Sec. 5115. INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRAFFIC

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## SEC. 5115 INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRAFFIC ###

(a)Study The Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shall carry out a study— ####

(1)to measure the ton-miles and value-miles of international trade traffic carried by highway for each State; ####

(2)to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of such measures for use in the formula for highway apportionments; ####

(3)to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the use of diesel fuel data as a measure of international trade traffic by State; and ####

(4)to identify needed improvements in long-term data collection programs to provide accurate and reliable measures of international traffic for use in the formula for highway apportionments. ###

(b)Basis for Evaluations The study shall evaluate the accuracy and reliability of measures for use as formula factors based on statistical quality standards developed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, in consultation with the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences. ###

(c)Report Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study carried out under subsection (a), including recommendations for changes in law necessary to implement the identified needs for improvements in long-term data collection programs.