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(1) the pilot program shall terminate; and 
(2) any driver under the age of 21 who has com-
pleted an apprenticeship program described in sub-
section (b)(2) may drive a commercial motor vehicle 
in interstate commerce, unless the Secretary deter-
mines there exists a safety concern. 
(d) NO EFFECT ON LICENSE REQUIREMENT.—Nothing 
in this section exempts an apprentice from any requirement 
to hold a commercial driver’s license in order to operate 
a commercial motor vehicle. 
(e) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary shall collect 
and analyze— 
(1) data relating to any incident in which an 
apprentice participating in the pilot program estab-
lished under subsection (b)(1) is involved; 
(2) data relating to any incident in which a 
driver under the age of 21 operating a commercial 
motor vehicle in intrastate commerce is involved; and 
(3) such other data relating to the safety of ap-
prentices aged 18 to 20 years operating in interstate 
commerce as the Secretary determines to be necessary. 
(f) LIMITATION.—A driver under the age of 21 partici-
pating in the pilot program under this section may not— 
(1) transport— 
(A) a passenger; or
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(B) hazardous cargo; or 
(2) operate a commercial motor vehicle— 
(A) in special configuration; or 
(B) with a gross vehicle weight rating of 
more than 80,000 pounds. 
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of conclusion of the pilot program under sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
including— 
(1) the findings and conclusions resulting from 
the pilot program, including with respect to tech-
nologies or training provided by commercial motor 
carriers for apprentices as part of the pilot program 
to successfully improve safety; 
(2) an analysis of the safety record of appren-
tices participating in the pilot program, as compared 
to other commercial motor vehicle drivers; 
(3) the number of drivers that discontinued par-
ticipation in the apprenticeship program before com-
pletion; 
(4) a comparison of the safety records of partici-
pating drivers before, during, and after the proba-
tionary periods under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
subsection (b)(2);
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(5) a comparison, for each participating driver, 
of average on-duty time, driving time, and time spent 
away from home terminal before, during, and after 
the probationary periods referred to in paragraph (4); 
and 
(6) a recommendation, based on the data col-
lected, regarding whether the level of safety achieved 
by the pilot program is equivalent to, or greater than, 
the level of safety for equivalent commercial motor ve-
hicle drivers aged 21 years or older. 
(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
affects the authority of the Secretary under section 31315 
of title 49, United States Code, with respect to the pilot 
program established under subsection (b)(1), including the 
authority to revoke participation in, and terminate, the 
pilot program under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 
(c) of that section. 
(i) DRIVER COMPENSATION STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, act-
ing through the Administrator of the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, shall offer to enter 
into a contract with the Transportation Research 
Board under which the Transportation Research 
Board shall conduct a study of the impacts of various
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methods of driver compensation on safety and driver 
retention, including— 
(A) hourly pay; 
(B) payment for detention time; and 
(C) other payment methods used in the in-
dustry as of the date on which the study is con-
ducted. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study 
under paragraph (1), the Transportation Research 
Board shall consult with— 
(A) labor organizations representing com-
mercial motor vehicle drivers; 
(B) representatives of the motor carrier in-
dustry, including owner-operators; and 
(C) such other stakeholders as the Transpor-
tation Research Board determines to be relevant. 
SEC. 23023. LIMOUSINE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL SAFE-
TY STANDARDS. 
(a) LIMOUSINE STANDARDS.— 
(1) SAFETY BELT AND SEATING SYSTEM STAND-
ARDS FOR LIMOUSINES.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
prescribe a final rule that— 
(A) amends Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 
Standard Numbers 208, 209, and 210 to require
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to be installed in limousines on each designated 
seating position, including on side-facing seats— 
(i) an occupant restraint system con-
sisting of integrated lap-shoulder belts; or 
(ii) an occupant restraint system con-
sisting of a lap belt, if an occupant re-
straint system described in clause (i) does 
not meet the need for motor vehicle safety; 
and 
(B) amends Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 
Standard Number 207 to require limousines to 
meet standards for seats (including side-facing 
seats), seat attachment assemblies, and seat in-
stallation to minimize the possibility of failure 
by forces acting on the seats, attachment assem-
blies, and installations as a result of motor vehi-
cle impact. 
(2) REPORT ON RETROFIT ASSESSMENT FOR LIM-
OUSINES.—Not later than 2 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives a re-
port that assesses the feasibility, benefits, and costs 
with respect to the application of any requirement es-
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tablished under paragraph (1) to a limousine intro-
duced into interstate commerce before the date on 
which the requirement takes effect. 
(b) MODIFICATIONS
OF CERTAIN VEHICLES.—The 
final rule prescribed under subsection (a)(1) and any stand-
ards prescribed under subsection (b) or (c) of section 23015 
shall apply to a person modifying a passenger motor vehicle 
(as defined in section 32101 of title 49, United States Code) 
that has already been purchased by the first purchaser (as 
defined in section 30102(b) of that title) by increasing the 
wheelbase of the vehicle to make the vehicle a limousine. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The requirements of this section 
apply notwithstanding section 30112(b)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
TITLE IV—HIGHWAY AND MOTOR 
VEHICLE SAFETY 
Subtitle A—Highway Traffic Safety 
SEC. 24101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are author-
ized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account): 
(1) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—To carry out 
section 402 of title 23, United States Code— 
(A) $363,400,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(B) $370,900,000 for fiscal year 2023;
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(C) $378,400,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(D) $385,900,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(E) $393,400,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
(2) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—To carry out section 403 of title 23, United 
States Code— 
(A) $186,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(B) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(C) $194,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(D) $198,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(E) $202,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
(3) HIGH-VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.— 
To carry out section 404 of title 23, United States 
Code— 
(A) $36,400,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(B) $38,300,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(C) $40,300,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(D) $42,300,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(E) $44,300,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
(4) NATIONAL PRIORITY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—To 
carry out section 405 of title 23, United States 
Code— 
(A) $336,500,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(B) $346,500,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(C) $353,500,000 for fiscal year 2024;
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(D) $360,500,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(E) $367,500,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
(5) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—For adminis-
trative and related operating expenses of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration in carrying 
out chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, and this 
title— 
(A) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(B) $39,520,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(C) $41,100,800 for fiscal year 2024; 
(D) $42,744,832 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(E) $44,454,625 for fiscal year 2026. 
(6) NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.—For the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration to 
carry out chapter 303 of title 49, United States 
Code— 
(A) $6,800,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(B) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(C) $7,200,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(D) $7,400,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(E) $7,600,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON OTHER USES.—Except as other-
wise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, and chapter 303 of 
title 49, United States Code, the amounts made available 
under subsection (a) or any other provision of law from
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the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) for a program under those chapters— 
(1) shall only be used to carry out that program; 
and 
(2) may not be used by a State or local govern-
ment for construction purposes. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Except as otherwise 
provided in chapter 4 of title 23, and chapter 303 of title 
49, United States Code, the amounts made available under 
subsection (a) for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 shall be 
available for obligation in the same manner as if those 
funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(d) HIGHWAY SAFETY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating sections 409 and 412 
and sections 407 and 408, respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after section 405 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 406. General requirements for Federal assistance 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF FUNDED PROJECT.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘funded project’ means a project funded, in 
whole or in part, by a grant provided under section 402 
or 405.
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‘‘(b) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Each funded project 
shall be carried out in accordance with applicable regula-
tions promulgated by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) STATE MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—If a grant 
provided under this chapter requires any State to share in 
the cost of a funded project, the aggregate of the expendi-
tures made by the State (including any political subdivi-
sion of the State) for highway safety activities during a 
fiscal year, exclusive of Federal funds, for carrying out the 
funded project (other than expenditures for planning or ad-
ministration) shall be credited toward the non-Federal 
share of the cost of any other funded project (other than 
planning and administration) during that fiscal year, re-
gardless of whether those expenditures were made in connec-
tion with the project. 
‘‘(d) GRANT APPLICATION AND DEADLINE.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this chapter, a State shall submit to the 
Secretary an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(2) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall establish a 
single deadline for the submission of applications 
under paragraph (1) to enable the provision of grants
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under this chapter early in each applicable fiscal year 
beginning after the date of submission. 
‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO STATES.—Not later 
than 60 days after the later of the start of a fiscal year 
or the date of enactment of any appropriations Act making 
funds available to carry out this chapter for that fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall distribute to each State the portion of 
those funds to which the State is entitled for the applicable 
fiscal year.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the items relating to sections 406 through 
412 and inserting the following: 
‘‘406. General requirements for Federal assistance. 
‘‘407. Discovery and admission as evidence of certain reports and surveys. 
‘‘408. Agency accountability.’’. 
