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compromise, or settlement shall be deemed to be a judgment, award, or settlement payable under section 2414 or 2672 of title 28. The Secretary may establish a reserve of funds to carry out this section for making payments under this paragraph.’’. (b) PROGRAMMATIC EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 3 years after the first research and development project grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts are awarded under section 510 of title 23, United States Code, the Comptroller General shall review the program under such section and recommend improvements to the program. The review shall assess the degree to which projects funded under such section have addressed the research and development topics identified in the Transportation Research Board Special Report 260, including identifying those topics that have not yet been addressed. (c) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $51,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, shall be available to carry out section 510 of such title. (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 5 of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘510. Future strategic highway research program.’’. SEC. 5211. MULTISTATE CORRIDOR OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
Grants.
‘‘§ 511. Multistate corridor operations and management ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall encourage multistate cooperative agreements, coalitions, or other arrangements to promote regional cooperation, planning, and shared project implementation for programs and projects to improve transportation system management and operations. ‘‘(b) INTERSTATE ROUTE 95 CORRIDOR COALITION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall make grants under this subsection to States to continue intelligent transportation system management and operations in the Interstate Route 95 corridor coalition region initiated under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240).’’. (b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(5) of this Act $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 511 of such title. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘511. Multistate corridor operations and management.’’.
Subtitle C—Intelligent Transportation System Research SEC. 5301. NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
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