[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR420.105]

[Page 83]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 420--PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A--Administration of FHWA Planning and Research Funds
 
Sec. 420.105  Policy.

    (a) Within the limitations of available funding and with the 
understanding that planning activities of national significance, 
identified in paragraph (b) of this section, and the requirements of 23 
U.S.C. 134, 135, 303, and 307(c) are being adequately addressed, the 
FHWA will allow STAs and their subrecipients:
    (1) Maximum possible flexibility in the use of FHWA planning and 
research funds to meet highway and multimodal transportation planning 
and RD&T needs at the national, State, and local levels while ensuring 
legal use of such funds and avoiding unnecessary duplication of efforts; 
and
    (2) To determine which eligible planning and RD&T activities they 
desire to support with FHWA planning and research funds and at what 
funding level.
    (b) The STAs shall provide data that support the FHWA's 
responsibilities to the Congress and to the public. These data include, 
but are not limited to, information required for: Preparing proposed 
legislation and reports to the Congress; evaluating the extent, 
performance, condition, and use of the Nation's transportation systems; 
analyzing existing and proposed Federal-aid funding methods and levels 
and the assignment of user cost responsibility; maintaining a critical 
information base on fuel availability, use, and revenues generated; and 
calculating apportionment factors.

(The information collection requirements in paragraph (b) of 
Sec. 420.105 have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under control numbers 2125-0028 and 2125-0032.)