SEC. 24102. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘accidents’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘crashes’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘accident’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘crash’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘shall 
have’’ and all that follows through the period at
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the end and inserting the following: ‘‘shall have 
in effect a highway safety program that— 
‘‘(i) is designed to reduce— 
‘‘(I) traffic crashes; and 
‘‘(II) deaths, injuries, and prop-
erty damage resulting from those 
crashes; 
‘‘(ii) includes— 
‘‘(I) an approved, current, tri-
ennial highway safety plan in accord-
ance with subsection (k); and 
‘‘(II) an approved grant applica-
tion under subsection (l) for the fiscal 
year; 
‘‘(iii) demonstrates compliance with 
the applicable administrative requirements 
of subsection (b)(1); and 
‘‘(iv) is approved by the Secretary.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘occupant 
protection devices (including the use of safe-
ty belts and child restraint systems)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘safety belts’’; 
(ii) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end;
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(iii) by redesignating clauses (iii) 
through (viii) as clauses (iv) through (ix), 
respectively; 
(iv) by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) to encourage more widespread 
and proper use of child restraints, with an 
emphasis on underserved populations;’’; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(x) to reduce crashes caused by driver 
misuse or misunderstanding of new vehicle 
technology; 
‘‘(xi) to increase vehicle recall aware-
ness; 
‘‘(xii) to provide to the public informa-
tion relating to the risks of child heatstroke 
death when left unattended in a motor vehi-
cle after the motor is deactivated by the op-
erator; 
‘‘(xiii) to reduce injuries and deaths 
resulting from the failure by drivers of 
motor vehicles to move to another traffic 
lane or reduce the speed of the vehicle when 
law enforcement, fire service, emergency 
medical services, or other emergency or first
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responder vehicles are stopped or parked on 
or next to a roadway with emergency lights 
activated; and 
‘‘(xiv) to prevent crashes, injuries, and 
deaths caused by unsecured vehicle loads;’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL
CONSIDERATIONS.—A State 
that has legalized medicinal or recreational mari-
juana shall take into consideration implementing pro-
grams in addition to the programs described in para-
graph (2)(A)— 
‘‘(A) to educate drivers regarding the risks 
associated with marijuana-impaired driving; 
and 
‘‘(B) to reduce injuries and deaths resulting 
from individuals driving motor vehicles while 
impaired by marijuana.’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) provide for a comprehensive, data- 
driven traffic safety program that results from
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meaningful public participation and engagement 
from affected communities, particularly those 
most significantly impacted by traffic crashes re-
sulting in injuries and fatalities;’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘au-
thorized in accordance with subparagraph (B)’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘with 
disabilities, including those in wheelchairs’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, including those with disabilities and 
those in wheelchairs’’; 
(E) by striking subparagraph (E) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(E) as part of a comprehensive program, 
support— 
‘‘(i) data-driven traffic safety enforce-
ment programs that foster effective commu-
nity collaboration to increase public safety; 
and 
‘‘(ii) data collection and analysis to 
ensure transparency, identify disparities in 
traffic enforcement, and inform traffic en-
forcement policies, procedures, and activi-
ties; and’’; and 
(F) in subparagraph (F)—
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(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘national 
law enforcement mobilizations and high-vis-
ibility’’ and inserting ‘‘national, high-visi-
bility’’; 
(ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(iii) in clause (v), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) unless the State highway safety 
program is developed by American Samoa, 
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, or the United States Vir-
gin Islands, participation in the Fatality 
Analysis Reporting System.’’; 
(5) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking the paragraph designa-
tion and heading and all that follows 
through ‘‘Funds authorized’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) USE FOR STATE ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The funds authorized’’; 
and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(B) NEIGHBORING STATES.—A State, act-
ing in cooperation with any neighboring State, 
may use funds provided under this section for a 
highway safety program that may confer a ben-
efit on the neighboring State.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT TO STATES.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC ROAD.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘public road’ means any 
road that is— 
‘‘(i) subject to the jurisdiction of, and 
maintained by, a public authority; and 
‘‘(ii) held open to public travel. 
‘‘(B) APPORTIONMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except for the 
amounts identified in section 403(f) and the 
amounts subject to subparagraph (C), of the 
funds made available under this section— 
‘‘(I) 75 percent shall be appor-
tioned to each State based on the ratio 
that, as determined by the most recent 
decennial census— 
‘‘(aa) the population of the 
State; bears to
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‘‘(bb) the total population of 
all States; and 
‘‘(II) 25 percent shall be appor-
tioned to each State based on the ratio 
that, subject to clause (ii)— 
‘‘(aa) the public road mileage 
in each State; bears to 
‘‘(bb) the total public road 
mileage in all States. 
‘‘(ii) CALCULATION.—For purposes of 
clause (i)(II), public road mileage shall 
be— 
‘‘(I) determined as of the end of 
the calendar year preceding the year 
during which the funds are appor-
tioned; 
‘‘(II) certified by the Governor of 
the State; and 
‘‘(III) subject to approval by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(C) MINIMUM APPORTIONMENTS.—The an-
nual apportionment under this section to— 
‘‘(i) each State shall be not less than 3⁄4 
of 1 percent of the total apportionment;
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‘‘(ii) the Secretary of the Interior shall 
be not less than 2 percent of the total appor-
tionment; and 
‘‘(iii) the United States Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
shall be not less than 1⁄4 of 1 percent of the 
total apportionment. 
‘‘(D) PENALTY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The funds appor-
tioned under this section to a State that 
does not have approved or in effect a high-
way safety program described in subsection 
(a)(1) shall be reduced by an amount equal 
to not less than 20 percent of the amount 
that would otherwise be apportioned to the 
State under this section, until the date on 
which the Secretary, as applicable— 
‘‘(I) approves such a highway 
safety program; or 
‘‘(II) determines that the State is 
implementing such a program. 
‘‘(ii) FACTOR FOR CONSIDERATION.— 
In determining the amount of the reduction 
in funds apportioned to a State under this
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subparagraph, the Secretary shall take into 
consideration the gravity of the failure by 
the State to secure approval, or to imple-
ment, a highway safety program described 
in subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(E) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A highway safety 
program approved by the Secretary shall 
not include any requirement that a State 
shall implement such a program by adopt-
ing or enforcing any law, rule, or regula-
tion based on a guideline promulgated by 
the Secretary under this section requiring 
any motorcycle operator aged 18 years or 
older, or a motorcycle passenger aged 18 
years or older, to wear a safety helmet when 
operating or riding a motorcycle on the 
streets and highways of that State. 
‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF GUIDELINES.—Noth-
ing in this section requires a State highway 
safety program to require compliance with 
every uniform guideline, or with every ele-
ment of every uniform guideline, in every 
State. 
‘‘(3) REAPPORTIONMENT.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
promptly apportion to a State any funds with-
held from the State under paragraph (2)(D) if 
the Secretary makes an approval or determina-
tion, as applicable, described in that paragraph 
by not later than July 31 of the fiscal year for 
which the funds were withheld. 
‘‘(B) CONTINUING STATE FAILURE.—If the 
Secretary determines that a State fails to correct 
a failure to have approved or in effect a highway 
safety program described in subsection (a)(1) by 
the date described in subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall reapportion the funds withheld from 
that State under paragraph (2)(D) for the fiscal 
year to the other States in accordance with the 
formula described in paragraph (2)(B) by not 
later than the last day of the fiscal year.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (A), 
respectively, and moving the subparagraphs 
so as to appear in alphabetical order; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(C) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
SCHOOL
AND 
WORK
ZONES.—Notwithstanding subparagraph 
(B), a State may expend funds apportioned to 
the State under this section to carry out a pro-
gram to purchase, operate, or maintain an auto-
mated traffic enforcement system in a work zone 
or school zone. 
‘‘(D) AUTOMATED
TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT 
SYSTEM GUIDELINES.—An automated traffic en-
forcement system installed pursuant to subpara-
graph (C) shall comply with such guidelines ap-
plicable to speed enforcement camera systems 
and red light camera systems as are established 
by the Secretary.’’; 
(6) in subsection (k)— 
(A) by striking the subsection designation 
and heading and all that follows through ‘‘there-
after’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(k) TRIENNIAL HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2024, and 
not less frequently than once every 3 fiscal years 
thereafter’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for that 
fiscal year, to develop and submit to the Sec-
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retary for approval a highway safety plan’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for the 3 fiscal years covered by the 
plan, to develop and submit to the Secretary for 
approval a triennial highway safety plan’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) TIMING.—Each State shall submit to the 
Secretary a triennial highway safety plan by not 
later than July 1 of the fiscal year preceding the first 
fiscal year covered by the plan.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘tri-
ennial’’ before ‘‘highway’’; 
(E) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘State highway 
safety plans’’ and inserting ‘‘Each 
State triennial highway safety plan’’; 
and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘, with respect to 
the 3 fiscal years covered by the plan, 
based on the information available on 
the date of submission under para-
graph (2)’’ after ‘‘include’’;
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(ii) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘annual performance targets’’ and in-
serting ‘‘performance targets that dem-
onstrate constant or improved perform-
ance’’; 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) a countermeasure strategy for pro-
gramming funds under this section for projects 
that will allow the State to meet the performance 
targets described in subparagraph (A), including 
a description— 
‘‘(i) that demonstrates the link between 
the effectiveness of each proposed counter-
measure strategy and those performance 
targets; and 
‘‘(ii) of the manner in which each 
countermeasure strategy is informed by uni-
form guidelines issued by the Secretary;’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, State, local, or 
private’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
(v) in subparagraph (E)—
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(I) by striking ‘‘for the fiscal year 
preceding the fiscal year to which the 
plan applies,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘performance tar-
gets set forth in the previous year’s 
highway safety plan; and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘performance targets set forth in 
the most recently submitted highway 
safety plan.’’; and 
(vi) by striking subparagraph (F); 
(F) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(5) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—The Secretary 
shall develop minimum performance measures under 
paragraph (4)(A) in consultation with the Governors 
Highway Safety Association.’’; and 
(G) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by in-
serting ‘‘TRIENNIAL’’ before ‘‘HIGHWAY’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) through (E) as subparagraphs (C) 
through (F), respectively; 
(iii) in each of subparagraphs (C) 
through (F) (as so redesignated), by insert-
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ing ‘‘triennial’’ before ‘‘highway’’ each place 
it appears; and 
(iv) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall review 
and approve or disapprove a triennial highway 
safety plan of a State by not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the plan is received by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
request a State to submit to the Secretary 
such additional information as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary for review 
of the triennial highway safety plan of the 
State. 
‘‘(ii) EXTENSION
OF
DEADLINE.—On 
providing to a State a request for addi-
tional information under clause (i), the Sec-
retary may extend the deadline to approve 
or disapprove the triennial highway safety 
plan of the State under subparagraph (A) 
for not more than an additional 90 days, as 
the Secretary determines to be necessary to
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accommodate that request, subject to clause 
(iii). 
‘‘(iii) TIMING.—Any additional infor-
mation requested under clause (i) shall be 
submitted to the Secretary by not later than 
7 business days after the date of receipt by 
the State of the request.’’; 
(7) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(l) ANNUAL GRANT APPLICATION AND REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL GRANT APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 
grant funds under this chapter for a fiscal year, 
each State shall submit to the Secretary an an-
nual grant application that, as determined by 
the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) demonstrates alignment with the 
approved triennial highway safety plan of 
the State; and 
‘‘(ii) complies with the requirements 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) TIMING.—The deadline for submission 
of annual grant applications under this para-
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graph shall be determined by the Secretary in 
accordance with section 406(d)(2). 
