Sec. 25007. RISK AND SYSTEM RESILIENCE
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## SEC. 25007 RISK AND SYSTEM RESILIENCE **[**[49 U.S.C. 301 note](/us/usc/t49/s301)**]** ###
(a)In General The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, shall develop a process for quantifying annual risk in order to increase system resilience with respect to the surface transportation system of the United States by measuring— ####
(1)resilience to threat probabilities by type of hazard and geographical location; ####
(2)resilience to asset vulnerabilities with respect to each applicable threat; and ####
(3)anticipated consequences from each applicable threat to each asset. ###
(b)Use by State, Regional, Tribal, and Local Entities ####
(1)In general The Secretary shall provide the process developed under subsection
(a)to State departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, Indian Tribes, local governments, and other relevant entities. ####
(2)Guidance and technical assistance The Secretary shall provide to the entities described in paragraph
(1)guidance and technical assistance on the use of the process referred to in that paragraph. ###
(c)Research ####
(1)In general The Secretary shall— #####
(A)identify and support fundamental research to develop a framework and quantitative models to support compilation of information for risk-based analysis of transportation assets by standardizing the basis for quantifying annual risk and increasing system resilience; and #####
(B)build on existing resilience research, including studies conducted by— ######
(i)the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; and ######
(ii)the National Institute of Standards and Technology. ####
(2)Use of existing facilities In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use existing research facilities available to the Secretary, including the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center and University Transportation Centers established under section 5505 of title 49, United States Code.
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