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16-561: NTL was created under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) in 1998. From 2008-2015, the director of NTL also served as director of the US Department of Transportation Library. In 2012 NTL's authorized role was expanded by Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) to include the acquisition, preservation, and management of transportation information; as well as expanded services provided to

32-587: A joint resolution of Congress . During Little, Brown and Company's time as publisher, Richard Peters (Volumes 1–8), George Minot (Volumes 9–11), and George P. Sanger (Volumes 11–17) served as editors. In 1874, Congress transferred the authority to publish the Statutes at Large to the Government Printing Office under the direction of the Secretary of State. Pub. L.   80–278 , 61 Stat. 633,

48-780: A plan to support increased public access to the results of research funded by the Federal Government." The Repository & Open Science Access Portal, known as ROSA P , is the NTL digital repository and is the full-text archive for the transportation research community. ROSA P contains resources from the USDOT, state DOTs, and transportation organizations. Resources available in ROSA P include full-text electronic publications, datasets, images, videos, and maps. ROSA P also includes Collections of shared topics: All of these resources are free to access, are in

64-545: A sponsor and national representative for the TKNs. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of Transportation . 38°52′33″N 77°00′13″W  /  38.8757°N 77.0037°W  / 38.8757; -77.0037 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century The United States federal Transportation Equity Act for

80-677: A three-part process, consisting of slip laws, session laws ( Statutes at Large ), and codification ( United States Code ). Large portions of public laws are enacted as amendments to the United States Code . Once enacted into law, an Act will be published in the Statutes at Large and will add to, modify, or delete some part of the United States Code. Provisions of a public law that contain only enacting clauses, effective dates, and similar matters are not generally codified . Private laws also are not generally codified. Some portions of

96-527: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . United States Statutes at Large The United States Statutes at Large , commonly referred to as the Statutes at Large and abbreviated Stat. , are an official record of Acts of Congress and concurrent resolutions passed by the United States Congress . Each act and resolution of Congress is originally published as a slip law , which

112-508: Is classified as either public law (abbreviated Pub.L.) or private law (Pvt.L.), and designated and numbered accordingly. At the end of a congressional session, the statutes enacted during that session are compiled into bound books, known as "session law" publications. The United States Statutes at Large is the name of the session law publication for U.S. Federal statutes. The public laws and private laws are numbered and organized in chronological order. U.S. Federal statutes are published in

128-920: Is useful for identifying and harmonizing differences in data element definitions, improving production with precision. The Transportation Librarians Roundtable (TLR) is a month web conference series and is a partnerships between NTL, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the Transportation Research Board (TRB), and the Special Libraries Association - Transportation Division. National Transportation Knowledge Networks (TKNs) have been established in three geographic regions: east, midwest, and west. These TKNs pool expertise and knowledge sharing while leveraging resources through lending agreements and coordinated acquisitions or resources. NTL acts as

144-613: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Until 1948, all treaties and international agreements approved by the United States Senate were also published in the set, but these now appear in a publication titled United States Treaties and Other International Agreements , abbreviated U.S.T. In addition, the Statutes at Large includes the text of the Declaration of Independence , Articles of Confederation ,

160-481: The 21st Century ( TEA-21 ) is a federal transportation bill enacted June 9, 1998, as Pub. L.   105–178 (text) (PDF) and 112  Stat.   107 . TEA-21 authorized federal surface transportation programs for highways , highway safety , and transit for a 6-year period from 1998 to 2003. Because Congress could not agree on funding levels, the Act, which had continued past 2003 by means of temporary extensions,

176-687: The USDOT, other Federal agencies, transportation professionals, and the public. In response to the 2013 Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies entitled "Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research", the USDOT created a Public Access Plan to ensure access to publications and datasets created through USDOT research and development. The OSTP Memorandum "hereby directs each Federal agency with over $ 100 million in annual conduct of research and development expenditures to develop

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192-524: The United States Code have been enacted as positive law and other portions have not been so enacted. In case of a conflict between the text of the Statutes at Large and the text of a provision of the United States Code that has not been enacted as positive law, the text of the Statutes at Large takes precedence. Publication of the United States Statutes at Large began in 1845 by the private firm of Little, Brown and Company under authority of

208-537: The public domain, and/or include permissions from the rights holder to NTL. The NTL reference staff provides services within the USDOT, to Congress, and to the public via Ask-A-Librarian . Reference is provided for all modes of transportation and statistical products. The reference staff also maintain FAQs on a variety of subjects. The Freight Data Dictionary (FDD) contains over 6,300 data elements and 13,000 glossary terms compiled from multiple freight data sources. The FDD

224-588: The quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns". Section 1211(d) prevents the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) from requiring state departments of transportation to use the metric system . This has had the effect of delaying metrication in the United States with respect to road construction, though some states had already completely converted. This United States federal legislation article

240-538: Was allowed to lapse. The bill was introduced in the House by Bud Shuster ( R – PA ) on September 4, 1997. The transportation equity act requires that seven planning factors be included in regional transportation plans. The plans must: Factor 4 was amended by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA-LU) in 2005 and reads: "protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve

256-591: Was enacted July 30, 1947 and directed the Secretary of State to compile, edit, index, and publish the Statutes at Large . Pub. L.   81–821 , 64 Stat. 980, was enacted September 23, 1950 and directed the Administrator of General Services to compile, edit, index, and publish the Statutes at Large . Since 1985 the Statutes at Large have been prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of

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