Sec. 1405. Freight plans
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Section 70102(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (10), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: possible strategies to increase resiliency, including the ability to anticipate, prepare for, or adapt to conditions, or withstand, respond to, or recover rapidly from disruptions, including extreme weather and natural disasters; strategies to promote United States economic growth and international competitiveness; and strategies to reduce local air pollution, water runoff, and wildlife habitat loss. .
Section 70202 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (9), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(10)as paragraph (13); and by inserting after paragraph
(9)the following: the most recent commercial motor vehicle parking facilities assessment conducted under subsection (f); strategies and goals to decrease— the severity of impacts of extreme weather and natural disasters; local air pollution; flooding, water runoff, and other adverse water impacts; and wildlife habitat loss; strategies and goals to decrease the adverse impact of freight transportation on communities traversed by freight railroads; and ; by redesignating subsection
(e)as subsection (h); and by inserting after subsection
(d)the following: Each State freight plan under this section shall include a requirement that the State, in carrying out activities under the State freight plan— enhance reliability or redundancy; or incorporate the ability to rapidly restore access and reliability. As part of the development or updating, as applicable, of the State freight plan under this section, each State that receives funding under section 167 of title 23, in consultation with relevant State motor carrier safety personnel, shall conduct an assessment of— the capability of the State, together with the private sector in the State, to provide adequate parking facilities and rest facilities for commercial motor vehicles engaged in interstate transportation; the volume of commercial motor vehicle traffic in the State; and whether there are any areas within the State that have a shortage of adequate commercial motor vehicle parking facilities, including an analysis (economic or otherwise, as the State determines to be appropriate) of the underlying causes of any such shortages. The Secretary of Transportation shall approve a State freight plan described in subsection
(a)if the plan achieves compliance with the requirements of this section. Nothing in this subsection establishes new procedural requirements for the approval of a State freight plan described in subsection (a). . For the purpose of facilitating the integration of freight transportation into an intelligent transportation system network powered by electricity, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, shall conduct 2 or more appropriate studies relating to— preparing to supply power to applicable electrical freight infrastructure; and safely integrating freight into a smart vehicle world.