§6301. Definitions — Inbound Citations
49 U.S.C. § 6301
Cited by 213 provisions in release 119-102.
Citations to 49 U.S.C. § 6301 as a whole
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(3) a decision of the head of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating on an appeal from the decision of an administrative law judge denying, revoking, or suspending a license, certificate, document, or register in a proceeding under section 6101, 6301, or 7503, chapter 77, or section 9303 of title 46; and
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(C) As appropriate, a check of the relevant international data bases through Interpol–U.S. National Central Bureau or other appropriate means.
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(7) The term “urbanized area” means a geographic area with a population of 50,000 or more, as determined by the Bureau of the Census.
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(A) A metropolitan planning organization may be redesignated by agreement between the Governor and units of general purpose local government that together represent at least 75 percent of the existing planning area population (including the largest incorporated city (based on population) as determined by the Bureau of the Census) as appropriate to carry out this section.
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(7) More than 1 metropolitan planning organization may be designated within an existing urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) only if the Governor and the existing metropolitan planning organization determine that the size and complexity of the area make designation of more than 1 metropolitan planning organization for the area appropriate.
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(B) may encompass the entire metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census.
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(3) The designation by the Bureau of the Census of new urbanized areas within an existing metropolitan planning area shall not require the redesignation of the existing metropolitan planning organization.
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(1) If more than 1 metropolitan planning organization has authority within an urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) or an area which is designated as a nonattainment area for ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), each metropolitan planning organization shall consult with the other metropolitan planning organizations designated for such area and the State in the coordination of plans and TIPs required by this section.
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(4) If more than 1 metropolitan planning organization is designated within an urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) under subsection (d)(7), the metropolitan planning organizations designated within the area shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, the consistency of any data used in the planning process, including information used in forecasting travel demand.
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(A) The Secretary shall identify as a transportation management area each urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) with a population of over 200,000 individuals.
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(D) operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation in an urbanized area with a population of fewer than 200,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census.
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(2) The Secretary may make grants under this section to finance the operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation, excluding rail fixed guideway, in an urbanized area with a population of not fewer than 200,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census—(A) for public transportation systems that—(i) operate 75 or fewer buses in fixed route service or demand response service, excluding ADA complementary paratransit service, during peak service hours, in an amount not to exceed 75 percent of the share of the apportionment which is attributable to such systems within the urbanized area, as measured by vehicle revenue hours; or(ii) operate a minimum of 76 buses and a maximum of 100 buses in fixed route service or demand response service, excluding ADA complementary paratransit service, during peak service hours, in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the share of the apportionment which is attributable to such systems within the urbanized area, as measured by vehicle revenue hours; or(B) subject to paragraph (3), for public transportation systems that—(i) operate 75 or fewer buses in fixed route service or demand response service, excluding ADA complementary paratransit service, during peak service hours, in an amount not to exceed 75 percent of the share of the apportionment allocated to such systems within the urbanized area, as determined by the local planning process and included in the designated recipient’s final program of projects prepared under subsection (b); or(ii) operate a minimum of 76 buses and a maximum of 100 buses in fixed route service or demand response service, excluding ADA complementary paratransit service during peak service hours, in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the share of the apportionment allocated to such systems within the urbanized area, as determined by the local planning process and included in the designated recipient’s final program of projects prepared under subsection (b).
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(K) in the case of a recipient for an urbanized area with a population of not fewer than 200,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census, will submit an annual report listing projects carried out in the preceding fiscal year under this section for associated transit improvements as defined in section 5302; and
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(A) Sixty percent of the funds shall be apportioned among designated recipients for urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census, in the ratio that—(i) the number of seniors and individuals with disabilities in each such urbanized area; bears to(ii) the number of seniors and individuals with disabilities in all such urbanized areas.
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(i) the number of seniors and individuals with disabilities in urbanized areas with a population of fewer than 200,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census, in each State; bears to
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(ii) the number of seniors and individuals with disabilities in urbanized areas with a population of fewer than 200,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census, in all States.
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(i) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(A) shall be used for projects serving urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census;
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(ii) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(B) shall be used for projects serving urbanized areas with a population of fewer than 200,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census; and
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(iv) Each State shall receive an amount that is equal to 40.64 percent of the amount apportioned under clause (i), multiplied by the ratio of low-income individuals in rural areas in that State and divided by the number of low-income individuals in all rural areas in the United States, as shown by the Bureau of the Census.
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(iii) 25 percent of the total amount shall be apportioned among each Indian tribe providing public transportation on tribal lands (American Indian Areas, Alaska Native Areas, and Hawaiian Home Lands, as defined by the Bureau of the Census) on which more than 1,000 low-income individuals reside (as determined by the Bureau of the Census) so that each Indian tribe shall receive an amount equal to the total amount apportioned under this clause multiplied by the ratio of the number of low-income individuals residing on an Indian tribe’s lands divided by the total number of low-income individuals on tribal lands on which more than 1,000 low-income individuals reside.
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(a) There shall be within the Department of Transportation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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(I) to establish and implement the data programs of the Bureau; and
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(I) the Bureau;
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(2) The Director shall have a significant role in the disposition and allocation of the authorized budget of the Bureau, including—(A) all hiring, grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau to carry out this section; and(B) the disposition and allocation of amounts paid to the Bureau for cost-reimbursable projects.
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(A) all hiring, grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau to carry out this section; and
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(B) the disposition and allocation of amounts paid to the Bureau for cost-reimbursable projects.
