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Union Calendar No. 788 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2367 

[Report No. 118–936] 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a competitive grant 

program for projects for commercial motor vehicle parking, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2023 

Mr. BOST (for himself, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. 

SWALWELL, Ms. MACE, Mr. STAUBER, and Mr. BABIN) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

DECEMBER 19, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. CRAWFORD, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 

GOODEN of Texas, Ms. PORTER, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. 

MOLINARO, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. MANN, 

Mr. YAKYM, Mr. STANTON, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Ms. 

BROWNLEY, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. STEWART, Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, Mr. 

STEIL, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. MRVAN, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. LEE of Nevada, 

Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GUEST, Mr. PAPPAS, Mrs. HOUCHIN, 

Mr. NICKEL, Ms. MANNING, Mr. COHEN, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Ms. HAGEMAN, Ms. CARAVEO, Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Ms. ROSS, Mr. 

CUELLAR, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mrs. KIM of 

California, Mr. MAGAZINER, and Ms. SPANBERGER

DECEMBER 19, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 29, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a competitive grant program for projects for commercial motor 

vehicle parking, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Truck Parking Safety 

5 Improvement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that it should be a national 

8 priority to address the shortage of parking for commercial 

9 motor vehicles on the Federal-aid highway system to im10 prove highway safety. 

11 SEC. 3. PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

13 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘§ 180. Parking for commercial motor vehicles 

15 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term 

17 ‘commercial motor vehicle’ has the meaning given the 

18 term in section 31132 of title 49. 

19 ‘‘(2) SAFETY REST AREA.—The term ‘safety rest 

20 area’ has the meaning given the term in section 

21 120(c)(1). 

22 ‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—Subject to the availability 

23 of funds, the Secretary shall make grants, on a competitive 

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1 ing for commercial motor vehicles and improve the safety 

2 of commercial motor vehicle drivers. 

3 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity eligible to receive 

5 a grant under this section is any of the following: 

6 ‘‘(A) A State. 

7 ‘‘(B) A metropolitan planning organization. 

8 ‘‘(C) A unit of local government. 

9 ‘‘(D) A political subdivision of a State or 

10 local government carrying out responsibilities re11 lating to commercial motor vehicle parking. 

12 ‘‘(E) A Tribal government or a consortium 

13 of Tribal governments. 

14 ‘‘(F) A multistate or multijurisdictional 

15 group of entities described in subparagraphs (A) 

16 through (E). 

17 ‘‘(2) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION.—An eli18 gible entity that receives a grant under this section 

19 may partner with a private entity to carry out an el20 igible project under this section. 

21 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity may use a grant 

23 provided under this section for a project described in 

24 paragraph (2) that is on— 

25 ‘‘(A) a Federal-aid highway; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) a facility with reasonable access (as 

2 described in section 658.19 of title 23, Code of 

3 Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) 

4 to— 

5 ‘‘(i) a Federal-aid highway; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) a freight facility. 

7 ‘‘(2) PROJECTS DESCRIBED.—A project referred 

8 to in paragraph (1) is a project— 

9 ‘‘(A) to construct a safety rest area that in10 cludes parking for commercial motor vehicles; 

11 ‘‘(B) to construct additional commercial 

12 motor vehicle parking capacity— 

13 ‘‘(i) adjacent to a private commercial 

14 truck stop or travel plaza; 

15 ‘‘(ii) within the boundaries of, or adja16 cent to, a publicly owned freight facility, 

17 including a port terminal operated by a 

18 public authority; 

19 ‘‘(iii) at an existing facility, including 

20 an inspection or weigh station and a park21 and-ride location; or 

22 ‘‘(iv) at another suitable facility, as de23 termined by the eligible entity, in concur24 rence with the Secretary; 


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1 ‘‘(C) to reopen an existing weigh station, 

2 safety rest area, park-and-ride facility, or other 

3 government-owned facility, that is not in use, for 

4 commercial motor vehicle parking; 

5 ‘‘(D) to construct or make capital improve6 ments to an existing public commercial motor 

7 vehicle parking facility to expand parking use 

8 and availability, including at a seasonal facil9 ity; 

10 ‘‘(E) to identify, promote, and manage the 

11 availability of publicly and privately provided 

12 commercial motor vehicle parking, such as 

13 through the use of intelligent transportation sys14 tems; 

15 ‘‘(F) to improve the personal safety of com16 mercial motor vehicle drivers at a parking facil17 ity as part of a project described in subpara18 graphs (A) through (D); or 

19 ‘‘(G) to improve a parking facility, includ20 ing through truck stop electrification systems (as 

21 defined in section 101(a)), as part of a project 

22 described in subparagraphs (A) through (D). 

23 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

24 under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Sec25 retary an application at such time, in such manner, and 


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1 containing such information as the Secretary may require, 

2 including— 

3 ‘‘(1) a description of the proposed project; and 

4 ‘‘(2) any other information that the Secretary 

5 determines to be necessary. 

6 ‘‘(f) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary may select 

7 a project to receive a grant under this section only if the 

8 Secretary determines that— 

9 ‘‘(1) there is a shortage of commercial motor ve10 hicle parking capacity in the corridor in which the 

11 project is located; 

12 ‘‘(2) the eligible entity has consulted with motor 

13 carriers, commercial motor vehicle drivers, public 

14 safety officials, and private providers of commercial 

15 motor vehicle parking regarding the project; 

16 ‘‘(3) the project will likely— 

17 ‘‘(A) increase the availability or utilization 

18 of commercial motor vehicle parking; 

19 ‘‘(B) facilitate the efficient movement of 

20 freight; or 

21 ‘‘(C) improve highway safety, traffic conges22 tion, and air quality; and 

23 ‘‘(4) the eligible entity demonstrates the ability 

24 to provide for the maintenance and operation of the 

25 facility. 


