; and (4) be consistent with section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 ( Public Law 104–113 ; 15 U.S.C. 272 note) including any standard for the voluntary sharing of appropriate supply chain data developed thereunder. (d) Third-Party agreement The Commission may enter into an agreement with 1 or more appropriate independent entities based in the United States that operate as voluntary consensus standards setting organizations as defined for purposes of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 ( Public Law 104–113 ) and Office of Management and Budget Revised Circular A–119, published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 4673), to develop the data standard for maritime freight logistics and ocean transportation in the foreign commerce of the United States for the rulemaking under subsection (a) and for procurement or other relevant programmatic activities, consistent with the requirements of this section. (e) Grant criterion If the rulemaking under subsection (a) is finalized, the Secretary of Transportation may require a covered port authority to adopt any data standard issued pursuant to this section for relevant operational use cases, as determined by the Secretary. (f) Definition of covered port authority In this section, the term covered port authority means a port authority that receives funding after the date on which a rule is finalized under this section under— (1) the port infrastructure development program under section 54301(a) of title 46, United States Code