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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2992 
To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes, work zone safety, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2025 
Mr. CARTER of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. YAKYM, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. 
BRESNAHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle 
roadside crashes, work zone safety, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. VEHICLE AND WORK ZONE ROADSIDE ACCI-
DENTS. 
(a) HIGHWAY SAFETY
AND IMPROVEMENT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 148(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (A)(vi) by striking ‘‘and 
pedestrians,’’ and inserting ‘‘pedestrians, and occu-
pants and pedestrians associated with disabled vehi-
cles’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i) by inserting ‘‘, and 
occupants and pedestrians associated with disabled 
vehicles’’ after ‘‘pedestrians’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (D)(vi) by striking ‘‘and 
pedestrians’’ and inserting ‘‘pedestrians, and occu-
pants and pedestrians associated with disabled vehi-
cles’’. 
(b) INJURY HEALTH DATA.—Section 24108(c)(2) of 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including roadside 
deaths and work zone deaths’’ after ‘‘fatalities’’. 
(c) REVIEW OF MOVE OVER OR SLOW DOWN LAW 
PUBLIC AWARENESS.—Section 24109(a) of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or motorist, disabled vehicle, 
worker, vehicle or machinery in a work zone’’ after ‘‘au-
thorized emergency vehicle’’. 
(d) DISABLED VEHICLE CRASH WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation, in conjunction with the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration and other relevant agen-
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cies, shall convene a working group of industry and 
nongovernment entities, including representatives of 
high-risk communities, high traffic risk professions, 
such as truckers, traffic incident responders and 
first responders, and other relevant stakeholders, in-
cluding State and local highway safety experts, in-
surers, medical and public health experts, law en-
forcement and other first responders, and technology 
and automobile manufacturers. 
(2) DUTIES.—The working group convened 
under paragraph (1) shall collect, analyze, compile, 
and publish accurate, detailed data on disabled road-
side vehicle crashes, along with a strategic plan to 
identify and implement solutions for fatal and non- 
fatal injury crashes, adoption of better data sharing 
with the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration, including local adoption of the Model Min-
imum Uniform Crash Criteria, and annual updates 
on awareness and intervention activities and results. 
(e) WORK ZONE CRASH WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation, in conjunction with the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, and other relevant agencies, shall con-
vene a working group of industry and nongovern-
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ment entities, including contractors, pavers, engi-
neers, construction labor unions, traffic safety indus-
try professionals, State transportation officials, and 
others in the road building community. 
(2) DUTIES.—The working group convened 
under paragraph (1) shall collect, analyze, compile, 
and publish accurate, detailed data on work zone 
crashes, along with a strategic plan to identify and 
implement solutions for fatal and non-fatal injury 
crashes, increased use and effectiveness of work zone 
safety contingency funds, adoption of better data 
sharing with the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, including local adoption of the 
Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, and an-
nual updates on awareness and intervention activi-
ties and results. 
(f) REVIEW OF USE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF WORK 
ZONE SAFETY CONTINGENCY FUNDS.—The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Highways Administration shall sub-
mit to Congress an annual report on the use and effective-
ness of work zone safety contingency funds described in 
section 120(c)(3)(B)(vi) of title 23, United States Code, 
that includes the following: 
(1) How many and which States have utilized 
the authority to use such funds. 
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(2) How much funding each State dedicated to 
such funds. 
(3) Any other pertinent information about such 
funds and recommendations to improve the imple-
mentation of such funds nationwide. 
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