Sec. 105.
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(a)Of the amount made available to “Office of the Secretary—Research and Technology”, $1,000,000 shall be for the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an arrangement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study through the Transportation Research Board on effective ways to measure the resilience of transportation systems and services to natural disasters, natural hazards, and other potential disruptions. The study conducted pursuant to subsection
(a)shall— identify and examine approaches used by Federal agencies, States, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, and other organizations, including approaches described in academic literature, to develop metrics for transportation resilience, including methodologies used for quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis; and provide findings and recommendations on approaches to measuring resilience that have shown or promise success, and strategies to overcome challenges in measuring resilience. No later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall enter into the arrangement described in subsection (a). No later than 210 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall provide an interim report of its findings to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate. No later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate the final study developed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.