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(a) To support the information management and decisionmaking needs of transportation officials at the Federal, State, and local levels, there is established in the Bureau a National Transportation Library which shall—(1) be headed by an individual who is highly qualified in library and information science;(2) acquire, preserve, and manage transportation information and information products and services for use by the Department, other Federal agencies, and the general public;(3) provide reference and research assistance;(4) serve as a central depository for research results and technical publications of the Department;(5) provide a central clearinghouse for transportation data and information of the Federal Government;(6) serve as coordinator and policy lead for transportation information access;(7) provide transportation information and information products and services to—(A) the Department;(B) other Federal agencies;(C) public and private organizations; and(D) individuals, within the United States and internationally;(8) coordinate efforts among, and cooperate with, transportation libraries, information providers, and technical assistance centers, in conjunction with private industry and other transportation library and information centers, with the goal of developing a comprehensive transportation information and knowledge network that supports the activities described in section 6302(b)(3)(B)(vi); and
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(1) the quality, reliability, consistency, objectivity, and relevance of transportation statistics and analyses collected, supported, or disseminated by the Bureau and the Department; and
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(2) methods to encourage cooperation and interoperability of transportation data collected by the Bureau, the operating administrations of the Department, States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities.
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(1) An officer, employee, or contractor of the Bureau may not—(A) make any disclosure in which the data provided by an individual or organization under section 6302(b)(3)(B) or section 6314(b) can be identified;(B) use the information provided under section 6302(b)(3)(B) or section 6314(b) for a nonstatistical purpose; or(C) permit anyone other than an individual authorized by the Director to examine any individual report provided under section 6302(b)(3)(B) or section 6314(b).
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(A) No department, bureau, agency, officer, or employee of the United States (except the Director in carrying out this chapter) may require, for any reason, a copy of any report that has been filed under section 6302(b)(3)(B) or section 6314(b) with the Bureau or retained by an individual respondent.
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(B) A copy of a report described in subparagraph (A) that has been retained by an individual respondent or filed with the Bureau or any of the employees, contractors, or agents of the Bureau—(i) shall be immune from legal process; and(ii) shall not, without the consent of the individual concerned, be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any action, suit, or other judicial or administrative proceedings.
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(3) If the Bureau is authorized by statute to collect data or information for a nonstatistical purpose, the Director shall clearly distinguish the collection of the data or information, by rule and on the collection instrument, in a manner that informs the respondent who is requested or required to supply the data or information of the nonstatistical purpose.
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Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, amounts received by the Bureau from the sale of data products for necessary expenses incurred may be credited to the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for those expenses.
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(1) authorizes the Bureau to require any other Federal agency to collect data; or
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(1) An owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the person in charge of a freight corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or organization described in paragraph (2) shall be fined in accordance with subsection (b) if that individual neglects or refuses, when requested by the Director or other authorized officer, employee, or contractor of the Bureau to submit data under section 6302(b)(3)(B)—(A) to answer completely and correctly to the best knowledge of that individual all questions relating to the corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or other organization; or(B) to make available records or statistics in the official custody of the individual.
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(B) is subject to Federal regulation to submit necessary information to the Bureau that includes statistics on capacity and throughput as applicable to the specific configuration of the port.
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(H) the Bureau of Labor Statistics;
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(iii) the most recent annual small area income and poverty estimate of the Bureau of the Census;
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(B) any census tract with a poverty rate of not less than 20 percent, as measured by the 5-year data series available from the American Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census for the period of 2014 through 2018; and
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(B) includes a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, or an authority of a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe, carrying out an activity described in clause (ii).
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(ii) in sections 5123 and 5124 of this title, a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government.
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(i) include a list of background checks and other security or threat assessment requirements applicable to transportation workers under Federal laws for which the Department of Homeland Security is responsible and the process by which the Secretary of Homeland Security will determine whether such checks or assessments are equivalent to, or less stringent than, the background check performed under this section; and
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(1) recognizing and understanding the Department of Transportation hazardous material classification system.
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(2) the use and limitations of the Department hazardous material placarding, labeling, and marking systems.
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(6) the use of the Department Emergency Response Guidebook and recognition of its limitations or the use of equivalent documents and recognition of the limitations of those documents.
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(1) A registration statement under subsection (a) of this section shall be in the form and contain information the Secretary requires by regulation. The Secretary may use existing forms of the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out this subsection. The statement shall include—(A) the name and principal place of business of the registrant;(B) a description of each activity the registrant carries out for which filing a statement under subsection (a) of this section is required; and(C) each State in which the person carries out any of the activities.
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(B) Subsections (a)–(h) of this section do not apply to a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, an authority of a State or political subdivision of a State, an Indian tribe, or an employee of a department, agency, instrumentality, or authority carrying out official duties.
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(B) the documents are made available to a representative of a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government or a State or local authority responding to an accident or incident involving the motor vehicle, train, vessel, aircraft, or facility.
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(g) The Secretaries of Transportation, Labor, and Energy, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall review periodically, with the head of each department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government, all emergency response and preparedness training programs of that department, agency, or instrumentality to minimize duplication of effort and expense of the department, agency, or instrumentality in carrying out the programs and shall take necessary action to minimize duplication.
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(A) identify regions or locations in which fire departments or other organizations which provide emergency response to hazardous materials transportation accidents and incidents are in need of hazardous materials training; and
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(b) When applying for a special permit or renewal of a special permit under this section, the person must provide a safety analysis prescribed by the Secretary that justifies the special permit. The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice that an application for a new special permit or a modification to an existing special permit has been filed and shall give the public an opportunity to inspect the safety analysis and comment on the application. The Secretary shall make available to the public on the Department of Transportation’s Internet Web site any special permit other than a new special permit or a modification to an existing special permit and shall give the public an opportunity to inspect the safety analysis and comment on the application for a period of not more than 15 days. This subsection does not require the release of information protected by law from public disclosure.
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(2) make available to the public on the Department of Transportation’s Internet Web site notice of the final disposition of any other special permit during the preceding quarter.
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(h) The Secretary shall, once every 2 years, prepare and make available to the public on the Department of Transportation’s Internet Web site a comprehensive report on the transportation of hazardous materials during the preceding 2 calendar years. The report shall include—(1) a statistical compilation of accidents and casualties related to the transportation of hazardous material;(2) a list and summary of applicable Government regulations, criteria, orders, and special permits;(3) a summary of the basis for each special permit;(4) an evaluation of the effectiveness of enforcement activities relating to a function regulated by the Secretary under section 5103(b)(1) and the degree of voluntary compliance with regulations;(5) a summary of outstanding problems in carrying out this chapter in order of priority; and(6) recommendations for appropriate legislation.
