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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2056 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a traffic barrier 

installation grant program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2017 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a 

traffic barrier installation grant program, 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 ‘‘Stopping Threats on 

5 Pedestrians Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘STOP Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRAFFIC BARRIER INSTALLATION GRANT PRO7 GRAM. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

10 the Secretary of Transportation. 


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1 (2) TRAFFIC BARRIER INSTALLATION

2 PROJECT.—The term ‘‘traffic barrier installation 

3 project’’ means a project to install traffic barriers, 

4 which may include bollards, jersey barriers, planters, 

5 or other barriers approved by the Secretary, on a 

6 sidewalk, bicycle path, or pedestrian plaza or walk7 way adjacent to a roadway that are designed to slow 

8 or stop a motor vehicle. 

9 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es11 tablish and carry out a competitive grant program to pro12 vide assistance to eligible entities for traffic barrier instal13 lation projects designed to prevent pedestrian injuries and 

14 acts of terrorism in areas used by large numbers of pedes15 trians. 

16 (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity eligible to re17 ceive a grant under this section is— 

18 (1) a State; 

19 (2) a metropolitan planning organization; or 

20 (3) a unit of local government. 

21 (d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

22 under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the 

23 Secretary an application at such time, in such form, and 

24 containing such information as the Secretary determines 

25 to be appropriate, which shall include, at a minimum— 


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1 (1) a description of the proposed traffic barrier 

2 installation project to be carried out; 

3 (2) a description of the pedestrian or bicyclist 

4 injury or terrorism risks with respect to the pro5 posed installation area; and 

6 (3) an analysis of how the proposed traffic bar7 rier installation project will mitigate those risks. 

8 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 

9 this section— 

10 (1) shall be the direct recipient of the grant; 

11 and 

12 (2) may only use the grant funds for a traffic 

13 barrier installation project. 

14 (f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

15 costs of a traffic barrier installation project carried out 

16 with a grant under this section may be up to 100 percent. 

17 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

18 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

19 out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 

20 through 2027. 

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