SEC. 2. DOT BRIDGE CLEARANCE STRIKE WORKING GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall establish a bridge clearance strike working 
group to make recommendations on ways to improve pub-
lic-private data sharing regarding bridge clearance and 
commercial motor vehicle route data. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The working group established 
under subsection (a) shall include representatives from— 
(1) the Federal Highway Administration; 
(2) The Federal Railroad Administration; 
(3) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration; 
(4) State departments of transportation; 
(5) trucking organizations; 
(6) producers of GPS navigation systems; 
(7) law enforcement agencies; 
(8) companies that rent or lease covered rental 
vehicles directly to consumers; and 
(9) Class I, II, and III railroad carriers. 
(c) CONTENTS
OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—The rec-
ommendations required under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) include ways to improve the availability of 
information and route signs specific to commercial 
motor vehicles on GPS navigation tools; 
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(2) address potential liability issues if bridge 
clearance information shared between public and pri-
vate partners is not accurate; 
(3) address ways to improve truck driver knowl-
edge about bridge strikes that may include a section 
on commercial driver’s license tests about bridge 
strikes; 
(4) include ways for companies that rent cov-
ered rental vehicles to clearly label their vehicles 
with height and weight information; 
(5) include ways for companies that rent cov-
ered rental vehicles to provide notice, whether orally 
or written, of vehicle height to individuals who rent 
or lease a vehicle, and warn such individuals to look 
out for road signs about vehicle height; and 
(6) address what public or private funding 
streams would be necessary to incorporate bridge 
clearance and truck route data into GPS navigation 
tools. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
working group issues recommendations under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall issue such regulations as are nec-
essary to implement such recommendations. 
(e) IMMUNITY FROM CERTAIN LIABILITY.—A GPS 
administrator shall be immune from liability in a civil ac-
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tion in any court for any injury resulting from the inclu-
sion of information on clearance heights of bridges, tun-
nels, or underpasses provided by a State or the Federal 
Government. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NATIONAL EDUCATION 
CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Secretary, in coordination with the 
working group established under section 3, should 
conduct a national education campaign to prevent 
and raise awareness on bridge strikes by commercial 
motor vehicles; and 
(2) the national education campaign should be 
targeted towards— 
(A) educational programs for commercial 
drivers; 
(B) independent operator businesses; and 
(C) motor carrier associations. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR BRIDGE AND TUN-
NEL CLEARANCE STRIKES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall establish a national clearinghouse for bridge 
and tunnel clearance strikes that— 
(1) serves as a centralized repository for data 
collection, management, and dissemination of best 
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practices for prevention of bridge strikes by commer-
cial motor vehicles; and 
(2) is modeled after the prototype developed by 
the National Cooperative Highway Research Pro-
gram of the National Academies in the publication 
titled ‘‘Guide for Preventing and Mitigating the Risk 
of Bridge and Tunnel Strikes by Motor Vehicles’’ 
(NCHRP 08–139). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $5,000,000 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 5. GRANTS FOR RESEARCH ON POTENTIAL IMPROVE-
MENTS TO ROADWAY, BRIDGE, AND TUNNEL 
LOCATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a grant program to provide grants to eligible entities to 
conduct research using the clearinghouse established 
under section 4 to— 
(1) identify roadway, bridge, and tunnel loca-
tions for potential infrastructure improvement 
projects to mitigate bridge and tunnel clearance 
strikes; 
(2) conduct basic, preliminary engineering tasks 
to analyze alternative bridge strike mitigation op-
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tions and identify preferred mitigation alternative 
recommendations; and 
(3) assess the effectiveness of currently imple-
mented and future countermeasures against bridge 
and tunnel clearance strikes and strategies and pro-
grams to reduce such strikes. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section is— 
(1) a State department of transportation; 
(2) a unit of local government; 
(3) a metropolitan planning organization; 
(4) Class II and Class III railroads; and 
(5) a transportation safety organization. 
(c) PRIORITIZATION.—In providing grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall prioritize eligible entities lo-
cated in States with a high incidence of bridge strikes, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2026 through 2030 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term 
‘‘commercial motor vehicle’’ has the meaning given 
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