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 PUBLIC LAW 100-17—APR. 2, 1987

101 STAT. 231

"(5) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—No grant may be made under this section in any fiscal year unless the recipient of such grant enters into such agreements with the Secretary as the Secretary may require to ensure that such recipient will maintain its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for establishing and operating a regional transportation center and related research activities at or above the average level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding the date of enactment of this subsection. "(6) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a grant under this subsection shall be 50 percent of the costs of establishing and operating the regional transportation center and related research activities carried out by the grant recipient. "(7) NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.— "(A) ESTABLISHMENT; FUNCTIONS.—The Secretary shall


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establish in the Department of Transportation a national advisory council to coordinate the research and training to be carried out by the grant recipients, to disseminate the results of such research, to act as a clearinghouse between such centers and the transportation industry, and to review and evaluate programs carried out by such centers. "(B) MEMBERS.—The council shall be composed of the

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directors of the regional transportation centers and 19 -•'^'^^iother members appointed by the Secretary as follows: ?aa "(i) Six officers of the Department of Transportation one of whom represents the Office of the Secretary, one \iim- s i. of whom represents the Federal Highway Administration, one of whom represents the Urban Mass Sill riii^j Transportation Administration, one of whom repj resents the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis'tufii^m^ tration, one of whom represents the Research and Special Programs Administration, and one of whom i ii 5 t represents the Federal Railroad Administration. ,^, "(ii) Five representatives of State and local ^tOJ6governments. !_, "(iii) Eight representatives of the transportation industry, including private providers of public transpor5,, tation services, and organizations of employees in such 'la^^ industry. A vacancy in the membership of the council shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was gj SK, made. "(C) TERM OF OFFICE; PAY; CHAIRMAN.—Each of the mem<.'ji>.' bers appointed by the Secretary shall serve without pay. ~f The chairman of the council shall be designated by the Secretary. s "(D) MEETINGS.—The council shall meet at least annually i and at such other times as the chairman may designate. "(E) AGENCY INFORMATION.—Subject to subchapter II of I chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, the council may 5 USC 551 et seq. 6 secure directly from any department or agency of the ^ f ^ United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this subsection. Upon request of the chairman of the £ * council, the head of such department or agency shall furnish such information to the council.

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