[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4151 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4151

 To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in communities, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2017

Mrs. Comstock (for herself and Ms. Esty of Connecticut) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, 
   and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in communities, 
                        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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Smart Technology 
for Resilient, Efficient, Economic and Reliable Transportation in 
Cities and Communities Act'' or the ``STREET Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purpose.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Smart city and community transportation resource guide.
Sec. 5. Smart Cities Challenge Grant Extension Program.
Sec. 6. GAO study.
Sec. 7. Standards and interoperability framework.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to promote smart technologies and 
systems to reduce transportation costs, traffic congestion, air 
pollution, energy use, and carbon emissions for communities of all 
sizes by--
            (1) creating a smart city and community transportation 
        resource guide in order to increase equity;
            (2) promoting the quality and performance of smart city or 
        community transportation technologies while protecting--
                    (A) the security of data and systems; and
                    (B) privacy; and
            (3) providing assistance to local governments interested in 
        implementing smart city or community transportation 
        technologies.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Data.--The term ``data'' includes information and 
        images.
            (2) Medium-sized city.--The term ``medium-sized city'' 
        means a beneficiary city with a population between 200,000 and 
        850,000, according to the Census Bureau's most recent annual 
        estimates of resident population.
            (3) Rural area.--The term ``rural area'' means a 
        beneficiary jurisdiction with a population between 10,000 and 
        75,000 people, not located within an urbanized area or cluster, 
        according to the Census Bureau's most recent annual estimates 
        of resident population.
            (4) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means the 
        Secretary, acting in coordination with--
                    (A) the Secretary of Energy;
                    (B) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; 
                and
                    (C) the Director of the National Science 
                Foundation.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Transportation.
            (6) Small city.--The term ``small city'' means a 
        beneficiary city with a population between 75,000 and 200,000, 
        according to the Census Bureau's most recent annual estimates 
        of resident population.
            (7) Smart city or community.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``smart city or 
                community'' means a community in which innovative, 
                advanced, secure, and reliable information and 
                communication technologies and related mechanisms are 
                applied--
                            (i) to improve the quality of life for 
                        residents;
                            (ii) to reduce resource consumption by 
                        increasing the efficiency and cost 
                        effectiveness of civic operations and services;
                            (iii) to promote economic growth; and
                            (iv) to create a community that is safer 
                        and more secure, sustainable, resilient, 
                        livable, and workable.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``smart city or 
                community'' includes a local jurisdiction that--
                            (i) gathers and incorporates data from 
                        systems, devices, and sensors embedded in civic 
                        systems and infrastructure to improve the 
                        effectiveness and efficiency of civic 
                        operations and services;
                            (ii) aggregates and analyzes gathered data;
                            (iii) communicates the analysis and data in 
                        a variety of formats;
                            (iv) makes corresponding improvements to 
                        civic systems and services based on gathered 
                        data; and
                            (v) integrates measures--
                                    (I) to enhance the resilience of 
                                civic systems against cybersecurity 
                                threats and physical and social 
                                vulnerabilities and breaches;
                                    (II) to protect the private data of 
                                residents; and
                                    (III) to measure the impact of 
                                smart city or community technologies on 
                                the effectiveness and efficiency of 
                                civic operations and services.
            (8) Smart transportation technologies and systems.--The 
        term ``smart transportation technologies and systems'' means 
        technology and systems that provide innovative services in 
        multiple modes of transport and traffic management to enable 
        users to be safer, better coordinated and connected, and better 
        informed. Such systems may also provide data to cities to 
        assist in making effective transportation policy.
            (9) State.--The term ``State'' means--
                    (A) a State;
                    (B) the District of Columbia;
                    (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
                    (D) any other territory or possession of the United 
                States.
            (10) Urban area.--The term ``urban area'' means a census-
        designated urban area with a population of 50,000 residents or 
        more.

SEC. 4. SMART CITY AND COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION RESOURCE GUIDE.

    (a) Publication.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretaries, in coordination with the 
        heads of any other applicable Federal agencies, shall create, 
        publish, and maintain a resource guide designed to assist 
        States, communities, and cities in developing and implementing 
        smart city or community programs.
            (2) Information included.--The Secretaries, in coordination 
        with representatives of States, cities, communities, and 
        industry entities, shall determine what information shall be 
        included in the guide described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Requirements.--The guide published under subsection (a)--
            (1) shall be maintained electronically on a website;
            (2) shall be provided as an electronic reference guide 
        available to the public free of charge; and
            (3) may include--
                    (A) available examples of local governments 
                engaging private sector entities in order to implement 
                smart city or community solutions, including public-
                private partnership models, that could be used to 
                leverage private sector funding and reduce 
                transportation costs;
                    (B) best practices and lessons learned from 
                technology demonstrations, including return on 
                investment and performance information to help cities 
                decide how to initiate integration of smart 
                technologies;
                    (C) voluntary, industry-led, international 
                consensus standards and best practices, in 
                collaboration with the National Institute of Standards 
                and Technology, for safeguarding cybersecurity and 
                appropriate data management and data privacy; and
                    (D) such other topics as are determined to be 
                necessary by the Secretaries.
    (c) Existing Guides.--In creating, publishing, and maintaining the 
guide under subsection (a), the Secretaries shall consider Federal 
guides published before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act 
relating to smart city or community goals, activities, and best 
practices--
            (1) to prevent duplication of efforts by the Federal 
        Government; and
            (2) to leverage existing complementary efforts.

