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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 906

To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve roadway safety for motor 

vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2003

Mr. QUINN (for himself and Mr. RAHALL) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL

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

safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and 

workers in proximity to vehicle traffic.

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 ‘‘Surface Transpor5 tation Safety Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF HAZARDS RELATED TO HIGHWAY 

7 FACILITIES. 

8 (a) DEFINITION OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

9 PROJECT.—Section 101(a)(30) of title 23, United States 

10 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘installs or maintains fluo-
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1 rescent, yellow-green signs at pedestrian or bicycle cross2 ings or school zones,’’ after ‘‘call boxes,’’. 

3 (b) RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS.—

4 (1) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The first sentence of 

5 section 130(a) of such title is amended by inserting 

6 ‘‘maintenance of protective devices,’’ after ‘‘struc7 tures,’’. 

8 (2) FUNDS FOR PROTECTIVE DEVICES.—Sec9 tion 130(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘At 

least 1 10 ⁄2’’ and inserting ‘‘For each fiscal year, at 

11 least $150,000,000’’. 

12 (3) BIENNIAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The 

13 third sentence of section 130(g) of such title is 

14 amended—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘Committee on Environ16 ment and Public Works’’ and inserting ‘‘Com17 mittees on Environment and Public Works and 

18 Commerce, Science, and Transportation’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘not later than April 1 of 

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

21 (4) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Section 130 of 

22 such title is further amended by adding at the end 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(k) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail25 able to carry out this section shall be available for expendi-
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1 ture on compilation and analysis of data in support of ac2 tivities carried out under subsection (g).’’. 

3 (c) AVAILABILITY OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

4 PROGRAM FUNDS.—The second sentence of section 

5 133(d)(1) of such title is amended—

6 (1) by inserting ‘‘equal’’ after ‘‘year an’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘which is’’ and all that follows 

8 before the period. 

9 (d) HAZARD ELIMINATION PROGRAM.—

10 (1) PURPOSES.—Section 152(a)(1) of such title 

11 is amended by inserting after ‘‘pedestrians,’’ the fol12 lowing: ‘‘identify roadway safety improvement needs 

13 for such locations, sections, and elements,’’. 

14 (2) APPROVAL OF PROJECTS.—Section 152(b) 

15 of such title is amended by inserting before the pe16 riod at the end the following: ‘‘, that reduces the 

17 likelihood of crashes involving road departures, 

18 intersections, pedestrians, bicycles, older drivers, or 

19 construction work zones’’. 

20 (3) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Section 152(c) 

21 of such title is amended—

22 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

23 the end; 

24 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking the period 

25 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
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1 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(4) police assistance for traffic and speed 

3 management in construction work zones; 

4 ‘‘(5) installation of barriers between construc5 tion work zones and traffic lanes for the safety of 

6 motorists and workers; or 

7 ‘‘(6) compilation and analysis of data under 

8 subsections (f) and (g).’’. 

9 (4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

10 152(g) of such title is amended by striking the third 

11 sentence and all that follows through the period at 

12 the end of the section. 

13 (5) BIENNIAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 

14 152 of such title is amended—

15 (A) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub16 section (i); and 

17 (B) by inserting after subsection (g) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(h) BIENNIAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

20 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, 

21 and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit 

22 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

23 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

24 Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on 
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1 the results of the program under this section. The report 

2 shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) A summary of State projects completed 

4 under this section categorized by the types of haz5 ards described in subsection (b) and a statement of 

6 the cost of such projects. 

7 ‘‘(2) An analysis of the effectiveness of such 

8 projects in reducing the number and severity of 

9 crashes at high hazard locations. 

10 ‘‘(3) An assessment of the adequacy of author11 ized funding for the program and State use of such 

12 funding to address the national need for such 

13 projects. 

14 ‘‘(4) Recommendations for funding and pro15 gram improvements to reduce the number of high 

16 hazard locations.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. WORKER INJURY PREVENTION AND FREE FLOW OF 

18 VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. 

19 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

20 of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue 

21 regulations to decrease the likelihood of worker injury and 

22 maintain the free flow of vehicular traffic by requiring 

23 workers whose duties place them on or in close proximity 

24 to a Federal-aid highway (as defined in section 101 of title 

25 23, United States Code) to wear high visibility garments. 
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1 Such regulations may also require such other worker-safe2 ty measures for workers with those duties as the Secretary 

3 determines appropriate.

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