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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1803 

To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users to improve truck parking facilities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2011 

Mr. TONKO (for himself and Mr. PAULSEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to improve 

truck parking facilities. 

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 ‘‘Jason’s Law’’. 

5 SEC. 2. TRUCK PARKING FACILITIES. 

6 Section 1305 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi7 cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘establish’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘implement’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2) by inserting at the 

3 end the following: ‘‘A State, metropolitan plan4 ning organization, or local government may 

5 partner with a private sector entity if the appli6 cation for funding is consistent with eligibility 

7 requirements set forth in paragraph 3 of this 

8 subsection and consistent with section 111(a) of 

9 title 23, United States Code.’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (3) by inserting at the 

11 end the following: 

12 ‘‘(H) Maintaining existing facilities if ap13 propriate.’’; and 

14 (C) by striking paragraph (4) and insert15 ing the following: 

16 ‘‘(4) AWARD OF FUNDS.—In awarding funds 

17 made available to carry out this section, the Sec18 retary shall consider applications incorporate one or 

19 more of the following factors: 

20 ‘‘(A) Address a safety need through devel21 opment of additional commercial motor vehicle 

22 parking capacity for use in hours-of-service 

23 compliance. 


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1 ‘‘(B) Reduce congestion and improve air 

2 quality mitigation through development of com3 mercial motor vehicle parking capacity. 

4 ‘‘(C) Maximize use of existing public or 

5 private commercial motor vehicle parking capac6 ity. 

7 ‘‘(D) Demonstrate a level of consultation 

8 and public support from affected State and 

9 local governments, community groups, private 

10 providers of commercial motor vehicle parking, 

11 and motorist and trucking organizations.’’; 

12 (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL SURVEY AND COMPARATIVE ASSESS15 MENT OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING.— 

16 ‘‘(1) SURVEY.—Each year the Secretary shall, 

17 in consultation with relevant state motor carrier 

18 safety personnel, conduct a survey— 

19 ‘‘(A) regarding the availability of parking 

20 facilities within each of the 50 States and 

21 evaluate the capability of each State to provide 

22 adequate parking and rest facilities for motor 

23 carriers engaged in interstate motor carrier 

24 service; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) assessing the volume of motor carrier 

2 traffic through the State and develop a system 

3 of metrics to measure the adequacy of parking 

4 facilities in each State. 

5 ‘‘(2) SURVEY RESULTS.—The results of the 

6 survey shall be made available to the public on the 

7 Department’s Website.’’; and 

8 (4) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (1) 

9 and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the funds authorized 

11 to be appropriated for the congestion mitigation and 

12 air quality improvement program authorized under 

13 section 149 of title 23, United States Code, the Sec14 retary shall set aside $20,000,000 for each of the 

15 fiscal years 2012 through 2017 for the purposes of 

16 carrying out this section.’’. 

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