,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #c1        
#bjag,ms4 ,esty of ,connecticut 7for    
herself1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mr4 ,rodney   
,davis of ,illinois1 and ,mrs4          
,comstock7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,secretary of ,transportation to    
carry out a pilot program to improve    
transportation planning1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,transportation     
,access and ,system ,connection ,act of 
#bjag4  #b4 ,transportation planning    
pilot program  7a7 ,in general ,for     
purposes of carrying out sections #aai1 
#acc1 #adh1 and #adi of title #bc1      
,united ,states ,code1 the ,secretary of
 ,transportation1 in accordance with the
 requirements of this section1 shall    
carry out a pilot program to improve    
transportation planning4  7b7 ,data sets

 ,in carrying out the program1 not later
 than #a year after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall acquire for a participating ,state
 or metropolitan planning organization a
 data set containing information        
measuring the level of access by all    
transportation modes to important       
destinations in the ,state or           
metropolitan planning organization1 such
 as jobs1 education1 health care1 and   
food sources4  7c7 ,selection of        
participating ,states and ,m,p,os  7#a7 
,in general ,the ,secretary shall       
select1 on a competitive basis and in a 
manner that ensures geographic          
diversity1 #e ,states and #aj           
metropolitan planning organizations     
7including #f such organizations that   
serve an area with a population of not  
more than #bjj1jjj7 to participate in   
the program4  7#b7 ,applications ,to be 
eligible to participate in the program1 
a ,state or metropolitan planning       
organization shall submit to the        

,secretary an application at such time  
and containing such information as the  
,secretary may require4  7d7            
,consultation with participating ,states
 and ,m,p,os ,the ,secretary shall      
consult with participating ,states and  
metropolitan planning organizations to  
determine the benefits of the data sets 
acquired under subsection 7b74  7e7     
,report to ,congress ,not later than    
#abj days after providing data sets to  
,states and metropolitan planning       
organizations under the program1 the    
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,environment and ,public ,works of the  
,senate a report on the results of the  
program1 including the feasibility of   
issuing similar data sets to all        
,states1 regions1 and localities4  7f7  
,funding ,the ,secretary shall carry out
 the program using amounts made         
available to the ,secretary as          

administrative expenses under the       
sections referred to in subsection 7a74