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SEC. 2004. STATE TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEM 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 412. State traffic safety information system im-
provements 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—Subject 
to the requirements of this section, the Secretary 
shall make grants to States that adopt and imple-
ment effective programs to—
‘‘(A) improve the timeliness, accuracy, 
completeness, uniformity, integration, and ac-
cessibility of the safety data of the State that 
is needed to identify priorities for national, 
State, and local highway and traffic safety pro-
grams; 
‘‘(B) evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to 
make such improvements; 
‘‘(C) link these State data systems, includ-
ing traffic records, with other data systems 
within the State, such as systems that contain 
medical, roadway, and economic data; and 
‘‘(D) improve the compatibility and inter-
operability of the data systems of the State
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with national data systems and data systems of 
other States and enhance the ability of the Sec-
retary to observe and analyze national trends in 
crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and cir-
cumstances. 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
GRANTS.—A State may use a 
grant received under this section only to implement 
such programs. 
‘‘(3) MODEL DATA ELEMENTS.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with States and other appropriate 
parties, shall determine the model data elements 
necessary to observe and analyze State and national 
trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and 
circumstances. In order to become eligible for a 
grant under this section, a State shall certify to the 
Secretary the State’s adoption and use of such 
model data elements. 
‘‘(4) MAINTENANCE
OF
EFFORT.—No grant 
may be made to a State under this section in any 
fiscal year unless the State enters into such agree-
ments with the Secretary as the Secretary may re-
quire ensuring that the State will maintain its ag-
gregate expenditures from all other sources for high-
way safety data programs at or above the average
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level of such expenditures in the 2 fiscal years pre-
ceding the date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of implementing in a fiscal year a program 
of a State pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not ex-
ceed 80 percent. 
‘‘(b) FIRST-YEAR GRANTS.—To be eligible for a first-
year grant under this section, a State shall demonstrate 
to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State has—
‘‘(1) established a highway safety data and traf-
fic records coordinating committee with a multidisci-
plinary membership that includes, among others, 
managers, collectors, and users of traffic records 
and public health and injury control data systems; 
and 
‘‘(2) developed a multiyear highway safety data 
and traffic records system strategic plan that ad-
dresses existing deficiencies in the State’s highway 
safety data and traffic records system and is ap-
proved by the highway safety data and traffic 
records coordinating committee and—
‘‘(A) specifies how existing deficiencies in 
the State’s highway safety data and traffic 
records system were identified;
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‘‘(B) prioritizes, based on the identified 
highway safety data and traffic records system 
deficiencies, the highway safety data and traffic 
records system needs and goals of the State, in-
cluding the activities described in subsection 
(a)(1); 
‘‘(C) identifies performance-based meas-
ures by which progress toward those goals will 
be determined; 
‘‘(D) specifies how the grant funds and 
any other funds of the State will be used to ad-
dress needs and goals identified in the 
multiyear plan; and 
‘‘(E) includes a current report on the 
progress in implementing the multiyear plan 
that documents progress toward the specified 
goals. 
‘‘(c) SUCCEEDING-YEAR GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—A State shall be eligible for 
a grant under this section in a fiscal year succeeding 
the first fiscal year in which the State receives a 
grant under subsection (b) if the State, to the satis-
faction of the Secretary—
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‘‘(A) submits an updated multiyear plan 
that meets the requirements of subsection 
(b)(2); 
‘‘(B) certifies that its highway safety data 
and traffic records coordinating committee con-
tinues to operate and supports the multiyear 
plan; 
‘‘(C) specifies how the grant funds and any 
other funds of the State will be used to address 
needs and goals identified in the multiyear plan; 
‘‘(D) demonstrates measurable progress to-
ward achieving the goals and objectives identi-
fied in the multiyear plan; and 
‘‘(E) includes a current report on the 
progress in implementing the multiyear plan. 
‘‘(d) GRANT AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amount of a grant 
made to a State for a fiscal year under this section 
shall equal an amount determined by multiplying—
‘‘(A) the amount appropriated to carry out 
this section for such fiscal year; by 
‘‘(B) the ratio that the funds apportioned 
to the State under section 402 for fiscal year 
2003 bears to the funds apportioned to all 
States under section 402 for fiscal year 2003.
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‘‘(2) 
MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(A) a State eligible for a first-year grant 
under this section shall not receive less than 
$300,000; and 
‘‘(B) a State eligible for a succeeding-year 
grant under this section shall not receive less 
than $500,000. 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Funds author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out this section in a fiscal 
year shall be subject to a deduction not to exceed 5 percent 
for the necessary costs of administering the provisions of 
this section. 
‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1.—The provisions 
contained in section 402(d) shall apply to this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
‘‘412. State traffic safety information system improvements.’’.
SEC. 2005. HIGH VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. 
The Secretary shall establish a program to support 
national impaired driving mobilization and enforcement ef-
forts and national safety belt mobilization and enforce-
ment, including the purchase of national paid advertise-
ment (including production and placement) to support 
such efforts.