‘‘(C) CONTENTS.—An annual grant appli-
cation under this paragraph shall include, at a 
minimum— 
‘‘(i) such updates, as necessary, to any 
analysis included in the triennial highway 
safety plan of the State; 
‘‘(ii) an identification of each project 
and subrecipient to be funded by the State 
using the grants during the upcoming grant 
year, subject to the condition that the State 
shall separately submit, on a date other 
than the date of submission of the annual 
grant application, a description of any 
projects or subrecipients to be funded, as 
that information becomes available; 
‘‘(iii) a description of the means by 
which the strategy of the State to use grant 
funds was adjusted and informed by the 
previous report of the State under para-
graph (2); and 
‘‘(iv) an application for any addi-
tional grants available to the State under 
this chapter.
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‘‘(D) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review 
and approve or disapprove an annual grant ap-
plication under this paragraph by not later than 
60 days after the date of submission of the appli-
cation. 
‘‘(2) REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 
than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year for 
which a grant is provided to a State under this chap-
ter, the State shall submit to the Secretary an annual 
report that includes— 
‘‘(A) an assessment of the progress made by 
the State in achieving the performance targets 
identified in the triennial highway safety plan of 
the State, based on the most currently available 
Fatality Analysis Reporting System data; and 
‘‘(B)(i) a description of the extent to which 
progress made in achieving those performance 
targets is aligned with the triennial highway 
safety plan of the State; and 
‘‘(ii) if applicable, any plans of the State to 
adjust a strategy for programming funds to 
achieve the performance targets.’’; 
(8) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘a State’s 
highway safety plan’’ and inserting ‘‘the applicable 
triennial highway safety plan of the State’’; and
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(9) by striking subsection (n) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(n) PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall publicly 
release on a Department of Transportation website, 
by not later than 45 calendar days after the applica-
ble date of availability— 
‘‘(A) each triennial highway safety plan ap-
proved by the Secretary under subsection (k); 
‘‘(B) each State performance target under 
subsection (k); and 
‘‘(C) an evaluation of State achievement of 
applicable performance targets under subsection 
(k). 
‘‘(2) STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN WEBSITE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall establish a public 
website that is easily accessible, navigable, and 
searchable for the information required under 
that paragraph, in order to foster greater trans-
parency in approved State highway safety pro-
grams. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The website established 
under subparagraph (A) shall—
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‘‘(i) include the applicable triennial 
highway safety plan, and the annual report, 
of each State submitted to, and approved 
by, the Secretary under subsection (k); and 
‘‘(ii) provide a means for the public to 
search the website for State highway safety 
program content required under subsection 
(k), including— 
‘‘(I) performance measures re-
quired by the Secretary; 
‘‘(II) progress made toward meet-
ing the applicable performance targets 
during the preceding program year; 
‘‘(III) program areas and expend-
itures; and 
‘‘(IV) a description of any sources 
of funds, other than funds provided 
under this section, that the State pro-
poses to use to carry out the triennial 
highway safety plan of the State.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect with respect to any grant appli-
cation or State highway safety plan submitted under chap-
ter 4 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2024 
or thereafter.
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than $45,000,000 to conduct the research de-
scribed in paragraph (2)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 
30102(a)(6)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
30102(a)’’; and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
(3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), 
and (1), respectively, and moving the para-
graphs so as to appear in numerical order; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) CHILD SAFETY CAMPAIGN.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out an education campaign to reduce the incidence of 
vehicular heatstroke of children left in passenger 
motor vehicles (as defined in section 30102(a) of title 
49). 
‘‘(2) ADVERTISING.—The Secretary may use, or 
authorize the use of, funds made available to carry 
out this section to pay for the development, produc-
tion, and use of broadcast and print media adver-
tising and Internet-based outreach for the education 
campaign under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the edu-
cation campaign under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall coordinate with—
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‘‘(A) interested State and local governments; 
‘‘(B) private industry; and 
‘‘(C) other parties, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(l) DEVELOPMENT OF STATE PROCESSES FOR IN-
FORMING CONSUMERS OF RECALLS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) MOTOR
VEHICLE.—The term ‘motor 
vehicle’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 30102(a) of title 49. 
‘‘(B) OPEN RECALL.—The term ‘open recall’ 
means a motor vehicle recall— 
‘‘(i) for which a notification by a man-
ufacturer has been provided under section 
30119 of title 49; and 
‘‘(ii) that has not been remedied under 
section 30120 of that title. 
‘‘(C) 
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘program’ 
means the program established under paragraph 
(2)(A). 
‘‘(D) REGISTRATION.—The term ‘registra-
tion’ means the process for registering a motor 
vehicle in a State (including registration re-
newal).
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‘‘(E) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(a). 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
PROGRAM.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a 
program under which the Secretary shall provide 
grants to States for use in developing and imple-
menting State processes for informing each ap-
plicable owner and lessee of a motor vehicle of 
any open recall on the motor vehicle at the time 
of registration of the motor vehicle in the State, 
in accordance with this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under the program, a State shall— 
‘‘(i) submit to the Secretary an appli-
cation at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require; and 
‘‘(ii) agree— 
‘‘(I) to notify each owner or lessee 
of a motor vehicle presented for reg-
istration in the State of any open re-
call on that motor vehicle; and
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‘‘(II) to provide to each owner or 
lessee of a motor vehicle presented for 
registration, at no cost— 
‘‘(aa) the open recall infor-
mation for the motor vehicle; and 
‘‘(bb) such other information 
as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(C) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In se-
lecting grant recipients under the program, the 
Secretary shall take into consideration the meth-
odology of a State for— 
‘‘(i) identifying open recalls on a 
motor vehicle; 
‘‘(ii) informing each owner and lessee 
of a motor vehicle of an open recall; and 
‘‘(iii) measuring performance in— 
‘‘(I) informing owners and lessees 
of open recalls; and 
‘‘(II) remedying open recalls. 
‘‘(D) PERFORMANCE PERIOD.—A grant pro-
vided under the program shall require a per-
formance period of 2 years. 
‘‘(E) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of completion of the performance 
period under subparagraph (D), each State that
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receives a grant under the program shall submit 
to the Secretary a report that contains such in-
formation as the Secretary considers to be nec-
essary to evaluate the extent to which open re-
calls have been remedied in the State. 
‘‘(F) NO
REGULATIONS
REQUIRED.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall not be required to issue any regu-
lations to carry out the program. 
‘‘(3) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter 35 
of title 44 (commonly known as the ‘Paperwork Re-
duction Act’) shall not apply to information collected 
under the program. 
‘‘(4) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026, the Secretary shall obligate 
from funds made available to carry out this sec-
tion $1,500,000 to carry out the program. 
‘‘(B) REALLOCATION.—To ensure, to the 
maximum extent practicable, that all amounts 
described in subparagraph (A) are obligated each 
fiscal year, the Secretary, before the last day of 
any fiscal year, may reallocate any of those 
amounts remaining available to increase the
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amounts made available to carry out any other 
activities authorized under this section. 
‘‘(m) INNOVATIVE
HIGHWAY
SAFETY
COUNTER-
MEASURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In conducting research 
under this section, the Secretary shall evaluate the ef-
fectiveness of innovative behavioral traffic safety 
countermeasures, other than traffic enforcement, that 
are considered promising or likely to be effective for 
the purpose of enriching revisions to the document en-
titled ‘Countermeasures That Work: A Highway Safe-
ty Countermeasure Guide for State Highway Safety 
Offices, Ninth Edition’ and numbered DOT HS 812 
478 (or any successor document). 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—The research described in 
paragraph (1) shall be in addition to any other re-
search carried out under this section.’’. 
SEC. 24104. HIGH-VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS. 
Section 404(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2016 through 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026’’. 
SEC. 24105. NATIONAL PRIORITY SAFETY PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (6) and (9); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6), re-
spectively; 
(C) by striking the subsection designation 
and heading and all that follows through ‘‘the 
following:’’ in the matter preceding paragraph 
(2) (as so redesignated) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements 
of this section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) manage programs to address national 
priorities for reducing highway deaths and inju-
ries; and 
‘‘(B) allocate funds for the purpose de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in accordance with 
this subsection.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘52.5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘53 
percent’’; 
(E) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘5 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘7 percent’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 
(F) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 
(10) as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; 
(G) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) PREVENTING ROADSIDE DEATHS.—In each 
fiscal year, 1 percent of the funds provided under this 
section shall be allocated among States that meet re-
quirements with respect to preventing roadside deaths 
under subsection (h). 