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1 ‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.—To the maximum 

2 extent practicable, the Secretary shall select projects to re3 ceive grants under the program in a manner that maxi4 mizes the geographic dispersion of new commercial motor 

5 vehicle parking capacity across the United States. 

6 ‘‘(h) USE OF FUNDS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may use a 

8 grant under this section for— 

9 ‘‘(A) development phase activities, including 

10 planning, feasibility analysis, benefit-cost anal11 ysis, environmental review, preliminary engi12 neering and design work, and other 

13 preconstruction activities necessary to advance a 

14 project under this section; and 

15 ‘‘(B) construction and operational improve16 ments. 

17 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may 

19 use not more than 25 percent of the amount of 

20 a grant under this section for activities described 

21 in paragraph (1)(A). 

22 ‘‘(B) EXISTING FACILITIES.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

24 in clause (ii), not more than 10 percent of 

25 the amounts made available for each fiscal 


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1 year for grants under this section may be 

2 used for projects described in subsection 

3 (d)(2)(E) that solely identify, promote, and 

4 manage the availability of existing commer5 cial motor vehicle parking. 

6 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Clause (i) shall not 

7 apply to a project described in subsection 

8 (d)(2)(E) that is part of a project to expand 

9 commercial motor vehicle parking capacity. 

10 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made avail12 able to carry out this section shall not be used 

13 for the construction, improvement, or develop14 ment phase activities directly related to the con15 struction, improvement, or reopening of charging 

16 or fueling infrastructure for the propulsion of a 

17 vehicle, including a commercial motor vehicle. 

18 ‘‘(B) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this 

19 paragraph limits the use of funds other than 

20 funds made available to carry out this section. 

21 ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING.—Commer23 cial motor vehicle parking constructed, reopened, or 

24 improved with funds from a grant under this section 


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1 shall be open and accessible to all commercial motor 

2 vehicle drivers. 

3 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON CHARGING FEES.—No fee 

4 may be charged by an eligible entity to a commercial 

5 motor vehicle driver to gain access to parking con6 structed, reopened, or improved with a grant under 

7 this section. 

8 ‘‘(3) HUMAN TRAFFICKING NOTICE.—An entity 

9 carrying out a project to construct, reopen, or im10 prove a parking facility with a grant under this sec11 tion shall ensure that a notice containing information 

12 about human trafficking is prominently displayed in 

13 such facility. 

14 ‘‘(4) SUICIDE PREVENTION NOTICE.—An entity 

15 carrying out a project to construct, reopen, or im16 prove a parking facility with a grant under this sec17 tion shall ensure that a notice containing information 

18 about suicide prevention, including the 988 suicide 

19 hotline, is prominently displayed in such facility. 

20 ‘‘(j) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of law, a project carried out under this 

22 section shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid high23 way under this chapter. 

24 ‘‘(k) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts 

25 made available for projects under this section shall remain 


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1 available for a period of 3 years after the last day of the 

2 fiscal year in which the amounts are made available. 

3 ‘‘(l) RESTRICTION.—No eligible entity may use emi4 nent domain for any project funded under this section.’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 

6 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following: 

‘‘180. Parking for commercial motor vehicles.’’. 

8 SEC. 4. SURVEY AND COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after the 

10 date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, 

11 the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with ap12 propriate State motor carrier safety personnel, motor car13 riers, State departments of transportation, and private pro14 viders of commercial motor vehicle parking, shall submit 

15 to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

16 Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra17 structure of the House of Representatives a report that— 

18 (1) evaluates the availability of adequate park19 ing and rest facilities, taking into account both pri20 vate and public facilities, for commercial motor vehi21 cles engaged in interstate transportation; 

22 (2) evaluates the effectiveness of the projects 

23 funded under section 180 of title 23, United States 

24 Code, in improving access to commercial motor vehi25 cle parking; 


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1 (3) evaluates the ability of eligible entities that 

2 received a grant under section 180 of title 23, United 

3 States Code, to sustain the operation of parking fa4 cilities constructed with funds provided under that 

5 section; and 

6 (4) reports on the progress being made to provide 

7 adequate commercial motor vehicle parking facilities. 

8 (b) RESULTS.—The Secretary shall make the reports 

9 under subsection (a) available to the public on the website 

10 of the Department of Transportation. 

11 (c) ALIGNMENT OF REPORTS.—In carrying out this 

12 section, the Secretary shall— 

13 (1) consider the results of the commercial motor 

14 vehicle parking facilities assessments of States under 

15 subsection (f) of section 70202 of title 49, United 

16 States Code; and 

17 (2) seek to align the contents of the reports under 

18 subsection (a) and the submission and publication of 

19 those reports with the State freight plans developed 

20 and updated under that section. 

21 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec23 retary of Transportation for projects for commercial motor 

24 vehicle parking under section 180 of title 23, United States 

25 Code— 


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1 (1) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

2 (2) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

3 (3) $320,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 


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Union Calendar No. 788 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2367 

[Report No. 118–936] 

A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish 

purposes. commercial motor vehicle parking, and for other a competitive grant program for projects for 

DECEMBER 19, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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