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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2025

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 26, 2004

Mr. DEWINE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL

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

safety.

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 ‘‘Safe Streets and High5 ways Act of 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 148 of title 23, United 

8 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘§ 148. Highway safety improvement program 

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 ‘‘(1) HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PRO2 GRAM.—The term ‘highway safety improvement pro3 gram’ means the program carried out under this sec4 tion. 

5 ‘‘(2) HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

6 PROJECT.—

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘highway 

8 safety improvement project’ means a project de9 scribed in the State strategic highway safety 

10 plan that—

11 ‘‘(i) corrects or improves a hazardous 

12 road location or feature; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) addresses a highway safety prob14 lem. 

15 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘highway 

16 safety improvement project’ includes a project 

17 for—

18 ‘‘(i) an intersection safety improve19 ment; 

20 ‘‘(ii) pavement and shoulder widening 

21 (including addition of a passing lane to 

22 remedy an unsafe condition); 

23 ‘‘(iii) installation of rumble strips or 

24 another warning device, if the rumble 

25 strips or other warning devices do not ad-
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1 versely affect the safety or mobility of 

2 bicyclists and pedestrians; 

3 ‘‘(iv) installation of a skid-resistant 

4 surface at an intersection or other location 

5 with a high frequency of accidents; 

6 ‘‘(v) an improvement for pedestrian or 

7 bicyclist safety; 

8 ‘‘(vi)(I) construction of any project for 

9 the elimination of hazards at a railway10 highway crossing that is eligible for fund11 ing under section 130, including the sepa12 ration or protection of grades at railway13 highway crossings; 

14 ‘‘(II) construction of a railway-high15 way crossing safety feature; or 

16 ‘‘(III) the conduct of a model traffic 

17 enforcement activity at a railway-highway 

18 crossing; 

19 ‘‘(vii) construction of a traffic calming 

20 feature; 

21 ‘‘(viii) elimination of a roadside obsta22 cle; 

23 ‘‘(ix) improvement of highway signage 

24 and pavement markings; 
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1 ‘‘(x) installation of a priority control 

2 system for emergency vehicles at signalized 

3 intersections; 

4 ‘‘(xi) installation of a traffic control or 

5 other warning device at a location with 

6 high accident potential; 

7 ‘‘(xii) safety-conscious planning; 

8 ‘‘(xiii) improvement in the collection 

9 and analysis of crash data; 

10 ‘‘(xiv) planning, equipment, oper11 ational activities, or traffic enforcement ac12 tivities (including police assistance) relat13 ing to workzone safety; 

14 ‘‘(xv) installation of guardrails, bar15 riers (including barriers between construc16 tion work zones and traffic lanes for the 

17 safety of motorists and workers), and 

18 crash attenuators; 

19 ‘‘(xvi) the addition or retrofitting of 

20 structures or other measures to eliminate 

21 or reduce accidents involving vehicles and 

22 wildlife; or 

23 ‘‘(xvii) installation and maintenance 

24 of signs (including fluorescent, yellow25 green signs, and signs designed to identify, 
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1 or reduce the number and severity of acci2 dents occurring at, a hazardous location) 

3 at pedestrian-bicycle crossings and in 

4 school zones. 

5 ‘‘(3) SAFETY PROJECT UNDER ANY OTHER SEC6 TION.—

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘safety 

8 project under any other section’ means a 

9 project carried out for the purpose of safety 

10 under any other section of this title. 

11 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘safety 

12 project under any other section’ includes a 

13 project to—

14 ‘‘(i) promote the awareness of the 

15 public and educate the public concerning 

16 highway safety matters; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) enforce highway safety laws. 

18 ‘‘(4) STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

19 PROGRAM.—The term ‘State highway safety im20 provement program’ means projects or strategies in21 cluded in the State strategic highway safety plan 

22 carried out as part of the State transportation im23 provement program under section 135(f). 

24 ‘‘(5) STATE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY

25 PLAN.—The term ‘State strategic highway safety
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1 plan’ means a plan developed by the State transpor2 tation department that—

3 ‘‘(A) is developed after consultation with— 

4 ‘‘(i) a highway safety representative of 

5 the Governor of the State; 

6 ‘‘(ii) regional transportation planning 

7 organizations, if any; 

8 ‘‘(iii) representatives of major modes 

9 of transportation; 

10 ‘‘(iv) local traffic enforcement and en11 gineering officials; 

12 ‘‘(v) persons responsible for admin13 istering section 130 at the State level; 

14 ‘‘(vi) representatives conducting Oper15 ation Lifesaver; 

