TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT.

SEC. 5501. TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT. (a) In General.—The Secretary shall fund and carry out a project to further the development of a comprehensive transportation safety information management system (in this section referred to as “TSIMS”). (b) [23 U.S.C. 502 note] Purposes.—The purpose of the TSIMS project is to further the development of a software application to provide for the collection, integration, management, and dissemination of safety data from and for use among State and local safety and transportation agencies, including driver licensing, vehicle registration, emergency management system, injury surveillance, roadway inventory, and motor carrier databases. (c) Funding.— (1) Federal funding.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,000,000 for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 shall be available to carry out the TSIMS project under this section. (2) State contribution.—The sums authorized in paragraph (1) are intended to supplement voluntary contributions to be made by State departments of transportation and other State safety and transportation agencies.