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‘‘(c) ALLOCATION FOR BASIC GRANT B.—Not more 
than $20,000,000 per fiscal year of amounts made available 
to carry out this section shall be available for making 
grants under subsection (b)(2).’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on September 30, 2005. 
SEC. 2004. STATE TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEM 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 412. State traffic safety information system im-
provements 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—Subject to 
the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall 
make grants to States that adopt and implement ef-
fective programs to—
‘‘(A) improve the timeliness, accuracy, com-
pleteness, uniformity, integration, and accessi-
bility of the safety data of the State that is need-
ed to identify priorities for national, State, and 
local highway and traffic safety programs; 
‘‘(B) evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to 
make such improvements;
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‘‘(C) link these State data systems, includ-
ing traffic records, with other data systems with-
in the State, such as systems that contain med-
ical, roadway, and economic data; and 
‘‘(D) improve the compatibility and inter-
operability of the data systems of the State with 
national data systems and data systems of other 
States and enhance the ability of the Secretary 
to observe and analyze national trends in crash 
occurrences, rates, outcomes, and circumstances. 
‘‘(2) USE OF GRANTS.—A State may use a grant 
received under this section only to implement such 
programs. 
‘‘(3) MODEL DATA ELEMENTS.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with States and other appropriate 
parties, shall determine the model data elements nec-
essary to observe and analyze State and national 
trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and cir-
cumstances. In order to become eligible for a grant 
under this section, a State shall certify to the Sec-
retary the State’s adoption and use of such model 
data elements. 
‘‘(4) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—No grant may 
be made to a State under this section in any fiscal 
year unless the State enters into such agreements with
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the Secretary as the Secretary may require ensuring 
that the State will maintain its aggregate expendi-
tures from all other sources for highway safety data 
programs at or above the average level of such expend-
itures in the 2 fiscal years preceding the date of en-
actment of this section. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of implementing in a fiscal year a program of 
a State pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not exceed 80 
percent. 
‘‘(b) FIRST-YEAR GRANTS.—To be eligible for a first-
year grant under this section, a State shall demonstrate to 
the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State has—
‘‘(1) established a highway safety data and traf-
fic records coordinating committee with a multidisci-
plinary membership that includes, among others, 
managers, collectors, and users of traffic records and 
public health and injury control data systems; and 
‘‘(2) developed a multiyear highway safety data 
and traffic records system strategic plan that address-
es existing deficiencies in the State’s highway safety 
data and traffic records system and is approved by 
the highway safety data and traffic records coordi-
nating committee and—
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‘‘(A) specifies how existing deficiencies in 
the State’s highway safety data and traffic 
records system were identified; 
‘‘(B) prioritizes, based on the identified 
highway safety data and traffic records system 
deficiencies, the highway safety data and traffic 
records system needs and goals of the State, in-
cluding the activities described in subsection 
(a)(1); 
‘‘(C) identifies performance-based measures 
by which progress toward those goals will be de-
termined; 
‘‘(D) specifies how the grant funds and any 
other funds of the State will be used to address 
needs and goals identified in the multiyear plan; 
and 
‘‘(E) includes a current report on the 
progress in implementing the multiyear plan 
that documents progress toward the specified 
goals. 
‘‘(c) SUCCEEDING-YEAR GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—A State shall be eligible for 
a grant under this section in a fiscal year succeeding 
the first fiscal year in which the State receives a
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grant under subsection (b) if the State, to the satisfac-
tion of the Secretary—
‘‘(A) submits an updated multiyear plan 
that meets the requirements of subsection (b)(2); 
‘‘(B) certifies that its highway safety data 
and traffic records coordinating committee con-
tinues to operate and supports the multiyear 
plan; 
‘‘(C) specifies how the grant funds and any 
other funds of the State will be used to address 
needs and goals identified in the multiyear plan; 
‘‘(D) demonstrates measurable progress to-
ward achieving the goals and objectives identi-
fied in the multiyear plan; and 
‘‘(E) includes a current report on the 
progress in implementing the multiyear plan. 
‘‘(d) GRANT AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of a grant made 
to a State for a fiscal year under this section shall 
equal an amount determined by multiplying—
‘‘(A) the amount appropriated to carry out 
this section for such fiscal year; by 
‘‘(B) the ratio that the funds apportioned to 
the State under section 402 for fiscal year 2003
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bears to the funds apportioned to all States 
under section 402 for fiscal year 2003. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (A)—
‘‘(A) a State eligible for a first-year grant 
under this section shall not receive less than 
$300,000; and 
‘‘(B) a State eligible for a succeeding-year 
grant under this section shall not receive less 
than $500,000. 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Funds authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section in a fiscal year 
shall be subject to a deduction not to exceed 5 percent for 
the necessary costs of administering the provisions of this 
section. 
‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1.—The provisions 
contained in section 402(d) shall apply to this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
‘‘412. State traffic safety information system improvements.’’.
SEC. 2005. HIGH VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. 
The Secretary shall establish a program to support na-
tional impaired driving mobilization and enforcement ef-
forts and national safety belt mobilization and enforcement,
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including the purchase of national paid advertisement (in-
cluding production and placement) to support such efforts. 
SEC. 2006. MOTORCYCLE CRASH CAUSATION STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Using funds made available to 
carry out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary shall conduct a study of the causes of motorcycle 
crashes. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
Congress a report on the results of the study. 
SEC. 2007. CHILD SAFETY AND CHILD BOOSTER SEAT IN-
CENTIVE GRANTS. 
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to the require-
ments of this section, the Secretary shall make grants to 
States that enact or have enacted and are enforcing a law 
requiring that children riding in passenger motor vehicles 
who are too large to be secured in a child safety seat be 
secured in a child restraint that meets the requirements pre-
scribed by the Secretary under section 3 of Anton’s Law 
(116 Stat. 2772). 
(b) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—No grant may be 
made to a State under this section in a fiscal year unless 
the State enters into such agreements with the Secretary 
as the Secretary may require to ensure that the State will 
maintain its aggregate expenditures from all other sources
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for child safety seat and child booster seat programs at or 
above the average level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal 
years preceding the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of implementing and enforcing in a fiscal year a law adopt-
ed by a State under subsection (a) shall not exceed—
(1) for the first 3 fiscal years for which a State 
receives a grant under this section, 75 percent; and 
(2) for the fourth fiscal year for which a State 
receives a grant under this section, 50 percent. 
(d) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State is eligible for a grant 
under this section if the State has in effect and en-
forces a law described in subsection (a). 
(2) MAXIMUM
PERIOD
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—No 
State may receive grants under this section in more 
than 4 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 
2005. 
(e) ELIGIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—A State may use a 
grant under this section only to carry out child safety seat 
and child booster seat programs, including the following: 
(1) A program to educate the public concerning 
the proper use and installation of child safety seats 
and child booster seats.
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(2) A program to train child passenger safety 
professionals, police officers, fire and emergency med-
ical personnel, and educators concerning all aspects of 
the use of child safety seats and booster seats. 
(3) A program to purchase and distribute child 
safety seats, child booster seats, and other appropriate 
passenger motor vehicle child restraints to families 
that cannot otherwise afford such seats or restraints. 
(4) A program to support enforcement of child 
restraint laws. 
(f) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant to a 
State for a fiscal year under this section may not exceed 
25 percent of the amount apportioned to the State for fiscal 
year 2003 under section 402 of title 23, United States Code. 
(g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Funds authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section in a fiscal year 
shall be subject to a deduction not to exceed 2.5 percent for 
the necessary costs of administering the provisions of this 
section. 
(h) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1.—The provisions 
contained in section 402(d) of title 23, United States Code, 
apply to this section. 
(i) REPORT.—Each State to which a grant is made 
under this section shall transmit to the Secretary a report 
documenting the manner in which grant amounts were obli-
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gated and expended and identifying the specific programs 
carried out with or supported by grant funds. The report 
shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary and may 
be combined with other State grant reporting requirements 
under of chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defini-
tions apply: 
(1) CHILD
RESTRAINT.—The term ‘‘child re-
straint’’ means any product designed to provide re-
straint to a child (including booster seats and other 
products used with a lap and shoulder belt assembly) 
that meets applicable Federal motor vehicle safety 
standards prescribed by the National Highway Traf-
fic Safety Administration. 
(2) CHILD SAFETY SEAT.—The term ‘‘child safe-
ty seat’’ has the meaning such term has in section 
405(f) of title 23, United States Code. 
(3) PASSENGER
MOTOR
VEHICLE.—The term 
‘‘passenger motor vehicle’’ has the meaning such term 
has in such section 405(f). 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning 
such term has in section 101 (a) of such title. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
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count) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008 
and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
SEC. 2008. MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—Subject to the re-
quirements of this section, the Secretary shall make grants 
to States that adopt and implement effective programs to 
reduce the number of single- and multi-vehicle crashes in-
volving motorcyclists. 
(b) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—No grant may be 
made to a State under this section in a fiscal year unless 
the State enters into such agreements with the Secretary 
as the Secretary may require to ensure that the State will 
maintain its aggregate expenditures from all the other 
sources for motorcyclist safety training programs and mo-
torcyclist awareness programs at or above the average level 
of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(c) MAXIMUM PERIOD
OF ELIGIBILITY.—No State 
may receive grants under this section in more than 4 fiscal 
years beginning after September 30, 2005. 
(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in a fiscal 
year a program adopted by a State in accordance with sub-
section (a) shall not exceed—