16 ‘‘(vii) representatives conducting a 

17 motor carrier safety program under section 

18 31104 or 31107 of title 49; 

19 ‘‘(viii) motor vehicle administration 

20 agencies; and 

21 ‘‘(ix) other major State and local safe22 ty stakeholders; 

23 ‘‘(B) analyzes and makes effective use of 

24 State, regional, or local crash data; 
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1 ‘‘(C) addresses engineering, management, 

2 operation, education, enforcement, and emer3 gency services elements of highway safety as 

4 key factors in evaluating highway projects; 

5 ‘‘(D) considers safety needs of, and high6 fatality segments of, public roads; 

7 ‘‘(E) considers the results of State, re8 gional, or local transportation and highway 

9 safety planning processes in existence as of the 

10 date of enactment of this section; 

11 ‘‘(F) describes a program of projects or 

12 strategies to reduce or eliminate safety hazards; 

13 ‘‘(G) is approved by the Governor of the 

14 State or a responsible State agency; and 

15 ‘‘(H) is consistent with the requirements of 

16 section 135(f). 

17 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

19 out a highway safety improvement program. 

20 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the highway 

21 safety improvement program shall be to achieve a 

22 significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious 

23 injuries on public roads. 

24 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive funds under this 

2 section, a State shall have in effect a State highway 

3 safety improvement program under which the 

4 State—

5 ‘‘(A) develops and implements a State 

6 strategic highway safety plan that identifies and 

7 analyzes highway safety problems and opportu8 nities as provided in paragraph (2); 

9 ‘‘(B) produces a program of projects or 

10 strategies to reduce identified safety problems; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(C) evaluates the plan on a regular basis 

13 to ensure the accuracy of the data and priority 

14 of proposed improvements. 

15 ‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF HIGH16 WAY SAFETY PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES.—As 

17 part of the State strategic highway safety plan, a 

18 State shall—

19 ‘‘(A) have in place a crash data system 

20 with the ability to perform safety problem iden21 tification and countermeasure analysis; 

22 ‘‘(B) based on the analysis required by 

23 subparagraph (A)—

24 ‘‘(i) identify hazardous locations, sec25 tions, and elements (including roadside ob-
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1 stacles, railway-highway crossing needs, 

2 and unmarked or poorly marked roads) 

3 that constitute a danger to motorists, 

4 bicyclists, pedestrians, and other highway 

5 users; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) using such criteria as the State 

7 determines to be appropriate, establish the 

8 relative severity of those locations, in terms 

9 of accidents, injuries, deaths, and other 

10 relevant data; 

11 ‘‘(C) adopt strategic and performance12 based goals that—

13 ‘‘(i) address traffic safety, including 

14 behavioral and infrastructure problems and 

15 opportunities on all public roads; 

16 ‘‘(ii) focus resources on areas of 

17 greatest need; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) are coordinated with other State 

19 highway safety programs; 

20 ‘‘(D) advance the capabilities of the State 

21 for traffic records data collection, analysis, and 

22 integration with other sources of safety data 

23 (such as road inventories) in a manner that— 

24 ‘‘(i) complements the State highway 

25 safety program under chapter 4 and the
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1 commercial vehicle safety plan under sec2 tion 31102 of title 49; 

3 ‘‘(ii) includes all public roads; 

4 ‘‘(iii) identifies hazardous locations, 

5 sections, and elements on public roads that 

6 constitute a danger to motorists, bicyclists, 

7 and pedestrians; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) includes a means of identifying 

9 the relative severity of hazardous locations 

10 described in clause (iii) in terms of acci11 dents, injuries, and deaths; 

12 ‘‘(E)(i) determine priorities for the correc13 tion of hazardous road locations, sections, and 

14 elements (including railway-highway crossing 

15 improvements), as identified through crash data 

16 analysis; 

17 ‘‘(ii) identify opportunities for preventing 

18 the development of such hazardous conditions; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iii) establish and implement a schedule 

21 of highway safety improvement projects for haz22 ard correction and hazard prevention; and 

23 ‘‘(F)(i) establish an evaluation process to 

24 analyze and assess results achieved by highway 

25 safety improvement projects carried out in ac-
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1 cordance with procedures and criteria estab2 lished by this section; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) use the information obtained under 

4 clause (i) in setting priorities for highway safety 

5 improvement projects. 

6 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may obligate funds 

8 apportioned to the State under this section to carry 

9 out—

10 ‘‘(A) any highway safety improvement 

11 project on any public road or publicly owned bi12 cycle or pedestrian pathway or trail; or 

13 ‘‘(B) as provided in subsection (e), for 

14 other safety projects. 