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(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, after the last day of the 2-year period beginning on the date a regulation is prescribed under section 5112(b) of this title, a State or Indian tribe may establish, maintain, or enforce a highway routing designation over which hazardous material may or may not be transported by motor vehicles, or a limitation or requirement related to highway routing, only if the designation, limitation, or requirement complies with section 5112(b), and is published in the Department’s hazardous materials route registry under section 5112(c).
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(a) A person under contract with a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government that transports hazardous material, or causes hazardous material to be transported, or designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package, container, or packaging component that is represented as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material shall comply with this chapter, regulations prescribed and orders issued under this chapter, and all other requirements of the Government, State and local governments, and Indian tribes (except a requirement preempted by a law of the United States) in the same way and to the same extent that any person engaging in that transportation, designing, manufacturing, fabricating, inspecting, marking, maintaining, reconditioning, repairing, or testing that is in or affects commerce must comply with the provision, regulation, order, or requirement.
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(ii) governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations (including representatives of the agencies and organizations) that receive Federal assistance from a source other than the Department of Transportation to provide nonemergency transportation services; and
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(1) Under criteria established by the Secretary, the Secretary may award grants to States, authorities of the States, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governmental authorities, and make agreements with other departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the Government to—(A) develop transportation plans and programs;(B) plan, engineer, design, and evaluate a public transportation project; and(C) conduct technical studies relating to public transportation.
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(D) from amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation; and
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(1) The Secretary shall make publicly available in an easily identifiable location on the website of the Department of Transportation a dashboard containing the following information for each project seeking a grant agreement under this section:(A) Project name.(B) Project sponsor.(C) City or urbanized area and State in which the project will be located.(D) Project type.(E) Project mode.(F) Project length and number of stops, including length of exclusive bus rapid transit lanes, if applicable.(G) Anticipated total project cost.(H) Anticipated share of project costs to be sought under this section.(I) Date of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).(J) Date on which the project entered the project development phase.(K) Date on which the project entered the engineering phase, if applicable.(L) Date on which a Letter of No Prejudice was requested, and date on which a Letter of No Prejudice was issued or denied, if applicable.(M) Date of the applicant’s most recent project ratings, including date of request for updated ratings, if applicable.(N) Status of the project sponsor in securing non-Federal matching funds.(O) Date on which a project grant agreement is anticipated to be executed.
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(3) The Secretary shall continue to make profiles for projects that have applied for or are receiving assistance under this section publicly available in an easily identifiable location on the website of the Department of Transportation, in the same manner as the Secretary did as of the day before the date of enactment of this subsection.
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(A) To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall coordinate activities under this section with related activities under other Federal departments and agencies.
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(B) A State or local governmental authority or nonprofit organization that receives assistance from Government sources (other than the Department of Transportation) for nonemergency transportation services shall—(i) participate and coordinate with recipients of assistance under this chapter in the design and delivery of transportation services; and(ii) participate in the planning for the transportation services described in clause (i).
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(i) to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation; or
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(iii) to the maximum extent feasible, the services funded under this section will be coordinated with transportation services assisted by other Federal departments and agencies, including any transportation activities carried out by a recipient of a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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(D) may be derived from amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation;
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(A) departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government, including Federal laboratories;
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(1) Not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the Secretary shall make available to the public on the Web site of the Department of Transportation, a report that includes—(A) a description of each project that received assistance under this section during the preceding fiscal year;(B) an evaluation of each project described in paragraph (1), including any evaluation conducted under subsection (e)(4) for the preceding fiscal year; and(C) a strategic research roadmap proposal for allocations of amounts for assistance under this section for the current and subsequent fiscal year, including anticipated work areas, proposed demonstrations and strategic partnership opportunities;
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(2) Not less than every 3 months, the Secretary shall update on the Web site of the Department of Transportation the information described in paragraph (1)(C) to reflect any changes to the Secretary’s plans to make assistance available under this section.
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(A) The Secretary may make grants and enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements (including agreements with departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government) to carry out activities that the Secretary determines will assist recipients of assistance under this chapter to—(i) more effectively and efficiently provide public transportation service;(ii) administer funds received under this chapter in compliance with Federal law; and(iii) improve public transportation.
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(B) comply with human services transportation coordination requirements and to enhance the coordination of Federal resources for human services transportation with those of the Department of Transportation through technical assistance, training, and support services related to complying with such requirements;
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(A) In cooperation with the Federal Transit Administration, State transportation departments, public transportation authorities, and national and international entities, the institute established under paragraph (1) shall develop and conduct training and educational programs for Federal, State, and local transportation employees, United States citizens, and foreign nationals engaged or to be engaged in Government-aid public transportation work.
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(B) A recipient may use amounts made available under subparagraph (A) to carry out existing local education and training programs for public transportation employees supported by the Secretary, the Department of Labor, or the Department of Education.
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(i) publish in the Federal Register and make publicly available in an easily identifiable location on the website of the Department of Transportation a detailed written explanation of the waiver determination; and
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(B) The Secretary shall disclose the waiver denial and the written certification to the public in an easily identifiable location on the website of the Department of Transportation.
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(8) A person is ineligible under subpart 9.4 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or any successor thereto, to receive a contract or subcontract made with amounts authorized under the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015 if a court or department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government decides the person intentionally—(A) affixed a “Made in America” label, or a label with an inscription having the same meaning, to goods sold in or shipped to the United States that are used in a project to which this subsection applies but not produced in the United States; or(B) represented that goods described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph were produced in the United States.
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(k) Governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations that receive assistance from Government sources (other than the Department of Transportation) for nonemergency transportation services shall—(1) participate and coordinate with recipients of assistance under this chapter in the design and delivery of transportation services; and(2) be included in the planning for those services.