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SEC. 2006. MOTORCYCLE CRASH CAUSATION STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Using funds made available to 
carry out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary shall conduct a study of the causes of motorcycle 
crashes. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
Congress a report on the results of the study. 
SEC. 2007. CHILD SAFETY AND CHILD BOOSTER SEAT IN-
CENTIVE GRANTS. 
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to the require-
ments of this section, the Secretary shall make grants to 
States that enact or have enacted and are enforcing a law 
requiring that children riding in passenger motor vehicles 
who are too large to be secured in a child safety seat be 
secured in a child restraint that meets the requirements 
prescribed by the Secretary under section 3 of Anton’s 
Law (116 Stat. 2772). 
(b) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—No grant may be 
made to a State under this section in a fiscal year unless 
the State enters into such agreements with the Secretary 
as the Secretary may require to ensure that the State will 
maintain its aggregate expenditures from all other sources 
for child safety seat and child booster seat programs at 
or above the average level of such expenditures in its 2 
fiscal years preceding the date of enactment of this Act.
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(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of implementing and enforcing in a fiscal year a law adopt-
ed by a State under subsection (a) shall not exceed—
(1) for the first 3 fiscal years for which a State 
receives a grant under this section, 75 percent; and 
(2) for the fourth fiscal year for which a State 
receives a grant under this section, 50 percent. 
(d) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A State is eligible for a 
grant under this section if the State has in effect 
and enforces a law described in subsection (a). 
(2) MAXIMUM
PERIOD
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—No 
State may receive grants under this section in more 
than 4 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 
2005. 
(e) ELIGIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—A State may use 
a grant under this section only to carry out child safety 
seat and child booster seat programs, including the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A program to educate the public concerning 
the proper use and installation of child safety seats 
and child booster seats. 
(2) A program to train child passenger safety 
professionals, police officers, fire and emergency 
medical personnel, and educators concerning all as-
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pects of the use of child safety seats and booster 
seats. 
(3) A program to purchase and distribute child 
safety seats, child booster seats, and other appro-
priate passenger motor vehicle child restraints to 
families that cannot otherwise afford such seats or 
restraints. 
(4) A program to support enforcement of child 
restraint laws. 
(f) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant to a 
State for a fiscal year under this section may not exceed 
25 percent of the amount apportioned to the State for fis-
cal year 2003 under section 402 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Funds authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section in a fiscal year 
shall be subject to a deduction not to exceed 2.5 percent 
for the necessary costs of administering the provisions of 
this section. 
(h) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1.—The provisions 
contained in section 402(d) of title 23, United States 
Code, apply to this section. 
(i) REPORT.—Each State to which a grant is made 
under this section shall transmit to the Secretary a report 
documenting the manner in which grant amounts were ob-
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ligated and expended and identifying the specific programs 
carried out with or supported by grant funds. The report 
shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary and may 
be combined with other State grant reporting require-
ments under of chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) CHILD RESTRAINT.—The term ‘‘child re-
straint’’ means any product designed to provide re-
straint to a child (including booster seats and other 
products used with a lap and shoulder belt assem-
bly) that meets applicable Federal motor vehicle 
safety standards prescribed by the National High-
way Traffic Safety Administration. 
(2) CHILD
SAFETY
SEAT.—The term ‘‘child 
safety seat’’ has the meaning such term has in sec-
tion 405(f) of title 23, United States Code. 
(3) PASSENGER
MOTOR
VEHICLE.—The term 
‘‘passenger motor vehicle’’ has the meaning such 
term has in such section 405(f). 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing such term has in section 101(a) of such title. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
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sit Account) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2008 and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
SEC. 2008. MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—Subject to the 
requirements of this section, the Secretary shall make 
grants to States that adopt and implement effective pro-
grams to reduce the number of single- and multi-vehicle 
crashes involving motorcyclists. 
(b) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—No grant may be 
made to a State under this section in a fiscal year unless 
the State enters into such agreements with the Secretary 
as the Secretary may require to ensure that the State will 
maintain its aggregate expenditures from all the other 
sources for motorcyclist safety training programs and mo-
torcyclist awareness programs at or above the average 
level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) MAXIMUM PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY.—No State 
may receive grants under this section in more than 4 fiscal 
years beginning after September 30, 2005. 
(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in a fiscal 
year a program adopted by a State in accordance with 
subsection (a) shall not exceed—
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(1) for the first 3 years for which a State re-
ceives a grant under this section, 75 percent; and 
(2) for the fourth fiscal year for which a State 
receives a grant under this section, 50 percent. 
(e) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State becomes eligible for 
a grant under this section by adopting or dem-
onstrating to the satisfaction of the Secretary—
(A) for the first fiscal year for which the 
State will receive a grant under this section, at 
least 1 of the 6 criteria listed in paragraph (2); 
(B) for the second, third, and fourth fiscal 
years for which the State will receive a grant 
under this section, at least 2 of the 6 criteria 
listed in paragraph (2); and 
(C) for any subsequent fiscal years for 
which the State will receive a grant under this 
section, at least 3 of the 6 criteria listed in 
paragraph (2). 
