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Upon request, National Research Council-appointed policy study committees provide advice to Congress, executive-branch federal agencies, the states, and other organizations on an array of complex and often controversial transportation topics of national significance. Committee members are selected to provide appropriate expertise and a balance of perspectives on the issues involved. Through such special expert committees, TRB also conducts periodic or continuing reviews of specific transportation research and technology programs. Policy study committee activities are subject to the requirements of Section 15 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 1997 (FACA). These committees are overseen by TRB’s Studies and Special Programs Division.
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