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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. GOLD-
EN of Maine, Ms. HAGEMAN, Ms. CARAVEO, Mr. JACKSON of North Caro-
lina, 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 com-
petitive grant program for projects for commercial motor 
vehicle parking, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truck Parking Safety 
Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that it should be a national 
priority to address the shortage of parking for commercial 
motor vehicles on the Federal-aid highway system to im-
prove highway safety. 
SEC. 3. PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 180. Parking for commercial motor vehicles 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term 
‘commercial motor vehicle’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 31132 of title 49. 
‘‘(2) SAFETY REST AREA.—The term ‘safety rest 
area’ has the meaning given the term in section 
120(c)(1). 
‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—Subject to the availability 
of funds, the Secretary shall make grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible entities for projects to provide public park-
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ing for commercial motor vehicles and improve the safety 
of commercial motor vehicle drivers. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity eligible to receive 
a grant under this section is any of the following: 
‘‘(A) A State. 
‘‘(B) A metropolitan planning organization. 
‘‘(C) A unit of local government. 
‘‘(D) A political subdivision of a State or 
local government carrying out responsibilities re-
lating to commercial motor vehicle parking. 
‘‘(E) A Tribal government or a consortium 
of Tribal governments. 
‘‘(F) A multistate or multijurisdictional 
group of entities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E). 
‘‘(2) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION.—An eli-
gible entity that receives a grant under this section 
may partner with a private entity to carry out an el-
igible project under this section. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity may use a grant 
provided under this section for a project described in 
paragraph (2) that is on— 
‘‘(A) a Federal-aid highway; or 
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‘‘(B) a facility with reasonable access (as 
described in section 658.19 of title 23, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) 
to— 
‘‘(i) a Federal-aid highway; or 
‘‘(ii) a freight facility. 
‘‘(2) PROJECTS DESCRIBED.—A project referred 
to in paragraph (1) is a project— 
‘‘(A) to construct a safety rest area that in-
cludes parking for commercial motor vehicles; 
‘‘(B) to construct additional commercial 
motor vehicle parking capacity— 
‘‘(i) adjacent to a private commercial 
truck stop or travel plaza; 
‘‘(ii) within the boundaries of, or adja-
cent to, a publicly owned freight facility, 
including a port terminal operated by a 
public authority; 
‘‘(iii) at an existing facility, including 
an inspection or weigh station and a park- 
and-ride location; or 
‘‘(iv) at another suitable facility, as de-
termined by the eligible entity, in concur-
rence with the Secretary; 
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‘‘(C) to reopen an existing weigh station, 
safety rest area, park-and-ride facility, or other 
government-owned facility, that is not in use, for 
commercial motor vehicle parking; 
‘‘(D) to construct or make capital improve-
ments to an existing public commercial motor 
vehicle parking facility to expand parking use 
and availability, including at a seasonal facil-
ity; 
‘‘(E) to identify, promote, and manage the 
availability of publicly and privately provided 
commercial motor vehicle parking, such as 
through the use of intelligent transportation sys-
tems; 
‘‘(F) to improve the personal safety of com-
mercial motor vehicle drivers at a parking facil-
ity as part of a project described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (D); or 
‘‘(G) to improve a parking facility, includ-
ing through truck stop electrification systems (as 
defined in section 101(a)), as part of a project 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (D). 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Sec-
retary an application at such time, in such manner, and 
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containing such information as the Secretary may require, 
including— 
‘‘(1) a description of the proposed project; and 
‘‘(2) any other information that the Secretary 
determines to be necessary. 
‘‘(f) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary may select 
a project to receive a grant under this section only if the 
Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(1) there is a shortage of commercial motor ve-
hicle parking capacity in the corridor in which the 
project is located; 
‘‘(2) the eligible entity has consulted with motor 
carriers, commercial motor vehicle drivers, public 
safety officials, and private providers of commercial 
motor vehicle parking regarding the project; 
‘‘(3) the project will likely— 
‘‘(A) increase the availability or utilization 
of commercial motor vehicle parking; 
‘‘(B) facilitate the efficient movement of 
freight; or 
‘‘(C) improve highway safety, traffic conges-
tion, and air quality; and 
‘‘(4) the eligible entity demonstrates the ability 
to provide for the maintenance and operation of the 
facility. 
