I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4709 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to award grants to States that 
have enacted and are enforcing certain laws with respect to stretch 
limousines, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 16, 2019 
Mr. TONKO (for himself, Mr. DELGADO, and Ms. STEFANIK) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to award grants 
to States that have enacted and are enforcing certain 
laws with respect to stretch limousines, 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 ‘‘Take Unsafe Limos 
Off the Road Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SAFETY OF STRETCH LIM-
OUSINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 311 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 31162. Grant program for safety of stretch lim-
ousines 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall make a grant, in accordance with this section, to any 
State that has enacted and is enforcing a law that requires 
the impoundment or immobilization of a stretch limousine 
if such limousine is found to have an eligible defect upon 
inspection. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is eligible for a grant 
under this section for a fiscal year if such State has en-
acted and is enforcing a law described in subsection (a) 
on October 1 of such fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on October 1 of 
the first fiscal year beginning after the date of en-
actment of this section, the Secretary shall apportion 
funds appropriated to carry out this section to each 
State that has enacted and is enforcing a law de-
scribed in subsection (a) in an amount determined 
by— 
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‘‘(A) subtracting all amounts provided to 
States 
pursuant 
to 
paragraph 
(2) 
from 
$5,000,000; and 
‘‘(B) dividing the amount described in sub-
paragraph (A) by the number of States eligible 
for a grant for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) INCREASE
OF
AMOUNTS.—Beginning on 
October 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after the 
date of enactment of this section, a State is eligible 
for an additional $50,000 if the State has enacted 
and is enforcing a law or regulation that requires— 
‘‘(A) any safety inspection of a stretch lim-
ousine to be conducted at a designated site con-
trolled by the State; and 
‘‘(B) the inspection described in subpara-
graph (A) to be conducted by employees trained 
in the inspection of stretch limousines. 
‘‘(d) USES OF FUNDS.—A State receiving a grant 
under this section may use such funds— 
‘‘(1) for the impoundment or immobilization of 
a stretch limousine; 
‘‘(2) for the establishment and operating ex-
penses of designated stretch limousine safety inspec-
tion sites; or 
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‘‘(3) to train employees in the inspection of 
stretch limousines. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE DEFECT.—The term ‘eligible de-
fect’ means any defect that would cause a motor ve-
hicle to fail a commercial motor vehicle safety in-
spection. 
‘‘(2) PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term 
‘passenger motor vehicle’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 32101 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(3) STRETCH LIMOUSINE.—The term ‘stretch 
limousine’ means a new or used passenger motor ve-
hicle that has been modified, altered, or extended in 
a manner that increases the overall wheelbase of the 
vehicle, exceeding the original equipment manufac-
turer’s wheelbase dimension for the base model and 
year of the vehicle, in any amount sufficient to ac-
commodate additional passengers with a seating ca-
pacity of not fewer than 9 passengers including the 
driver. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2024.’’. 
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