23 U.S. Code § 503 - Research and technology development and deployment
The date of enactment of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012, referred to in subsec. (b)(3)(E), is the date of enactment of div. E of Pub. L. 112–141, which was approved July 6, 2012.
The date of enactment of this subparagraph and the date of enactment of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(D), (3)(C)(iii), (6)(B), are the date of enactment of div. A of Pub. L. 117–58, which was approved Nov. 15, 2021.
A prior section 503, added Pub. L. 90–495, § 30, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 831, related to administration of highway relocation assistance program, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91–646, title II, § 220(a)(10), Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1903.
2021—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(1), substituted “section 6503 of title 49” for “section 508”.
Subsec. (b)(1)(E), (F). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(2)(A), added subpars. (E) and (F).
Subsec. (b)(2)(C)(x) to (xvi). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(2)(B), added cl. (x) and redesignated former cls. (x) to (xv) as (xi) to (xvi), respectively.
Subsec. (b)(3)(B)(viii). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(2)(C)(i), inserted “, including weather,” after “events”.
Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(xv). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(2)(C)(ii)(I), inserted “extreme weather events and” after “withstand”.
Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(xx). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(2)(C)(ii)(II)–(IV), added cl. (xx).
Subsec. (b)(6)(C). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(2)(D), added subpar. (C).
Subsec. (b)(7)(B). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(2)(E)(i), inserted “innovations by leading” after “support” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(7)(B)(v). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(2)(E)(ii)–(iv), added cl. (v).
Subsec. (b)(8)(A). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(2)(F), substituted “current conditions and future needs of highways, bridges, and tunnels of the United States, including—” and cls. (i) to (iv) for “future highway and bridge needs of the United States and the backlog of current highway and bridge needs.”
Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(2)(G), added par. (9).
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(3)(A)(i), inserted “use of rights-of-way permissible under applicable law,” after “structures,” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(1)(F). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(3)(A)(ii)–(iv), added subpar. (F).
Subsec. (c)(2)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(3)(B)(i), substituted “and deploy improved tools and methods to accelerate the adoption of early-stage and proven innovative practices and technologies and, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, support continued implementation” for “improved tools and methods to accelerate the adoption”.
Subsec. (c)(2)(D). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(3)(B)(ii), added subpar. (D).
Subsec. (c)(3)(C). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(3)(C)(ii), added subpar. (C). Former subpar. (C) redesignated (D).
Subsec. (c)(3)(D). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(3)(C)(i), (iii), redesignated subpar. (C) as (D) and substituted “fiscal years 2022 through 2026” for “fiscal years 2016 through 2020”. Former subpar. (D) redesignated (E).
Subsec. (c)(3)(E). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(3)(C)(i), redesignated subpar. (D) as (E).
Subsec. (c)(3)(E)(i). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(3)(C)(iv)(I), substituted “once every 3 years” for “annually”.
Subsec. (c)(3)(E)(ii)(V) to (X). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(3)(C)(iv)(II), added subcls. (V) to (X).
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(1), inserted “and innovative mobility” before “deployment” in heading.
Subsec. (c)(4)(A). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(2), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall establish an advanced transportation and congestion management technologies deployment initiative to provide grants to eligible entities to develop model deployment sites for large scale installation and operation of advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, and infrastructure return on investment.”
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(i). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(D), added cl. (i). Former cl. (i) redesignated (iii).
Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(A), substituted “optimization” for “the enhanced use”.
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(D), added cl. (ii). Former cl. (ii) redesignated (iv).
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(C), redesignated cl. (i) as (iii). Former cl. (iii) redesignated (v).
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(iv). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(C), (E), redesignated cl. (ii) as (iv) and substituted “protect the environment and deliver” for “deliver”. Former cl. (iv) redesignated (vi).
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(v). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(C), redesignated cl. (iii) as (v). Former cl. (v) redesignated (vii).
Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(B), substituted “work zone, weather, transit, paratransit,” for “transit,” and “, accessible, and integrated transportation and transportation services” for “and accessible transportation”.
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(vi), (vii). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(C), redesignated cls. (iv) and (v) as (vi) and (vii), respectively. Former cl. (vii) redesignated (x).
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(viii). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(F), added cl. (viii).
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(ix). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(C), redesignated cl. (vi) as (ix).
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(x). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(C), (G), redesignated cl. (vii) as (x) and struck out “or” at end.
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(xi). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(C), (H), redesignated cl. (viii) as (xi), inserted “vehicle-to-pedestrian,” after “vehicle-to-infrastructure,”, and substituted “; or” for period at end.
Subsec. (c)(4)(B)(xii). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(3)(I), added cl. (xii).
Subsec. (c)(4)(C)(i). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(4)(A), substituted “Each fiscal year for which funding is made available for activities under this paragraph” for “Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and for every fiscal year thereafter”.
Subsec. (c)(4)(C)(ii)(I). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(4)(B)(i), inserted “mobility,” after “safety,”.
Subsec. (c)(4)(C)(ii)(II)(dd). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(4)(B)(ii), added item (dd).
Subsec. (c)(4)(D)(i). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(5)(A), substituted “Each fiscal year for which funding is made available for activities under this paragraph” for “Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and for every fiscal year thereafter”.
Subsec. (c)(4)(D)(ii). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(5)(B), designated existing provisions as subcl. (I), inserted heading, substituted “Subject to subclause (II), in awarding” for “In awarding”, and added subcl. (II).
