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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3040 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to include a special rule for the 
dedication of funds under the highway safety improvement program for 
certain vulnerable users, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 30, 2019 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to include a special 
rule for the dedication of funds under the highway safety 
improvement program for certain vulnerable users, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Safe And Friendly for 
the Environment Streets Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Streets Act’’. 
SEC. 2. VULNERABLE USER SPECIAL RULE. 
Section 148(g) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(3) VULNERABLE USERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a covered planning 
area has a vulnerable user fatality rate that ex-
ceeds 1.5 individuals per 100,000 individuals 
(as calculated under subparagraph (B)), the 
State in which the covered planning area is lo-
cated shall obligate funding amounts (in an 
amount described in subparagraph (C)) for the 
fiscal year beginning after the 3-year period de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)(i) for projects on 
safety improvements for vulnerable users in 
such covered planning area. 
‘‘(B) CALCULATION OF VULNERABLE USER 
FATALITY
RATES.—Annually, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(i) for each covered planning area, 
calculate the vulnerable user fatality rate 
for the most recent 3-year period for which 
data is available; 
‘‘(ii) for each covered planning area 
for which such rate exceeds 1.5 individuals 
per 100,000 individuals, determine the 
funding amount that each State in which 
such covered planning area is located shall 
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obligate in accordance with subparagraph 
(C); and 
‘‘(iii) publish any rate calculated 
under clause (i) and any funding amounts 
determined under clause (ii) on the De-
partment of Transportation website. 
‘‘(C) 
CALCULATION
OF
FUNDING 
AMOUNTS.—The amount described in this sub-
paragraph is the amount received by a State 
under this section in a fiscal year multiplied 
by— 
‘‘(i) the number of vulnerable user fa-
talities in the covered planning area of the 
State, divided by 
‘‘(ii) the total traffic fatalities in the 
State. 
‘‘(D) AUTHORIZED USER OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For funds obli-
gated for use in a covered planning area 
under this paragraph, and except as pro-
vided under clause (ii), the State in which 
such covered planning area is located, in 
consultation with the applicable authority 
of such area, shall carry out projects fund-
ed under this section. 
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‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a 
metropolitan planning area with a popu-
lation of over 200,000, the metropolitan 
planning organization shall carry out 
projects funded under this section. 
‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 
the following definitions apply: 
‘‘(i) COVERED PLANNING AREA.—The 
term ‘covered planning area’ means, with 
respect to a State— 
‘‘(I) an area under the jurisdic-
tion of a metropolitan planning orga-
nization; 
‘‘(II) a Tribal land (as defined in 
section 2601(13) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501(13))); 
or 
‘‘(III) all areas in the State not 
described by subclauses (I) and (II). 
‘‘(ii) VULNERABLE USER.—The term 
‘vulnerable user’ means— 
‘‘(I) a pedestrian; 
‘‘(II) an individual on a bicycle, 
whether such individual is a pedal-
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cyclist or riding a low-speed electric 
bicycle; 
‘‘(III) an individual with a dis-
ability; or 
‘‘(IV) an individual using a mo-
bility device (including a wheelchair, 
walker, or scooter, whether motorized 
or non-motorized). 
‘‘(iii) 
VULNERABLE
USER
FATAL-
ITY.—The term ‘vulnerable user fatality’ 
means a transportation-related fatality of 
an individual while such individual is a vul-
nerable user.’’. 
Æ 
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