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(b) The Secretary may make grants and enter into contracts and other agreements (including agreements with departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government) for—(1) capital projects to protect, repair, reconstruct, or replace equipment and facilities of a public transportation system operating in the United States or on an Indian reservation that the Secretary determines is in danger of suffering serious damage, or has suffered serious damage, as a result of an emergency; and(2) eligible operating costs of public transportation equipment and facilities in an area directly affected by an emergency during—(A) the 1-year period beginning on the date of a declaration described in subsection (a)(2); or(B) if the Secretary determines there is a compelling need, the 2-year period beginning on the date of a declaration described in subsection (a)(2).
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(3) “public transportation” means any form of public transportation, except a form the Secretary decides is covered adequately, for employee alcohol and controlled substances testing purposes, under section 20140 or 31306 of this title or section 2303a, 7101(i), or 7302(e) of title 46. The Secretary may also decide that a form of public transportation is covered adequately, for employee alcohol and controlled substances testing purposes, under the alcohol and controlled substance statutes or regulations of an agency within the Department of Transportation or the Coast Guard.
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(2) for laboratories and testing procedures for controlled substances, incorporate the Department of Health and Human Services scientific and technical guidelines dated April 11, 1988, and any amendments to those guidelines, including mandatory guidelines establishing—(A) comprehensive standards for every aspect of laboratory controlled substances testing and laboratory procedures to be applied in carrying out this section, including standards requiring the use of the best available technology to ensure the complete reliability and accuracy of controlled substances tests and strict procedures governing the chain of custody of specimens collected for controlled substances testing;(B) the minimum list of controlled substances for which individuals may be tested; and(C) appropriate standards and procedures for periodic review of laboratories and criteria for certification and revocation of certification of laboratories to perform controlled substances testing in carrying out this section;
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(5) When the Secretary is called upon to issue fair and equitable determinations involving assurances of employment when one private transit bus service contractor replaces another through competitive bidding, such decisions shall be based on the principles set forth in the Department of Labor’s decision of September 21, 1994, as clarified by the supplemental ruling of November 7, 1994, with respect to grant NV–90–X021. This paragraph shall not serve as a basis for objections under section 215.3(d) of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations.
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(c) The Secretary of Transportation shall distribute copies of the policy in subsections (a) and (b) of this section to each employee of the Department of Transportation and ensure that the policy is posted in all offices of the Department.
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(B) to provide for a critical multimodal transportation knowledge base outside of the Department of Transportation; and
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(B) The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of the modal administrations of the Department of Transportation, as appropriate, shall select each recipient of a grant under this section through a competitive process based on the assessment of the Secretary relating to—(i) the demonstrated ability of the recipient to address each specific topic area described in the research and strategic plans of the recipient;(ii) the demonstrated research, technology transfer, and education resources available to the recipient to carry out this section;(iii) the ability of the recipient to provide leadership in solving immediate and long-range national and regional transportation problems;(iv) the ability of the recipient to carry out research, education, and technology transfer activities that are multimodal and multidisciplinary in scope;(v) the demonstrated commitment of the recipient to carry out transportation workforce development programs through—(I) degree-granting programs or programs that provide other industry-recognized credentials; and(II) outreach activities to attract new entrants into the transportation field, including women and underrepresented populations;(vi) the demonstrated ability of the recipient to disseminate results and spur the implementation of transportation research and education programs through national or statewide continuing education programs;(vii) the demonstrated commitment of the recipient to the use of peer review principles and other research best practices in the selection, management, and dissemination of research projects;(viii) the strategic plan submitted by the recipient describing the proposed research to be carried out by the recipient and the performance metrics to be used in assessing the performance of the recipient in meeting the stated research, technology transfer, education, and outreach goals; and(ix) the ability of the recipient to implement the proposed program in a cost-efficient manner, such as through cost sharing and overall reduced overhead, facilities, and administrative costs.
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(B) The Secretary shall make available to the public on a website of the Department of Transportation a report describing the overall review process under paragraph (4) that includes—(i) specific criteria of evaluation used in the review;(ii) descriptions of the review process; and(iii) explanations of the selected awards.
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(B) make available to the public on a website of the Department of Transportation a report describing that review and evaluation.
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(ii) the Administrator of a modal administration of the Department of Transportation; or
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(1) The Secretary shall ensure that the activities carried out under subsection (c) are coordinated with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, programs of the Department of Transportation and other Federal agencies.
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(B) the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities of other relevant programs of the Department of Transportation, including all modal administrations of the Department.
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(2) make public on a website of the Department of Transportation a report describing the review and evaluation under paragraph (1).
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(B) In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary of Transportation shall train inspectors, including Department of Transportation personnel, State employees described under subsection (c), or personnel paid with funds authorized under sections 31102 and 31104, in the recognition of adulteration problems associated with the transportation of cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, and food additives and in the procedures for obtaining assistance of the appropriate departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government and State authorities to support the enforcement.
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(3) The procedures established under paragraph (1) shall apply, at a minimum, to Department of Transportation personnel that perform commercial motor vehicle or railroad safety inspections.
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(a) There shall be within the Department of Transportation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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(II) to address gaps in existing safety data programs of the Department;
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(iii) work with the operating administrations of the Department—(I) to establish and implement the data programs of the Bureau; and(II) to improve the coordination of information collection efforts with other Federal agencies;
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(iv) continually improve surveys and data collection methods of the Department to improve the accuracy and utility of transportation statistics;
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(I) the statistics proposed by the heads of the operating administrations of the Department to measure outputs and outcomes as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62; 107 Stat. 285); and
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(II) at the request of the Secretary, any other data collected or statistical information published by the heads of the operating administrations of the Department; and
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(II) the operating administrations of the Department;
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(viii) issue guidelines for the collection of information by the Department that the Director determines necessary to develop transportation statistics and carry out modeling, economic assessment, and program assessment activities to ensure that such information is accurate, reliable, relevant, uniform, and in a form that permits systematic analysis by the Department;
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(c) In carrying out subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii), the Director shall be given access to all safety data that the Director determines necessary to carry out that subsection that is held by the Department or any other Federal agency upon written request and subject to any statutory or regulatory restrictions.
