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PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish an Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on carrying out this subtitle. (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee shall have no more than 20 members, be balanced between metropolitan and rural interests, and include, at a minimum— (A) a representative from a State highway department; (B) a representative from a local highway department who is not from a metropolitan planning organization; (C) a representative from a State, local, or regional transit agency; (D) a representative from a metropolitan planning organization; (E) a private sector user of intelligent transportation system technologies; (F) an academic researcher with expertise in computer science or another information science field related to intelligent transportation systems, and who is not an expert on transportation issues; (G) an academic researcher who is a civil engineer; (H) an academic researcher who is a social scientist with expertise in transportation issues; (I) a representative from a nonprofit group representing the intelligent transportation system industry; (J) a representative from a public interest group concerned with safety; (K) a representative from a public interest group concerned with the impact of the transportation system on land use and residential patterns; and (L) members with expertise in planning, safety, and operations. (3) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall, at a minimum, perform the following duties: (A) Provide input into the development of the Intelligent Transportation System aspects of the strategic plan under section 508 of title 23, United States Code. (B) Review, at least annually, areas of intelligent transportation systems research being considered for funding by the Department, to determine— (i) whether these activities are likely to advance either the state-of-the-practice or state-of-the-art in intelligent transportation systems; (ii) whether the intelligent transportation system technologies are likely to be deployed by users, and if not, to determine the barriers to deployment; and (iii) the appropriate roles for government and the private sector in investing in the research and technologies being considered. (4) REPORT.—Not later than February 1 of each year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a report including— (A) all recommendations made by the Advisory Committee during the preceding calendar year; (B) an explanation of how the Secretary has implemented those recommendations; and (C) for recommendations not implemented, the reasons for rejecting the recommendations.

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