DUTIES OF SECRETARY; OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM.

SEC. 5002. DUTIES OF SECRETARY; OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM. (a) Duties of Secretary.— Section 301 of title 49, United States Code (relating to leadership, consultation and cooperation), is amended by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: “(3) coordinate Federal policy on intermodal transportation and initiate policies to promote efficient intermodal transportation in the United States;”. (b) Intermodal Transportation Advisory Board.- (1) Establishment.— There shall be established within the Office of the Secretary an Intermodal Transportation Advisory Board. (2) Membership.— The Intermodal Transportation Advisory Board shall consist of the Secretary, who shall serve as Chairman, and the Administrator, or his or her designee, of— (A) the Federal Highway Administration; (B) the Federal Aviation Administration; (C) the Maritime Administration; (D) the Federal Railroad Administration; and (E) the Federal Transit Administration. (3) Functions.— The Intermodal Transportation Advisory Board shall provide recommendations for carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary described in section 301(3) of title 49, United States Code. (c) Office of Intermodalism.— (1) Establishment.— The Secretary shall establish within the Office of the Secretary an Office of Intermodalism. 105 STAT. 2159 (2) Director.— The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) Function.— The Director shall be responsible for carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary described in section 301(3) of title 49, United States Code. (4) Intermodal transportation data base.— The Director shall develop, maintain, and disseminate intermodal transportation data through the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The Director shall coordinate the collection of data for the data base with the States and metropolitan planning organizations. The data base shall include— (A) information on the volume of goods and number of people carried in intermodal transportation by relevant classification; (B) information on patterns of movement of goods and people carried in intermodal transportation by relevant classification in terms of origin and destination; and (C) information on public and private investment in intermodal transportation facilities and services. The Director shall make information from the data base available to the public. (5) Research.— The Director shall be responsible for coordinating Federal research on intermodal transportation in accordance with the plan developed pursuant to section 6009(b) of this Act and for carrying out additional research needs identified by the Director. (6) Technical assistance.— The Director shall provide technical assistance to States and to metropolitan planning organizations for urban areas having a population of 1,000,000 or more in collecting data relating to intermodal transportation in order to facilitate the collection of such data by such States and metropolitan planning organizations. (7) Administrative and clerical support.— The Director shall provide administrative and clerical support to the Intermodal Transportation Advisory Board.