15 ‘‘(2) USE OF OTHER FUNDING FOR SAFETY.—

16 ‘‘(A) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in 

17 this section prohibits the use of funds made 

18 available under other provisions of this title for 

19 highway safety improvement projects. 

20 ‘‘(B) USE OF OTHER FUNDS.—States are 

21 encouraged to address the full scope of their 

22 safety needs and opportunities by using funds 

23 made available under other provisions of this 

24 title (except a provision that specifically pro25 hibits that use). 
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1 ‘‘(3) LOW-TECH, LOW-COST SAFETY IMPROVE2 MENTS.—

3 ‘‘(A) PROGRAM.—Each State shall carry 

4 out a program for the reduction of accidents, 

5 injuries, and deaths at hazardous locations 

6 through means described in clauses (i), (ii), (v), 

7 (ix), (xi), and (xvii) of subsection (a)(2)(B). 

8 ‘‘(B) FUNDS.—Of the funds apportioned 

9 to a State under this section for a fiscal year, 

10 10 percent shall be available only for safety pro11 grams described in subparagraph (A). 

12 ‘‘(e) FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR STATES WITH A STRA13 TEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To further the implementa15 tion of a State strategic highway safety plan, a State 

16 may use up to 25 percent of the amount of funds 

17 made available under this section for a fiscal year to 

18 carry out safety projects under any other section as 

19 provided in the State strategic highway safety plan. 

20 ‘‘(2) OTHER TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY

21 SAFETY PLANS.—Nothing in this subsection requires 

22 a State to revise any State process, plan, or program 

23 in effect on the date of enactment of this section. 

24 ‘‘(f) REPORTS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State shall submit to the 

2 Secretary a report that—

3 ‘‘(A) describes progress being made to im4 plement highway safety improvement projects 

5 under this section; 

6 ‘‘(B) assesses the effectiveness of those im7 provements; 

8 ‘‘(C) describes the extent to which the im9 provements funded under this section contribute 

10 to the goals of— 

11 ‘‘(i) reducing the number of fatalities 

12 on roadways; 

13 ‘‘(ii) reducing the number of roadway14 related injuries; 

15 ‘‘(iii) reducing the occurrences of 

16 roadway-related accidents; 

17 ‘‘(iv) mitigating the consequences of 

18 roadway-related accidents; and 

19 ‘‘(v) reducing the occurrences of road20 way-railroad grade crossing accidents; 

21 ‘‘(D) describes the most severe hazardous 

22 locations in the State identified under sub23 section (c)(2), including not less than 5 percent 

24 of locations determined by the State to be most 
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1 hazardous or potentially hazardous in terms of 

2 accidents, injuries, and deaths; and 

3 ‘‘(E) contains an assessment of—

4 ‘‘(i) potential remedies to hazardous 

5 locations identified; 

6 ‘‘(ii) estimated costs associated with 

7 those remedies; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) impediments to implementation 

9 other than cost associated with those rem10 edies. 

11 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS; SCHEDULE.—The Secretary 

12 shall establish the content and schedule for a report 

13 under paragraph (1). 

14 ‘‘(3) TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary shall 

15 make reports under paragraph (1) available to the 

16 public through—

17 ‘‘(A) the Internet site of the Department; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) such other means as the Secretary 

20 determines to be appropriate. 

21 ‘‘(4) WAIVER OF LIABILITY.—Notwithstanding 

22 any other provision of law, no report, survey, sched23 ule, list, or other data compiled or collected for any 

24 purpose directly or indirectly relating to paragraph
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1 (1), or published by the Secretary in accordance 

2 with paragraph (3), shall be—

3 ‘‘(A) subject to discovery or admitted into 

4 evidence in any Federal or State judicial pro5 ceeding; or 

6 ‘‘(B) considered for any other purpose in 

7 any action for damages arising from an occur8 rence at a location identified or addressed in 

9 the report, survey, schedule, list, or other collec10 tion of data. 

11 ‘‘(g) FEDERAL SHARE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY IM12 PROVEMENT PROJECTS.—The Federal share of the cost 

13 of a highway safety improvement project carried out with 

14 funds made available under this section shall be 90 per15 cent.’’. 