(2) CRITERIA.—The criteria for eligibility for a 
grant under this section are the following: 
(A) 
MOTORCYCLE
RIDER
TRAINING 
COURSES.—An effective motorcycle rider train-
ing course that is offered throughout the State, 
provides a formal program of instruction in ac-
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cident avoidance and other safety-oriented oper-
ational skills to motorcyclists, and may include 
innovative training opportunities to meet unique 
regional needs. 
(B) MOTORCYCLISTS
AWARENESS
PRO-
GRAM.—An effective statewide program to en-
hance motorist awareness of the presence of 
motorcyclists on or near roadways and safe 
driving practices that avoid injuries to motorcy-
clists. 
(C) REDUCTION
OF
FATALITIES
AND 
CRASHES INVOLVING MOTORCYCLES.—A reduc-
tion for the preceding calendar year in the 
number of motorcycle fatalities and the rate of 
motor vehicle crashes involving motorcycles in 
the State (expressed as a function of 10,000 
motorcycle registrations). 
(D) IMPAIRED DRIVING PROGRAM.—Imple-
mentation of a statewide program to reduce im-
paired driving, including specific measures to 
reduce impaired motorcycle operation. 
(E) REDUCTION OF FATALITIES AND ACCI-
DENTS
INVOLVING
IMPAIRED
MOTORCY-
CLISTS.—A reduction for the preceding cal-
endar year in the number of fatalities and the
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rate of reported crashes involving alcohol- or 
drug-impaired motorcycle operators (expressed 
as a function of 10,000 motorcycle registra-
tions). 
(F) FEES
COLLECTED
FROM
MOTORCY-
CLISTS.—All fees collected by the State from 
motorcyclists for the purposes of funding mo-
torcycle training and safety programs are used 
for motorcycle training and safety programs. 
(f) ELIGIBLE USES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may use funds from 
a grant under this section only for motorcyclist safe-
ty training and motorcyclist awareness programs, in-
cluding—
(A) improvements to motorcyclist safety 
training curricula; 
(B) improvements in program delivery of 
motorcycle training to both urban and rural 
areas, including—
(i) procurement or repair of practice 
motorcycles; 
(ii) instructional materials; 
(iii) mobile training units; and
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(iv) leasing or purchase of facilities 
for classroom instruction and closed-course 
skill training; 
(C) measures designed to increase the re-
cruitment or retention of motorcyclist safety 
training instructors; and 
(D) public awareness, public service an-
nouncements, and other outreach programs to 
enhance motorcyclist awareness. 
(2) SUBALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS.—An agency 
that receives a grant under this section may suballo-
cate funds from the grant to a nonprofit organiza-
tion incorporated in that State to carry out under 
this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) MOTORCYCLIST
SAFETY
TRAINING.—The 
term ‘‘motorcyclist safety training’’ means a formal 
program of instruction that—
(A) provides accident avoidance and other 
safety-oriented operational skills to motorcy-
clists; and 
(B) is approved for use in a State by the 
designated State authority having jurisdiction 
over motorcyclist safety issues.
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(2) MOTORCYCLIST
AWARENESS.—The term 
‘‘motorcyclist awareness’’ means individual or collec-
tive awareness of—
(A) the presence of motorcycles on or near 
roadways; and 
(B) safe driving practices that avoid injury 
to motorcyclists. 
(3) MOTORCYCLIST
AWARENESS
PROGRAM.—
The term ‘‘motorcyclist awareness program’’ means 
an informational or public awareness program de-
signed to enhance motorcyclist awareness that is de-
veloped by or in coordination with the designated 
State authority having jurisdiction over motorcyclist 
safety issues. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the same 
meaning such term has in section 101(a) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(h) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a 
grant made to a State for a fiscal year under this section 
may not exceed 25 percent of the amount apportioned to 
the State for fiscal year 2003 under section 402 of title 
23, United States Code. 
(i) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Funds authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section in a fiscal year 
shall be subject to a deduction by the Secretary not to
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exceed 5 percent for the necessary costs of administering 
the provisions of this section. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2008 and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(k) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized 
under this section shall be available for obligation in the 
same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chap-
ter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that such 
funds shall not be transferable. 
SEC. 2009. DRIVER FATIGUE. 
Section 402(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(6)’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period the following: 
‘‘; and (7) to reduce deaths and injuries resulting 
from persons driving motor vehicles while fatigued’’. 
SEC. 2010. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account) for carrying out section 403 of title
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23, United States Code, $71,575,000 for fiscal year 2004, 
$71,424,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $75,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Except as other-
wise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, 
and this title, amounts made available under subsection 
(a) for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 shall be 
available for obligation in the same manner as if such 
funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 2011. SAFETY DATA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Using funds made available to 
carry out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, for 
fiscal years 2005 through 2009, the Secretary shall collect 
data and compile statistics on accidents involving motor 
vehicles being backed up that result in fatalities and inju-
ries and that occur on public and nonpublic roads and res-
idential and commercial driveways and parking facilities. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2009, the 
Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report on accidents described in 
subsection (a), including the data collected and statistics 
compiled under subsection (a) and any recommendations