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 112 STAT. 456 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-^JUNE 9, 1998 23 USC 502 note. SEC. 5206. NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND STANDARDS. (a) IN GENERAL. — (1) DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND MAINTENANCE.— Consistent with section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note; 110 Stat. 783), the Secretary shall develop, implement, and maintain a national architecture and supporting standards and protocols to promote the widespread use and evaluation of intelligent transportation system technology as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States. (2) INTEROPERABILITY AND EFFICIENCY.— To the maximum extent practicable, the national architecture shall promote interoperability among, and efficiency of, intelligent transportation system technologies implemented throughout the United States. (3) USE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. — In carrying out this section, the Secretary may use the services of such standards development organizations as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. (b) REPORT ON CRITICAL STANDARDS.— Not later than June 1, 1999, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives identifying which standards are critical to ensuring national interoperability or critical to the development of other standards and specifying the status of the development of each standard identified. (c) PROVISIONAL STANDARDS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— I f the Secretary finds that the development or balloting of an intelligent transportation system standard jeopardizes the timely achievement of the objectives identified in subsection (a), the Secretary may establish a provisional standard after consultation with affected parties, and using, to the extent practicable, the work product of appropriate standards development organizations. (2) CRITICAL STANDARDS.— If a standard identified as critical in the report under subsection (b) is not adopted and published by the appropriate standards development organization by January 1, 2001, the Secretary shall establish a provisional standard after consultation with affected parties, and using, to the extent practicable, the work product of appropriate standards development organizations. Federal Register, (3) PERIOD OF EFFECTIVENESS.— A provisional standard publication. established under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be published in the Federal Register and remain in effect until the appropriate standards development organization adopts and publishes a standard. (d) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH PROVISIONAL STANDARD. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary may waive the requirement under subsection (c)(2) to establish a provisional standard if the Secretary determines that additional time would be productive or that establishment of a provisional standard would be counterproductive to achieving the timely achievement of the objectives identified in subsection (a). Federal Register, (2) NOTICE. —The Secretary shall publish in the Federal publication. Register a notice describing each standard for which a waiver

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