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Union Calendar No. 448 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2187 

[Report No. 117–622] 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to set aside certain funds to provide parking for commercial 

motor vehicles on the Federal-aid highway system, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2021 

Mr. BOST (for himself, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. STAUBER, and Ms. WILD) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

DECEMBER 13, 2022 

Additional sponsors: Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. PENCE, Mr. 

MALINOWSKI, Mr. LAMALFA, Mrs. HARTZLER, Ms. MACE, Mr. LAHOOD, 

Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, 

Mr. REED, Mr. KIND, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. EMMER, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. BABIN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. COOPER, 

Ms. WEXTON, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BACON, Mr. 

CHABOT, Mr. MEUSER, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. BURGESS, and Ms. PORTER

DECEMBER 13, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 26, 2021] 


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A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to set aside certain funds to 

provide parking for commercial motor vehicles on the 

Federal-aid highway system, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truck Parking Safety 

5 Improvement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that it should be a national 

8 priority to address the shortage of parking for commercial 

9 motor vehicles on the Federal-aid highway system to im10 prove highway safety. 

11 SEC. 3. PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

13 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘§ 177. Parking for commercial motor vehicles 

15 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—Subject to the availability 

16 of funds, the Secretary shall make grants under this section, 

17 on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for projects to pro18 vide parking for commercial motor vehicles and improve 

19 the safety of commercial motor vehicle operators. 

20 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant under 

21 this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary 

22 an application at such time and in such manner as the 

23 Secretary may require. 

24 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—An application sub25 mitted under subsection (b) shall contain— 


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1 ‘‘(1) a description of the proposed project; and 

2 ‘‘(2) any other information that the Secretary 

3 may require. 

4 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following entities shall 

5 be eligible to receive amounts under this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) A State. 

7 ‘‘(2) A metropolitan planning organization. 

8 ‘‘(3) A unit of local government. 

9 ‘‘(4) A political subdivision of a State or local 

10 government carrying out responsibilities relating to 

11 commercial motor vehicle parking. 

12 ‘‘(5) A Tribal government or a consortium of 

13 Tribal governments. 

14 ‘‘(6) A multistate or multijurisdictional group of 

15 entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5). 

16 ‘‘(e) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION.—An eligible 

17 entity that receives a grant under this section may partner 

18 with a private entity to carry out an eligible project under 

19 this section. 

20 ‘‘(f) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity may use a grant 

22 awarded under this section for a project described in 

23 paragraph (2) that is on— 

24 ‘‘(A) a Federal-aid highway; or 

25 ‘‘(B) a facility with reasonable access to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a Federal-aid highway; or 

2 ‘‘(ii) a freight facility. 

3 ‘‘(2) PROJECTS DESCRIBED.—A project described 

4 in this paragraph is a project to— 

5 ‘‘(A) construct safety rest areas (as such 

6 term is defined in section 120(c)) that include 

7 parking for commercial motor vehicles; 

8 ‘‘(B) construct additional commercial motor 

9 vehicle parking capacity— 

10 ‘‘(i) adjacent to private commercial 

11 truck stops and travel plazas; 

12 ‘‘(ii) within the boundaries of, or adja13 cent to, a publicly owned freight facility, 

14 including a port terminal operated by a 

15 public authority; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) at existing facilities, including 

17 inspection and weigh stations and park18 and-ride locations; 

19 ‘‘(C) open existing weigh stations, safety 

20 rest areas, and park-and-ride facilities to com21 mercial motor vehicle parking; 

22 ‘‘(D) construct or make capital improve23 ments to existing public commercial motor vehi24 cle parking facilities to expand parking utilizaVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:52 Dec 13, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2187.RH H2187

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1 tion and availability, including at seasonal fa2 cilities; 

3 ‘‘(E) identify, promote, and manage the 

4 availability of publicly and privately provided 

5 commercial motor vehicle parking, such as 

6 through the use of intelligent transportation sys7 tems; 

8 ‘‘(F) improve the safety of commercial 

9 motor vehicle operators at parking facilities as 

10 part of a project described in subparagraphs (A) 

11 through (D); or 

12 ‘‘(G) improve a parking facility, including 

13 through truck stop electrification systems, as de14 fined in section 101(a), and other improvements 

15 determined appropriate by the Secretary, as part 

16 of a project described in subparagraphs (A) 

17 through (D). 

18 ‘‘(3) PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING.—Commer19 cial motor vehicle parking constructed or opened with 

20 a grant under this section shall be open and accessible 

21 to all commercial motor vehicle operators. 

22 ‘‘(g) USE OF FUNDS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may use a 

24 grant under this section for— 


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1 ‘‘(A) development phase activities, including 

2 planning, feasibility analysis, benefit-cost anal3 ysis, environmental review, preliminary engi4 neering and design work, and other 

5 preconstruction activities necessary to advance a 

6 project under this section; and 

7 ‘‘(B) construction and operational improve8 ments. 

