PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 105 STAT. 2165 "(A) Methods and materials for improving the durability of surface transportation infrastructure facilities and extending the Ufe of bridge structures, including new and innovative technologies to reduce corrosion. "(B) Expansion of the Department of Transportation's inspection and mobile nondestructive examination capabilities, including consideration of the use of high energy field radiography for more thorough and more frequent inspections of bridge structures as well as added support to State highway departments. "(C) The Secretary shall determine whether or not to initiate a construction equipment research and development program directed toward the reduction of costs associated with the construction of highways and mass transit systems. The Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report Reports, containing such determination on or before July 1, 1992. "(D) The Secretary shall undertake or supervise surface transportation infrsistructure research to develop— "(i) nondestructive evaluation equipment for use with existing infrastructure facilities and for next generation infrastructure facilities that utilize advanced materials; "(ii) information technologies, including— "(I) appropriate computer programs to collect and analyze data on the status of the existing infrastructure facilities for enhancing management, growth, and capacity; and "(II) dynamic simulation models of surface transportation systems for predicting capacity, safety, and infrastructure durability problems, for evaluating planned research projects, and for testing the strengths and weaknesses of proposed revisions in surface transportation operations programs; and "(iii) new and innovative technologies to enhance and facilitate field construction and rehabilitation techniques for minimizing disruption during repair and maintenance of existing structures. '(c) STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH. — "(1) GENERAL RULE. — 2 percent of the sums apportioned for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1991, to any State under sections 104 and 144 of this title and for highway projects under section 103(e)(4) of this title shall be available for expenditure by the State highway department, in consultation with the Secretary, only for the following purposes: "(A) Engineering and economic surveys and investigations. "(B) The planning of future highway programs and local public transportation systems and for planning for the financing thereof, including statewide planning under section 135 of this title. "(C) Development and implementation of management systems under section 303 of this title. "(D) Studies of the economy, safety, and convenience of highway usage and the desirable regulation and equitable taxation thereof.
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