16 (2) ALLOCATIONS OF APPORTIONED FUNDS.—

17 Section 133(d) of title 23, United States Code, is 

18 amended—

19 (A) by striking paragraph (1); 

20 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

21 through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), re22 spectively; 

23 (C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 

24 subparagraph (B))—
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1 (i) in the first sentence of subpara2 graph (A)—

3 (I) by striking ‘‘subparagraphs 

4 (C) and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara5 graph (C)’’; and 

6 (II) by striking ‘‘80 percent’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘90 percent’’; 

8 (ii) by striking subparagraph (C); 

9 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

10 (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (C) and 

11 (D), respectively; and 

12 (iv) in subparagraph (C) (as redesig13 nated by clause (iii)), by adding a period 

14 at the end; and 

15 (D) in paragraph (4)(A) (as redesignated 

16 by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

17 (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 

18 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

19 (A) The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, 

20 United States Code, is amended by striking the 

21 item relating to section 148 and inserting the 

22 following:

‘‘148. Highway safety improvement program.’’.

23 (B) Sections 154, 164, and 409 of title 23, 

24 United States Code, are amended by striking 
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1 ‘‘152’’ each place it appears and inserting 

2 ‘‘148’’.

3 (b) APPORTIONMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY IM4 PROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS.—Section 104(b) of title 

5 23, United States Code, is amended—

6 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

7 inserting after ‘‘Improvement program,’’ the fol8 lowing: ‘‘the highway safety improvement program,’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(5) HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PRO12 GRAM.—

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For the highway safe14 ty improvement program, in accordance with 

15 the following formula: 

16 ‘‘(i) 25 percent of the apportionments 

17 in the ratio that—

18 ‘‘(I) the total lane miles of Fed19 eral-aid highways in each State; bears 

20 to 

21 ‘‘(II) the total lane miles of Fed22 eral-aid highways in all States. 

23 ‘‘(ii) 40 percent of the apportionments 

24 in the ratio that—
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1 ‘‘(I) the total vehicle miles trav2 eled on lanes on Federal-aid highways 

3 in each State; bears to 

4 ‘‘(II) the total vehicle miles trav5 eled on lanes on Federal-aid highways 

6 in all States. 

7 ‘‘(iii) 35 percent of the apportion8 ments in the ratio that—

9 ‘‘(I) the estimated tax payments 

10 attributable to highway users in each 

11 State paid into the Highway Trust 

12 Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

13 Account) in the latest fiscal year for 

14 which data are available; bears to 

15 ‘‘(II) the estimated tax payments 

16 attributable to highway users in all 

17 States paid into the Highway Trust 

18 Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

19 Account) in the latest fiscal year for 

20 which data are available. 

21 ‘‘(B) MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT.—Not22 withstanding subparagraph (A), each State 

shall receive a minimum of 1 23 ⁄2 of 1 percent of 

24 the funds apportioned under this paragraph.’’. 
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1 (c) ELIMINATION OF HAZARDS RELATING TO HIGH2 WAY FACILITIES.—

3 (1) FUNDS FOR PROTECTIVE DEVICES.—Sec4 tion 130(e) of title 23, United States Code, is 

5 amended—

6 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PROTEC7 TIVE DEVICES’’ and inserting ‘‘RAILWAY-HIGH8 WAY CROSSINGS’’; 

9 (B) by striking the first sentence and in10 serting the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, at 

12 least $200,000,000 of the funds authorized and ex13 pended under section 148 shall be available for the 

14 elimination of hazards and the installation of protec15 tive devices at railway-highway crossings.’’; and 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘Sums authorized’’ and in17 serting the following: 

18 ‘‘(2) OBLIGATION.—Sums authorized’’. 

19 (2) BIENNIAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Sec20 tion 130(g) of title 23, United States Code, is 

21 amended in the third sentence—

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘and the Committee on 

23 Commerce, Science, and Transportation,’’ after 

24 ‘‘Public Works’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘not later than April 1 of 

2 each year’’ and inserting ‘‘every other year’’. 

3 (3) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS; APPORTION4 MENT.—Section 130 of title 23, United States Code, 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(k) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS; APPORTIONMENT.—

7 Funds made available to carry out this section shall be—

8 ‘‘(1) available for expenditure on compilation 

9 and analysis of data in support of activities carried 

10 out under subsection (g); and 

11 ‘‘(2) apportioned in accordance with section 

12 104(b)(5).’’. 

13 (d) TRANSITION.—

14 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—Except as provided in 

15 paragraph (2), to qualify for funding under section 

16 148 of title 23, United States Code (as amended by 

17 subsection (a)), a State shall develop and implement 

18 a State strategic highway safety plan as required by 

19 subsection (c) of that section not later than October 

20 1 of the second fiscal year after the date of enact21 ment of this Act. 

