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‘‘(a) PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHMENT.—To support the information management and decisionmaking needs of transportation officials at the Federal, State, and local levels, there is established in the Bureau a National Transportation Library which shall—

‘‘(1) be headed by an individual who is highly qualified in library and information science;

‘‘(2) acquire, preserve, and manage transportation information and information products and services for use by the Department, other Federal agencies, and the general public;

‘‘(3) provide reference and research assistance;

‘‘(4) serve as a central depository for research results and technical publications of the Department;

‘‘(5) provide a central clearinghouse for transportation data and information of the Federal Government;

‘‘(6) serve as coordinator and policy lead for transportation information access;

‘‘(7) provide transportation information and information products and services to—