I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5891 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to funding for certain 
safety projects, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2020 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. TITUS, and 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to 
funding for certain safety projects, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Routes to School 
Expansion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (4)(B)— 
(i) by striking clause (xviii) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(xviii) Safe Routes to School infra-
structure related projects, as defined in 
section 1404(f) of SAFETEA–LU (23 
U.S.C. 402 note).’’; 
(ii) in clause (xxvi) by inserting ‘‘or 
leading pedestrian intervals’’ after ‘‘bea-
cons’’; 
(iii) by redesignating clause (xxviii) as 
clause (xxix); 
(iv) by inserting after clause (xxvii) 
the following: 
‘‘(xxviii) Installation of infrastructure 
improvements that create safe routes to 
bus stops including sidewalks, crosswalks, 
signage, and bus stop shelters or protected 
waiting areas.’’; and 
(v) in clause (xxix), as redesignated, 
by 
striking 
‘‘(xxvii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(xxviii)’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 
through (12) as paragraphs (11) through (13), 
respectively; 
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) SAFETY
PROJECT
UNDER
ANY
OTHER 
SECTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘safety 
project under any other section’ means a 
project carried out for the purposes of safety 
under any section of this title other than this 
section. 
‘‘(B) 
INCLUSION.—The 
term 
‘safety 
project under any other section’ includes a 
project, consistent with the State strategic high-
way safety plan, that— 
‘‘(i) promotes public awareness and 
informs the public regarding highway safe-
ty matters (including motorcycle safety 
and school bus stop safety); 
‘‘(ii) facilitates enforcement of traffic 
safety laws; and 
‘‘(iii) supports Safe Routes to School 
non-infrastructure projects, as defined in 
section 1404(f) of SAFETEA–LU (23 
U.S.C. 402 note).’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (12)(A), as so redesig-
nated— 
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(i) in clause (ix) by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (x) as 
clause (xi); and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (ix) the 
following: 
‘‘(x) State or local representatives of 
educational agencies to address Safe 
Routes to School and school bus safety; 
and’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘(11)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(12)’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(2)(B)(i) by striking 
‘‘(11)’’ and inserting ‘‘(12)’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) 
FLEXIBLE
FUNDING
FOR
SAFETY 
PROJECTS UNDER ANY OTHER SECTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To advance the imple-
mentation of a State strategic highway plan, a 
State may use not more than 25 percent of the 
amounts apportioned to the State under section 
104(b)(3) for a fiscal year to carry out safety 
projects under any other section. 
‘‘(B) OTHER TRANSPORTATION AND SAFE-
TY PLANS.—Nothing in this paragraph requires 
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a State to revise any State process, plan, or 
program in effect on the date of enactment of 
this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL SHARE PAYABLE. 
Section 120(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘an improvement for pedestrian or 
bicyclist safety or safety of people with disabilities, Safe 
Routes to School improvements,’’ after ‘‘utility poles,’’. 
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