I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6463 
To amend title 23 and title 49, United States Code, to require transportation 
planners to consider projects and strategies to improve safe and conven-
ient access to services by all modes of travel for all users, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 7, 2020 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois (for himself, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TLAIB, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. RUSH, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, 
and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23 and title 49, United States Code, to 
require transportation planners to consider projects and 
strategies to improve safe and convenient access to serv-
ices by all modes of travel for all users, 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 ‘‘Improving Access to 
Services Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 
TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO SERVICES. 
(a) NATIONAL
HIGHWAY
PERFORMANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 119(f) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CONDITIONS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘CONDITIONS; SAFE
AND CONVEN-
IENT ACCESS TO SERVICES’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) SAFE AND CONVENIENT ACCESS TO SERV-
ICES ON PUBLIC ROADS.— 
‘‘(A) PENALTY.—Subject to subparagraph 
(A), if a State reports, in a performance target 
report under section 150(e), that the State has 
not achieved the targets of the State for per-
formance measures described in section 150(d) 
pertaining to the minimum standards for public 
roads established by the Secretary under sec-
tion 150(c)(7), the State shall be required, dur-
ing the following fiscal year— 
‘‘(i) to obligate, from the amounts ap-
portioned to the State under section 
104(b)(1), an amount equal to ten percent 
of funds apportioned to the State for the 
previous fiscal year for the purpose of 
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achieving the targets through projects on 
Federal-aid highways; and 
‘‘(ii) to obligate, from the amounts 
apportioned to the State under section 
104(b)(2) (other than amounts suballo-
cated to metropolitan areas and other 
areas of the State under section 133(d)), 
an amount equal to 10 percent of the 
amount of funds apportioned to the State 
for the previous fiscal year for the purpose 
of achieving the targets through projects 
on Federal-aid highways. 
‘‘(B) RESTORATION.—The obligation re-
quirement in subparagraph (A)(i) for a fiscal 
year shall remain in effect for each subsequent 
fiscal year until the date on which the Secretary 
determines that the State has achieved the tar-
gets of the State for performance measures de-
scribed in section 150(d) pertaining to the min-
imum standards for public roads established by 
the Secretary under section 150(c)(7).’’. 
(b) METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.— 
(1) FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS.—Section 134(h) 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(F) through (J) as subparagraphs (G) 
through (K), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(E) the following: 
‘‘(F) improve safe and convenient access to 
services by all modes of travel for all users;’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION
ON
TRANSPORTATION
IM-
PROVEMENT PLAN.—In furtherance of the planning 
goals described in subparagraphs (F) and (G) of 
paragraph (1), a metropolitan planning organization 
shall not approve a transportation improvement plan 
found to increase the ratio of automobile to non- 
automobile access in urbanized areas. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ACCESS.—The term ‘access’ means 
the ability to travel by auto, transit, pedestrian, 
and bike networks measured in terms of travel 
times, with impedances for level of travel stress 
for active travel and costs for low income trav-
elers. 
‘‘(B) 
SERVICES.—The 
term 
‘services’ 
means health care facilities, child care, edu-
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cation and workforce training, affordable hous-
ing, food sources, banking and financial institu-
tions, and other retail shopping establish-
ments.’’. 
(2) 
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.—Section 
5303(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(F) through (I) as subparagraphs (G) 
through (J), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(E) the following: 
‘‘(F) improve safe and convenient access to 
services by all modes of travel for all users;’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ACCESS.—The term ‘access’ means 
the ability to travel by auto, transit, pedestrian, 
and bike networks measured in terms of travel 
times, with impedances for level of travel stress 
for active travel and costs for low income trav-
elers. 
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‘‘(B) 
SERVICES.—The 
term 
‘services’ 
means health care facilities, child care, edu-
cation and workforce training, affordable hous-
ing, food sources, banking and financial institu-
tions, and other retail shopping establish-
ments.’’. 
(c) STATEWIDE AND NONMETROPOLITAN TRANSPOR-
TATION PLANNING.— 
(1) FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS.—Section 135(d) 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(F) through (I) as subparagraphs (G) 
through (J), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(E) the following: 
‘‘(F) improve safe and convenient access to 
services by all modes of travel for all users;’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ACCESS.—The term ‘access’ means 
the ability to travel by auto, transit, pedestrian, 
and bike networks measured in terms of travel 
times, with impedances for level of travel stress 
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for active travel and costs for low income trav-
elers. 
‘‘(B) 
SERVICES.—The 
term 
‘services’ 
means health care facilities, child care, edu-
cation and workforce training, affordable hous-
ing, food sources, banking and financial institu-
tions, and other retail shopping establish-
ments.’’. 
(2) 
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.—Section 
5304(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(F) through (I) as subparagraphs (G) 
through (J), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(E) the following: 
‘‘(F) improve safe and convenient access to 
services by all modes of travel for all users;’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ACCESS.—The term ‘access’ means 
the ability to travel by auto, transit, pedestrian, 
and bike networks measured in terms of travel 
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times, with impedances for level of travel stress 
for active travel and costs for low income trav-
elers. 
‘‘(B) 
SERVICES.—The 
term 
‘services’ 
means health care facilities, child care, edu-
cation and workforce training, affordable hous-
ing, food sources, banking and financial institu-
tions, and other retail shopping establish-
ments.’’. 
(d) NATIONAL GOALS AND PERFORMANCE MANAGE-
MENT MEASURES.—Section 150 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
following: 
‘‘(7) ACCESS TO SERVICES.—To improve safe 
and convenient access to services opportunities by all 
modes of travel for all users.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘IN
GENERAL—Not 
later than’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’; and 
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(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall peri-
odically update the rulemaking promulgated 
under subparagraph (A) as necessary, including 
to implement the amendments made to this sec-
tion by the Improving Access to Services Act.’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) 
ACCESS
TO
SERVICES
ON
PUBLIC 
ROADS.—For the purpose of carrying out section 
119(f)(3), the Secretary shall establish minimum 
standards for States to use in determining and im-
proving safe and convenient access to services for all 
users by all modes of travel.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (c), each State 
shall set’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)(A), 
and not later than 1 year after each update of 
the rulemaking described under subsection 
(c)(1)(B), each State shall set or update, as ap-
plicable,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and (6)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(6), and (7)’’. 
Æ 
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