49 U.S.C. § 6305: Advisory council on transportation statistics

The Director shall establish and consult with an advisory council on transportation statistics. the quality, reliability, consistency, objectivity, and relevance of transportation statistics and analyses collected, supported, or disseminated by the Bureau and the Department; and methods to encourage cooperation and interoperability of transportation data collected by the Bureau, the operating administrations of the Department, States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities. The advisory council shall be composed of not fewer than 9 and not more than 11 members appointed by the Director. are not officers or employees of the United States; transportation data collection, analysis, or application; economics; or transportation safety; and represent a cross section of transportation stakeholders, to the greatest extent possible. Except as provided in paragraph (2), members of the advisory council shall be appointed to staggered terms not to exceed 3 years. A member may be renominated for 1 additional 3-year term. A member serving on an advisory council on transportation statistics on the day before the date of enactment of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012 shall serve until the end of the appointed term of the member. Chapter 10 of title 5 shall apply to the advisory council established under this section, except that section 1013 of title 5 shall not apply.