‘‘(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 described in 
section 211(e).’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (12)(A), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) in clause (ix) by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (x) as 
clause (xi); and 
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(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 
a State to revise any State process, plan, or 
program in effect on the date of enactment of 
this paragraph. 
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‘‘(C) EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.— 
‘‘(i) 
REQUIREMENTS.—A 
project 
funded under this paragraph shall be sub-
ject to all requirements under this section 
that apply to a highway safety improve-
ment project. 
‘‘(ii) 
OTHER
APPORTIONED
PRO-
GRAMS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
to amounts that may be obligated for non- 
infrastructure projects apportioned under 
any other paragraph of section 104(b).’’. 
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,’’. 
SEC. 4. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 210 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 211. Safe routes to school program 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a safe 
routes to school program for the benefit of children in pri-
mary, middle, and high schools. 
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‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program shall 
be— 
‘‘(1) to enable and encourage children, includ-
ing those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to 
school; 
‘‘(2) to make bicycling and walking to school a 
safer and more appealing transportation alternative, 
thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle 
from an early age; and 
‘‘(3) to facilitate the planning, development, 
and implementation of projects and activities that 
will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consump-
tion, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts apportioned to a 
State under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 104(b) may 
be used to carry out projects, programs, and other activi-
ties under this section. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Projects, programs, and 
activities funded under this section may be carried out by 
eligible entities described under section 133(h)(4)(B) that 
demonstrate an ability to meet the requirements of this 
section. 
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) INFRASTRUCTURE-RELATED PROJECTS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may obligate 
funds under this section for the planning, de-
sign, and construction of infrastructure-related 
projects that will substantially improve the abil-
ity of students to walk and bicycle to school, in-
cluding sidewalk improvements, traffic calming 
and speed reduction improvements, pedestrian 
and bicycle crossing improvements, on-street bi-
cycle facilities, off-street bicycle and pedestrian 
facilities, secure bicycle parking facilities, and 
traffic diversion improvements in the vicinity of 
schools. 
‘‘(B) LOCATION
OF
PROJECTS.—Infra-
structure-related projects under subparagraph 
(A) may be carried out on any public road or 
any bicycle or pedestrian pathway or trail in the 
vicinity of schools. 
‘‘(2) NONINFRASTRUCTURE-RELATED
ACTIVI-
TIES.—In addition to projects described in para-
graph (1), a State may obligate funds under this 
section for noninfrastructure-related activities to en-
courage walking and bicycling to school, including— 
‘‘(A) public awareness campaigns and out-
reach to press and community leaders; 
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‘‘(B) traffic education and enforcement in 
the vicinity of schools; 
‘‘(C) student sessions on bicycle and pedes-
trian safety, health, and environment; 
‘‘(D) programs that address personal safe-
ty; and 
‘‘(E) funding for training, volunteers, and 
managers of safe routes to school programs. 
‘‘(3) SAFE
ROUTES
TO
SCHOOL
COORDI-
NATOR.—Each State receiving an apportionment 
under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 104(b) shall 
use a sufficient amount of the apportionment to 
fund a full-time position of coordinator of the 
State’s safe routes to school program. 
‘‘(4) RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OUTREACH.—A 
coordinator described in paragraph (3) shall conduct 
outreach to ensure that rural school districts in the 
State are aware of such State’s safe routes to school 
program and any funds authorized by this section. 
‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of a project, program, or activity under this section 
shall be 100 percent. 
‘‘(g) CLEARINGHOUSE.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall main-
tain a national safe routes to school clearinghouse 
to— 
‘‘(A) develop information and educational 
programs on safe routes to school; and 
‘‘(B) provide technical assistance and dis-
seminate techniques and strategies used for 
successful safe routes to school programs. 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out 
this subsection using amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated for administrative expenses under section 
104(a). 
‘‘(h) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, projects carried out under this 
section shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid high-
way under chapter 1 of this title. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS.—The term 
‘in the vicinity of schools’ means, with respect to a 
school, the area within bicycling and walking dis-
tance of the school (approximately 2 miles). 
‘‘(2) PRIMARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS.— 
The term ‘primary, middle, and high schools’ means 
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schools providing education from kindergarten 
through twelfth grade.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 1404 of SAFETEA–LU 
(Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1228–1230), and 
the item relating to such section in the table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act, are repealed. 
(2) ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 2 of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 210 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘211. Safe routes to school program.’’. 
Æ 
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