety,
maintenance, environmental mitigation and
compliance, regulations, management, inspec-
tion, and finance.
‘‘(C) REVISION
OF
COURSES
OFFERED.—
The Institute shall periodically—
‘‘(i) review the course inventory of the
Institute; and
‘‘(ii) revise or cease to offer courses
based on course content, applicability, and
need.
‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY; FEDERAL SHARE.—The funds
apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(3) for the
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surface transportation program shall be available for
expenditure by the State transportation department
for the payment of not to exceed 80 percent of the cost
of tuition and direct educational expenses (excluding
salaries) in connection with the education and train-
ing of employees of State and local transportation
agencies in accordance with this subsection.
‘‘(5) FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), education and training of
employees of Federal, State, and local transpor-
tation (including highway) agencies authorized
under this subsection may be provided—
‘‘(i) by the Secretary, at no cost to the
States and local governments, if the Sec-
retary determines that provision at no cost
is in the public interest; or
‘‘(ii) by the State, through grants, co-
operative agreements, and contracts with
public and private agencies, institutions,
individuals, and the Institute.
‘‘(B) PAYMENT OF FULL COST BY PRIVATE
PERSONS.—Private agencies, international or
foreign entities, and individuals shall pay the
full cost of any education and training (includ-
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ing the cost of course development) received by
the agencies, entities, and individuals, unless the
Secretary determines that payment of a lesser
amount of the cost is of critical importance to
the public interest.
‘‘(6) TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS; COOPERATION.—
The Institute may—
‘‘(A) engage in training activities author-
ized under this subsection, including the grant-
ing of training fellowships; and
‘‘(B) exercise the authority of the Institute
independently or in cooperation with any—
‘‘(i) other Federal or State agency;
‘‘(ii) association, authority, institu-
tion, or organization;
‘‘(iii) for-profit or nonprofit corpora-
tion;
‘‘(iv) national or international entity;
‘‘(v) foreign country; or
‘‘(vi) person.
‘‘(7) COLLECTION OF FEES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this
subsection, the Institute may assess and collect
fees to defray the costs of the Institute in devel-