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‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.—To the maximum 
extent practicable, the Secretary shall select projects to re-
ceive grants under the program in a manner that maxi-
mizes the geographic dispersion of new commercial motor 
vehicle parking capacity across the United States. 
‘‘(h) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may use a 
grant under this section for— 
‘‘(A) development phase activities, including 
planning, feasibility analysis, benefit-cost anal-
ysis, environmental review, preliminary engi-
neering 
and 
design 
work, 
and 
other 
preconstruction activities necessary to advance a 
project under this section; and 
‘‘(B) construction and operational improve-
ments. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may 
use not more than 25 percent of the amount of 
a grant under this section for activities described 
in paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) EXISTING FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), not more than 10 percent of 
the amounts made available for each fiscal 
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year for grants under this section may be 
used for projects described in subsection 
(d)(2)(E) that solely identify, promote, and 
manage the availability of existing commer-
cial motor vehicle parking. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Clause (i) shall not 
apply to a project described in subsection 
(d)(2)(E) that is part of a project to expand 
commercial motor vehicle parking capacity. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section shall not be used 
for the construction, improvement, or develop-
ment phase activities directly related to the con-
struction, improvement, or reopening of charging 
or fueling infrastructure for the propulsion of a 
vehicle, including a commercial motor vehicle. 
‘‘(B) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this 
paragraph limits the use of funds other than 
funds made available to carry out this section. 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING.—Commer-
cial motor vehicle parking constructed, reopened, or 
improved with funds from a grant under this section 
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shall be open and accessible to all commercial motor 
vehicle drivers. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON CHARGING FEES.—No fee 
may be charged by an eligible entity to a commercial 
motor vehicle driver to gain access to parking con-
structed, reopened, or improved with a grant under 
this section. 
‘‘(3) HUMAN TRAFFICKING NOTICE.—An entity 
carrying out a project to construct, reopen, or im-
prove a parking facility with a grant under this sec-
tion shall ensure that a notice containing information 
about human trafficking is prominently displayed in 
such facility. 
‘‘(4) SUICIDE PREVENTION NOTICE.—An entity 
carrying out a project to construct, reopen, or im-
prove a parking facility with a grant under this sec-
tion shall ensure that a notice containing information 
about suicide prevention, including the 988 suicide 
hotline, is prominently displayed in such facility. 
‘‘(j) TREATMENT
OF
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, a project carried out under this 
section shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid high-
way under this chapter. 
‘‘(k) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts 
made available for projects under this section shall remain 
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available for a period of 3 years after the last day of the 
fiscal year in which the amounts are made available. 
‘‘(l) RESTRICTION.—No eligible entity may use emi-
nent domain for any project funded under this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘180. Parking for commercial motor vehicles.’’. 
SEC. 4. SURVEY AND COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, 
the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with ap-
propriate State motor carrier safety personnel, motor car-
riers, State departments of transportation, and private pro-
viders of commercial motor vehicle parking, shall submit 
to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives a report that— 
(1) evaluates the availability of adequate park-
ing and rest facilities, taking into account both pri-
vate and public facilities, for commercial motor vehi-
cles engaged in interstate transportation; 
(2) evaluates the effectiveness of the projects 
funded under section 180 of title 23, United States 
Code, in improving access to commercial motor vehi-
cle parking; 
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(3) evaluates the ability of eligible entities that 
received a grant under section 180 of title 23, United 
States Code, to sustain the operation of parking fa-
cilities constructed with funds provided under that 
section; and 
(4) reports on the progress being made to provide 
adequate commercial motor vehicle parking facilities. 
(b) RESULTS.—The Secretary shall make the reports 
under subsection (a) available to the public on the website 
of the Department of Transportation. 
(c) ALIGNMENT OF REPORTS.—In carrying out this 
section, the Secretary shall— 
(1) consider the results of the commercial motor 
vehicle parking facilities assessments of States under 
subsection (f) of section 70202 of title 49, United 
States Code; and 
(2) seek to align the contents of the reports under 
subsection (a) and the submission and publication of 
those reports with the State freight plans developed 
and updated under that section. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Transportation for projects for commercial motor 
vehicle parking under section 180 of title 23, United States 
Code— 
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(1) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(2) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(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 
a competitive grant program for projects for 
commercial motor vehicle parking, and for other 
purposes. 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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