Sec. 25023. VOLPE OVERSIGHT
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## SEC. 25023 VOLPE OVERSIGHT **[**[49 U.S.C. 330 note](/us/usc/t49/s330)**]** ###
(a)Financial Management Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement the recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department included in the report entitled “DOT Needs to Strengthen Its Oversight of IAAs With Volpe” and dated September 30, 2019, to improve planning, financial management, and the sharing of performance information with respect to intraagency agreements with the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (referred to in this section as the “Volpe Center”). ###
(b)GAO Review ####
(1)In general Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that examines the surface transportation activities at the Volpe Center. ####
(2)Contents The report under paragraph
(1)shall include an evaluation of— #####
(A)the amount of Department funding provided to the Volpe Center, as compared to other Federal and non-Federal research partners; #####
(B)the process used by the Department to determine whether to work with the Volpe Center, as compared to any other Federal or non-Federal research partner; #####
(C)the extent to which the Department is collaborating with the Volpe Center to address research needs relating to emerging issues; and #####
(D)whether the operation of the Volpe Center is duplicative of other public or private sector efforts.
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