§506. International highway transportation outreach program
(a)
(1) to inform the United States highway community of technological innovations in foreign countries that could significantly improve highway transportation in the United States;
(2) to promote United States highway transportation expertise, goods, and services in foreign countries; and
(3) to increase transfers of United States highway transportation technology to foreign countries.
(b)
(1) development, monitoring, assessment, and dissemination in the United States of information about highway transportation innovations in foreign countries that could significantly improve highway transportation in the United States;
(2) research, development, demonstration, training, and other forms of technology transfer and exchange;
(3) informing foreign countries about the technical quality of United States highway transportation goods and services through participation in trade shows, seminars, expositions, and other such activities;
(4) offering technical services of the Federal Highway Administration that cannot be readily obtained from United States private sector firms to be incorporated into the proposals of United States private sector firms undertaking highway transportation projects outside the United States if the costs of such services will be recovered under the terms of the project;
(5) conducting studies to assess the need for or feasibility of highway transportation improvements in countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as of December 18, 1991, and in Greece and Turkey; and
(6) gathering and disseminating information on foreign transportation markets and industries.
(c)
(d)
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(2)
(3)
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 506, added