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 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

119 STAT. 1839

the Department, States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities. ‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory council established under this subsection shall be composed of not fewer than 9 and not more than 11 members appointed by the Director, who are not officers or employees of the United States. Each member shall have expertise in transportation data collection or analysis or application; except that 1 member shall have expertise in economics, 1 member shall have expertise in statistics, and 1 member shall have experience in transportation safety. At least 1 member shall be a senior official of a State department of transportation. Members shall include representation of a cross-section of transportation community stakeholders. ‘‘(4) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), members of the advisory council shall be appointed to staggered terms not to exceed 3 years. A member may be renominated for 1 additional 3-year term. ‘‘(B) CURRENT MEMBERS.—Members serving on the Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics as of the date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU shall serve until the end of their appointed terms. ‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall apply to the advisory council established under this subsection, except that section 14 of such Act shall not apply.’’.

TITLE VI—TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROJECT DELIVERY SEC. 6001. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 134 and 135 of title 23, United States Code, are amended to read as follows: ‘‘§ 134. Metropolitan transportation planning ‘‘(a) POLICY.—It is in the national interest to— ‘‘(1) encourage and promote the safe and efficient management, operation, and development of surface transportation systems that will serve the mobility needs of people and freight and foster economic growth and development within and between States and urbanized areas, while minimizing transportation-related fuel consumption and air pollution through metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes identified in this chapter; and ‘‘(2) encourage the continued improvement and evolution of the metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes by metropolitan planning organizations, State departments of transportation, and public transit operators as guided by the planning factors identified in subsection (h) and section 135(d). ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 135, the following definitions apply: ‘‘(1) METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA.—The term ‘metropolitan planning area’ means the geographic area determined by agreement between the metropolitan planning organization for the area and the Governor under subsection (e).

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