23 U.S.C. § 303 : US Code - Section 303: Management systems

Search 23 U.S.C. § 303 : US Code - Section 303: Management systems

(a) Regulations. - Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue regulations
for State development, establishment, and implementation of a
system for managing each of the following:
(1) Highway pavement of Federal-aid highways.
(2) Bridges on and off Federal-aid highways.
(3) Highway safety.
(4) Traffic congestion.
(5) Public transportation facilities and equipment.
(6) Intermodal transportation facilities and systems.
In metropolitan areas, such systems shall be developed and
implemented in cooperation with metropolitan planning
organizations. Such regulations may include a compliance schedule
for development, establishment, and implementation of each such
system and minimum standards for each such system.
(b) Traffic Monitoring. - Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue guidelines
and requirements for the State development, establishment, and
implementation of a traffic monitoring system for highways and
public transportation facilities and equipment.
(c) State Election. - A State may elect, at any time, not to
implement, in whole or in part, 1 or more of the management systems
required under this section. The Secretary may not impose any
sanction on, or withhold any benefit from, a State on the basis of
such an election.
(d) Procedural Requirements. - In developing and implementing a
management system under this section, each State shall cooperate
with metropolitan planning organizations for urbanized areas of the
State and affected agencies receiving assistance under chapter 53
of title 49 and shall consider the results of the management
systems in making project selection decisions under this title and
under chapter 53.
(e) Intermodal Requirements. - The management system required
under this section for intermodal transportation facilities and
systems shall provide for improvement and integration of all of a
State's transportation systems and shall include methods of
achieving the optimum yield from such systems, methods for
increasing productivity in the State, methods for increasing use of
advanced technologies, and methods to encourage the use of
innovative marketing techniques, such as just-in-time deliveries.
(f) Reports. -
(1) Annual reports. - Not later than January 1 of each calendar
year beginning after December 31, 1992, the Secretary shall
transmit to Congress a report on the progress being made by the
Secretary and the States in carrying out this section.
(2) Report on implementation. - Not later than October 1, 1996,
the Comptroller General, in consultation with States, shall
transmit to Congress a report on the management systems under
this section, including recommendations as to whether, to what
extent, and how the management systems should be implemented.
(g) Funding. - Subject to project approval by the Secretary, a
State may obligate funds apportioned after September 30, 1991,
under subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3) of section 104 of this
title for developing and establishing management systems required
by this section and funds apportioned under section 144 of this
title for developing and establishing the bridge management system
required by this section.
(h) Review of Regulations. - Not later than 10 days after the
date of issuance of any regulation under this section, the
Secretary shall transmit a copy of such regulation to Congress for
review.