22 (2) INTERIM PERIOD.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Before October 1 of the 

24 second fiscal year after the date of enactment 

25 of this Act and until the date on which a State 
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1 develops and implements a State strategic high2 way safety plan, the Secretary shall apportion 

3 funds to a State for the highway safety im4 provement program and the State may obligate 

5 funds apportioned to the State for the highway 

6 safety improvement program under section 148 

7 for projects that were eligible for funding under 

8 sections 130 and 152 of that title, as in effect 

9 on the day before the date of enactment of this 

10 Act. 

11 (B) NO STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY

12 PLAN.—If a State has not developed a strategic 

13 highway safety plan by October 1 of the second 

14 fiscal year after the date of enactment of this 

15 Act, but demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 

16 Secretary that progress is being made toward 

17 developing and implementing such a plan, the 

18 Secretary shall continue to apportion funds for 

19 1 additional fiscal year for the highway safety 

20 improvement program under section 148 of title 

21 23, United States Code, to the State, and the 

22 State may continue to obligate funds appor23 tioned to the State under this section for 

24 projects that were eligible for funding under 

25 sections 130 and 152 of that title, as in effect 
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1 on the day before the date of enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 (C) PENALTY.—If a State has not adopted 

4 a strategic highway safety plan by the date that 

5 is 2 years after the date of enactment of this 

6 Act, funds made available to the State under 

7 section 1101(6) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexi8 ble, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 

9 2003 shall be redistributed to other States in 

10 accordance with section 104(b) of title 23, 

11 United States Code. 

12 (D) ADDITIONAL PENALTIES.—If, for any 

13 of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, a State fails 

14 to comply with section 148(f)(3) of title 23, 

15 United States Code, not less than 5 percent of 

16 funds made available to a State under para17 graphs (1) and (2) of section 1101 of the Safe, 

18 Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transpor19 tation Equity Act of 2003 for the fiscal year 

20 shall be obligated for projects described in sec21 tion 1101(6) of that Act. 

22 SEC. 3. STATE AND COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM REVI23 SIONS. 

24 Section 402(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 

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1 (1) in the fifth sentence, by inserting before the 

2 period at the end the following: ‘‘to reduce the num3 ber of accidents, injuries, and deaths attributable to 

4 hazardous locations on public roads’’; and 

5 (2) by striking the eleventh sentence and insert6 ing the following: ‘‘The criteria shall include, at a 

7 minimum, criteria on deaths and injuries resulting 

8 from police pursuits, school bus accidents, and 

9 speeding, traffic-related deaths and injuries at high10 way construction sites, and the configuration of com11 mercial motor vehicles involved in motor vehicle acci12 dents (including as a result of hazardous or anti13 quated roadway design).’’. 

14 SEC. 4. OBLIGATION OF FUNDS. 

15 Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is 

16 amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(m) PROPORTIONAL OBLIGATION.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During each of the periods 

19 of fiscal years 2005 through 2006 and fiscal years 

20 2007 through 2009, a State shall make available for 

21 the highway safety improvement program under sec22 tion 148 an amount of obligation authority distrib23 uted to the State for Federal-aid highways and high24 way safety construction programs that is equal to 

25 the amount obtained by multiplying—
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1 ‘‘(A) the aggregate amount of funds appor2 tioned to the State for the highway safety im3 provement program during the period; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the proportion that—

5 ‘‘(i) the aggregate amount of obliga6 tion authority distributed to the State for 

7 Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

8 construction programs during the period; 

9 bears to 

10 ‘‘(ii) the total of the sums apportioned 

11 to the State for Federal-aid highways and 

12 highway safety construction programs (ex13 cluding sums not subject to an obligation 

14 limitation) during the period. 

15 ‘‘(2) JOINT RESPONSIBILITY.—Each State and 

16 the Secretary shall jointly ensure compliance with 

17 paragraph (1).’’. 

18 SEC. 5. STUDY ON INCREASED SPEEDS. 

19 (a) STUDY.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

22 Transportation (referred to in this section as the 

23 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a study to examine the 

24 effects of increased speed limits enacted by States 

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1 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The study shall identify 

2 empirical data regarding—

3 (A) increases or decreases in driving 

4 speeds on Interstate highways since 1995; 

5 (B) correlations between changes in driv6 ing speeds and accident, injury, and fatality 

7 rates; 

8 (C) correlations between posted speed lim9 its and observed driving speeds; 

10 (D) the overall impact on motor vehicle 

11 safety resulting from the repeal of the national 

12 maximum speed limit in 1995; and 

13 (E) such other matters as the Secretary 

14 determines to be appropriate. 

15 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

16 of completion of the study under subsection (a), the Sec17 retary shall submit to Congress a report that describes 

18 the results of the study.

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