(a)
(1)
(2)
(A) Federal Highway Administration, State, and local transportation agency employees and the employees of any other applicable Federal agency;
(B) regional, State, and metropolitan planning organizations;
(C) State and local police, public safety, and motor vehicle employees; and
(D) United States citizens and foreign nationals engaged or to be engaged in surface transportation work of interest to the United States.
(3)
(A)
(i) develop or update existing courses in asset management, including courses that include such components as—
(I) the determination of life-cycle costs;
(II) the valuation of assets;
(III) benefit-to-cost ratio calculations; and
(IV) objective decisionmaking processes for project selection; and
(ii) continually develop courses relating to the application of emerging technologies for—
(I) transportation infrastructure applications and asset management;
(II) intelligent transportation systems;
(III) operations (including security operations);
(IV) the collection and archiving of data;
(V) reducing the amount of time required for the planning and development of transportation projects; and
(VI) the intermodal movement of individuals and freight.
(B)
(C)
(i) review the course inventory of the Institute; and
(ii) revise or cease to offer courses based on course content, applicability, and need.
(4)
(5)
(A)
(i) by the Secretary at no cost to the States and local governments if the Secretary determines that provision at no cost is in the public interest; or
(ii) by the State through grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts with public and private agencies, institutions, individuals, and the Institute.
(B)
(6)
(A) engage in training activities authorized under this subsection, including the granting of training fellowships; and
(B) carry out its authority independently or in cooperation with any other branch of the Federal Government or any State agency, authority, association, institution, for-profit or nonprofit corporation, other national or international entity, or other person.
(7)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(i) persons and entities for whom education or training programs are developed or administered under this subsection; and
(ii) persons and entities to whom education or training is provided under this subsection.
(D)
(E)
(8)
(b)
(1)
(A) highway and transportation agencies in urbanized and rural areas;
(B) contractors that perform work for the agencies; and
(C) infrastructure security staff.
(2)
(A) assist rural, local transportation agencies and tribal governments, and the consultants and construction personnel working for the agencies and governments, to—
(i) develop and expand expertise in road and transportation areas (including pavement, bridge, concrete structures, intermodal connections, safety management systems, intelligent transportation systems, incident response, operations, and traffic safety countermeasures);
(ii) improve roads and bridges;
(iii) enhance—
(I) programs for the movement of passengers and freight; and
(II) intergovernmental transportation planning and project selection; and
(iv) deal effectively with special transportation-related problems by preparing and providing training packages, manuals, guidelines, and technical resource materials;
(B) develop technical assistance for tourism and recreational travel;
(C) identify, package, and deliver transportation technology and traffic safety information to local jurisdictions to assist urban transportation agencies in developing and expanding their ability to deal effectively with transportation-related problems (particularly the promotion of regional cooperation);
(D) operate, in cooperation with State transportation departments and universities—
(i) local technical assistance program centers designated to provide transportation technology transfer services to rural areas and to urbanized areas; and
(ii) local technical assistance program centers designated to provide transportation technical assistance to tribal governments; and
(E) allow local transportation agencies and tribal governments, in cooperation with the private sector, to enhance new technology implementation.
(3)
(A)
(i)
(ii)
(B)
(c)
(1)
(2)
(A)
(B)
(d)
(1)
(2)
(A) internships that offer students experience in the transportation field;
(B) programs that allow students to spend time observing scientists and engineers in the transportation field; and
(C) developing relevant curriculum that uses examples and problems related to transportation.
(3)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(4)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(e)
(1)
(A) tuition and direct educational expenses, excluding salaries, in connection with the education and training of employees of State and local transportation agencies;
(B) employee professional development;
(C) student internships;
(D) pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, and career opportunities for on-the-job training;
(E) university, college, community college, or vocational school support;
(F) education activities, including outreach, to develop interest and promote participation in surface transportation careers;
(G) activities associated with workforce training and employment services, such as targeted outreach and partnerships with industry, economic development organizations, workforce development boards, and labor organizations;
(H) activities carried out by the National Highway Institute under subsection (a); and
(I) local technical assistance programs under subsection (b).
