Connected Transportation Research and Innovation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3458
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2015-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
First responders and emergency personnel
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Higher education
Infrastructure development
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Motor vehicles
Natural disasters
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Railroads
Regional and metropolitan planning
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Right of privacy
Roads and highways
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Urban and suburban affairs and development
User charges and fees
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: 

Connected Transportation Research and Innovation Act of 2015

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2021 highway research and development, including highway safety, technology and innovation deployment, training and education, and intelligent transportation systems.
 
After receiving a 5.9 GHz Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure device, the Department of Transportation (DOT) shall test it to examine the possibility of interference with safety-related vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure applications.
 
DOT shall:
 
 
research, develop, and test automated vehicle systems; 
 
 promote the research, development, and demonstration of user-based alternative revenue mechanisms that preserve a user fee structure to maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund; and 
 
establish and lead a Surface Transportation Revenue Alternatives Advisory Council to inform the selection and evaluation of such mechanisms.
 
 
The bill reauthorizes through FY2021 the university transportation centers program, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the National Cooperative Rail Research Program, hazardous materials research and development, the advanced transportation research and innovation program, the National Cooperative Freight Transportation Research Program, and the rail cooperative research program.
 
The bill also increases the amount of grants for national, regional university, and tier 1 university transportation centers.
 
DOT shall:
 
 
examine opportunities for federal and state participation and investment in international transportation research collaborations, and 
 
establish the Advanced Transportation Research and Innovation Program.
 
 
The bill cites eligible public transportation workforce development programs.
 
DOT shall establish:
 
 
a hazardous materials transport cooperative research program, and 
 
a multimodal national cooperative freight transportation research program.
 
 
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology shall study digital technologies and information technologies (smart cities transportation planning), including shared mobility, data, transportation network companies, and on-demand transportation services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Introduced in House