The Congressional Budget Office has said a proposed House bill that would provide federal agencies sole authority to launch efforts to protect information technology systems and data from potential network threats would not affect the federal budget and revenues.

CBO said in a report published Thursday the implementation of the Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2016 would also not result in the expansion of executive agencies’ duties.

The agency noted that the proposed bill lacks private-sector or intergovernmental mandates based on the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not have an impact on the local, state and tribal government budgets.

The proposed legislation could lead to the application of pay-as-you-go procedures since its implementation would affect direct spending of agencies that are not covered by annual appropriations.

CBO added that the enactment of the bill would not result in on-budget deficit growth “in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.”

The agency made the cost estimate based on the request of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 1.

The Transportation Department has called on government agencies to participate in efforts to develop a national map of fixed transit routes through voluntary exchanges of fixed- and real-time general data that includes scheduling information.

A letter from Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says DOT plans to create the National Transit Map as part of an initiative to create a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks and associated infrastructure.

DOT’s National Transportation Atlas Databases set aims to help address gaps in public transportation access, Foxx said.

The department will build the national map through collection of General Transit Feed Specification data, route information and transit schedules from the agencies’ websites on a periodic basis.

“We are trying to construct a national dataset for research, planning, and analytical purposes for which a scheduled, periodic update is sufficient,” Foxx said.

“[W]e will build a resource that will provide our communities across the nation with the… data we need to measure the connectivity of the transportation network,” he added.

DOT will start to collect data for the National Transmit Map project on March 31.

The Transportation Department plans to grant $60 million in funding to agencies and organizations that could develop transportation technologies as part of a program toward improved travel safety and performance.

DOT said Tuesday the Federal Highway Administration’s Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment Program is intended to address transportation challenges outlined in DOT’s “2015 Beyond Traffic” report.

“This program will take technological innovation to a new level and help to make the entire transportation network more reliable for commuters, businesses and freight shippers,” said DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx.

The grant targets endeavors that leverage traveler information, traffic data collection and dissemination, vehicle-to-infrastructure efforts and other transportation systems, according to the department.

The program is open to state departments of transportation, local governments, transit agencies and metropolitan planning organizations.