SEC. 5. SMART CITIES CHALLENGE GRANT EXTENSION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 12 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall develop 
and implement an additional round to the Smart Cities Challenge under 
which the Secretary shall provide grants on a competitive basis to 
small- and medium-sized communities to implement smart transportation 
proposals.
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an entity shall be--
            (1) a State or local government;
            (2) a tribal government;
            (3) a transit agency or authority;
            (4) a public toll authority;
            (5) a metropolitan planning organization;
            (6) any other subdivision of a State or local government; 
        or
            (7) a multijurisdictional group applying through a single 
        lead applicant.
    (c) Applications.--An eligible entity seeking a grant under this 
section shall submit to the Secretary an application at the time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require. An eligible entity may only submit 1 application.
    (d) Priority.--In selecting eligible entities to receive grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall prioritize applicants that--
            (1) identify transportation challenges and describe how 
        smart transportation technologies and systems can address such 
        challenges;
            (2) determine what technologies have the most potential to 
        address the challenges identified;
            (3) identify what data may be collected and analyzed using 
        these technologies and how such data would be used to continue 
        to address identified transportation challenges; and
            (4) comply with any other requirements that the Secretary 
        may identify.
    (e) Non-Federal Share.--The non-Federal share of the cost of a 
project for which a grant is awarded under this section shall be a 
minimum of 25 percent of the total cost.
    (f) Amount of Grants.--The amount of a grant awarded under this 
section shall be a minimum of $20,000,000 and a maximum of $40,000,000. 
The total amount of funds awarded under this section shall not exceed 
$100,000,000 for one calendar year.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2022. Additionally, the Secretary may reallocate 
unobligated funds to carry out this section.

SEC. 6. GAO STUDY.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to 
identify--
            (1) financial and procurement mechanisms currently 
        available to public and private entities to fund smart city or 
        community activities and associated demonstration projects, 
        including ``pay for performance'' financing that could deliver 
        measurable and verifiable market and non-market values to smart 
        cities or communities;
            (2) new, innovative financial and procurement mechanisms 
        under development or used experimentally that may be available, 
        in the near term, to public and private entities to fund smart 
        city or community activities and associated demonstration 
        projects;
            (3) barriers to creative financing solutions for those 
        activities and projects, including procurement barriers faced 
        by State and local governments; and
            (4) ways to leverage private sector investments in smart 
        cities and communities.

SEC. 7. STANDARDS AND INTEROPERABILITY FRAMEWORK.

    (a) Participation.--To strengthen the public-private partnership 
approach to smart city- or community-related standards development and 
interoperability, the Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology shall strongly encourage and support participation by 
Federal Government experts in private sector-led standards-related 
activities that convene smart city or community stakeholders, including 
representatives of applicable Federal agencies.
    (b) Activities.--To promote innovation and economic competitiveness 
and to achieve interoperability of smart city or community devices and 
systems, while strengthening the United States approach to private 
sector-led standardization activities and the participation of Federal 
representatives under subsection (a), the Director, in consultation 
with private and public sector stakeholders, shall--
            (1) survey and review domestic and international smart city 
        or community performance standards, existing architectures, 
        applications, and deployments, and interoperability standards;
            (2) make consensus-based recommendations--
                    (A) to identify gaps in the smart city or community 
                performance standards and interoperability standards 
                under paragraph (1);
                    (B) to harmonize existing standards and deployment 
                efforts and enable greater interoperability across 
                smart city or community technologies;
                    (C) to coordinate domestic and international 
                performance standards and interoperability standards to 
                promote uniform performance standards and 
                interoperability standards worldwide, including with 
                respect to the need for testing and demonstration; and
                    (D) for guidelines to enable interoperability in 
                the collection, storage, ownership, and sharing of 
                data;
            (3) based on the recommendations under paragraph (2), 
        develop a consensus-based framework that includes protocols and 
        model standards for information management, including existing 
        guidelines, best practices, and industry consensus standards;
            (4) ensure that cybersecurity and privacy are core elements 
        of the recommended standards and interoperability standards; 
        and
            (5) lead international coordination efforts to develop 
        industry-led, technology-neutral, voluntary, consensus-based 
        global smart city or community performance standards and 
        interoperability standards.
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