9 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may 

11 use not more than 25 percent of the amount of 

12 a grant under this section for activities described 

13 in paragraph (1)(A). 

14 ‘‘(B) EXISTING FACILITIES.—Not more than 

15 10 percent of the amounts available for each fis16 cal year for grants under the program may be 

17 used for projects described under subsection 

18 (f)(2)(E) that solely identify, promote, and man19 age the availability of existing commercial motor 

20 vehicle parking. 

21 ‘‘(h) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In making grants under 

22 this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to applica23 tions that demonstrate— 


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1 ‘‘(1) a shortage of commercial motor vehicle 

2 parking capacity in the corridor in which the project 

3 is located; 

4 ‘‘(2) consultation with motor carriers, commer5 cial motor vehicle operators, public safety officials, 

6 and private providers of commercial motor vehicle 

7 parking; 

8 ‘‘(3) that the project will likely— 

9 ‘‘(A) increase the availability or utilization 

10 of commercial motor vehicle parking; 

11 ‘‘(B) facilitate the efficient movement of 

12 freight; and 

13 ‘‘(C) improve highway safety, traffic conges14 tion, and air quality; and 

15 ‘‘(4) the ability to provide for the maintenance 

16 and operation of the facility. 

17 ‘‘(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding section 120, 

18 the Federal share for a project carried out under this sub19 section shall be up to 100 percent. 

20 ‘‘(j) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

22 provision of law, projects funded under this section 

23 shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid highway 

24 under this chapter. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appro2 priated for projects under this section shall remain 

3 available for a period of 3 years after the last day of 

4 the fiscal year in which the funds are made available. 

5 ‘‘(k) PROHIBITION ON CHARGING FEES.—To be eligi6 ble for a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall 

7 agree that no fees will be charged to a commercial motor 

8 vehicle to access parking constructed, opened, or improved 

9 with a grant under this section. 

10 ‘‘(l) NOTIFICATION OF CONGRESS.—Not less than 3 

11 business days before making a grant for a project under 

12 this section, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the Com13 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

14 of Representatives and the Committee on the Environment 

15 and Public Works of the Senate of the intention to award 

16 such a grant. 

17 ‘‘(m) SURVEY AND COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

19 after the date of enactment of this subsection, and 

20 every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation 

21 with appropriate State motor carrier safety per22 sonnel, motor carriers, State departments of transpor23 tation, and private providers of commercial motor ve24 hicle parking shall submit to the Committee on 

25 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 


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1 Representatives and the Committee on the Environ2 ment and Public Works of the Senate a report that— 

3 ‘‘(A) evaluates the availability of adequate 

4 parking and rest facilities, taking into account 

5 both private and public facilities, for commercial 

6 motor vehicles engaged in interstate transpor7 tation; 

8 ‘‘(B) evaluates the effectiveness of the 

9 projects funded under this section in improving 

10 access to commercial motor vehicle parking; 

11 ‘‘(C) evaluates the ability of entities receiv12 ing a grant under this section to sustain the op13 eration of parking facilities constructed with 

14 funds provided under this section; and 

15 ‘‘(D) reports on the progress being made to 

16 provide adequate commercial motor vehicle park17 ing facilities in the State. 

18 ‘‘(2) RESULTS.—The Secretary shall make the 

19 report and subsequent updated reports under para20 graph (1) available to the public on the website of the 

21 Department of Transportation. 

22 ‘‘(3) ALIGNMENT OF REPORTS.—In carrying out 

23 this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the results 

24 of the commercial motor vehicle parking facilities as25 sessments of the States under section 70202 of title 49 


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1 and seek to align the contents of the report and re2 porting deadlines under paragraph (1) with the re3 quirements of such section. 

4 ‘‘(n) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINED.—In 

5 this section, the term ‘commercial motor vehicle’ has the 

6 meaning given such term in section 31132 of title 49.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 

8 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 

9 after the item relating to section 176 the following: 

‘‘177. Parking for commercial motor vehicles.’’. 

10 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 There are authorized to be appropriated out of the gen12 eral fund of the Treasury for projects for commercial vehicle 

13 parking under section 177 of title 23, United States Code 

14 (as added by this Act)— 

15 (1) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

16 (2) $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

17 (3) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

18 (4) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

19 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 

20 None of the funds made available to carry out the 

21 Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act, or the amendments 

22 made by such Act, may be used for electric vehicle or electric 

23 truck charging. 


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Union Calendar No. 448 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2187 

[Report No. 117–622] 

A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct 

tem, and for other purposes. motor vehicles on the Federal-aid highway systain funds to provide parking for commercial the Secretary of Transportation to set aside cerDECEMBER 13, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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