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(A) to obtain the approval of any other officer or employee of the Department with respect to the collection or analysis of any information; or
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(4) The Department Chief Information Officer shall consult with the Director to ensure decisions related to information technology guarantee the protection of the confidentiality of information provided solely for statistical purposes, in accordance with section 3572 of title 44.
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(a) In consultation with the Under Secretary Transportation for Policy, the Assistant Secretaries of the Department, and the heads of the operating administrations of the Department, the Director shall establish and maintain a transportation database for all modes of transportation.
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(2) acquire, preserve, and manage transportation information and information products and services for use by the Department, other Federal agencies, and the general public;
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(4) serve as a central depository for research results and technical publications of the Department;
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(A) the Department;
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(2) The Library may initiate and support specific information and data management, access, and exchange activities in connection with matters relating to the Department’s strategic goals, knowledge networking, and national and international cooperation, by entering into contracts or other agreements or awarding grants for the conduct of such activities.
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(3) Any amounts received by the Library as payment for library products and services or other activities shall be made available to the Director to carry out this section, deposited in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation’s general fund account, and remain available until expended.
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(1) the quality, reliability, consistency, objectivity, and relevance of transportation statistics and analyses collected, supported, or disseminated by the Bureau and the Department; and
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(2) methods to encourage cooperation and interoperability of transportation data collected by the Bureau, the operating administrations of the Department, States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities.
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(A) No department, bureau, agency, officer, or employee of the United States (except the Director in carrying out this chapter) may require, for any reason, a copy of any report that has been filed under section 6302(b)(3)(B) or section 6314(b) with the Bureau or retained by an individual respondent.
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(2) alters or diminishes the authority of any other officer of the Department to collect and disseminate data independently.
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The Secretary may make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, public and nonprofit private entities (including State transportation departments, metropolitan planning organizations, and institutions of higher education) for—
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(B) a process for the Department to collect timely and consistent data, including identifying safeguards to protect proprietary information described in subsection (b)(2).
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(A) operating administrations of the Department;
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(S) representatives of the National Freight Advisory Committee of the Department; and
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(1) Not later than June 1 of each year, the head of each modal administration and joint program office of the Department of Transportation shall prepare and submit to the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation (referred to in this chapter as the “Assistant Secretary”)—(A) a comprehensive annual modal research plan for the following fiscal year; and(B) a detailed outlook for the fiscal year thereafter.
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(A) a general description of the strategic goals of the Department that are addressed by the research programs being carried out by the Assistant Secretary or modal administration, as applicable;
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(II) the Department of Transportation;
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(i) the plan contains research objectives that are consistent with the strategic research and policy objectives of the Department of Transportation included in the strategic plan required under section 6503; and
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(c) No funds may be expended by the Department of Transportation on research that has been determined by the Assistant Secretary under subsection (b)(4) to be duplicative unless—(1) the research is required by an Act of Congress;(2) the research was part of a contract that was funded before the date of enactment of this chapter;(3) the research updates previously commissioned research; or(4) the Assistant Secretary certifies to Congress that such research is necessary, and provides justification for such certification.
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(B) there is no duplication of study for research directed, commissioned, or conducted by the Department of Transportation.
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(2) If the Secretary, after submitting a certification under paragraph (1), identifies duplication of research within the Department of Transportation, the Secretary shall—(A) notify Congress of the duplicative research; and(B) submit to Congress a corrective action plan to eliminate the duplicative research.
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(1) Not later than September 1 of each year, the head of each modal administration and joint program office of the Department of Transportation shall submit to the Assistant Secretary, for review and public posting, a description of each proposed research project to be carried out during the following fiscal year, including—(A) proposed funding for any new projects; and(B) proposed additional funding for any existing projects.
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(2) Not less frequently than annually, after receiving the descriptions under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall publish on a public website a comprehensive database including a description of all research projects conducted by the Department of Transportation, including research funded through university transportation centers under section 5505.
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(iii) any outcomes of the project, including potential implications for policy, regulations, or guidance issued by a modal administration or the Department of Transportation;
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(a) Not later than 180 days after the date of publication of the Department of Transportation Strategic Plan and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall develop a 5-year transportation research and development strategic plan to guide future Federal transportation research and development activities.
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(3) any other research and development plan within the Department of Transportation.
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(2) for each of the purposes referred to in paragraph (1), list the primary proposed research and development activities that the Department of Transportation intends to pursue to accomplish that purpose, which may include—(A) fundamental research pertaining to the applied physical and natural sciences;(B) applied science and research;(C) technology development research; and(D) social science research; and
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(B) describe the research findings the Department expects to discover at the end of the period covered by the strategic plan.
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(2) includes and integrates the research and development programs of all of the modal administrations of the Department of Transportation, including aviation, transit, rail, and maritime and joint programs;
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(1) conduct a review of research conducted by the Department of Transportation; and
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(B) if modifications are determined not to be required under paragraph (2), develop a description of the means by which the practices, materials, or technologies described in paragraph (1) will otherwise be incorporated into Department of Transportation or modal administration policy or guidance, including as part of the Technology Transfer Program of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.
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(1) The term “Department” means the Department of Transportation.
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(5) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this chapter, the Secretary shall publish and make publicly available on the website of the Department a notice that contains a detailed explanation of—(A) the method by which the Secretary will determine whether a project satisfies the applicable requirements described in paragraph (1);(B) any additional ratings the Secretary may assign to determine the means by which a project addresses the selection criteria and additional considerations described in paragraphs (2) and (3); and(C) the means by which the project requirements and ratings referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) will be used to assign an overall rating for the project under paragraph (4).
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(1) Not later than 60 days after the date on which the grants are announced under the program, the Secretary shall publish on the website of the Department a report that includes—(A) a list of all project applications reviewed by the Secretary as part of the selection process under the program;(B) the rating assigned to each project under subsection (f)(4); and(C) a description of each project for which a grant has been provided under the program.
