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[CITE: 49USC5506]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
                  CHAPTER 55--INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 5506. Advanced vehicle technologies program

    (a) Purposes.--The Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with 
other government agencies and private consortia, shall encourage and 
promote the research, development, and deployment of transportation 
technologies that will use technological advances in multimodal 
vehicles, vehicle components, environmental technologies, and related 
infrastructure to remove impediments to an efficient, safe, and cost-
effective national transportation system.
    (b) Definition of Eligible Consortium.--In this section, the term 
``eligible consortium'' means a consortium that receives funding under 
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-396; 
106 Stat. 1876), and that comprises 2 or more of the following entities:
        (1) Businesses incorporated in the United States.
        (2) Public or private educational or research organizations 
    located in the United States.
        (3) Entities of State or local governments in the United States.
        (4) Federal laboratories.

    (c) Program.--The Secretary shall enter into contracts, cooperative 
agreements, and other transactions as authorized by section 2371 of 
title 10 with, and make grants to, eligible consortia to promote the 
development and deployment of innovation in transportation technology 
services, management, and operational practices.
    (d) Eligibility Criteria.--To be eligible to receive assistance 
under this section, an eligible consortium shall--
        (1) for a period of not less than the 3 years preceding the date 
    of a contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction, be 
    organized on a statewide or multistate basis for the purpose of 
    designing, developing, and deploying transportation technologies 
    that address identified technological impediments in the 
    transportation field;
        (2) facilitate the participation in the consortium of small- and 
    medium-sized businesses, utilities, public laboratories and 
    universities, and other relevant entities;
        (3) be actively engaged in transportation technology projects 
    that address compliance in nonattainment areas under the Clean Air 
    Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
        (4) be designed to use Federal and State funding to attract 
    private capital in the form of grants or investments to carry out 
    this section; and
        (5) ensure that at least 50 percent of the funding for the 
    consortium project will be provided by non-Federal sources.

    (e) Proposals.--The Secretary shall prescribe such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for the content 
and structure of proposals submitted for assistance under this section.
    (f) Reporting Requirements.--At least once each year, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate a report on the projects undertaken by the eligible 
consortia and the progress made in advancing the purposes of this 
section.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
        (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
    out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 
    2003, to remain available until expended.
        (2) Availability.--Notwithstanding section 118(a),\1\ funds made 
    available under paragraph (1) shall not be available in advance of 
    an annual appropriation.
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    \1\ So in original. This title does not contain a section 118.
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(Added Pub. L. 105-178, title V, Sec. 5111(a), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 
444.)

                       References in Text

    The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993, referred to in 
subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 102-396, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1876. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
    The Clean Air Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(3), is act July 14, 
1955, ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322, as amended, which is classified generally 
to chapter 85 (Sec. 7401 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and 
Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 7401 of Title 42 and Tables.
