Sec. 143. Technical assistance program
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The Secretary of Transportation (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a program (referred to in this section as the program ) to provide technical assistance to local communities adjacent to planned or existing transportation infrastructure projects to explore design and policy approaches to create connected, economically prosperous, and environmentally and physically healthy communities that— avoid displacement of the current population; and maximize high-quality jobs in the United States that pay family-sustaining wages.
The purposes of the program are— to identify innovative solutions to infrastructure challenges, including reconnecting communities that— are bifurcated by infrastructure such as highways or viaducts; lack safe, reliable, and affordable transportation choices; or have been disconnected due to natural disasters, in particular, communities in areas that are being harmed the most by climate change; and to inform the transportation planning and project life cycle by actively encouraging community input and feedback.
To be eligible to receive technical assistance under the program, a local community described in subsection
(a)shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including— a description of the community team that will participate in the program, which shall consist of— elected officials; senior transportation professionals; State workforce development boards or local workforce development boards; and a cross-section of residents of the local community; a description of a neighborhood infrastructure challenge, including all modes and users of transportation, in the local community that limits access to social or economic centers or other essential services; an explanation of the goals the local community aims to achieve with assistance under the program; and letters of support from the applicable State department of transportation and other entities, such as community groups, transit agencies, port authorities, metropolitan planning organizations, and political subdivisions of State and local governments. In selecting local communities to participate in the program, the Secretary shall give priority to a local community that is economically disadvantaged. The Secretary shall provide to a local community that is selected to participate in the program— technical assistance to inform, prepare, and enable the local community to better engage in— Federal transportation planning; programming and planning to improve resiliency and environmental sustainability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; the environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); life-cycle analysis of a prospective project; Federal assistance programs; and policies that maximize the creation of high-quality jobs in the United States; and technical expertise through representatives from regional and national design, architecture, engineering, and planning firms and public, private, and nonprofit land use professionals. The Secretary shall use not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out section 144 for each fiscal year to carry out the program.
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