RESEARCH ON CONNECTED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.

SEC. 24219. [23 U.S.C. 503 note] RESEARCH ON CONNECTED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY. The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in collaboration with the head of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office and the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, shall— (1) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, expand vehicle-to-pedestrian research efforts focused on incorporating bicyclists and other vulnerable road users into the safe deployment of connected vehicle systems; and (2) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress and make publicly available a report describing the findings of the research efforts described in paragraph (1), including an analysis of the extent to which applications supporting vulnerable road users can be accommodated within existing spectrum allocations for connected vehicle systems.