,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fed  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #e1 #bjai,ms4
 ,baldwin 7for herself and ,ms4 ,ernst7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,secretary of ,transportation to    
carry out a pilot program to develop and
 provide to ,states and transportation  
planning organizations accessibility    
data sets1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,connecting ,opportunities through  
,mobility ,metrics and ,unlocking       
,transportation ,efficiencies ,act or   
the ,,commute ,act4  #b4 ,accessibility 
data pilot program  7a7 ,in general ,not
 later than #a year after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,transportation 7referred to in this 
section as the ,secretary7 shall carry  
out an accessibility data pilot program 
7referred to in this section as the     

pilot program74  7b7 ,purpose ,the      
purpose of the pilot program is to      
develop or make available an            
accessibility data set for each eligible
 entity selected to participate in the  
pilot program to improve transportation 
planning of those eligible entities by  
measuring the level of access by        
multiple transportation modes to        
important destinations1 such as--  7#a7 
jobs1 including areas with a            
concentration of available jobs2  7#b7  
health care facilities2  7#c7 child care
 services2  7#d7 educational and        
workforce training facilities2  7#e7    
affordable housing2 and  7#f7 food      
sources4  7c7 ,eligible entities ,an    
entity eligible to participate in the   
pilot program is-- 7#a7 a ,state 7as    
defined in section #aja7;a7 of title    
#bc1 ,united ,states ,code72  7#b7 a    
metropolitan planning organization2 or  
7#c7 a rural planning organization4  7d7
 ,application ,to be eligible to        
participate in the pilot program1 an    

eligible entity shall submit to the     
,secretary an application at such time1 
in such manner1 and containing such     
information as the ,secretary may       
require4  7e7 ,selection ,the ,secretary
 shall select eligible entities to      
participate in the program on a         
competitive basis1 including--  7#a7 #e 
,states2  7#b7 #aj metropolitan planning
 organizations1 of which--  7,a7 #e     
shall each serve an area with a         
population of not more than #bjj1jjj    
people2 and  7,b7 #e shall each serve an
 area with a population of #bjj1jjj or  
more people2 and  7#c7 #e rural planning
 organizations4  7f7 ,duties ,for each  
eligible entity participating in the    
pilot program1 the ,secretary shall--   
7#a7 develop or acquire an accessibility
 data set described in subsection 7b72  
and  7#b7 submit the data set to the    
eligible entity4  7g7 ,methodology ,in  
calculating the measures for the data   
set under the pilot program1 the        
,secretary shall ensure that methodology

 is open source4  7h7 ,availability ,the
 ,secretary shall make an accessibility 
data set under the pilot program        
available to-- 7#a7 units of local      
government within the jurisdiction of   
the eligible entity participating in the
 pilot program2 and  7#b7 researchers4  
7i7 ,report ,not later than #abj days   
after the last date on which the        
,secretary submits data sets to the     
eligible entity under subsection 7f71   
the ,secretary shall submit to ,congress
 a report on the results of the program1
 including the feasibility of developing
 and providing periodic accessibility   
data sets for all ,states1 regions1 and 
localities4  7j7 ,funding ,the          
,secretary shall carry out the pilot    
program using amounts made available to 
the ,secretary for administrative       
expenses to carry out programs under the
 authority of the ,secretary4  7k7      
,sunset ,the pilot program shall        
terminate on the date that is #h years  
after the date on which the pilot       

program is implemented4