RISK AND SYSTEM RESILIENCE.

SEC. 25007. [49 U.S.C. 301 note] RISK AND SYSTEM RESILIENCE. (a) In General.—The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, shall develop a process for quantifying annual risk in order to increase system resilience with respect to the surface transportation system of the United States by measuring— (1) resilience to threat probabilities by type of hazard and geographical location; (2) resilience to asset vulnerabilities with respect to each applicable threat; and (3) anticipated consequences from each applicable threat to each asset. (b) Use by State, Regional, Tribal, and Local Entities.— (1) In general.—The Secretary shall provide the process developed under subsection (a) to State departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, Indian Tribes, local governments, and other relevant entities. (2) Guidance and technical assistance.—The Secretary shall provide to the entities described in paragraph (1) guidance and technical assistance on the use of the process referred to in that paragraph. (c) Research.— (1) In general.—The Secretary shall— (A) identify and support fundamental research to develop a framework and quantitative models to support compilation of information for risk-based analysis of transportation assets by standardizing the basis for quantifying annual risk and increasing system resilience; and (B) build on existing resilience research, including studies conducted by— (i) the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; and (ii) the National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2) Use of existing facilities.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use existing research facilities available to the Secretary, including the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center and University Transportation Centers established under section 5505 of title 49, United States Code.