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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2141 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Motorcyclist Advisory 

Council, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2021 

Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 

YOUNG, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. BALDERSON, and Mr. PAPPAS) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a 

Motorcyclist Advisory Council, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Motorcyclist Advisory 

5 Council Reauthorization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MOTORCYCLIST ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall esVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:18 May 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2141.IH H2141

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1 tablish a Motorcyclist Advisory Council (in this section re2 ferred to as the ‘‘Council’’). 

3 (b) DUTIES.— 

4 (1) ADVISING.—The Council shall advise the 

5 Secretary, the Administrator of the National High6 way Traffic Safety Administration, and the Adminis7 trator of the Federal Highway Administration on 

8 transportation issues of concern to motorcyclists, in9 cluding— 

10 (A) barrier design; 

11 (B) road design, construction, and mainte12 nance practices; and 

13 (C) the architecture and implementation of 

14 intelligent transportation system technologies. 

15 (2) BIENNIAL COUNCIL REPORT.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall sub17 mit a report to the Secretary containing the 

18 Council’s recommendations on the issues de19 scribed in paragraph (1). 

20 (B) TIMING.—Not later than October 31 

21 of the calendar year following the calendar year 

22 in which the Council is established, and by 

23 every 2nd October 31 thereafter, the Council 

24 shall submit the report described in subpara25 graph (A). 


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1 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be com3 prised of 13 members appointed by the Secretary as 

4 follows: 

5 (A) Five experts from State or local gov6 ernment on highway engineering issues, includ7 ing— 

8 (i) barrier design; 

9 (ii) road design, construction, and 

10 maintenance; or 

11 (iii) intelligent transportation systems. 

12 (B) One State or local traffic and safety 

13 engineer, design engineer, or other transpor14 tation department official who is a motorcyclist. 

15 (C) One representative from a national as16 sociation of State transportation officials. 

17 (D) One representative from a national 

18 motorcyclist association. 

19 (E) One representative from a national 

20 motorcyclist foundation. 

21 (F) One representative from a national 

22 motorcycle manufacturing association. 

23 (G) One representative from a motorcycle 

24 manufacturing company headquartered in the 

25 United States. 


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1 (H) One roadway safety data expert on 

2 crash testing and analysis. 

3 (I) One member of a national safety orga4 nization that represents the traffic safety sys5 tems industry. 

6 (2) DURATION.— 

7 (A) TERM.—Subject to subparagraphs (B) 

8 and (C), each member shall serve one term of 

9 2 years. 

10 (B) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—If a successor is 

11 not designated for a member before the expira12 tion of the term the member is serving, the 

13 member may serve another term. 

14 (C) APPOINTMENT OF REPLACEMENTS.—If 

15 a member resigns before serving a full 2-year 

16 term, the Secretary may appoint a replacement 

17 for such member to serve the remaining portion 

18 such term. A member may continue to serve 

19 after resignation until a successor has been ap20 pointed. A vacancy in the Council shall be filled 

21 in the manner in which the original appoint22 ment was made. 

23 (3) COMPENSATION.—Members shall serve 

24 without compensation. 


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1 (d) TERMINATION.—The Council shall terminate 6 

2 years after the date of its establishment. 

3 SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 

4 (a) ACCEPT OR REJECT RECOMMENDATION.— 

5 (1) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall de6 termine whether to accept or reject a recommenda7 tion contained in a Council report. 

8 (2) TIMING.— 

9 (A) ACCEPT OR REJECT.—The Secretary 

10 shall indicate in each report submitted under 

11 this section the Secretary’s acceptance or rejec12 tion of each recommendation listed in such re13 port. 

14 (B) UNDER CONSIDERATION.—The Sec15 retary may state in a report submitted under 

16 this section that a recommendation is under 

17 consideration. If the Secretary so states, the 

18 Secretary shall accept or reject the rec19 ommendation in the next report submitted 

20 under this section. 

21 (b) REPORT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

23 the Secretary receives a Council report, the Sec24 retary shall submit a report to the following: 


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1 (A) The Committee on Transportation and 

2 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. 

3 (B) The Committee on Environment and 

4 Public Works of the Senate. 

5 (C) The Committee on Commerce, Science, 

6 and Transportation of the Senate. 

7 (D) The Subcommittee on Transportation, 

8 and Housing and Urban Development, and Re9 lated Agencies of the Committee on Appropria10 tions of the House of Representatives. 

11 (E) The Subcommittee on Transportation, 

12 and Housing and Urban Development, and Re13 lated Agencies of the Committee on Appropria14 tions of the Senate. 

15 (2) CONTENTS.—A report submitted under this 

16 subsection shall include— 

17 (A) a list containing— 

18 (i) each recommendation contained in 

19 the Council report described in paragraph 

20 (1); and 

21 (ii) each recommendation stated as 

22 under consideration in the previous report 

23 submitted under this subsection; and 


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1 (B) for each such recommendation, wheth2 er it is accepted, rejected, or under consider3 ation by the Secretary. 

4 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT.— 

5 The Secretary shall provide such administrative support, 

6 staff, and technical assistance to the Council as the Sec7 retary determines to be necessary for the Council to carry 

8 out its duties. 

9 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 

11 (1) COUNCIL REPORT.—The term ‘‘Council re12 port’’ means the report described in section 2(b)(2). 

13 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

14 the Secretary of Transportation. 

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