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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 22 (EAS) — 114 HR 22 EAS: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act · Sec. 31202

Sec. 31202. Modal research plans

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Not later than June 15 of the year preceding the research fiscal year, the head of each modal administration and joint program office of the Department of Transportation shall submit a comprehensive annual modal research plan to the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation (referred to in this subtitle as the Assistant Secretary ). Not later than October 1 of each year, the Assistant Secretary, for each plan submitted pursuant to subsection (a), shall— review the scope of the research; and approve the plan; or request that the plan be revised.
Not later than January 30 of each year, the Secretary shall publish each plan that has been approved under paragraph (1)(B)(i) on a public website. The Assistant Secretary may not approve any plan submitted by the head of a modal administration or joint program office pursuant to subsection
(a)if such plan duplicates the research efforts of any other modal administration. No funds may be expended by the Department of Transportation on research that has not previously been approved as part of a modal research plan approved by the Assistant Secretary unless— such research is required by an Act of Congress; such research was part of a contract that was funded before the date of enactment of this Act; or the Secretary of Transportation certifies to Congress that such research is necessary before the approval of a modal research plan. Except as provided in paragraph (2), no funds may be expended by the Department of Transportation on research projects that the Secretary identifies as duplicative under subsection (b)(3). Paragraph
(1)shall not apply to— updates to previously commissioned research; research commissioned to carry out an Act of Congress; or research commissioned before the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall annually certify to Congress that— each modal research plan has been reviewed; and there is no duplication of study for research directed, commissioned, or conducted by the Department of Transportation. If the Secretary, after submitting a certification under paragraph (1), identifies duplication of research within the Department of Transportation, the Secretary shall— notify Congress of the duplicative research; and submit a corrective action plan to Congress that will eliminate such duplicative research.
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