‘‘(9) DRIVER OFFICER SAFETY EDUCATION.—In 
each fiscal year, 1.5 percent of the funds provided 
under this section shall be allocated among States 
that meet requirements with respect to driver and of-
ficer safety education under subsection (i).’’; and 
(H) in paragraph (10) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(1) through (7)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(2) through (9)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(b) through (h)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(b) through (i)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of 
Transportation’’;
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(B) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii)(VI)(aa), by 
striking ‘‘3-year’’ and inserting ‘‘5-year’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
clause (v) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(v) implement programs— 
‘‘(I) to recruit and train nation-
ally certified child passenger safety 
technicians among police officers, fire 
and other first responders, emergency 
medical personnel, and other individ-
uals or organizations serving low-in-
come and underserved populations; 
‘‘(II) to educate parents and care-
givers in low-income and underserved 
populations regarding the importance 
of proper use and correct installation 
of child restraints on every trip in a 
motor vehicle; and 
‘‘(III) to purchase and distribute 
child restraints to low-income and un-
derserved populations; and’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following:
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‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—Each State that is 
eligible to receive funds— 
‘‘(i) under paragraph (3)(A) shall 
use— 
‘‘(I) not more than 90 percent of 
those funds to carry out a project or 
activity eligible for funding under sec-
tion 402; and 
‘‘(II) not less than 10 percent of 
those funds to carry out subparagraph 
(A)(v); and 
‘‘(ii) under paragraph (3)(B) shall use 
not less than 10 percent of those funds to 
carry out the activities described in sub-
paragraph (A)(v).’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘of Transportation’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘States; and’’ and inserting ‘‘States, includ-
ing the National EMS Information Sys-
tem;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)—
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(i) by striking the paragraph designa-
tion and heading and all that follows 
through ‘‘has a functioning’’ in subpara-
graph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—A State shall not be eligible 
to receive a grant under this subsection for a fiscal 
year unless the State— 
‘‘(A) has certified to the Secretary that the 
State— 
‘‘(i) has a functioning’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; and 
(II) by redesignating the subpara-
graph as clause (ii) of subparagraph 
(A) and indenting the clause appro-
priately; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; and 
(II) by redesignating the subpara-
graph as clause (iii) of subparagraph 
(A) and indenting the clause appro-
priately;
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(iv) by redesignating subparagraph 
(D) as subparagraph (B); 
(v) in clause (vi) of subparagraph (B) 
(as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(vi) by striking subparagraph (E); 
(C) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(4) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—A State may 
use a grant received under this subsection to make 
data program improvements to core highway safety 
databases 
relating 
to 
quantifiable, 
measurable 
progress in any significant data program attribute 
described in paragraph (3)(B), including through— 
‘‘(A) software or applications to identify, 
collect, and report data to State and local gov-
ernment agencies, and enter data into State core 
highway safety databases, including crash, cita-
tion or adjudication, driver, emergency medical 
services or injury surveillance system, roadway, 
and vehicle data; 
‘‘(B) purchasing equipment to improve a 
process by which data are identified, collated, 
and reported to State and local government 
agencies, including technology for use by law en-
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forcement for near-real time, electronic reporting 
of crash data; 
‘‘(C) improving the compatibility and inter-
operability of the core highway safety databases 
of the State with national data systems and data 
systems of other States, including the National 
EMS Information System; 
‘‘(D) enhancing the ability of a State and 
the Secretary to observe and analyze local, State, 
and national trends in crash occurrences, rates, 
outcomes, and circumstances; 
‘‘(E) supporting traffic records improve-
ment training and expenditures for law enforce-
ment, emergency medical, judicial, prosecutorial, 
and traffic records professionals; 
‘‘(F) hiring traffic records professionals for 
the purpose of improving traffic information sys-
tems (including a State Fatal Accident Report-
ing System (FARS) liaison); 
‘‘(G) adoption of the Model Minimum Uni-
form Crash Criteria, or providing to the public 
information regarding why any of those criteria 
will not be used, if applicable; 
‘‘(H) supporting reporting criteria relating 
to emerging topics, including—
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‘‘(i) impaired driving as a result of 
drug, alcohol, or polysubstance consump-
tion; and 
‘‘(ii) advanced technologies present on 
motor vehicles; and 
‘‘(I) conducting research relating to State 
traffic safety information systems, including de-
veloping programs to improve core highway safe-
ty databases and processes by which data are 
identified, collected, reported to State and local 
government agencies, and entered into State core 
safety databases.’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance to States, regardless 
of whether a State receives a grant under this 
subsection, with respect to improving the timeli-
ness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, inte-
gration, and public accessibility of State safety 
data that are needed to identify priorities for 
Federal, State, and local highway and traffic 
safety programs, including on adoption by a 
State of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash 
Criteria.
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‘‘(B) FUNDS.—The Secretary may use not 
more than 3 percent of the amounts available 
under this subsection to carry out subparagraph 
(A).’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking clause (iii) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(iii) court support of impaired driv-
ing prevention efforts, including— 
‘‘(I) hiring criminal justice pro-
fessionals, including law enforcement 
officers, prosecutors, traffic safety re-
source prosecutors, judges, judicial out-
reach liaisons, and probation officers; 
‘‘(II) training and education of 
those professionals to assist the profes-
sionals in preventing impaired driving 
and handling impaired driving cases, 
including by providing compensation 
to a law enforcement officer to carry 
out safety grant activities to replace a 
law enforcement officer who is receiv-
ing drug recognition expert training or
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participating as an instructor in that 
drug recognition expert training; and 
‘‘(III) establishing driving while 
intoxicated courts;’’; 
(II) by striking clause (v) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(v) improving blood alcohol and drug 
concentration screening and testing, detec-
tion of potentially impairing drugs (includ-
ing through the use of oral fluid as a speci-
men), and reporting relating to testing and 
detection;’’; 
(III) in clause (vi), by striking 
‘‘conducting standardized field sobriety 
training, advanced roadside impaired 
driving evaluation training, and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘conducting initial and con-
tinuing standardized field sobriety 
training, advanced roadside impaired 
driving evaluation training, law en-
forcement phlebotomy training, and’’; 
(IV) in clause (ix), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end;
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(V) in clause (x), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(VI) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xi) testing and implementing pro-
grams, and purchasing technologies, to bet-
ter identify, monitor, or treat impaired 
drivers, including— 
‘‘(I) oral fluid-screening tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(II) 
electronic 
warrant 
pro-
grams; 
‘‘(III) equipment to increase the 
scope, quantity, quality, and timeliness 
of forensic toxicology chemical testing; 
‘‘(IV) case management software 
to support the management of im-
paired driving offenders; and 
‘‘(V) technology to monitor im-
paired-driving offenders, and equip-
ment and related expenditures used in 
connection with impaired-driving en-
forcement in accordance with criteria
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established by the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration.’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in the second sentence, by 
striking ‘‘Medium-range’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(ii) MEDIUM-RANGE AND HIGH-RANGE 
STATES.—Subject to clause (iii), medium- 
range’’; 
(II) in the first sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘Low-range’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) LOW-RANGE STATES.—Subject to 
clause (iii), low-range’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) REPORTING AND IMPAIRED DRIV-
ING
MEASURES.—A State may use grant 
funds for any expenditure relating to— 
‘‘(I) increasing the timely and ac-
curate reporting to Federal, State, and 
local databases of— 
‘‘(aa) crash information, in-
cluding electronic crash reporting 
systems that allow accurate real-
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or near-real-time uploading of 
crash information; and 
‘‘(bb) 
impaired 
driving 
criminal justice information; or 
‘‘(II) researching or evaluating 
impaired driving countermeasures.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) GRANTS TO STATES WITH ALCOHOL-IG-
NITION INTERLOCK LAWS.—The Secretary shall 
make a separate grant under this subsection to 
each State that— 
‘‘(i) adopts, and is enforcing, a man-
datory alcohol-ignition interlock law for all 
individuals convicted of driving under the 
influence of alcohol or of driving while in-
toxicated; 
‘‘(ii) does not allow an individual con-
victed of driving under the influence of alco-
hol or of driving while intoxicated to receive 
any driving privilege or driver’s license un-
less the individual installs on each motor 
vehicle registered, owned, or leased for oper-
ation by the individual an ignition inter-
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lock for a period of not less than 180 days; 
or 
‘‘(iii) has in effect, and is enforcing— 
‘‘(I) a State law requiring for any 
individual who is convicted of, or the 
driving privilege of whom is revoked or 
denied for, refusing to submit to a 
chemical or other appropriate test for 
the purpose of determining the presence 
or concentration of any intoxicating 
substance, a State law requiring a pe-
riod of not less than 180 days of igni-
tion interlock installation on each 
motor vehicle to be operated by the in-
dividual; and 
‘‘(II) a compliance-based removal 
program, under which an individual 
convicted of driving under the influ-
ence of alcohol or of driving while in-
toxicated shall— 
‘‘(aa) satisfy a period of not 
less than 180 days of ignition 
interlock 
installation 
on 
each 
motor vehicle to be operated by the 
individual; and
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‘‘(bb) have completed a min-
imum consecutive period of not 
less than 40 percent of the re-
quired period of ignition interlock 
installation 
immediately 
pre-
ceding the date of release of the 
individual, without a confirmed 
violation.’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7)(A), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or local’’ after 
‘‘authorizes a State’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (6) and (8); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
(3), (4), (5), (7), and (9) as paragraphs (2), (4), 
(6), (7), (8), (9), and (1), respectively, and mov-
ing the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical 
order; 
(C) in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘, the following defi-
nitions apply’’;
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(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) PERSONAL
WIRELESS
COMMUNICA-
TIONS DEVICE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘personal 
wireless communications device’ means— 
‘‘(I) a device through which per-
sonal wireless services (as defined in 
section 332(c)(7)(C) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
332(c)(7)(C))) are transmitted; and 
‘‘(II) a mobile telephone or other 
portable electronic communication de-
vice with which a user engages in a 
call or writes, sends, or reads a text 
message using at least 1 hand. 
‘‘(ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘personal 
wireless communications device’ does not 
include a global navigation satellite system 
receiver used for positioning, emergency no-
tification, or navigation purposes.’’; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (E) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(E) TEXT.—The term ‘text’ means—
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‘‘(i) to read from, or manually to enter 
data into, a personal wireless communica-
tions device, including for the purpose of 
SMS texting, emailing, instant messaging, 
or any other form of electronic data re-
trieval or electronic data communication; 
and 
‘‘(ii) manually to enter, send, or re-
trieve a text message to communicate with 
another individual or device. 
‘‘(F) TEXT MESSAGE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘text mes-
sage’ means— 
‘‘(I) a text-based message; 
‘‘(II) an instant message; 
‘‘(III) an electronic message; and 
‘‘(IV) email. 
‘‘(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘text 
message’ does not include— 
‘‘(I) an emergency, traffic, or 
weather alert; or 
‘‘(II) a message relating to the op-
eration or navigation of a motor vehi-
cle.’’;
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(D) by striking paragraph (2) (as so redes-
ignated) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide a grant under this subsection to any State that 
includes distracted driving awareness as part of the 
driver’s license examination of the State. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, 
not less than 50 percent of the amounts made 
available to carry out this subsection shall be al-
located to States, based on the proportion that— 
‘‘(i) the apportionment of the State 
under section 402 for fiscal year 2009; bears 
to 
‘‘(ii) the apportionment of all States 
under section 402 for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) GRANTS
FOR
STATES
WITH
DIS-
TRACTED DRIVING LAWS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the 
allocations under subparagraph (A), for 
each fiscal year, not more than 50 percent 
of the amounts made available to carry out 
this subsection shall be allocated to States 
that enact and enforce a law that meets the 
requirements of paragraph (4), (5), or (6)—
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‘‘(I) based on the proportion 
that— 
‘‘(aa) the apportionment of 
the State under section 402 for 
fiscal year 2009; bears to 
‘‘(bb) the apportionment of 
all States under section 402 for 
that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) subject to clauses (ii), (iii), 
and (iv), as applicable. 
