I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3792 
To assist young adults with obtaining or regaining driver’s licenses, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2015 
Ms. MOORE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To assist young adults with obtaining or regaining driver’s 
licenses, 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 ‘‘Young Adults Driving 
Safety Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO ASSIST YOUNG ADULTS WITH OBTAIN-
ING DRIVER’S LICENSES. 
(a) GRANTS.— 
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Administrator of the National Highway 
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Traffic Safety Administration, may award grants on 
a competitive basis to eligible entities to develop 
model programs to assist young adults with obtain-
ing or regaining driver’s licenses. 
(2) MAXIMUM GRANT AWARD.—A grant award-
ed under this section may not exceed $100,000. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this section may use the grant funds to— 
(1) conduct a comprehensive assessment of the 
driver’s licensing status of young adults in the 
neighborhoods in which the majority of the youth to 
be served by the program reside or attend school; 
(2) develop and implement strategies to address 
licensing deficits and barriers young adults and dis-
connected youth face in obtaining a driver’s license; 
(3) study the impact of State and local driver’s 
license suspensions and revocation policies, including 
the implementation of such policies by municipal 
courts, on young adults in the areas where the youth 
who will be served by the program reside or attend 
school; 
(4) identify potential sources of funding for 
high school driver’s education programs for each 
high school in a school district; 
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(5) develop innovative and cost-effective strate-
gies for preparing young adults for legal driving; 
(6) evaluate the effectiveness of the funded 
grant activities in achieving the program goals; and 
(7) conduct any other activities considered ap-
propriate by the Secretary. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under this sec-
tion, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require. Such ap-
plication shall describe the following: 
(1) How the eligible entity proposes to use the 
grant funds to create a program to assist young 
adults with obtaining or regaining driver’s licenses. 
(2) How the eligible entity intends to collabo-
rate with education institutions and organizations 
with job training programs. 
(3) How the proposed program is expected to 
create opportunities for the employment and job 
training of young adults who participate in the pro-
posed program. 
(4) How the eligible entity intends to target 
youth in areas experiencing high levels of unemploy-
ment among young adults. 
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(5) How the proposed program is expected to 
assist low-income young adults and disconnected 
youth with school and employment. 
(6) The eligible entity’s history of working with 
young adults. 
(7) The eligible entity’s history of assisting in-
dividuals in regaining a driver’s license, especially in 
cases in which the driver’s license was suspended or 
revoked for non-safety related reasons. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities pro-
posing programs to assist low-income young adults with 
obtaining or regaining driver’s licenses. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DISCONNECTED
YOUTH.—The term ‘‘dis-
connected youth’’ means low-income young adults 
who— 
(A) are homeless; 
(B) are in foster care; 
(C) have come into contact, or are at risk 
of coming into contact, with the juvenile justice 
or criminal justice system; 
(D) are not employed and not enrolled in 
school; or 
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(E) are at risk of dropping out of an edu-
cation institution. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a non-profit organization, tribal govern-
ment, education institution, or any other organiza-
tion considered appropriate by the Secretary. 
(3) EDUCATION INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘edu-
cation institution’’ means an institution of higher 
education or a high-need local education agency. 
(4) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘high-need local education agency’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 2102(3)(A) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6602). 
(5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(6) LOW-INCOME.—The term ‘‘low-income’’, 
with respect to a young adult, means a household in-
come at or below 185 percent of the poverty line. 
(7) NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means any organization 
that is described in section 501(c) of the Internal 
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Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax under 
section 501(a) of such Code. 
(8) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 
means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of 
Management and Budget and revised annually in ac-
cordance with section 673 of the Community Serv-
ices Block Grant Act (Public Law 97–35; 42 U.S.C. 
9902)) applicable to a family of the size involved. 
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
(10) YOUNG ADULT.—The term ‘‘young adult’’ 
means an individual who is at least 16 years old and 
less than 25 years old. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$1,000,000 each year for each of fiscal years 2015 
through 2019. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO USE STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY 
FUNDS FOR TEEN DRIVING EDUCATION. 
Section 402(m)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
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‘‘(vi) support teen driving education 
and driving skills improvement; and’’. 
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