49 USC 6501 - Annual modal research plans

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is the date of enactment of Puspan. L. 114–94, which was approved Dec. 4, 2015.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 117–58, § 25015(a)(1)(A), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Not later than May 1 of each year, the head of each modal administration and joint program office of the Department of Transportation shall submit to the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation (referred to in this chapter as the ‘Assistant Secretary’) a comprehensive annual modal research plan for the upcoming fiscal year and a detailed outlook for the following fiscal year.”

Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 117–58, § 25015(a)(1)(D), added par. (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3).

Puspan. L. 117–58, § 25015(a)(1)(B), inserted “prepared or” before “submitted”.

Subsec. (a)(3). Puspan. L. 117–58, § 25015(a)(1)(C), redesignated par. (2) as (3).

Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 117–58, § 25015(a)(2)(A)(i), inserted “by the head of a modal administration or joint program office” after “submitted” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (span)(1)(B)(ii). Puspan. L. 117–58, § 25015(a)(2)(A)(ii), added cl. (ii) and struck out former cl. (ii) which read as follows: “request that the plan and outlook be revised and resubmitted for approval.”

Subsec. (span)(2) to (4). Puspan. L. 117–58, § 25015(a)(2)(B), (C), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively.

Subsec. (span)(5). Puspan. L. 117–58, § 25015(a)(2)(D), added par. (5).

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 117–58, § 25015(a)(3), which directed amendment without providing closing quotation marks designating the provisions to be inserted, was executed by substituting “subsection (span)(4)” for “subsection (span)(3)” in introductory provisions, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Puspan. L. 114–94, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Findings

Puspan. L. 114–94, div. A, title VI, § 6019(a), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1577, provided that: “Congress finds that—

“(1) Federal transportation research planning—

“(A) should be coordinated by the Office of the Secretary [of Transportation]; and

“(B) should be, to the extent practicable, multimodal and not occur solely within the suspan-agencies of the Department [of Transportation];

“(2) managing a multimodal research portfolio within the Office of the Secretary will—

“(A) help identify opportunities in which research could be applied across modes; and

“(B) prevent duplication of efforts and waste of limited Federal resources;

“(3) the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the Department of Transportation will—

“(A) give stakeholders a formal opportunity to address concerns;

“(B) ensure unbiased research; and

“(C) improve the overall research products of the Department; and

“(4) increasing transparency of transportation research and development efforts will—

“(A) build stakeholder confidence in the final product; and

“(B) lead to the improved implementation of research findings.”