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(1) The Secretary shall make available on the website of the Department of Transportation at the end of each fiscal year an annual report that describes each eligible project for which a grant was provided under the program during that fiscal year.
Citations to §6301(3)
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(A) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Director of the Transportation Security Administration, after receiving comments from interested parties, shall develop and implement a process for notifying hazmat employers designated by an applicant of the results of the applicant’s background record check, if—(i) such notification is appropriate considering the potential security implications; and(ii) the Director, in a final notification of threat assessment,2 served on the applicant2 determines that the applicant does not meet the standards set forth in regulations issued to carry out this section.
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(ii) the Director, in a final notification of threat assessment,2 served on the applicant2 determines that the applicant does not meet the standards set forth in regulations issued to carry out this section.
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(ii) Not later than 60 days after the date of issuance of the report under paragraph (5), but no later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Director shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding, including notice and opportunity for comment, to determine which background checks required for purposes of Federal laws applicable to transportation workers are equivalent to, or less stringent than, those required under this section.
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(iii) The Director shall make a determination under the criteria established under clause (ii) with respect to any rulemaking proceeding to establish or modify required background checks for transportation workers initiated after the date of enactment of this subsection.
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(3) The term “transportation security incident”, as defined in part 1572 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, does not include a work stoppage or other nonviolent employee-related action resulting from an employer-employee dispute. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Director shall modify the definition of that term to reflect the preceding sentence.
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(4) Not later than October 1, 2005, the Director shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of fingerprint-based security threat assessments and the adequacy of fingerprinting locations, personnel, and resources to accomplish the timely processing of fingerprint-based security threat assessments for individuals holding commercial driver’s licenses who are applying to renew hazardous materials endorsements.
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(A) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Director shall transmit to the committees referred to in paragraph (4) a report on the Director’s plans to reduce or eliminate redundant background checks for holders of hazardous materials endorsements performed under this section.
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(ii) provide an analysis of how the Director plans to reduce or eliminate redundant background checks in a manner that will continue to ensure the highest level of safety and security.
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(2) The Director of the Transportation Security Administration may extend the deadline established by paragraph (1) for a period not to exceed 6 months if the Director determines that such an extension is necessary.
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(a) In coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretaries of Labor, Energy, and Health and Human Services, and the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and using existing coordinating mechanisms of the National Response Team and, for radioactive material, the Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee, the Secretary of Transportation shall maintain, and update periodically, a current curriculum of courses, including online curriculum as appropriate, necessary to train public sector emergency response and preparedness teams in matters relating to the transportation of hazardous material. Only in developing the curriculum, the Secretary of Transportation shall consult with regional response teams established under the national contingency plan established under section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9605), representatives of commissions established under section 301 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001), persons (including governmental entities) that provide training for responding to accidents and incidents involving the transportation of hazardous material, and representatives of persons that respond to those accidents and incidents.
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(e) In coordination with the Secretaries of Transportation and Energy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall monitor public sector emergency response planning and training for an accident or incident involving hazardous material. Considering the results of the monitoring, the Secretaries, Administrators, and Director each shall provide technical assistance to a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe for carrying out emergency response training and planning for an accident or incident involving hazardous material and shall coordinate the assistance using the existing coordinating mechanisms of the National Response Team and, for radioactive material, the Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee.
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(f) To minimize administrative costs and to coordinate Federal financial assistance for emergency response training and planning, the Secretary may delegate to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Secretaries of Labor and Energy any of the following:(1) authority to receive applications for grants under this section.(2) authority to review applications for technical compliance with this section.(3) authority to review applications to recommend approval or disapproval.(4) any other ministerial duty associated with grants under this section.
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(g) The Secretaries of Transportation, Labor, and Energy, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall review periodically, with the head of each department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government, all emergency response and preparedness training programs of that department, agency, or instrumentality to minimize duplication of effort and expense of the department, agency, or instrumentality in carrying out the programs and shall take necessary action to minimize duplication.
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(A) a requirement that the board of directors (or equivalent entity) of the recipient approve, or, in the case of a recipient receiving assistance under section 5307 that is serving an urbanized area with a population of 200,000 or more, the safety committee of the entity established under paragraph (5), followed by the board of directors (or equivalent entity) of the recipient approve, the agency safety plan and any updates to the agency safety plan;
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(III) the board of directors, or equivalent entity, of any rail fixed guideway public transportation system that the State safety oversight agency oversees.
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(A) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
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(B) the Director of the National Science Foundation;
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(D) the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology;
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(A) The Director shall—(ii) be responsible for carrying out the duties described in subparagraph (B).
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(B) The Director shall—(i) ensure that the statistics compiled under clause (vi) are designed to support transportation decisionmaking by—(I) the Federal Government;(II) State and local governments;(III) metropolitan planning organizations;(IV) transportation-related associations;(V) the private sector, including the freight community; and(VI) the public;(ii) establish on behalf of the Secretary a program—(I) to effectively integrate safety data across modes; and(II) to address gaps in existing safety data programs of the Department;(iii) work with the operating administrations of the Department—(I) to establish and implement the data programs of the Bureau; and(II) to improve the coordination of information collection efforts with other Federal agencies;(iv) continually improve surveys and data collection methods of the Department to improve the accuracy and utility of transportation statistics;(v) encourage the standardization of data, data collection methods, and data management and storage technologies for data collected by—(I) the Bureau;(II) the operating administrations of the Department;(III) State and local governments;(IV) metropolitan planning organizations; and(V) private sector entities;(vi) collect, compile, analyze, and publish a comprehensive set of transportation statistics on the performance and impacts of the national transportation system, including statistics on—(I) transportation safety across all modes and intermodally;(II) the state of good repair of United States transportation infrastructure;(III) the extent, connectivity, and condition of the transportation system, building on the national transportation atlas database developed under section 6309;(IV) economic efficiency across the entire transportation sector;(V) employment in the transportation sector;(VI) the effects of the transportation system, including advanced technologies and automation, on global and domestic economic competitiveness;(VII) demographic, economic, and other variables influencing travel behavior, including choice of transportation mode and goods movement;(VIII) transportation-related variables that influence the domestic economy and global competitiveness;(IX) economic costs and impacts for passenger travel and freight movement;(X) intermodal and multimodal passenger movement;(XI) intermodal and multimodal freight movement; and(XII) consequences of transportation for the human and natural environment;(vii) build and disseminate the transportation layer of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure developed under Executive Order 12906 (59 Fed. Reg. 17671) (or a successor Executive Order), including by coordinating the development of transportation geospatial data standards, compiling intermodal geospatial data, and collecting geospatial data that is not being collected by other entities;(viii) issue guidelines for the collection of information by the Department that the Director determines necessary to develop transportation statistics and carry out modeling, economic assessment, and program assessment activities to ensure that such information is accurate, reliable, relevant, uniform, and in a form that permits systematic analysis by the Department;(ix) review and report to the Secretary on the sources and reliability of—(I) the statistics proposed by the heads of the operating administrations of the Department to measure outputs and outcomes as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62; 107 Stat. 285); and(II) at the request of the Secretary, any other data collected or statistical information published by the heads of the operating administrations of the Department; and(x) ensure that the statistics published under this section are readily accessible to the public, consistent with applicable security constraints and confidentiality interests.
