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49 U.S.C. § 6305 — Advisory council on transportation statistics
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**(a) In General.—** The Director shall establish and consult with an advisory council on transportation statistics.
**(b) Function.—** The advisory council established under this section shall advise the Director on—
(1) the quality, reliability, consistency, objectivity, and relevance of transportation statistics and analyses collected, supported, or disseminated by the Bureau and the Department; and
(2) methods to encourage cooperation and interoperability of transportation data collected by the Bureau, the operating administrations of the Department, States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities.
**(c) Membership.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The advisory council shall be composed of not fewer than 9 and not more than 11 members appointed by the Director.
(2) **Selection.—** — In selecting members for the advisory council, the Director shall appoint individuals who—
(A) are not officers or employees of the United States;
(B) possess expertise in—
(i) transportation data collection, analysis, or application;
(ii) economics; or
(iii) transportation safety; and
(C) represent a cross section of transportation stakeholders, to the greatest extent possible.
**(d) Terms of Appointment.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), members of the advisory council shall be appointed to staggered terms not to exceed 3 years.
(2) **Additional terms.—** — A member may be renominated for 1 additional 3-year term.
(3) **Current members.—** — A member serving on an advisory council on transportation statistics on the day before the date of enactment of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012 shall serve until the end of the appointed term of the member.
**(e) Ap
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**(a) In General.—** The Director shall establish and consult with an advisory council on transportation statistics.
**(b) Function.—** The advisory council established under this section shall advise the Director on—
(1) the quality, reliability, consistency, objectivity, and relevance of transportation statistics and analyses collected, supported, or disseminated by the Bureau and the Department; and
(2) methods to encourage cooperation and interoperability of transportation data collected by the Bureau, the operating administrations of the Department, States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities.
**(c) Membership.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The advisory council shall be composed of not fewer than 9 and not more than 11 members appointed by the Director.
(2) **Selection.—** — In selecting members for the advisory council, the Director shall appoint individuals who—
(A) are not officers or employees of the United States;
(B) possess expertise in—
(i) transportation data collection, analysis, or application;
(ii) economics; or
(iii) transportation safety; and
(C) represent a cross section of transportation stakeholders, to the greatest extent possible.
**(d) Terms of Appointment.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), members of the advisory council shall be appointed to staggered terms not to exceed 3 years.
(2) **Additional terms.—** — A member may be renominated for 1 additional 3-year term.
(3) **Current members.—** — A member serving on an advisory council on transportation statistics on the day before the date of enactment of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012 shall serve until the end of the appointed term of the member.
**(e) Applicability of Chapter 10 of Title 5.—** Chapter 10 of title 5 shall apply to the advisory council established under this section, except that [section 1013 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section1013&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply.
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**(a) In General.—**
(1) **Advisory committees in existence on january 5, 1973.—** — Each advisory committee that is in existence on January 5, 1973, shall terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following that date unless—
(A) in the case of an advisory committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such advisory committee is renewed by the President or that officer by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period; or
(B) in the case of an advisory committee established by an Act of Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law.
(2) **Advisory committees established after january 5, 1973.—** — Each advisory committee established after January 5, 1973, shall terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of its establishment unless—
(A) in the case of an advisory committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. such advisory committee is renewed by the President or such officer by appropriate action prior to the end of such period; or
(B) in the case of an advisory committee established by an Act of Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law.
**(b) Charters.—**
(1) **Upon renewal.—** — Upon the renewal of an advisory committee, the advisory committee shall file a charter in accordance with [section 1008(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section1008/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Upon expiration of successive 2-year periods.—** — An advisory committee established by an Act of Congress shall file a charter in accordance with [section 1008(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.x
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**(a) Submission of Air Carrier and Airport Plans.—** Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, each of the following air carriers and airport operators shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation for review and approval an emergency contingency plan in accordance with the requirements of this section:
(1) An air carrier providing covered air transportation at a commercial airport.
(2) An operator of a commercial airport.
(3) An operator of an airport used by an air carrier described in paragraph (1) for diversions.
**(b) Air Carrier Plans.—**
(1) **Plans for individual airports.—** — An air carrier shall submit an emergency contingency plan under subsection (a) for—
(A) each airport at which the carrier provides covered air transportation; and
(B) each airport at which the carrier has flights for which the carrier has primary responsibility for inventory control.
(2) **Contents.—** — An emergency contingency plan submitted by an air carrier for an airport under subsection (a) shall contain a description of how the carrier will—
(A) provide adequate food, potable water, restroom facilities, comfortable cabin temperatures, and access to medical treatment for passengers onboard an aircraft at the airport when the departure of a flight is delayed or the disembarkation of passengers is delayed;
(B) share facilities and make gates available at the airport in an emergency; and
(C) allow passengers to deplane following an excessive tarmac delay in accordance with paragraph (3).
(3) **Deplaning following an excessive tarmac delay.—** — For purposes of paragraph (2)(C), an emergency contingency plan submitted by an air carrier under subsection (a) shall incorporate the following requirements:
(A) A passenger shall have the o
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Apportionment.—** — The term “apportionment” includes unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization laws.
(2) **Asset management.—** — The term “asset management” means a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on both engineering and economic analysis based upon quality information, to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the lifecycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost.
(3) **Carpool project.—** — The term “carpool project” means any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools, including provision of carpooling opportunities to the elderly and individuals with disabilities, systems for locating potential riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related traffic control devices, designating existing facilities for use for preferential parking for carpools, and real-time ridesharing projects, such as projects where drivers, using an electronic transfer of funds, recover costs directly associated with the trip provided through the use of location technology to quantify those direct costs, subject to the condition that the cost recovered does not exceed the cost of the trip provided.
(4) **Construction.—** — The term “construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway or any project eligible for assistance under this title, including bon
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 6305
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub.
L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination
Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of
Title 23, Highways.
§ 6304. National Transportation Library
(a) PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHMENT.—To support
the information management and decision-
making needs of transportation officials at the
Federal, State, and local levels, there is estab-
lished in the Bureau a National Transportation
Library which shall—
(1) be headed by an individual who is highly
qualified in library and information science;
(2) acquire, preserve, and manage transpor-
tation information and information products
and services for use by the Department, other
Federal agencies, and the general public;
(3) provide reference and research assistance;
(4) serve as a central depository for research
results and technical publications of the De-
partment;
(5) provide a central clearinghouse for trans-
portation data and information of the Federal
Government;
(6) serve as coordinator and policy lead for
transportation information access;
(7) provide transportation information and
information products and services to—
(A) the Department;
(B) other Federal agencies;
(C) public and private organizations; and
(D) individuals, within the United States
and internationally;
(8) coordinate efforts among, and cooperate
with, transportation libraries, information
providers, and technical assistance centers, in
conjunction with private industry and other
transportation library and information cen-
ters, with the goal of developing a comprehen-
sive transportation information and knowl-
edge network that supports the activities de-
scribed i
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