(2)
(3)
(A) activities for women and minorities;
(B) activities that address current workforce gaps, such as work on construction projects, of State and local transportation agencies;
(C) activities to develop a robust surface transportation workforce with new skills resulting from emerging transportation technologies; and
(D) activities to attract new sources of job-creating investment.
(f)
(1)
(A) to develop, test, and review new curricula and education programs to train individuals at all levels of the transportation workforce; or
(B) to implement the new curricula and education programs to provide for hands-on career opportunities to meet current and future needs.
(2)
(A) the degree to which the new curricula or education program meets the specific current or future needs of a segment of the transportation industry, States, or regions;
(B) providing for practical experience and on-the-job training;
(C) proposals oriented toward practitioners in the field rather than the support and growth of the research community;
(D) the degree to which the new curricula or program will provide training in areas other than engineering, such as business administration, economics, information technology, environmental science, and law;
(E) programs or curricula that train professionals for work in the transportation field, such as construction, materials, information technology, environmental science, urban planning, and industrial or emerging technology; and
(F) the commitment of industry or a State's department of transportation to the program.
(3)
(A) the percentage or number of program participants that are employed during the second quarter after exiting the program;
(B) the percentage or number of program participants that are employed during the fourth quarter after exiting the program;
(C) the median earnings of program participants that are employed during the second quarter after exiting the program;
(D) the percentage or number of program participants that obtain a recognized postsecondary credential or a secondary school diploma (or a recognized equivalent) during participation in the program or by not later than 1 year after exiting the program; and
(E) the percentage or number of program participants that, during a program year—
(i) are in an education or training program that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential or employment; and
(ii) are achieving measurable skill gains toward such a credential or employment.
(4)
(g)
(1)
(A) better target investments in freight transportation systems to maintain efficiency and productivity; and
(B) strengthen the decisionmaking capacity of State transportation departments and local transportation agencies with respect to freight transportation planning and systems.
(2)
(3)
(4)
(A) The identification and dissemination of best practices in freight transportation.
(B) Providing opportunities for freight transportation staff to engage in peer exchange.
(C) Refinement of data and analysis tools used in conjunction with assessing freight transportation needs.
(D) Technical assistance to State transportation departments and local transportation agencies reorganizing to address freight transportation issues.
(E) Facilitating relationship building between governmental and private entities involved in freight transportation.
(F) Identifying ways to target the capacity of State transportation departments and local transportation agencies to address freight considerations in operations, security, asset management, and environmental stewardship in connection with long-range multimodal transportation planning and project implementation.
(5)
(6)
(h)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(A)
(B)
(i) is submitted to the Secretary at such time as the Secretary requires; and
(ii) describes—
(I) the activities to be undertaken by the center; and
(II) how the work of the center will be coordinated with the activities of the Federal Highway Administration and the various other research, development, and technology transfer activities authorized under this chapter.
(i)
(1) the activities are authorized by another provision of this title; and
(2) the activities are for entities other than employees of the Secretary, such as States, units of local government, Federal land management agencies, and Tribal governments.
(Added Pub. L. 105–178, title V, §5104, June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 429; amended Pub. L. 109–59, title V, §5204(a)(1), (b), (d)(1), (e), (h)(1), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1790, 1792–1794; Pub. L. 112–141, div. E, title II, §52004, July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 880; Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title I, §1109(c)(4), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1343; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, §9215(vvv), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2191; Pub. L. 117–58, div. A, title I, §11525(s), title III, §13007, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 608, 639.)
Section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (d)(4)(B), (C), is classified to section 7801 of Title 20, Education.
A prior section 504, added Pub. L. 90–495, §30, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 831, related to Federal reimbursement for highway relocation assistance, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91–646, title II, §220(a)(10), Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1903.
2021—Subsec. (e)(1)(D). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(a)(1)(B), added subpar. (D). Former subpar. (D) redesignated (E).
Subsec. (e)(1)(E). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(a)(1)(A), (C), redesignated subpar. (D) as (E) and substituted ", college, community college, or vocational school" for "or community college". Former subpar. (E) redesignated (F).
Subsec. (e)(1)(F) to (I). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(a)(1)(A), (D), added subpar. (G) and redesignated former subpars. (E) to (G) as (F), (H), and (I), respectively.
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(a)(2), substituted "paragraph (1)(I)" for "paragraph (1)(G)".
Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(a)(3), inserted dash after "including" and subpar. (A) designation before "activities" and added subpars. (B) to (D).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(b)(1), substituted "and Training Development and Deployment" for "Development" in heading.
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(b)(2), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary shall establish a program to make grants to institutions of higher education that, in partnership with industry or State departments of transportation, will develop, test, and revise new curricula and education programs to train individuals at all levels of the transportation workforce."
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(b)(3)(A), substituted "may" for "shall" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (f)(2)(A). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(b)(3)(B), inserted "current or future" after "specific".
Subsec. (f)(2)(E). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(b)(3)(C), struck out "in nontraditional departments" after "curricula" and inserted "construction," after "such as" and "or emerging" after "industrial".
Subsec. (f)(3), (4). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(b)(4), (5), added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).
Subsec. (g)(6). Pub. L. 117–58, §11525(s), substituted "make grants to" for "make grants or to".
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 117–58, §13007(c), added subsec. (i).
2015—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 114–94 substituted "104(b)(2)" for "104(b)(3)" and "surface transportation block grant program" for "surface transportation program".
Subsec. (d)(4)(B), (C). Pub. L. 114–95 substituted "section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965" for "section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)".
2012—Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 112–141, §52004(1)(A), inserted "and the employees of any other applicable Federal agency" before the semicolon at end.
Subsec. (a)(3)(A)(ii)(V). Pub. L. 112–141, §52004(1)(B), substituted "reducing the amount of time required for" for "expediting".
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 112–141, §52004(2), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out by the tribal technical assistance centers under paragraph (2)(D)(ii) shall be 100 percent."
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 112–141, §52004(3), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted subpar. heading, substituted ", which program" for ". The program", and added subpar. (B).
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 112–141, §52004(4)(A)(i), substituted "paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 104(b)" for "sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), 104(b)(4), and 144(e)" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (e)(1)(F), (G). Pub. L. 112–141, §52004(4)(A)(ii)–(iv), added subpars. (F) and (G).
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 112–141, §52004(4)(B), inserted ", except for activities carried out under paragraph (1)(G), for which the Federal share shall be 50 percent" before the period at end.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 112–141, §52004(5), struck out "
Subsec. (g)(4)(F). Pub. L. 112–141, §52004(6), substituted "stewardship" for "excellence".
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 112–141, §52004(7), added subsec. (h).
2005—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 109–59, §5204(a)(1), reenacted heading without change and amended text of par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Institute may develop and administer courses in modern developments, techniques, methods, regulations, management, and procedures relating to surface transportation, environmental mitigation and compliance, acquisition of rights-of-way, relocation assistance, engineering, safety, construction, maintenance and operations, contract administration, motor carrier safety activities, inspection, and highway finance."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–59, §5204(b), reenacted heading without change and amended text of subsec. (b) generally, substituting provisions relating to authority to carry out a local technical assistance program, authority to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts, and Federal share of the cost of activities carried out by tribal technical assistance centers, consisting of pars. (1) to (3), for provisions relating to authority to carry out a local technical assistance program and authority to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts, consisting of pars. (1) and (2).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–59, §5204(d)(1), added subsec. (d).
Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 109–59, §5204(e), added subsecs. (e) and (f).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 109–59, §5204(h)(1), added subsec. (g).
Amendment by Pub. L. 117–58 effective Oct. 1, 2021, see section 10003 of Pub. L. 117–58, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.
Amendment by Pub. L. 114–94 effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as a note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–141 effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.
Pub. L. 109–59, title V, §5504, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1822, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) provide training, information, and professional resources for small metropolitan and rural regions to pursue innovative strategies to expand the capabilities, capacity, and effectiveness of a region's transportation network, including activities related to freight projects, transit system upgrades, roadways and bridges, and intermodal transfer facilities and operations;
"(2) assist local officials, rural transportation and economic development planners, officials from State departments of transportation and economic development, business leaders, and other stakeholders in developing public-private partnerships to enhance their transportation systems; and
"(3) promote the leveraging of regional transportation planning with regional economic and business development planning to assure that appropriate transportation systems are created.
"(c)
"(d)
"(1)
"(2)
Pub. L. 109–59, title V, §5505, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1822, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(b)
"(c)