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SEC. 6055. NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN, IMPLEMENTA-
TION, AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.
(a) NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN.—
(1) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall maintain
and update the National ITS Program Plan as nec-
essary.
(2) SCOPE.—The plan shall—
(A) specify the goals, objectives, and mile-
stones for the deployment of intelligent trans-
portation infrastructure in the context of major
metropolitan areas, smaller metropolitan and
rural areas, and commercial vehicle information
systems and networks, and how specific pro-
grams and projects relate to the goals, objec-
tives, and milestones, including consideration of
the 5-, 10- and 20-year timeframes for the
goals and objectives;
(B) establish a course of action necessary
to achieve the program’s goals and objectives;
(C) provide for the evolutionary develop-
ment of standards and protocols to promote
and ensure interoperability in the implementa-
tion of intelligent transportation systems tech-
nologies; and
(D) establish a cooperative process with
State and local governments for determining
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desired surface transportation system perform-
ance levels and development of plans for na-
tional incorporation of specific ITS capabilities
into surface transportation systems.
(b) DEMONSTRATION AND EVALUATION OF INTEL-
LIGENT VEHICLE SYSTEMS.—The Secretary shall conduct
research and development activities for the purpose of
demonstrating integrated intelligent vehicle systems. Such
research shall include state-of-the-art preproduction sys-
tems and shall integrate collision avoidance, in-vehicle in-
formation, and other safety related systems. Development
work shall incorporate human factors research findings to
improve situational awareness of drivers and ensure suc-
cess of the man-machine relationship. This program shall
build on the technologies developed as part of the NHTSA
Crash Avoidance and FHWA Automated Highway System
programs and shall be conducted in cooperation with pri-
vate industry, educational institutions, and other inter-
ested parties.
(c) IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and bi-
ennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report on implementation of the National
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ITS Program Plan under subsection (a) of this sec-
tion.
(2) SCOPE OF IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS.—In
preparing reports under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall—
(A) summarize the status of intelligent
transportation 
infrastructure 
deployment
progress;
(B) analyze the possible and actual accom-
plishments of ITS projects in achieving conges-
tion, safety, environmental, and energy con-
servation goals and objectives;
(C) assess nontechnical problems and con-
straints identified, including the inability to se-
cure suitable spectrum allocations to implement
a national or international dedicated short
range vehicle to wayside communication stand-
ard; and
(D) include, if appropriate, any rec-
ommendations of the Secretary for legislation
or modification to the National ITS Program
Plan developed under subsection (a).
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SEC. 6056. TECHNICAL, TRAINING, PLANNING, RESEARCH
AND OPERATIONAL TESTING PROJECT AS-
SISTANCE.
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND INFOR-
MATION.—The Secretary may provide planning and tech-
nical assistance, training, and information to State and
local governments seeking to implement, operate, main-
tain, and evaluate ITS technologies and services.
(b) PLANNING ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may
make available financial assistance under this section to
support adequate consideration of transportation system
management and operations, including intelligent trans-
portation systems and technologies, within metropolitan
and statewide transportation processes. Such financial as-
sistance shall be made available at such time, in such
amounts and subject to such conditions as the Secretary
may determine. The Secretary shall develop appropriate
technical assistance to support the consideration of oper-
ations and management issues within metropolitan and
statewide transportation planning.
(c) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN ENTITIES.—Any com-
mercial vehicle regulatory agency and any interagency
traffic, transportation, or incident management entity, in-
cluding independent public authorities or agencies, con-
tracted by a State or local transportation agency for the
planning, system development, evaluation, implementa-
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tion, or operation of intelligent transportation infrastruc-
ture, including commercial vehicle information systems
and networks, within a designated area or along a specific
corridor are eligible to receive Federal assistance under
this part.
(d) 
RESEARCH
AND
OPERATIONAL
TESTING
PROJECTS.—The Secretary may provide funding to Fed-
eral agencies and make grants to non-Federal entities, in-
cluding State and local governments, universities, includ-
ing Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other
Minority Institutions of Higher Education, and other per-
sons, for research and operational tests relating to intel-
ligent transportation systems. In deciding which projects
to fund under this subsection, the Secretary shall—
(1) give the highest priority to those projects
that will—
(A) contribute to the goals and objectives
specified in the National ITS Program Plan de-
veloped under section 6055 of this part;
(B) minimize the relative percentage and
amount of Federal contributions under this
part to total project costs;
(C) validate and accelerate the establish-
ment and widespread conformance with the Na-
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tional Architecture and related standards and
protocols;
(D) enhance traffic safety through accel-
erating the deployment of ITS collision avoid-
ance products through the combined efforts of
the Federal Government and industry;
(E) demonstrate innovative arrangements
for multi-agency and/or private sector participa-
tion in the cooperative financing of the deploy-
ment and/or operation of intelligent transpor-
tation systems; and
(F) validate the effectiveness of integrated,
intelligent transportation systems and infra-
structure in enhancing the safety and efficiency
of surface transportation within metropolitan
and rural areas;
(2) seek to fund operational tests that advance
the current state of knowledge in direct support of
national ITS research and technology objectives as
defined in the National ITS Program Plan under
section 6055 of this part; and
(3) require that operational tests utilizing Fed-
eral funds under this part have a written evaluation
of the intelligent transportation systems technologies
investigated and of the results of the investigation