‘‘(ii) 
PRIMARY
LAWS.—Subject 
to 
clause (iv), in the case of a State that en-
acts and enforces a law that meets the re-
quirements of paragraph (4), (5), or (6) as 
a primary offense, the allocation to the 
State under this subparagraph shall be 100 
percent of the amount calculated to be allo-
cated to the State under clause (i)(I). 
‘‘(iii) SECONDARY
LAWS.—Subject to 
clause (iv), in the case of a State that en-
acts and enforces a law that meets the re-
quirements of paragraph (4), (5), or (6) as 
a secondary enforcement action, the alloca-
tion to the State under this subparagraph 
shall be an amount equal to 50 percent of
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the amount calculated to be allocated to the 
State under clause (i)(I). 
‘‘(iv) TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.—Not-
withstanding clauses (ii) and (iii), the allo-
cation under this subparagraph to a State 
that enacts and enforces a law that pro-
hibits a driver from viewing a personal 
wireless communications device (except for 
purposes of navigation) shall be 25 percent 
of the amount calculated to be allocated to 
the State under clause (i)(I).’’; 
(E) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘set forth in this’’ 
and inserting ‘‘of this’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), 
respectively; 
(iv) in subparagraph (B) (as so redes-
ignated), by striking ‘‘minimum’’; and 
(v) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘text through a personal 
wireless communication device’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘use a personal wireless communica-
tions device for texting’’; 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION ON HANDHELD PHONE USE 
WHILE DRIVING.—A State law meets the requirements 
of this paragraph if the law— 
‘‘(A) prohibits a driver from holding a per-
sonal wireless communications device while driv-
ing; 
‘‘(B) establishes a fine for a violation of 
that law; and 
‘‘(C) does not provide for an exemption that 
specifically allows a driver to use a personal 
wireless communications device for texting while 
stopped in traffic.’’; 
(G) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘set forth in this’’ 
and inserting ‘‘of this’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘set forth in subsection (g)(2)(B)’’; 
(iii) by striking subparagraphs (B) 
and (D);
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(iv) by redesignating subparagraph (C) 
as subparagraph (B); 
(v) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘minimum’’; and 
(vi) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) does not provide for— 
‘‘(i) an exemption that specifically al-
lows a driver to use a personal wireless 
communications device for texting while 
stopped in traffic; or 
‘‘(ii) an exemption described in para-
graph (7)(E).’’; and 
(H) in paragraph (7) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘set forth in para-
graph (2) or (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘of para-
graph (4), (5), or (6)’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) a driver who uses a personal wireless 
communications device during an emergency to 
contact emergency services to prevent injury to 
persons or property;’’;
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(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iv) by redesignating subparagraph 
(D) as subparagraph (F); and 
(v) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following: 
‘‘(D) a driver who uses a personal wireless 
communications device for navigation; 
‘‘(E) except for a law described in para-
graph (6), the use of a personal wireless commu-
nications device— 
‘‘(i) in a hands-free manner; 
‘‘(ii) with a hands-free accessory; or 
‘‘(iii) with the activation or deactiva-
tion of a feature or function of the personal 
wireless communications device with the 
motion of a single swipe or tap of the finger 
of the driver; and’’; 
(6) in subsection (f)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 
‘‘accident’’ and inserting ‘‘crash’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
through (F) as subparagraphs (D) through (G), 
respectively;
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(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
following: 
‘‘(C) HELMET LAW.—A State law requiring 
the use of a helmet for each motorcycle rider 
under the age of 18.’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesig-
nated), in the subparagraph heading, by striking 
‘‘ACCIDENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘CRASHES’’; 
(7) by striking subsection (g); 
(8) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection 
(g); 
(9) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6), re-
spectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
NONMOTORIZED
ROAD 
USER.—In this subsection, the term ‘nonmotorized 
road user’ means— 
‘‘(A) a pedestrian; 
‘‘(B) an individual using a nonmotorized 
mode of transportation, including a bicycle, a 
scooter, or a personal conveyance; and
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‘‘(C) an individual using a low-speed or 
low-horsepower motorized vehicle, including an 
electric bicycle, electric scooter, personal mobility 
assistance device, personal transporter, or all-ter-
rain vehicle.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and 
injuries that result from crashes involving a 
motor vehicle’’ and inserting ‘‘nonmotorized road 
user fatalities involving a motor vehicle in tran-
sit on a trafficway’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘pedestrian and bicycle’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘nonmotorized road user’’; and 
(E) by striking paragraph (5) (as so redes-
ignated) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Grant funds re-
ceived by a State under this subsection may be used 
for the safety of nonmotorized road users, including— 
‘‘(A) training of law enforcement officials 
relating to nonmotorized road user safety, State 
laws applicable to nonmotorized road user safety, 
and infrastructure designed to improve non-
motorized road user safety;
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‘‘(B) carrying out a program to support en-
forcement mobilizations and campaigns designed 
to enforce State traffic laws applicable to non-
motorized road user safety; 
‘‘(C) public education and awareness pro-
grams designed to inform motorists and non-
motorized road users regarding— 
‘‘(i) nonmotorized road user safety, in-
cluding 
information 
relating 
to 
non-
motorized mobility and the importance of 
speed management to the safety of non-
motorized road users; 
‘‘(ii) the value of the use of non-
motorized road user safety equipment, in-
cluding lighting, conspicuity equipment, 
mirrors, helmets, and other protective 
equipment, and compliance with any State 
or local laws requiring the use of that 
equipment; 
‘‘(iii) State traffic laws applicable to 
nonmotorized road user safety, including 
the responsibilities of motorists with respect 
to nonmotorized road users; and 
‘‘(iv) infrastructure designed to im-
prove nonmotorized road user safety; and
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‘‘(D) the collection of data, and the estab-
lishment and maintenance of data systems, relat-
ing to nonmotorized road user traffic fatalities.’’; 
and 
(10) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) PREVENTING ROADSIDE DEATHS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
grants to States to prevent death and injury from 
crashes involving motor vehicles striking other vehicles 
and individuals stopped at the roadside. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out an activity funded through a 
grant under this subsection may not exceed 80 per-
cent. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—A State shall receive a grant 
under this subsection in a fiscal year if the State sub-
mits to the Secretary a plan that describes the method 
by which the State will use grant funds in accordance 
with paragraph (4). 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received by a 
State under this subsection shall be used by the 
State— 
‘‘(A) to purchase and deploy digital alert 
technology that—
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‘‘(i) is capable of receiving alerts re-
garding nearby first responders; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a motor vehicle that 
is used for emergency response activities, is 
capable of sending alerts to civilian drivers 
to protect first responders on the scene and 
en route; 
‘‘(B) to educate the public regarding the 
safety of vehicles and individuals stopped at the 
roadside in the State through public information 
campaigns for the purpose of reducing roadside 
deaths and injury; 
‘‘(C) for law enforcement costs relating to 
enforcing State laws to protect the safety of vehi-
cles and individuals stopped at the roadside; 
‘‘(D) for programs to identify, collect, and 
report to State and local government agencies 
data relating to crashes involving vehicles and 
individuals stopped at the roadside; and 
‘‘(E) to pilot and incentivize measures, in-
cluding optical visibility measures, to increase 
the visibility of stopped and disabled vehicles. 
‘‘(5) GRANT AMOUNT.—The allocation of grant 
funds to a State under this subsection for a fiscal
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year shall be in proportion to the apportionment of 
that State under section 402 for fiscal year 2022. 
‘‘(i) DRIVER AND OFFICER SAFETY EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF PEACE OFFICER.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘peace officer’ includes any indi-
vidual— 
‘‘(A) who is an elected, appointed, or em-
ployed agent of a government entity; 
‘‘(B) who has the authority— 
‘‘(i) to carry firearms; and 
‘‘(ii) to make warrantless arrests; and 
‘‘(C) whose duties involve the enforcement of 
criminal laws of the United States. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.—Subject to the requirements of 
this subsection, the Secretary shall provide grants 
to— 
‘‘(A) States that enact or adopt a law or 
program described in paragraph (4); and 
‘‘(B) qualifying States under paragraph 
(7). 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out an activity funded through a 
grant under this subsection may not exceed 80 per-
cent.
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‘‘(4) DESCRIPTION OF LAW OR PROGRAM.—A law 
or program referred to in paragraph (2)(A) is a law 
or program that requires 1 or more of the following: 
‘‘(A) DRIVER
EDUCATION
AND
DRIVING 
SAFETY COURSES.—The inclusion, in driver edu-
cation and driver safety courses provided to in-
dividuals by educational and motor vehicle agen-
cies of the State, of instruction and testing relat-
ing to law enforcement practices during traffic 
stops, including information relating to— 
‘‘(i) the role of law enforcement and 
the duties and responsibilities of peace offi-
cers; 
‘‘(ii) the legal rights of individuals 
concerning interactions with peace officers; 
‘‘(iii) best practices for civilians and 
peace officers during those interactions; 
‘‘(iv) the consequences for failure of an 
individual or officer to comply with the law 
or program; and 
‘‘(v) how and where to file a complaint 
against, or a compliment relating to, a 
peace officer. 
‘‘(B) 
PEACE
OFFICER
TRAINING
PRO-
GRAMS.—Development and implementation of a
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training program, including instruction and 
testing materials, for peace officers and reserve 
law enforcement officers (other than officers who 
have received training in a civilian course de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)) with respect to 
proper interaction with civilians during traffic 
stops. 
‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.—A State may use a grant 
provided under this subsection for— 
‘‘(A) the production of educational mate-
rials and training of staff for driver education 
and driving safety courses and peace officer 
training described in paragraph (4); and 
‘‘(B) the implementation of a law or pro-
gram described in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(6) GRANT AMOUNT.—The allocation of grant 
funds to a State under this subsection for a fiscal 
year shall be in proportion to the apportionment of 
that State under section 402 for fiscal year 2022. 
