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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2187 

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 

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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. 

2 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con3 gress that it should be a national priority to address the 

4 shortage of parking for commercial motor vehicles on the 

5 Federal-aid Highway System to improve highway safety. 

6 (b) PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.—Chapter 

7 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 

8 at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘§ 171. Parking for commercial vehicles 

10 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—In addition to the amounts 

11 authorized under section 1101 of the FAST Act, there is 

12 authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 

13 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) the following 

14 amounts to provide providing parking for commercial 

15 motor vehicles on Federal-aid highways: 

16 ‘‘(1) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

17 ‘‘(2) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

18 ‘‘(3) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

19 ‘‘(4) $165,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 

20 ‘‘(5) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

21 ‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall pro22 vide grants from funds made available under subsection 

23 (a), on a competitive basis, for projects to provide parking 

24 for commercial motor vehicles on Federal-aid highways or 

25 on a facility with reasonable access to— 

26 ‘‘(1) a Federal-aid highway; or 


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1 ‘‘(2) a freight facility. 

2 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant under 

3 this subsection, an entity shall submit to the Secretary an 

4 application at such time and in such manner as the Sec5 retary may require. 

6 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—An application 

7 under subsection (c) shall contain— 

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

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

10 may require. 

11 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following entities 

12 shall be eligible to receive amounts under this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) A State. 

14 ‘‘(2) Any public agency carrying out responsibil15 ities relating to commercial motor vehicle parking. 

16 ‘‘(3) A metropolitan planning organization. 

17 ‘‘(4) A local government. 

18 ‘‘(f) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION.—An eligible 

19 entity that receives a grant under this section may partner 

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

21 this section. 

22 ‘‘(g) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 

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

24 provided under this section only for projects de25 scribed in paragraph (2) that are located— 


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1 ‘‘(A) on a Federal-aid highway; or 

2 ‘‘(B) on a facility with reasonable access 

3 to— 

4 ‘‘(i) a Federal-aid highway; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) a freight facility. 

6 ‘‘(2) PROJECTS DESCRIBED.—A project re7 ferred to in paragraph (1) is a project to— 

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

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

10 parking for commercial motor vehicles; 

11 ‘‘(B) construct commercial motor vehicle 

12 parking facilities— 

13 ‘‘(i) adjacent to private commercial 

14 truck stops and travel plazas; 

15 ‘‘(ii) within the boundaries of, or adja16 cent to, a publicly owned freight facility, 

17 including a port terminal operated by a 

18 public authority; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) at existing facilities, including 

20 inspection and weigh stations and park21 and-ride locations; and 

22 ‘‘(C) convert existing weigh stations and 

23 rest areas to facilities for the exclusive use of 

24 commercial motor vehicle parking. 

25 ‘‘(h) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Entities may use alloca2 tions under this subsection for the following activi3 ties of an eligible project: 

4 ‘‘(A) Development phase activities, includ5 ing planning, feasability analysis, benefit-cost 

6 analysis, environmental review, preliminary en7 gineering and design work, and other pre8 construction activities. 

9 ‘‘(B) Construction, reconstruction, rehabili10 tation, acquisition of real property, environ11 mental mitigation, construction contingencies, 

12 acquisition of equipment, and operational im13 provements directly related to expanding com14 mercial motor vehicle parking. 

15 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—An entity may not use more 

16 than 25 percent of a grant under this subsection for 

17 activities described in paragraph (1)(A). 

18 ‘‘(i) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this sub19 section, the Secretary shall give priority to entities that— 

20 ‘‘(1) demonstrate a safety need for commercial 

21 motor vehicle parking capacity in the corridor in 

22 which the project described under subsection (d)(1) 

23 is proposed to be carried out; 

24 ‘‘(2) have consulted with affected State and 

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1 vate providers of commercial motor vehicle parking, 

2 including truck stop and travel plaza operators; 

3 ‘‘(3) demonstrate that the project described 

4 under subsection (d)(1) will likely— 

5 ‘‘(A) increase commercial motor vehicle 

6 parking capacity; 

7 ‘‘(B) facilitate the efficient movement of 

8 freight; and 

9 ‘‘(C) improve highway safety, traffic con10 gestion, and air quality; 

11 ‘‘(4) demonstrate the ability to provide for the 

12 maintenance and operation cost necessary to keep 

13 the facility available for use after completion of con14 struction; and 

15 ‘‘(5) demonstrate the ability to leverage private 

16 and non-federal funds for the project. 

17 ‘‘(j) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law, the Federal share for a project carried 

19 out under this subsection shall be 100 percent. 

20 ‘‘(k) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding sec21 tion 126, funds made available under this subsection shall 

22 remain available until expended and shall not be transfer23 able. 

24 ‘‘(l) PROHIBITION ON CHARGING FEES.—To be eligi25 ble for a grant under this section, an entity shall agree 


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1 that no fees will be charged for a commercial motor vehicle 

2 to access and park at any part of the facility constructed 

3 with funds made available under this subsection. 

4 ‘‘(m) NOTIFICATION OF CONGRESS.—Not less than 

5 3 days before making a grant for a project under this sec6 tion, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the Committee 

7 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

8 Representatives and the Committee on the Environment 

9 and Public Works of the Senate of the— 

10 ‘‘(1) the amount of each proposed grant to be 

11 made under this subsection; and 

12 ‘‘(2) evaluation and justification for the project 

13 selection. 

14 ‘‘(n) SURVEY AND COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT.— 

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

16 after the date of enactment of this subsection, and 

17 every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consulta18 tion with appropriate State motor carrier safety per19 sonnel and State departments of transportation, 

20 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 

21 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

22 and the Committee on the Environment and Public 

23 Works of the Senate a report that— 

24 ‘‘(A) evaluates the capability of the States 

25 to provide adequate parking and rest facilities 


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1 for commercial motor vehicles engaged in inter2 state transportation; 

3 ‘‘(B) evaluates the effectiveness of the 

4 projects funded under this subsection in im5 proving access to truck parking; 

6 ‘‘(C) evaluates the ability of entities receiv7 ing a grant under this subsection to sustain the 

8 operation of parking facilities constructed with 

9 funds provided under this subsection; and 

10 ‘‘(D) reports on the progress being made 

11 to provide adequate commercial motor vehicle 

12 parking facilities in the State. 

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

14 report under paragraph (1) available to the public 

15 on the website of the Department of Transportation. 

16 ‘‘(o) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding 

17 any other provision of law, a project carried out under this 

18 section shall be treated as if the project is located on a 

19 Federal-aid highway under this chapter. 

20 ‘‘(p) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINED.—In 

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

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


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1 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap2 ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by add3 ing after the item relating to section 171 the following: 

‘‘171. Parking for commercial vehicles.’’. 

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