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 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

119 STAT. 1809

(5) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— The Advisory Committee shall be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). (i) REPORTING.— (1) GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue guidelines and requirements for the reporting and evaluation of operational tests and deployment projects carried out under this subtitle. (B) OBJECTIVITY AND INDEPENDENCE.—The guidelines and requirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall include provisions to ensure the objectivity and independence of the reporting entity so as to avoid any real or apparent conflict of interest or potential influence on the outcome by parties to any such test or deployment project or by any other formal evaluation carried out under this subtitle. (C) FUNDING.—The guidelines and requirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall establish reporting funding levels based on the size and scope of each test or project that ensure adequate reporting of the results of the test or project. (2) SPECIAL RULE.—Any survey, questionnaire, or interview that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the reporting of any test, deployment project, or program assessment activity under this subtitle shall not be subject to chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code. SEC. 5306. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

23 USC 512 note.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a comprehensive program of intelligent transportation system research, development, and operational tests of intelligent vehicles and intelligent infrastructure systems and other similar activities that are necessary to carry out this subtitle. (b) PRIORITY AREAS.—Under the program, the Secretary shall give higher priority to funding projects that— (1) enhance mobility and productivity through improved traffic management, incident management, transit management, freight management, road weather management, toll collection, traveler information, or highway operations systems and remote sensing products; (2) utilize interdisciplinary approaches to develop traffic management strategies and tools to address multiple impacts of congestion concurrently; (3) address traffic management, incident management, transit management, toll collection traveler information, or highway operations systems with goals of— (A) reducing metropolitan congestion by not less than 5 percent by 2010; (B) ensuring that a national, interoperable 5–1–1 system, along with a national traffic information system that includes a user-friendly, comprehensive website, is fully implemented for use by travelers throughout the United States by September 30, 2010; and (C)(i) improving incident management response, particularly in rural areas, so that rural emergency

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