‘‘(7) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN STATES.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF QUALIFYING STATE.— 
In this paragraph, the term ‘qualifying State’ 
means a State that—
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‘‘(i) has received a grant under this 
subsection for a period of not more than 5 
years; and 
‘‘(ii) as determined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) has not fully enacted or 
adopted a law or program described in 
paragraph (4); but 
‘‘(II)(aa) has taken meaningful 
steps toward the full implementation of 
such a law or program; and 
‘‘(bb) has established a timetable 
for the implementation of such a law 
or program. 
‘‘(B) 
WITHHOLDING.—The 
Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(i) withhold 50 percent of the amount 
that each qualifying State would otherwise 
receive under this subsection if the quali-
fying State were a State described in para-
graph (2)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) direct any amounts withheld 
under clause (i) for distribution among the 
States that are enforcing and carrying out 
a law or program described in paragraph 
(4).’’.
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(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 4010(2) of the 
FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 405 note; Public Law 114–94) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘all’’ before ‘‘deficiencies’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect with respect to any grant appli-
cation or State highway safety plan submitted under chap-
ter 4 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2024 
or thereafter. 
SEC. 24106. MULTIPLE SUBSTANCE-IMPAIRED DRIVING PRE-
VENTION. 
(a) IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES.—Section 
154(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘alcohol-impaired’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘impaired’’. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY
OF NATIONAL 
DUI REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study of the report-
ing of impaired driving arrest and citation data into 
Federal databases and the interstate sharing of infor-
mation relating to impaired driving-related convic-
tions and license suspensions to facilitate the wide-
spread identification of repeat impaired driving of-
fenders.
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(2) INCLUSIONS.—The study conducted under 
paragraph (1) shall include a detailed assessment 
of— 
(A) the extent to which State and local 
criminal justice agencies are reporting impaired 
driving arrest and citation data to Federal data-
bases; 
(B) barriers— 
(i) at the Federal, State, and local lev-
els, to the reporting of impaired driving ar-
rest and citation data to Federal databases; 
and 
(ii) to the use of those databases by 
criminal justice agencies; 
(C) Federal, State, and local resources 
available to improve the reporting and sharing 
of impaired driving data; and 
(D) any options or recommendations for ac-
tions that Federal agencies or Congress could 
take to further improve the reporting and shar-
ing of impaired driving data. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
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gress a report describing the results of the study con-
ducted under this subsection. 
SEC. 24107. MINIMUM PENALTIES FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS 
FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR DRIV-
ING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. 
Section 164(b)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘alcohol- 
impaired’’ and inserting ‘‘alcohol- or multiple sub-
stance-impaired’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘intoxicated or driving’’ 
and inserting ‘‘intoxicated, driving while mul-
tiple substance-impaired, or driving’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘alcohol-impaired’’ and in-
serting ‘‘alcohol- or multiple substance-im-
paired’’. 
SEC. 24108. CRASH DATA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the 
crash data collection system to include the collection of 
crash report data elements that distinguish individual per-
sonal conveyance vehicles, such as electric scooters and bicy-
cles, from other vehicles involved in a crash.
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(b) COORDINATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Secretary may coordinate with States to update the 
Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria to provide guid-
ance to States regarding the collection of information and 
data elements for the crash data collection system. 
(c) VULNERABLE ROAD USERS.— 
(1) UPDATE.—Based on the information con-
tained in the vulnerable road user safety assessments 
required by subsection (f) of section 32302 of title 49, 
United States Code (as added by section 24213(b)(2)), 
the Secretary shall modify existing crash data collec-
tion systems to include the collection of additional 
crash report data elements relating to vulnerable road 
user safety. 
(2) INJURY HEALTH DATA.—The Secretary shall 
coordinate with the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention to develop and implement a 
plan for States to combine highway crash data and 
injury health data to produce a national database of 
pedestrian injuries and fatalities, disaggregated by 
demographic characteristics. 
(d) STATE ELECTRONIC DATA COLLECTION.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) ELECTRONIC
DATA
TRANSFER.—The 
term ‘‘electronic data transfer’’ means a protocol
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for automated electronic transfer of State crash 
data to the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration. 
(B) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(i) each of the 50 States; 
(ii) the District of Columbia; 
(iii) the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico; 
(iv) the United States Virgin Islands; 
(v) Guam; 
(vi) American Samoa; 
(vii) the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands; and 
(viii) the Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing on behalf of an Indian Tribe. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary shall establish a program under which the Sec-
retary shall— 
(A) provide grants for the modernization of 
State data collection systems to enable full elec-
tronic data transfer under paragraph (3); and 
(B) upgrade the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration system to manage and 
support State electronic data transfers relating 
to crashes under paragraph (4).
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(3) STATE GRANTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide grants to States to upgrade and standardize 
State crash data systems to enable electronic 
data collection, intrastate data sharing, and elec-
tronic data transfers to the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration to increase the ac-
curacy, timeliness, and accessibility of the data, 
including data relating to fatalities involving 
vulnerable road users. 
(B) ELIGIBILITY.—A State shall be eligible 
to receive a grant under this paragraph if the 
State submits to the Secretary an application, at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require, that 
includes a plan to implement full electronic data 
transfer to the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration by not later than 5 years after 
the date on which the grant is provided. 
(C) USE
OF
FUNDS.—A grant provided 
under this paragraph may be used for the costs 
of— 
(i) equipment to upgrade a statewide 
crash data repository;
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(ii) adoption of electronic crash report-
ing by law enforcement agencies; and 
(iii) increasing alignment of State 
crash data with the latest Model Minimum 
Uniform Crash Criteria. 
(D) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share 
of the cost of a project funded with a grant under 
this paragraph may be up to 80 percent. 
(4) NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMIN-
ISTRATION
SYSTEM
UPGRADE.—The Secretary shall 
manage and support State electronic data transfers 
relating to vehicle crashes by— 
(A) increasing the capacity of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration system; 
and 
(B) making State crash data accessible to 
the public. 
(e) CRASH INVESTIGATION SAMPLING SYSTEM.—The 
Secretary may use funds made available to carry out this 
section to enhance the collection of crash data by upgrading 
the Crash Investigation Sampling System to include— 
(1) additional program sites; 
(2) an expanded scope that includes all crash 
types; and 
(3) on-scene investigation protocols.
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(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026, to remain available for a period of 3 fiscal 
years following the fiscal year for which the amounts are 
appropriated. 
SEC. 24109. REVIEW OF MOVE OVER OR SLOW DOWN LAW 
PUBLIC AWARENESS. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF MOVE OVER
OR SLOW DOWN 
LAW.—In this section, the term ‘‘Move Over or Slow Down 
Law’’ means any Federal or State law intended to ensure 
first responder and motorist safety by requiring motorists 
to change lanes or slow down when approaching an author-
ized emergency vehicle that is stopped or parked on or next 
to a roadway with emergency lights activated. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall carry out a study of the effi-
cacy of Move Over or Slow Down Laws and related 
public awareness campaigns. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The study under paragraph 
(1) shall include— 
(A) a review of each Federal and State 
Move Over or Slow Down Law, including—
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(i) penalties associated with the Move 
Over or Slow Down Laws; 
(ii) the level of enforcement of Move 
Over or Slow Down Laws; and 
(iii) the applicable class of vehicles 
that triggers Move Over or Slow Down 
Laws. 
(B) an identification and description of 
each Federal and State public awareness cam-
paign relating to Move Over or Slow Down 
Laws; and 
(C) a description of the role of the Depart-
ment in supporting State efforts with respect to 
Move Over or Slow Down Laws, such as con-
ducting research, collecting data, or supporting 
public awareness or education efforts. 
(c) REPORT.—On completion of the study under sub-
section (b), the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives a report that 
describes— 
(1) the findings of the study; and
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(2) any recommendations to improve public 
awareness campaigns, research, or education efforts 
relating to the issues described in subsection (b)(2). 
SEC. 24110. REVIEW OF LAWS, SAFETY MEASURES, AND 
TECHNOLOGIES 
RELATING 
TO 
SCHOOL 
BUSES. 
(a) REVIEW OF ILLEGAL PASSING LAWS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
prepare a report that— 
(A) identifies and describes all illegal pass-
ing laws in each State relating to school buses, 
including— 
(i) the level of enforcement of those 
laws; 
(ii) the penalties associated with those 
laws; 
(iii) any issues relating to the enforce-
ment of those laws; and 
(iv) the effectiveness of those laws; 
(B) reviews existing State laws that may 
inhibit the effectiveness of safety countermeasures 
in school bus loading zones, such as— 
(i) laws that require the face of a driv-
er to be visible in an image captured by a
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camera if enforcement action is to be taken 
based on that image; 
(ii) laws that may reduce stop-arm 
camera effectiveness; 
(iii) the need for a law enforcement of-
ficer to witness an event for enforcement ac-
tion to be taken; and 
(iv) the lack of primary enforcement 
for texting and driving offenses; 
(C) identifies the methods used by each 
State to review, document, and report to law en-
forcement school bus stop-arm violations; and 
(D) identifies best practices relating to the 
most effective approaches to address the illegal 
passing of school buses. 
(2) PUBLICATION.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall be made publicly available on the website of 
the Department. 
(b) PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGING CAMPAIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
establish and implement a public safety messaging 
campaign that uses public safety media messages, 
posters, digital media messages, and other media mes-
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sages distributed to States, State departments of 
motor vehicles, schools, and other public outlets— 
(A) to highlight the importance of address-
ing the illegal passing of school buses; and 
(B) to educate students and the public re-
garding the safe loading and unloading of 
schools buses. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall consult with— 
(A) representatives of the school bus indus-
try from the public and private sectors; and 
(B) States. 
(3) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall periodically 
update the materials used in the campaign under 
paragraph (1). 
(c) REVIEW OF TECHNOLOGIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
review and evaluate the effectiveness of various tech-
nologies for enhancing school bus safety, including 
technologies such as— 
(A) cameras; 
(B) audible warning systems; and 
(C) enhanced lighting.
