§ 507. — Surface transportationenvironment cooperative research program.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 23USC507]
TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 5--RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 507. Surface transportation-environment cooperative
research program
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a
surface transportation-environment cooperative research program.
(b) Contents.--The program to be carried out under this section
shall include research designed--
(1) to develop more accurate models for evaluating
transportation control measures and transportation system designs
that are appropriate for use by State and local governments,
including metropolitan planning organizations, in designing
implementation plans to meet Federal, State, and local environmental
requirements;
(2) to improve understanding of the factors that contribute to
the demand for transportation, including transportation system
design, demographic change, land use planning, and communications
and other information technologies;
(3) to develop indicators of economic, social, and environmental
performance of transportation systems to facilitate analysis of
potential alternatives;
(4) to study the relationship between highway density and
ecosystem integrity, including the impacts of highway density on
habitat integrity and overall ecosystem health, and develop a rapid
assessment methodology for use by transportation and regulatory
agencies in determining the relationship between highway density and
ecosystem integrity; and
(5) to meet additional priorities as determined by the advisory
board established under subsection (c), including recommendations of
the National Research Council in the report entitled ``Environmental
Research Needs in Transportation''.
(c) Advisory Board.--
(1) Establishment.--In consultation with the Secretary of
Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies,
the Secretary shall establish an advisory board to recommend
environmental and energy conservation research, technology, and
technology transfer activities related to surface transportation.
(2) Membership.--The advisory board shall include--
(A) representatives of State transportation and
environmental agencies;
(B) transportation and environmental scientists and
engineers; and
(C) representatives of metropolitan planning organizations,
transit operating agencies, and environmental organizations.
(d) National Academy of Sciences.--The Secretary may make grants to,
and enter into cooperative agreements with, the National Academy of
Sciences to carry out such activities relating to the research,
technology, and technology transfer activities described in subsection
(b) as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(Added Pub. L. 105-178, title V, Sec. 5107, June 9, 1998, 112 Stat.
434.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 507, added Pub. L. 90-495, Sec. 30, Aug. 23, 1968,
82 Stat. 832, related to expenses incidental to transfer of property,
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91-646, title II, Sec. 220(a)(10), Jan. 2,
1971, 84 Stat. 1903.
Termination of Advisory Boards
Advisory boards established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of
their establishment, unless, in the case of a board established by the
President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed
by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or
in the case of a board established by Congress, its duration is
otherwise provided for by law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-
463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, 776, set out in the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees.
