‘‘(II) 
through 
contracts 
with 
State agencies, private entities, or 
nonprofit entities.’’. 
(g) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 133(h) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (8); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIRED
AGGREGATE
NON-FED-
ERAL SHARE.—The average annual non-Federal 
share of the total cost of all projects for which 
funds are obligated under this subsection in a 
State for a fiscal year shall be not less than the 
non-Federal share authorized for the State 
under section 120(b). 
‘‘(B) FLEXIBLE
FINANCING.—Subject to 
subparagraph 
(A), 
notwithstanding 
section 
120— 
‘‘(i) funds made available to carry out 
section 148 may be credited toward the 
non-Federal share of the costs of a project 
under this subsection if the project— 
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‘‘(I) is an eligible project de-
scribed in section 148(e)(1); and 
‘‘(II) contributes to the annual 
safety performance targets of the 
State; 
‘‘(ii) the non-Federal share for a 
project under this subsection may be cal-
culated on a project, multiple-project, or 
program basis; and 
‘‘(iii) the Federal share of the cost of 
an individual project in this section may be 
up to 100 percent.’’. 
(h) STATE TRANSFERABILITY.—Section 126(b)(2) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
period at the end of (2) and inserting: ‘‘and may only be 
transferred if the Secretary certifies that the State— 
‘‘(1) held a competition in compliance with the 
guidance on Section 133(h) with sufficient time for 
applicants to apply; 
‘‘(2) offered technical assistance to all eligible 
entities and provided it to those who requested it; 
and 
‘‘(3) can demonstrate that there were not suffi-
ciently suitable applications from eligible entities to 
use the funds to be transferred.’’. 
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(i) IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY.—Paragraph (8)(A) 
of section 133(h) of title 23, United States Code (as so 
redesignated by subsection (g)), is amended by striking 
clause (ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) the list of each project selected 
for funding for each year, including for 
each project the year selected, the fiscal 
year in which the project is anticipated to 
be funded, the recipient, the location, the 
type, and a brief description.’’. 
(j) SAFE ROUTES TO HIGH SCHOOLS.—Section 1404 
of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘primary and 
middle’’ and inserting ‘‘primary, middle, and high’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (k)(2)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PRIMARY 
AND MIDDLE’’ and inserting ‘‘PRIMARY, MID-
DLE, AND HIGH’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘primary and middle’’ and 
inserting ‘‘primary, middle, and high’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘eighth grade’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘12th grade’’. 
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(k) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on October 
1, 2020. 
Æ 
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