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(2) INCLUSIONS.—The review under paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) shall include— 
(i) an assessment of— 
(I) the costs of acquiring and op-
erating new equipment; 
(II) the potential impact of that 
equipment on overall school bus rider-
ship; and 
(III) motion-activated detection 
systems capable of— 
(aa) detecting pedestrians, 
cyclists, and other road users lo-
cated near the exterior of the 
school bus; and 
(bb) alerting the operator of 
the school bus of those road users; 
(ii) an assessment of the impact of ad-
vanced technologies designed to improve 
loading zone safety; and 
(iii) an assessment of the effectiveness 
of school bus lighting systems at clearly 
communicating to surrounding drivers the 
appropriate actions those drivers should 
take; and
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(B) may include an evaluation of any tech-
nological solutions that may enhance school bus 
safety outside the school bus loading zone. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the review 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult 
with— 
(A) manufacturers of school buses; 
(B) manufacturers of various technologies 
that may enhance school bus safety; and 
(C) representatives of the school bus indus-
try from the public and private sectors. 
(4) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make the 
findings of the review under paragraph (1) publicly 
available on the website of the Department. 
(d) REVIEW OF DRIVER EDUCATION MATERIALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall— 
(A) review driver manuals, handbooks, and 
other materials in all States to determine wheth-
er and the means by which illegal passing of 
school buses is addressed in those driver mate-
rials, including in— 
(i) testing for noncommercial driver’s 
licenses; and
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(ii) road tests; and 
(B) make recommendations on methods by 
which States can improve education regarding 
the illegal passing of school buses, particularly 
for new drivers. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall consult with— 
(A) representatives of the school bus indus-
try from the public and private sectors; 
(B) States; 
(C) State motor vehicle administrators or 
senior State executives responsible for driver li-
censing; and 
(D) other appropriate motor vehicle experts. 
(3) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make the 
findings of the review under paragraph (1) publicly 
available on the website of the Department. 
(e) REVIEW OF OTHER SAFETY ISSUES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
research and prepare a report describing any rela-
tionship between the illegal passing of school buses 
and other safety issues, including issues such as— 
(A) distracted driving;
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(B) poor visibility, such as morning dark-
ness; 
(C) illumination and reach of vehicle head-
lights; 
(D) speed limits; and 
(E) characteristics associated with school 
bus stops, including the characteristics of school 
bus stops in rural areas. 
(2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make the 
report under paragraph (1) publicly available on the 
website of the Department. 
SEC. 24111. MOTORCYCLIST ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 3 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘§ 355. Motorcyclist Advisory Council 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Trans-
portation (referred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) shall 
establish a council, to be known as the ‘Motorcyclist Advi-
sory Council’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Council’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be com-
prised of 13 members, to be appointed by the Sec-
retary, of whom—
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‘‘(A) 5 shall be representatives of units of 
State or local government with expertise relating 
to highway engineering and safety issues, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) motorcycle and motorcyclist safety; 
‘‘(ii) barrier and road design, con-
struction, and maintenance; or 
‘‘(iii) intelligent transportation sys-
tems; 
‘‘(B) 1 shall be a motorcyclist who serves as 
a State or local— 
‘‘(i) traffic and safety engineer; 
‘‘(ii) design engineer; or 
‘‘(iii) other transportation department 
official; 
‘‘(C) 1 shall be a representative of a na-
tional association of State transportation offi-
cials; 
‘‘(D) 1 shall be a representative of a na-
tional motorcyclist association; 
‘‘(E) 1 shall be a representative of a na-
tional motorcyclist foundation; 
‘‘(F) 1 shall be a representative of a na-
tional motorcycle manufacturing association;
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‘‘(G) 1 shall be a representative of a motor-
cycle manufacturing company headquartered in 
the United States; 
‘‘(H) 1 shall be a roadway safety data ex-
pert with expertise relating to crash testing and 
analysis; and 
‘‘(I) 1 shall be a member of a national safe-
ty organization that represents the traffic safety 
systems industry. 
‘‘(2) TERM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), each member shall serve on 
the Council for a single term of 2 years. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL TERM.—If a successor is 
not appointed for a member of the Council before 
the expiration of the term of service of the mem-
ber, the member may serve on the Council for a 
second term of not longer than 2 years. 
‘‘(C) APPOINTMENT OF REPLACEMENTS.—If 
a member of the Council resigns before the expi-
ration of the 2-year term of service of the mem-
ber— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary may appoint a re-
placement for the member, who shall serve 
the remaining portion of the term; and
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‘‘(ii) the resigning member may con-
tinue to serve after resignation until the 
date on which a successor is appointed. 
‘‘(3) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Council 
shall be filled in the manner in which the original 
appointment was made. 
‘‘(4) COMPENSATION.—A member of the Council 
shall serve without compensation. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) ADVISING.—The Council shall advise the 
Secretary, the Administrator of the National High-
way Traffic Safety Administration, and the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Highway Administration re-
garding transportation safety issues of concern to mo-
torcyclists, including— 
‘‘(A) motorcycle and motorcyclist safety; 
‘‘(B) barrier and road design, construction, 
and maintenance practices; and 
‘‘(C) the architecture and implementation of 
intelligent transportation system technologies. 
‘‘(2) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Not later than October 
31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in 
which the Council is established, and not less fre-
quently than once every 2 years thereafter, the Coun-
cil shall submit to the Secretary a report containing
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recommendations of the Council regarding the issues 
described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) DUTIES OF SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall de-
termine whether to accept or reject a rec-
ommendation contained in a report of the Coun-
cil under subsection (c)(2). 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION IN REVIEW.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
indicate in each review under paragraph 
(2) whether the Secretary accepts or rejects 
each recommendation of the Council covered 
by the review. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may 
indicate in a review under paragraph (2) 
that a recommendation of the Council is 
under consideration, subject to the condition 
that a recommendation so under consider-
ation shall be accepted or rejected by the 
Secretary in the subsequent review of the 
Secretary under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the Secretary receives a
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report from the Council under subsection (c)(2), 
the Secretary shall submit a review describing 
the response of the Secretary to the recommenda-
tions of the Council contained in the Council re-
port to— 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate; 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate; 
‘‘(iii) the Subcommittee on Transpor-
tation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; 
‘‘(iv) the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
‘‘(v) the Subcommittee on Transpor-
tation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—A review of the Secretary 
under this paragraph shall include a description 
of—
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‘‘(i) each recommendation contained in 
the Council report covered by the review; 
and 
‘‘(ii)(I) each recommendation of the 
Council that was categorized under para-
graph (1)(B)(ii) as being under consider-
ation by the Secretary in the preceding re-
view submitted under this paragraph; and 
‘‘(II) for each such recommendation, 
whether the recommendation— 
‘‘(aa) is accepted or rejected by 
the Secretary; or 
‘‘(bb) remains under consideration 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE
AND
TECHNICAL
SUP-
PORT.—The Secretary shall provide to the Council 
such administrative support, staff, and technical as-
sistance as the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
carry out the duties of the Council under this section. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The Council shall terminate on 
the date that is 6 years after the date on which the Council 
is established under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
chapter III of chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code,
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is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
354 the following: 
‘‘355. Motorcyclist Advisory Council.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1426 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 
101 note; Public Law 114–94) is repealed. 
(2) The table of contents for the FAST Act (Pub-
lic Law 114–94; 129 Stat. 1313) is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to section 1426. 
SEC. 24112. SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.—The 
term ‘‘comprehensive safety action plan’’ means a 
plan aimed at preventing transportation-related fa-
talities and serious injuries in a locality, commonly 
referred to as a ‘‘Vision Zero’’ or ‘‘Toward Zero 
Deaths’’ plan, that may include— 
(A) a goal and timeline for eliminating fa-
talities and serious injuries; 
(B) an analysis of the location and severity 
of vehicle-involved crashes in a locality; 
(C) an analysis of community input, gath-
ered through public outreach and education; 
(D) a data-driven approach to identify 
projects or strategies to prevent fatalities and se-
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rious injuries in a locality, such as those involv-
ing— 
(i) education and community outreach; 
(ii) effective methods to enforce traffic 
laws and regulations; 
(iii) new vehicle or other transpor-
tation-related technologies; and 
(iv) roadway planning and design; 
and 
(E) mechanisms for evaluating the outcomes 
and effectiveness of the comprehensive safety ac-
tion plan, including the means by which that ef-
fectiveness will be reported to residents in a lo-
cality. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a metropolitan planning organization; 
(B) a political subdivision of a State; 
(C) a federally recognized Tribal govern-
ment; and 
(D) a multijurisdictional group of entities 
described in any of subparagraphs (A) through 
(C). 
(3) ELIGIBLE
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘eligible 
project’’ means a project—
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(A) to develop a comprehensive safety action 
plan; 
(B) to conduct planning, design, and devel-
opment activities for projects and strategies iden-
tified in a comprehensive safety action plan; or 
(C) to carry out projects and strategies 
identified in a comprehensive safety action plan. 
(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means the 
Safe Streets and Roads for All program established 
under subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
and carry out a program, to be known as the Safe Streets 
and Roads for All program, that supports local initiatives 
to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets, 
commonly referred to as ‘‘Vision Zero’’ or ‘‘Toward Zero 
Deaths’’ initiatives. 
(c) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program, 
the Secretary may make grants to eligible entities, on 
a competitive basis, in accordance with this section. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 15 per-
cent of the funds made available to carry out the 
program for a fiscal year may be awarded to eli-
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gible projects in a single State during that fiscal 
year. 
(B) 
PLANNING
GRANTS.—Of 
the 
total 
amount made available to carry out the program 
for each fiscal year, not less than 40 percent 
shall be awarded to eligible projects described in 
subsection (a)(3)(A). 
(d) SELECTION OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 
(1) SOLICITATION.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which amounts are made available 
to provide grants under the program for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall solicit from eligible entities grant 
applications for eligible projects in accordance with 
this section. 
(2) APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under the program, an eligible entity 
shall submit to the Secretary an application in 
such form and containing such information as 
the Secretary considers to be appropriate. 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—An application for a 
grant under this paragraph shall include mecha-
nisms for evaluating the success of applicable eli-
gible projects and strategies.
