[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 354 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 354

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish the National 
 Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program to complete an advanced 
        transportation simulation model, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 2003

 Mr. Bingaman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish the National 
 Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program to complete an advanced 
        transportation simulation model, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Transportation Modeling and 
Analysis Program Establishment Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Advanced model.--The term ``advanced model'' means the 
        advanced transportation simulation model developed under the 
        National Transportation Network and Analysis Capability 
        Program.
            (2) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the National 
        Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program established under 
        section 3.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Transportation.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.

    The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a program, to be 
known as the ``National Transportation Modeling and Analysis 
Program''--
            (1) to complete the advanced model; and
            (2) to support early deployment of computer software and 
        graphics packages for the advanced model to agencies of the 
        Federal Government and to States for national, regional, or 
        statewide transportation planning.

SEC. 4. SCOPE OF PROGRAM.

    The Program shall provide for a simulation of the national 
transportation infrastructure as a single, integrated system that--
            (1) incorporates models of--
                    (A) each major transportation mode, including--
                            (i) highways;
                            (ii) air traffic;
                            (iii) railways;
                            (iv) inland waterways;
                            (v) seaports;
                            (vi) pipelines; and
                            (vii) other intermodal connections; and
                    (B) passenger traffic and freight traffic;
            (2) is resolved to the level of individual transportation 
        vehicles, including trucks, trains, vessels, and aircraft;
            (3) relates traffic flows to issues of economics, the 
        environment, national security, energy, and safety;
            (4) analyzes the effect on the United States transportation 
        system of Mexican and Canadian trucks operating in the United 
        States; and
            (5) examines the effects of various security procedures and 
        regulations on cargo flow at ports of entry.

SEC. 5. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

    Under the Program, the Secretary shall--
            (1) complete the advanced model;
            (2) develop user-friendly advanced transportation modeling 
        computer software and graphics packages;
            (3) provide training and technical assistance with respect 
        to the implementation and application of the advanced model to 
        Federal agencies and to States for use in national, regional, 
        or statewide transportation planning; and
            (4) allocate funds to not more than 3 entities described in 
        paragraph (3), representing diverse applications and geographic 
        regions, to carry out pilot programs to demonstrate use of the 
        advanced model for national, regional, or statewide 
        transportation planning.

SEC. 6. FUNDING.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out 
this Act--
            (1) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            (2) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            (3) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
            (4) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            (5) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
            (6) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
    (b) Allocation of Funds.--
            (1) Fiscal years 2004 and 2005.--For each of fiscal years 
        2004 and 2005, 100 percent of the funds made available under 
        subsection (a) shall be used to carry out activities described 
        in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 5.
            (2) Fiscal years 2006 through 2009.--For each of fiscal 
        years 2006 through 2009, not more than 50 percent of the funds 
        made available under subsection (a) may be used to carry out 
        activities described in section 5(4).
    (c) Contract Authority.--Funds authorized under this section shall 
be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were 
apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except 
that the Federal share of the cost of--
            (1) any activity described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of 
        section 5 shall be 100 percent; and
            (2) any activity described in section 5(4) shall not exceed 
        80 percent.
    (d) Availability of Funds.--Funds made available under this section 
shall be available to the Secretary through the Transportation 
Planning, Research, and Development Account of the Office of the 
Secretary of Transportation.
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