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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5819 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program 

to develop a roadway safety training institute to deliver comprehensive 

and uniform roadway safety training to roadway workers. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2010 

Mr. GUTHRIE 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 

grant program to develop a roadway safety training institute to deliver comprehensive and uniform roadway safety training to roadway workers. 

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 ‘‘Roadway Safety Train5 ing and Access Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ROADWAY SAFETY TRAINING INSTITUTE GRANT 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 

4 shall establish and implement a grant program to develop 

5 a roadway safety training institute. 

6 (b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to 

7 one eligible entity to develop a roadway safety training in8 stitute in accordance with this section. 

9 (c) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity seeking a 

10 grant under this section shall submit an application to the 

11 Secretary in such form, and containing such information, 

12 as the Secretary may require. 

13 (d) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity receiv14 ing a grant under this section may use funds from the 

15 grant to develop and deliver comprehensive and uniform 

16 roadway safety training to roadway workers across the 

17 United States, including through the following activities: 

18 (1) Development, updating, and delivery of 

19 training courses on— 

20 (A) guardrail installation, maintenance, 

21 and inspection; 

22 (B) identification by law enforcement per23 sonnel of potential engineering improvements at 

24 crash locations; 

25 (C) traffic control for incident responders; 


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1 (D) law enforcement in roadway work 

2 zones; 

3 (E) traffic control for utility workers; and 

4 (F) traffic control for other individuals for 

5 whom temporary traffic control may be an inci6 dental part of their employment duties. 

7 (2) Sponsorship of demonstration projects to 

8 assess roadway work zone devices for disabled pedes9 trians, in partnership with local governments, manu10 facturers, and disabled users. 

11 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

13 appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other 

14 than the Mass Transit Account) $2,750,000 to carry 

15 out this section for each of fiscal years 2011 through 

16 2016. 

17 (2) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds au18 thorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

19 shall be available for obligation and administered in 

20 the same manner as if such funds were appropriated 

21 under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, ex22 cept that such funds shall remain available until ex23 pended and shall not be transferable. 

24 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

25 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 


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1 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti2 ty’’ means a not-for-profit organization that has 

3 demonstrated experience in developing and delivering 

4 roadway work zone safety training to roadway work5 ers. 

6 (2) INCIDENT RESPONDER.—The term ‘‘inci7 dent responder’’ means an individual whose job re8 quires responding to surface transportation inci9 dents, including fire and emergency medical per10 sonnel and vehicle tow truck operators. 

11 (3) ROADWAY WORKER.—The term ‘‘roadway 

12 worker’’ means an individual whose job requires 

13 working on or near a roadway work zone, including 

14 incident responders, law enforcement personnel, util15 ity workers, and individuals involved in guardrail in16 stallation, maintenance, and inspection. 

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