Subsec. (c)(4)(E)(iii) to (x). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(6)(A)–(C), added cls. (iii), (ix), and (x) and redesignated former cls. (iii) to (vii) as (iv) to (viii), respectively. Former cls. (viii) and (ix) redesignated (xi) and (xiv), respectively.
Subsec. (c)(4)(E)(xi). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(6)(A), (D), redesignated cl. (viii) as (xi), inserted “, toll collection,” after “pricing”, and struck out “or” at end.
Subsec. (c)(4)(E)(xii), (xiii). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(6)(E), added cls. (xii) and (xiii).
Subsec. (c)(4)(E)(xiv). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(6)(A), (F), redesignated cl. (ix) as (xiv), substituted “, access, and on-demand transportation service” for “and access”, inserted “and other shared-use mobility applications” after “ridesharing”, and substituted semicolon for period at end.
Subsec. (c)(4)(E)(xv), (xvi). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(6)(G), added cls. (xv) and (xvi).
Subsec. (c)(4)(F)(ii)(IV). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(7), substituted “mobility, efficiency, multimodal system performance, and payment system performance” for “efficiency and multimodal system performance”.
Subsec. (c)(4)(G)(vi) to (ix). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(8), added cl. (vi) and redesignated former cls. (vi) to (viii) as (vii) to (ix), respectively.
Subsec. (c)(4)(I)(i). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(9), substituted “fiscal years 2022 through 2026” for “fiscal years 2016 through 2020”.
Subsec. (c)(4)(J). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(10), substituted “80” for “50”.
Subsec. (c)(4)(N). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(11)(A), struck out “, the following definitions apply” after “In this paragraph” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(4)(N)(i). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(11)(B), struck out “representing a population of over 200,000” after “metropolitan planning organization”.
Subsec. (c)(4)(N)(iii). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(b)(11)(C), substituted “any” for “a any” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(a)(3)(D), added par. (5).
Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 117–58, § 13006(c), added par. (6).
2015—Subsec. (c)(3)(C). Pub. L. 114–94, § 6003(1), substituted “2016 through 2020” for “2013 through 2014”.
Subsec. (c)(3)(D). Pub. L. 114–94, § 6003(2), added subpar. (D).
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 114–94, § 6004, added par. (4).
2012—Pub. L. 112–141 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to technology deployment.
2005—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–59, § 5203(a)(1), struck out “initiatives and partnerships” before “program” in heading.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–59, § 5203(a)(2), added par. (1) and struck out heading and text of former par. (1). Text read as follows: “The Secretary shall develop and administer a national technology deployment initiatives and partnerships program.”
Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 109–59, § 5203(a)(3), added par. (7) and struck out heading and text of former par. (7). Text read as follows: “Under the program, the Secretary may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts to foster alliances and support efforts to stimulate advances in transportation technology, including—
“(A) the testing and evaluation of products of the strategic highway research program;
“(B) the further development and implementation of technology in areas such as the Superpave system and the use of lithium salts and other alternatives to prevent and mitigate alkali silica reactivity;
“(C) the provision of support for long-term pavement performance product implementation and technology access; and
“(D) other activities to achieve the goals established under paragraph (3).”
Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 109–59, § 5203(a)(4), added par. (8) and struck out heading and text of former par. (8). Text read as follows: “Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the progress and results of activities carried out under this section.”
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 109–59, § 5202(b)(1), reenacted heading without change and amended text of par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary shall establish and carry out a program to demonstrate the application of innovative material technology in the construction of bridges and other structures.”
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 109–59, § 5202(b)(2), reenacted heading without change and amended text of par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The goals of the program shall include—
“(A) the development of new, cost-effective innovative material highway bridge applications;
“(B) the reduction of maintenance costs and life-cycle costs of bridges, including the costs of new construction, replacement, or rehabilitation of deficient bridges;
“(C) the development of construction techniques to increase safety and reduce construction time and traffic congestion;
“(D) the development of engineering design criteria for innovative products and materials for use in highway bridges and structures;
“(E) the development of cost-effective and innovative techniques to separate vehicle and pedestrian traffic from railroad traffic;
“(F) the development of highway bridges and structures that will withstand natural disasters, including alternative processes for the seismic retrofit of bridges; and
“(G) the development of new nondestructive bridge evaluation technologies and techniques.”
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–59, § 5203(b)(1), added subsec. (c).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–59, § 5203(c)(1), added subsec. (d).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–59, § 5203(d), added subsec. (e).
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. 114–94 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. 117–58, div. A, title III, § 13001(a)–(e), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 622–624, provided that:
Pub. L. 117–58, div. A, title III, § 13002, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 624, provided that:
Pub. L. 117–58, div. A, title III, § 13004, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 629, provided that:
Pub. L. 117–58, div. A, title III, § 13005, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 629, provided that:
Pub. L. 117–58, div. A, title III, § 13006(e), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 638, provided that:
Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title IV, § 24219, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 831, provided that:
Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title VI, § 6020, Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1582, which established a program to provide grants to States to demonstrate user-based alternative revenue mechanisms that utilize a user fee structure to maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, was repealed by Pub. L. 117–58, div. A, title III, § 13001(f)(1), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 624.
Pub. L. 109–59, title V, § 5202(c), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1786, provided that:
Pub. L. 109–59, title V, § 5202(d), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1787, provided that: