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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2563 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve highway safety and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 26, 2014 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. HOEVEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve highway 

safety 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 ‘‘Improving Driver Safe5 ty Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DISTRACTED DRIVING INCENTIVE GRANTS. 

7 Section 405(e) of title 23, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘includes dis2 tracted driving issues as part of the State’s driver’s 

3 license examination and’’ after ‘‘any State that’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

6 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

7 (B) by striking subparagraph (C); and 

8 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

9 subparagraph (C); 

10 (3) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ‘‘section 

11 31152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 31136’’; and 

12 (4) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(6) DISTRACTED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT

15 GRANTS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

17 use up to 50 percent of the amounts available 

18 for grants under this subsection to award 

19 grants to any State that— 

20 ‘‘(i) in fiscal year 2015— 

21 ‘‘(I) has a basic text messaging 

22 statute, as determined by the Sec23 retary, that— 

24 ‘‘(aa) is applicable to drivers 

25 of all ages; and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) makes violation of the 

2 basic text messaging statute a 

3 primary offense; 

4 ‘‘(II) participates in the annual 

5 distracted driving law enforcement 

6 mobilization coordinated by the Sec7 retary; and 

8 ‘‘(III) is otherwise ineligible for a 

9 grant under this subsection; 

10 ‘‘(ii) in fiscal year 2016— 

11 ‘‘(I) meets the requirements of 

12 clause (i); 

13 ‘‘(II) imposes increased fines for 

14 repeat violations; and 

15 ‘‘(III) has a statute that pro16 hibits a driver who is younger than 18 

17 years of age from using a personal 

18 wireless communications device while 

19 driving. 

20 ‘‘(B) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses 

22 (ii) and (iii), amounts received by a State 

23 under subparagraph (A) may be used for 

24 activities related to the enforcement of dis25 tracted driving laws. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) FISCAL YEAR 2015.—In fiscal 

2 year 2015, up to 15 percent of the 

3 amounts received by a State under sub4 paragraph (A) may be used for any eligible 

5 project or activity under section 402. 

6 ‘‘(iii) FISCAL YEAR 2016.—In fiscal 

7 year 2016, up to 25 percent of the 

8 amounts received by a State under sub9 paragraph (A) may be used for any eligible 

10 project or activity under section 402.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. BARRIERS TO DATA COLLECTION REPORT. 

12 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad14 ministration shall submit a report to the Committee on 

15 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the 

16 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 

17 Representatives, and the Committee on Transportation 

18 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that— 

19 (1) identifies any legal and technical barriers to 

20 capturing adequate data on the prevalence of wire21 less communications devices while driving; and 

22 (2) provides recommendations on how to ad23 dress such barriers. 

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