---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 6305"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "6305"
heading: "Advisory council on transportation statistics"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/6305"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — General and Intermodal Programs"
  - "Chapter 63 — Bureau of Transportation Statistics"
---

# §6305. Advisory council on transportation statistics

- (a) **In General.—** The [Director](/usc/49/6301.md?p=3) shall establish and consult with an advisory council on transportation statistics.
- (b) **Function.—** The advisory council established under this section shall advise the [Director](/usc/49/6301.md?p=3) on—
  - (1) the quality, reliability, consistency, objectivity, and relevance of transportation statistics and analyses collected, supported, or disseminated by the [Bureau](/usc/49/6301.md?p=1) and the [Department](/usc/49/6301.md?p=2); and
  - (2) methods to encourage cooperation and interoperability of transportation data collected by the [Bureau](/usc/49/6301.md?p=1), the operating administrations of the [Department](/usc/49/6301.md?p=2), [States](/usc/49/5102.md?p=12), local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities.
- (c) **Membership.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** The advisory council shall be composed of not fewer than 9 and not more than 11 members appointed by the [Director](/usc/49/6301.md?p=3).
  - (2) **Selection.—** In selecting members for the advisory council, the [Director](/usc/49/6301.md?p=3) shall appoint individuals who—
    - (A) are not officers or employees of the [United States](/usc/49/5102.md?p=14);
    - (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.
- (d) **Terms of Appointment.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#d-2), members of the advisory council shall be appointed to staggered terms not to exceed 3 years.
  - (2) **Additional terms.—** A member may be renominated for 1 additional 3-year term.
  - (3) **Current members.—** A member serving on an advisory council on transportation statistics on the day before the date of enactment of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012 shall serve until the end of the appointed term of the member.
- (e) **Applicability of Chapter 10 of Title 5.—** [Chapter 10](/usc/5/chptI/ch10.md) of title 5 shall apply to the advisory council established under this section, except that [section 1013 of title 5](/usc/5/1013.md) shall not apply.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 112–141, div. E, title II, § 52011(a), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 891; amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(304), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4339.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of enactment of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012, referred to in subsec. (d)(3), is the date of enactment of div. E of Pub. L. 112–141, which was approved July 6, 2012.

### Amendments

2022—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “Chapter 10 of Title 5” for “Federal Advisory Committee Act” in heading and “Chapter 10 of title 5 shall apply to the advisory council established under this section, except that section 1013 of title 5” for “The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the advisory council established under this section, except that section 14 of that Act” in text.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.

### Termination of Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics

Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics terminated Oct. 5, 2018, see section 418(g) of Pub. L. 115–254, set out as a note preceding section 42301 of this title.

### Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics

Pub. L. 102–240, title VI, § 6007, Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 2174, required the Director to establish an Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics composed of not more than 6 members to provide advice on the quality of transportation statistics and analysis.