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(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding a grant 
under the program, the Secretary shall take into con-
sideration the extent to which an eligible entity, and 
each eligible project proposed to be carried out by the 
eligible entity, as applicable— 
(A) is likely to significantly reduce or 
eliminate transportation-related fatalities and 
serious injuries involving various road users, in-
cluding pedestrians, bicyclists, public transpor-
tation users, motorists, and commercial opera-
tors, within the timeframe proposed by the eligi-
ble entity; 
(B) demonstrates engagement with a variety 
of public and private stakeholders; 
(C) seeks to adopt innovative technologies or 
strategies to promote safety; 
(D) employs low-cost, high-impact strategies 
that can improve safety over a wider geo-
graphical area; 
(E) ensures, or will ensure, equitable invest-
ment in the safety needs of underserved commu-
nities in preventing transportation-related fa-
talities and injuries; 
(F) includes evidence-based projects or strat-
egies; and
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(G) achieves such other conditions as the 
Secretary considers to be necessary. 
(4) TRANSPARENCY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
evaluate, through a methodology that is discern-
ible and transparent to the public, the means by, 
and extent to, which each application under the 
program addresses any applicable merit criteria 
established by the Secretary. 
(B) PUBLICATION.—The methodology under 
subparagraph (A) shall be published by the Sec-
retary as part of the notice of funding oppor-
tunity under the program. 
(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of an eligible project carried out using a grant provided 
under the program shall not exceed 80 percent. 
(f) FUNDING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026, to remain available for a period of 3 
fiscal years following the fiscal year for which the 
amounts are appropriated. 
(2) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the 
amounts made available to carry out the program for
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a fiscal year, the Secretary may retain not more than 
2 percent for the administrative expenses of the pro-
gram. 
(3) AVAILABILITY
TO
ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.— 
Amounts made available under a grant under the 
program shall remain available for use by the appli-
cable eligible entity until the date that is 5 years after 
the date on which the grant is provided. 
(g) DATA SUBMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving a 
grant under this program, an eligible entity shall 
submit to the Secretary, on a regular basis as estab-
lished by the Secretary, data, information, or anal-
yses collected or conducted in accordance with sub-
section (d)(3). 
(2) FORM.—The data, information, and analyses 
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in such form 
such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary. 
(h) REPORTS.—Not later than 120 days after the end 
of the period of performance for a grant under the program, 
the eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary a report 
that describes— 
(1) the costs of each eligible project carried out 
using the grant;
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(2) the outcomes and benefits that each such eli-
gible project has generated, as— 
(A) identified in the grant application of 
the eligible entity; and 
(B) measured by data, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable; and 
(3) the lessons learned and any recommendations 
relating to future projects or strategies to prevent 
death and serious injury on roads and streets. 
(i) BEST PRACTICES.—Based on the information sub-
mitted by eligible entities under subsection (g), the Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) periodically post on a publicly available 
website best practices and lessons learned for pre-
venting transportation-related fatalities and serious 
injuries pursuant to strategies or interventions imple-
mented under the program; and 
(2) evaluate and incorporate, as appropriate, the 
effectiveness of strategies and interventions imple-
mented under the program for the purpose of enrich-
ing revisions to the document entitled ‘‘Counter-
measures That Work: A Highway Safety Counter-
measure Guide for State Highway Safety Offices, 
Ninth Edition’’ and numbered DOT HS 812 478 (or 
any successor document).
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SEC. 24113. IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDA-
TIONS. 
(a) NEXT GENERATION 911.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
implement the recommendations of the Comptroller 
General of the United States contained in the report 
entitled ‘‘Next Generation 911: National 911 Program 
Could Strengthen Efforts to Assist States’’, numbered 
GAO–18–252, and dated January 1, 2018, by requir-
ing that the Administrator of the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, in collaboration with 
the appropriate Federal agencies, shall determine the 
roles and responsibilities of the Federal agencies par-
ticipating in the initiative entitled ‘‘National NG911 
Roadmap initiative’’ to carry out the national-level 
tasks with respect which each agency has jurisdiction. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The Administrator 
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion shall develop an implementation plan to support 
the completion of national-level tasks under the Na-
tional NG911 Roadmap initiative. 
(b) PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLISTS INFORMATION AND EN-
HANCED PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
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implement the recommendations of the Comptroller 
General of the United States contained in the report 
entitled ‘‘Pedestrians and Cyclists: Better Information 
to States and Enhanced Performance Management 
Could Help DOT Improve Safety’’, numbered GAO– 
21–405, and dated May 20, 2021, by— 
(A) carrying out measures to collect infor-
mation relating to the range of countermeasures 
implemented by States; 
(B) analyzing that information to help ad-
vance knowledge regarding the effectiveness of 
those countermeasures; and 
(C) sharing with States any results. 
(2) PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.— 
The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration shall use performance manage-
ment practices to guide pedestrian and cyclist safety 
activities by— 
(A) developing performance measures for the 
Administration and program offices responsible 
for implementing pedestrian and cyclist safety 
activities to demonstrate the means by which 
those activities contribute to safety goals; and
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(B) using performance information to make 
any necessary changes to advance pedestrian and 
cyclist safety efforts. 
Subtitle B—Vehicle Safety 
SEC. 24201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out chapter 301, and part C of subtitle VI, 
of title 49, United States Code— 
(1) $200,294,333 for fiscal year 2022; 
(2) $204,300,219 for fiscal year 2023; 
(3) $208,386,224 for fiscal year 2024; 
(4) $212,553,948 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(5) $216,805,027 for fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 24202. RECALL COMPLETION. 
(a) REPORTS ON RECALL CAMPAIGNS.—Section 30118 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) REPORTS ON NOTIFICATION CAMPAIGNS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each manufacturer that is 
conducting a campaign under subsection (b) or (c) or 
any other provision of law (including regulations) to 
notify manufacturers, distributors, owners, pur-
chasers, or dealers of a defect or noncompliance shall 
submit to the Administrator of the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration—
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‘‘(A) by the applicable date described in sec-
tion 573.7(d) of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or a successor regulation), a quarterly re-
port describing the campaign for each of 8 con-
secutive quarters, beginning with the quarter in 
which the campaign was initiated; and 
‘‘(B) an annual report for each of the 3 
years beginning after the date of completion of 
the last quarter for which a quarterly report is 
submitted under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, each report under this sub-
section shall comply with the requirements of section 
573.7 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
successor regulation).’’. 
(b) RECALL COMPLETION RATES.—Section 30120 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(k) RECALL COMPLETION RATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
shall publish an annual list of recall completion rates 
for each recall campaign for which 8 quarterly re-
ports have been submitted under subsection (f) of sec-
tion 30118 as of the date of publication of the list.
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‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The annual list under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) for each applicable campaign— 
‘‘(i) the total number of vehicles subject 
to recall; and 
‘‘(ii) the percentage of vehicles that 
have been remedied; and 
‘‘(B) for each manufacturer submitting an 
applicable 
quarterly 
report 
under 
section 
30118(f)— 
‘‘(i) the total number of recalls issued 
by the manufacturer during the year cov-
ered by the list; 
‘‘(ii) the estimated number of vehicles 
of the manufacturer subject to recall during 
the year covered by the list; and 
‘‘(iii) the percentage of vehicles that 
have been remedied.’’. 
SEC. 24203. RECALL ENGAGEMENT. 
(a) RECALL REPAIR.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall— 
(1) conduct a study to determine—
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(A) the reasons why vehicle owners do not 
have repairs performed for vehicles subject to 
open recalls; and 
(B) whether engagement by third parties, 
including State and local governments, insur-
ance companies, or other entities, could increase 
the rate at which vehicle owners have repairs 
performed for vehicles subject to open recalls; and 
(2) submit to Congress a report describing the re-
sults of the study under paragraph (1), including any 
recommendations for increasing the rate of repair for 
vehicles subject to open recalls. 
(b) RIDESHARING.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall— 
(1) conduct a study to determine the number of 
passenger motor vehicles in each State that— 
(A) are used by transportation network 
companies for for-hire purposes, such as ride-
sharing; and 
(B) have 1 or more open recalls; and 
(2) submit to Congress a report describing the re-
sults of the study under paragraph (1). 
(c) NHTSA STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than 3 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
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(C) any information relating to the ability 
of vehicle manufacturers to include advanced 
drunk and impaired driving prevention tech-
nology in new passenger motor vehicles; and 
(D) an anticipated timeline for prescribing 
the Federal motor vehicle safety standard de-
scribed in subsection (c); and 
(3) if the Federal motor vehicle safety standard 
required by subsection (c) has not been finalized by 
the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, shall submit to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representative a report describing— 
(A) the reasons why the Federal motor vehi-
cle safety standard has not been finalized; 
(B) the barriers to finalizing the Federal 
motor vehicle safety standard; and 
(C) recommendations to Congress to facili-
tate the Federal motor vehicle safety standard. 
SEC. 24221. GAO REPORT ON CRASH DUMMIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study and submit to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
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(3) LARGE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘large com-
munity’’ means a community with a population of 
not less than 400,000 individuals, as determined 
under the most recent annual estimate of the Bureau 
of the Census. 
(4) MIDSIZED COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘midsized 
community’’ means any community that is not a 
large community or a rural community. 
(5) REGIONAL
PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘re-
gional partnership’’ means a partnership composed of 
2 or more eligible entities located in jurisdictions 
with a combined population that is equal to or great-
er than the population of any midsized community. 
(6) RURAL COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘rural com-
munity’’ means a community that is located in an 
area that is outside of an urbanized area (as defined 
in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code). 
(7) SMART GRANT.—The term ‘‘SMART grant’’ 
means a grant provided to an eligible entity under 
the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing 
Transportation Grant Program established under sub-
section (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall establish a program, to be known as the ‘‘Strength-
ening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grant
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(II) implementing strategies, ac-
tivities, and projects that support ac-
tive management of traffic signal oper-
ations, including through optimization 
of corridor timing, improved vehicle, 
pedestrian, and bicycle detection at 
traffic signals, or the use of connected 
vehicle technologies; 
(III) replacing outdated traffic 
signals; or 
(IV) for an eligible entity serving 
a population of less than 500,000, pay-
ing the costs of temporary staffing 
hours dedicated to updating traffic sig-
nal technology. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
PROJECT
COSTS.—A SMART 
grant may be used for— 
(A) development phase activities, includ-
ing— 
(i) planning; 
(ii) feasibility analyses; 
(iii) revenue forecasting; 
(iv) environmental review; 
(v) permitting;