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(viii) issue guidelines for the collection of information by the Department that the Director determines necessary to develop transportation statistics and carry out modeling, economic assessment, and program assessment activities to ensure that such information is accurate, reliable, relevant, uniform, and in a form that permits systematic analysis by the Department;
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(c) In carrying out subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii), the Director shall be given access to all safety data that the Director determines necessary to carry out that subsection that is held by the Department or any other Federal agency upon written request and subject to any statutory or regulatory restrictions.
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(1) The Director shall not be required—(A) to obtain the approval of any other officer or employee of the Department with respect to the collection or analysis of any information; or(B) prior to publication, to obtain the approval of any other officer or employee of the United States Government with respect to the substance of any statistical technical reports or press releases lawfully prepared by the Director.
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(B) prior to publication, to obtain the approval of any other officer or employee of the United States Government with respect to the substance of any statistical technical reports or press releases lawfully prepared by the Director.
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(2) The Director shall have a significant role in the disposition and allocation of the authorized budget of the Bureau, including—(A) all hiring, grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau to carry out this section; and(B) the disposition and allocation of amounts paid to the Bureau for cost-reimbursable projects.
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(4) The Department Chief Information Officer shall consult with the Director to ensure decisions related to information technology guarantee the protection of the confidentiality of information provided solely for statistical purposes, in accordance with section 3572 of title 44.
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(a) In consultation with the Under Secretary Transportation for Policy, the Assistant Secretaries of the Department, and the heads of the operating administrations of the Department, the Director shall establish and maintain a transportation database for all modes of transportation.
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(b) The Director shall publicize, facilitate, and promote access to the information products and services described in subsection (a), to improve the ability of the transportation community to share information and the ability of the Director to make statistics and other information readily accessible as required under section 6302(b)(3)(B)(x).
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(3) Any amounts received by the Library as payment for library products and services or other activities shall be made available to the Director to carry out this section, deposited in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation’s general fund account, and remain available until expended.
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(a) The Director shall establish and consult with an advisory council on transportation statistics.
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(b) The advisory council established under this section shall advise the Director on—(1) the quality, reliability, consistency, objectivity, and relevance of transportation statistics and analyses collected, supported, or disseminated by the Bureau and the Department; and(2) methods to encourage cooperation and interoperability of transportation data collected by the Bureau, the operating administrations of the Department, States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities.
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(1) The advisory council shall be composed of not fewer than 9 and not more than 11 members appointed by the Director.
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(2) In selecting members for the advisory council, the Director shall appoint individuals who—(A) are not officers or employees of the United States;(B) possess expertise in—(i) transportation data collection, analysis, or application;(ii) economics; or(iii) transportation safety; and(C) represent a cross section of transportation stakeholders, to the greatest extent possible.
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To ensure that all transportation statistical collection, analysis, and dissemination is carried out in a coordinated manner, the Director may—
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(4) request such information, data, and reports from any Federal agency as the Director determines necessary to carry out this chapter;
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(6) confer and cooperate with Federal statistical agencies as the Director determines necessary to carry out this chapter, including by entering into cooperative data sharing agreements in conformity with all laws and regulations applicable to the disclosure and use of data.
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a Federal agency requested to furnish information, data, or reports by the Director under section 6302(b)(3)(B) shall provide the information to the Director.
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(C) permit anyone other than an individual authorized by the Director to examine any individual report provided under section 6302(b)(3)(B) or section 6314(b).
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(A) No department, bureau, agency, officer, or employee of the United States (except the Director in carrying out this chapter) may require, for any reason, a copy of any report that has been filed under section 6302(b)(3)(B) or section 6314(b) with the Bureau or retained by an individual respondent.
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(3) If the Bureau is authorized by statute to collect data or information for a nonstatistical purpose, the Director shall clearly distinguish the collection of the data or information, by rule and on the collection instrument, in a manner that informs the respondent who is requested or required to supply the data or information of the nonstatistical purpose.
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(c) The Director shall be provided access to any transportation and transportation-related information in the possession of any Federal agency, except—(1) information that is expressly prohibited by law from being disclosed to another Federal agency; or(2) information that the agency possessing the information determines could not be disclosed without significantly impairing the discharge of authorities and responsibilities which have been delegated to, or vested by law, in such agency.
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(a) The Director shall develop and maintain a national transportation atlas database that is comprised of geospatial databases that depict—(1) transportation networks;(2) flows of people, goods, vehicles, and craft over the transportation networks; and(3) social, economic, and environmental conditions that affect or are affected by the transportation networks.
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The Director shall submit to the President and Congress a transportation statistics annual report, which shall include—
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(1) information on the progress of the Director in carrying out the duties described in section 6302(b)(3)(B);
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(3) any recommendations of the Director for improving transportation statistical information.
