BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.

SEC. 6006. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS. Chapter I of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§111. Bureau of Transportation Statistics “(a) Establishment.— There is established in the Department of Transportation a Bureau of Transportation Statistics. “(b) Director.— “(1) Appointment.— The Bureau shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. “(2) Qualifications.— The Director shall be appointed from among individuals who are qualified to serve as the Director by virtue of their training and experience in the compilation and analysis of transportation statistics. “(3) Reporting.— The Director shall report directly to the Secretary. 105 STAT. 2173 “(4) Term.— The term of the Director shall be 4 years. The term of the first Director to be appointed shall begin on the 180th day after the date of the enactment of this section. “(c) Responsibilities.— The Director of the Bureau shall be responsible for carrying out the following duties: “(1) Compiling transportation statistics.— Compiling, analyzing, and publishing a comprehensive set of transportation statistics to provide timely summaries and totals (including industrywide aggregates and multiyear averages) of transportation-related information. Such statistics shall be suitable for conducting cost-benefit studies (including comparisons among individual transportation modes and intermodal transport systems) and shall include information on— “(A) productivity in various parts of the transportation “(B) traffic flows; “(C) travel times; “(D) vehicle weights; “(E) variables influencing traveling behavior, including choice of transportation mode; “(F) travel costs of intracity commuting and intercity trips; “(G) availability of mass transit and the number of passengers served by each mass transit authority; “(H) frequency of vehicle and transportation facility repairs and other interruptions of transportation service; “(I) accidents; “(J) collateral damage to the human and natural environment; and “(K) the condition of the transportation system. “(2) Implementing long-term data collection program.— Establishing and implementing, in cooperation with the modal administrators, the States, and other Federal officials a comprehensive, long-term program for the collection and analysis of data relating to the performance of the national transportation system. Such program shall— “(A) be coordinated with efforts to develop performance indicators for the national transportation system undertaken pursuant to section 307(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code; “(B) ensure that data is collected under this subsection in a manner which will maximize the ability to compare data from different regions and for different time periods; and “(C) ensure that data collected under this subsection is controlled for accuracy and disseminated to the States and other interested parties. “(3) Issuing guidelines.— Issuing guidelines for the collection of information by the Department of Transportation required for statistics to be compiled under paragraph (1) in order to ensure that such information is accurate, reliable, relevant, and in a form that permits systematic analysis. “(4) Coordinating collection of information.— Coordinating the collection of information by the Department of Transportation required for statistics to be compiled under paragraph (1) with related information-gathering activities conducted by other Federal departments and agencies and collecting appropriate data not elsewhere gathered. 105 STAT. 2174 “(5) Making statistics accessible.— Making the statistics published under this subsection readily accessible. “(6) Identifying information needs.— Identifying information that is needed under paragraph (1) but which is not being collected, reviewing such needs at least annually with the Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics, and making recommendations to appropriate Department of Transportation research officials concerning extramural and intramural research programs to provide such information. “(d) Limitations on Statutory Construction.— Nothing in this section shall be construed— “(1) to authorize the Bureau to require any other department or agency to collect data; or “(2) to reduce the authority of any other officer of the Department of Transportation to collect and disseminate data independently. “(e) Prohibition on Certain Disclosures.— Information compiled by the Bureau shall not be disclosed publicly in a manner that would reveal the personal identity of any individual, consistent with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), or to reveal trade secrets or allow commercial or financial information provided by any person to be identified with such person. “(f) Transportation Statistics Annual Report.— On or before January 1, 1994, and annually thereafter, the Director shall transmit to the President and Congress a Transportation Statistics Annual Report which shall include information on items referred to in subsection (c)(1), documentation of methods used to obtain and ensure the quality of the statistics presented in the report, and recommendations for improving transportation statistical information. “(g) Performance of Functions of Director Pending Confirmation.— An individual who, on the date of the enactment of this section, is performing any function required by this section to be performed by the Director may continue to perform such function until such function is undertaken by the Director.”. (b) Funding.— There shall be available from the Highway Trust Fund (other them the Mass Transit Account) only for carrying out the amendment made by subsection (a) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, $15,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1997. Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. (c) Conforming Amendment.— The analysis for chapter 1 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new items: “Sec. 110. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. “Sec. 111. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.”. (d) Amendment to Title 5, U.S.C.— Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.”.