I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1803 
To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users to improve truck parking facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2011 
Mr. TONKO (for himself and Mr. PAULSEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to improve 
truck parking facilities. 
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 ‘‘Jason’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. TRUCK PARKING FACILITIES. 
Section 1305 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘establish’’ and 
inserting ‘‘implement’’; 
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(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2) by inserting at the 
end the following: ‘‘A State, metropolitan plan-
ning organization, or local government may 
partner with a private sector entity if the appli-
cation for funding is consistent with eligibility 
requirements set forth in paragraph 3 of this 
subsection and consistent with section 111(a) of 
title 23, United States Code.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3) by inserting at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(H) Maintaining existing facilities if ap-
propriate.’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(4) AWARD OF FUNDS.—In awarding funds 
made available to carry out this section, the Sec-
retary shall consider applications incorporate one or 
more of the following factors: 
‘‘(A) Address a safety need through devel-
opment of additional commercial motor vehicle 
parking capacity for use in hours-of-service 
compliance. 
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‘‘(B) Reduce congestion and improve air 
quality mitigation through development of com-
mercial motor vehicle parking capacity. 
‘‘(C) Maximize use of existing public or 
private commercial motor vehicle parking capac-
ity. 
‘‘(D) Demonstrate a level of consultation 
and public support from affected State and 
local governments, community groups, private 
providers of commercial motor vehicle parking, 
and motorist and trucking organizations.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL SURVEY AND COMPARATIVE ASSESS-
MENT OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING.— 
‘‘(1) SURVEY.—Each year the Secretary shall, 
in consultation with relevant state motor carrier 
safety personnel, conduct a survey— 
‘‘(A) regarding the availability of parking 
facilities within each of the 50 States and 
evaluate the capability of each State to provide 
adequate parking and rest facilities for motor 
carriers engaged in interstate motor carrier 
service; and 
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‘‘(B) assessing the volume of motor carrier 
traffic through the State and develop a system 
of metrics to measure the adequacy of parking 
facilities in each State. 
‘‘(2) SURVEY
RESULTS.—The results of the 
survey shall be made available to the public on the 
Department’s Website.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the funds authorized 
to be appropriated for the congestion mitigation and 
air quality improvement program authorized under 
section 149 of title 23, United States Code, the Sec-
retary shall set aside $20,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2012 through 2017 for the purposes of 
carrying out this section.’’. 
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