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(1) An owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the person in charge of a freight corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or organization described in paragraph (2) shall be fined in accordance with subsection (b) if that individual neglects or refuses, when requested by the Director or other authorized officer, employee, or contractor of the Bureau to submit data under section 6302(b)(3)(B)—(A) to answer completely and correctly to the best knowledge of that individual all questions relating to the corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or other organization; or(B) to make available records or statistics in the official custody of the individual.
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(a) The Director shall establish, on behalf of the Secretary, a port performance statistics program to provide nationally consistent measures of performance of, at a minimum—(1) the Nation’s top 25 ports by tonnage;(2) the Nation’s top 25 ports by 20-foot equivalent unit; and(3) the Nation’s top 25 ports by dry bulk.
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(1) Not later than January 15 of each year, the Director shall submit an annual report to Congress that includes statistics on capacity and throughput at the ports described in subsection (a).
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(2) The Director shall collect port performance measures for each of the United States ports referred to in subsection (a) that—(A) receives Federal assistance; or(B) is subject to Federal regulation to submit necessary information to the Bureau that includes statistics on capacity and throughput as applicable to the specific configuration of the port.
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(1) The Director shall obtain recommendations for—(A) port performance measures, including specifications and data measurements to be used in the program established under subsection (a); and(B) a process for the Department to collect timely and consistent data, including identifying safeguards to protect proprietary information described in subsection (b)(2).
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(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Transportation for Tomorrow Act of 2015, the Director shall commission a working group composed of—(A) operating administrations of the Department;(B) the Coast Guard;(C) the Federal Maritime Commission;(D) U.S. Customs and Border Protection;(E) the Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council;(F) the Army Corps of Engineers;(G) the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation;(H) the Bureau of Labor Statistics;(I) the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health;(J) the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness;(K) 1 representative from the rail industry;(L) 1 representative from the trucking industry;(M) 1 representative from the maritime shipping industry;(N) 1 representative from a labor organization for each industry described in subparagraphs (K) through (M);(O) 1 representative from the International Longshoremen’s Association;(P) 1 representative from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union;(Q) 1 representative from a port authority;(R) 1 representative from a terminal operator;(S) representatives of the National Freight Advisory Committee of the Department; and(T) representatives of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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(3) Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Transportation for Tomorrow Act of 2015, the working group commissioned under paragraph (2) shall submit its recommendations to the Director.
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(d) The Director shall ensure that—(1) the statistics compiled under this section—(A) are readily accessible to the public; and(B) are consistent with applicable security constraints and confidentiality interests; and(2) the data acquired, regardless of source, shall be protected in accordance with section 3572 of title 44.
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(1) The term “Director” means the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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(d) The Secretary, in consultation with the Undersecretary and the Director, shall establish a process for determining criteria for awarding grants under the program, subject to subsection (e).
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(e) The Secretary, in consultation with the Undersecretary and the Director, shall establish procedures to prioritize awarding grants under the program to—(1) projects that would improve fish passage for—(A) anadromous fish stocks listed as an endangered species or a threatened species under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533);(B) anadromous fish stocks identified by the Undersecretary or the Director that could reasonably become listed as an endangered species or a threatened species under that section;(C) anadromous fish stocks identified by the Undersecretary or the Director as prey for endangered species, threatened species, or protected species, including Southern resident orcas (Orcinus orcas); or(D) anadromous fish stocks identified by the Undersecretary or the Director as climate resilient stocks; and(2) projects that would open up more than 200 meters of upstream habitat before the end of the natural habitat.
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(B) anadromous fish stocks identified by the Undersecretary or the Director that could reasonably become listed as an endangered species or a threatened species under that section;
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(C) anadromous fish stocks identified by the Undersecretary or the Director as prey for endangered species, threatened species, or protected species, including Southern resident orcas (Orcinus orcas); or
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(D) anadromous fish stocks identified by the Undersecretary or the Director as climate resilient stocks; and
Citations to §6301(4)
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In this chapter, “civic and cultural activities” includes libraries, musical and dramatic presentations, art exhibits, adult education programs, public meeting places, and other facilities for carrying on an activity any part of which is supported under a law of the United States.
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(a) To support the information management and decisionmaking needs of transportation officials at the Federal, State, and local levels, there is established in the Bureau a National Transportation Library which shall—(1) be headed by an individual who is highly qualified in library and information science;(2) acquire, preserve, and manage transportation information and information products and services for use by the Department, other Federal agencies, and the general public;(3) provide reference and research assistance;(4) serve as a central depository for research results and technical publications of the Department;(5) provide a central clearinghouse for transportation data and information of the Federal Government;(6) serve as coordinator and policy lead for transportation information access;(7) provide transportation information and information products and services to—(A) the Department;(B) other Federal agencies;(C) public and private organizations; and(D) individuals, within the United States and internationally;(8) coordinate efforts among, and cooperate with, transportation libraries, information providers, and technical assistance centers, in conjunction with private industry and other transportation library and information centers, with the goal of developing a comprehensive transportation information and knowledge network that supports the activities described in section 6302(b)(3)(B)(vi); and
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(1) be headed by an individual who is highly qualified in library and information science;
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(8) coordinate efforts among, and cooperate with, transportation libraries, information providers, and technical assistance centers, in conjunction with private industry and other transportation library and information centers, with the goal of developing a comprehensive transportation information and knowledge network that supports the activities described in section 6302(b)(3)(B)(vi); and
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(2) The Library may initiate and support specific information and data management, access, and exchange activities in connection with matters relating to the Department’s strategic goals, knowledge networking, and national and international cooperation, by entering into contracts or other agreements or awarding grants for the conduct of such activities.
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(3) Any amounts received by the Library as payment for library products and services or other activities shall be made available to the Director to carry out this section, deposited in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation’s general fund account, and remain available until expended.
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(4) development of electronic clearinghouses of transportation data and related information, as part of the Library; and