112 STAT. 444 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 Contracts. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. — The table of sections for chapter 55 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5504 the following: "5505. University transportation research.". (c) REPEALS.—Section 5316 and 5317 of title 49, United States Code, and the items relating to such sections in the analysis for chapter 53 of such title, are repealed. SEC. 5111. ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.— Subchapter I of chapter 55 of subtitle I of title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 5110 of this Act), is amended by adding at the end the following: '*§ 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— "(l) 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 smalland 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.
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