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[CITE: 49USC5503]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
                  CHAPTER 55--INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 5503. Office of Intermodalism

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation shall establish 
in the Office of the Secretary an Office of Intermodalism.
    (b) Director.--The head of the Office is a Director who shall be 
appointed by the Secretary.
    (c) Duties and Powers.--The Director shall carry out the duties of 
the Secretary described in section 301(3) of this title.
    (d) Research.--The Director shall--
        (1) coordinate United States Government research on intermodal 
    transportation as provided in the plan developed under section 
    6009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
    1991 (Public Law 102-240, 105 Stat. 2177); and
        (2) carry out additional research needs identified by the 
    Director.

    (e) Technical Assistance.--The Director shall provide technical 
assistance to States and to metropolitan planning organizations for 
urban areas having a population of at least 1,000,000 in collecting data 
related to intermodal transportation to facilitate the collection of the 
data by States and metropolitan planning organizations.
    (f) Administrative and Clerical Support.--The Director shall provide 
administrative and clerical support to the Intermodal Transportation 
Advisory Board.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 850; Pub. L. 105-
178, title V, Sec. 5109(b), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 440.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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5503..................................  49:301 (note).                   Dec. 1
8, 1991, Pub. L. 102-240, Sec.
                                                                          5002(
c), 105 Stat. 2158.
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                       References in Text

    Section 6009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), is section 6009(b) of Pub. 
L. 102-240, which is set out as a note under section 508 of Title 23, 
Highways.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsecs. (d) to (g). Pub. L. 105-178 redesignated subsecs. (e) 
to (g) as (d) to (f), respectively, and struck out heading and text of 
former subsec. (d). Text read as follows:
    ``(1) The Director shall develop, maintain, and disseminate 
intermodal transportation data through the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics. The Director shall coordinate the collection of data for the 
data base with the States and metropolitan planning organizations. The 
data base shall include information on--
        ``(A) the volume of property and number of individuals carried 
    in intermodal transportation by relevant classification;
        ``(B) patterns of movement of property and individuals in 
    intermodal transportation by relevant classification by origin and 
    destination; and
        ``(C) public and private investment in intermodal transportation 
    facilities and services.
    ``(2) The Director shall make information from the data base 
available to the public.''
