A bill to help improve and maintain an adequate transportation system through the systematic collection and publication of statistics with respect to the transportation of passengers and freight by railroad and other modes, to establish a National Center for Transportation Statistics, and for other purposes.
Transportation Statistics Act - Establishes a National Center for Transportation Statistics within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. Declares the purpose of the Center to be to assure the collection and dissemination of statistics and other data related to transportation in the United States and other nations.
Sets forth as duties of the Center: (1) the collection and reporting of statistics on transportation in the United States and in the foreign commerce of the United States, including statistics on the movement of passengers and freight by commercial and private modes; (2) the coordination of all Federal transportation statistics programs; (3) the provision of assistance to other Federal agencies and State and local transportation agencies in improving their statical operations; (4) the development of standardized data collection methods; and (5) the review of foreign transportation activities.
Directs the establishment of an Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics with members to be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation.
Authorizes the Director of the Center to require all persons engaged in commercial transportation to submit such reports and statistics as the Center may require.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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