S. 1953 (112th): Research and Innovative Technology Administration Reauthorization Act of 2011

Introduced:
Dec 07, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Status:
Died (Reported by Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on December 14, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Dec 07, 2011
Referred to Committee Dec 07, 2011
Reported by Committee Dec 14, 2011
Cosponsors
1 cosponsors (1D) (show)
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Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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Full Title

A bill to reauthorize the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, to improve transportation research and development, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Nov 13, 2012.
44 pages

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12/7/2011--Introduced.
Research and Innovative Technology Administration Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Revises the National Cooperative Freight Transportation Research program.
Includes as one of the governing elements of the program that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) coordinate research agendas, research project selections, and competitions across all NAS transportation-related cooperative research programs to ensure program efficiency, effectiveness, and sharing of research findings.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Multimodal Innovative Research Program in the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) to support key partnerships between the Department of Transportation (DOT) and other federal agencies in order to leverage their investments in transportation research and technology developments to address transportation problems at modal interfaces or affecting more than one transportation mode.
Requires the Program, moreover, to award contracts or cooperative agreements competitively for advanced multimodal transportation research to facilitate practical innovative approaches to solve transportation problems.
Establishes in RITA the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), headed by a Director. (Actually, BTS was created in 1992 under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act [ISTEA] and later transferred to become part of RITA on February 20, 2005.) Requires the BTS Director to establish a transportation database for all modes of transportation.
Establishes in the BTS a National Transportation Library. Requires the BTS Director to maintain an Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics. Prohibits certain disclosures of statistical transportation information by a BTS officer, employee, or contractor.
Requires the BTS Director to develop a national transportation atlas database composed of geospatial databases.
Subjects to a specified fine an owner or person in charge of any company that neglects, or refuses when requested by the BTS Director, to answer completely all questions relating to the company or to make available company records or statistics.
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the deployment of Gigahertz (GHz) vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications systems.
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive cash prizes to stimulate innovation in research, technology development, and prototype demonstration that have potential for application to the national transportation system.
Revises the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program.
Increases from $250,000 to $500,000 the amount of DOT funds the Secretary may use for each fiscal year to carry out the program on ITS outreach, websites, public relations, displays, tours, and brochures.
Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement incentives to accelerate deployment of ITS technologies and services within all programs funded under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish the National Travel Data Program. Reauthorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY2012-FY2013 for RITA.

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  • 107 Stat. 285

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  • 23 U.S.C. Chapter 1
  • 49 U.S.C. Chapter 1
  • 49 U.S.C. Chapter 3
  • 49 U.S.C. Chapter 55
  • 49 U.S.C. Chapter 63