Surface Transportation Environment & Planning Cooperative Research Program

Surface Transportation Environment & Planning Cooperative Research Program
Current Law	Administration Proposal H.R. 2088 & S. 1072 as Modified SAFETEA of 2003	House H.R. 3 as Passed House TEA-LU	Senate H.R. 3 as Passed Senate SAFETEA of 2005
Section 5107	Section 5202	Section 5203	Section 2101 [507]
No provisions for program governance and administration.	Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences or other organization to support and carry out administrative and management activities related to governance of program.	Requires Secretary to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out administrative and management activities relating to the governance of the program.	Requires the Secretary to administer the program and provide a qualified, permanent core staff with the ability and expertise to manage a large multiyear budget.
No dedicated funding provided.	No dedicated funding requested. Allows DOT discretion to use Surface Transportation Research program funds as seed money.	Funded by set-aside of $15M (2005-2009) from Surface Transportation Research funds.	Establishes a set-aside of $18.8 M/year from Surface Transportation Research funds. [2001(a)(1)(B)]
No funding from other sources.	Allows implementing entity to seek additional funding from public and private sources.	Allows additional funding to be sought from public and private sources.	Does not address additional funding sources.
Surface Transportation Research funds currently require a 20% match unless otherwise determined by the Secretary.	Surface Transportation Research funds require a 20% match unless waived by the Secretary.	No funding match required.	Requires 20% funding match unless otherwise specified or determined by the Secretary.
Required the development of a national research agenda.	Required the implementation of the national research agenda as identified in TRB special report 268. Human Health, Ecology and Natural Systems, Environmental and Socioeconomic Relationships, Emerging Technologies, Planning and Performance Measures and additional priorities identified by the Secretary.	Requires the implementation of the national research agenda identified in TRB special report 268; clarifies contents of research agenda.	Research may address planning and evaluation models, factors contributing to transportation demand, and transportation performance indicators to meet environmental requirements and facilitate analysis of potential alternatives. Research also may address additional priorities the Secretary identifies in the strategic planning process under section 508.
Required the Secretary to establish an advisory board to develop the national agenda.	Requires the Secretary to create a new advisory board to implement and administer the national research agenda identified in special report 268.	Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to implement the national agenda as set forth in special report 268. The majority of the committee membership must be from government transportation agencies.	Allows the Secretary to administer the program with stakeholder involvement in governance of the program.

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