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and public health and injury control data systems; 
and 
‘(2) developed a multiyear highway safety data 
and traffic records system strategic plan that ad-
dresses existing deficiencies in the State’s highway 
safety data and traffic records system and is ap-
proved by the highway safety data and traffic 
records coordinating committee and—
‘(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
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‘(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 
grant under subsection (b) if the State, to the satis-
faction 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.
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‘(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 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.’.
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(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 
national impaired driving mobilization and enforcement ef-
forts and national safety belt mobilization and enforce-
ment, including the purchase of national paid advertise-
ment (including 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
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secured in a child restraint that meets the requirements 
prescribed 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 
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 enforces a law described in subsection (a). 
(2) MAXIMUM
PERIOD
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—No 
State may receive grants under this section in more
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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 fol-
lowing: 
(1) A program to educate the public concerning 
the proper use and installation of child safety seats 
and child booster seats. 
(2) A program to train child passenger safety 
professionals, police officers, fire and emergency 
medical personnel, and educators concerning all as-
pects 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 appro-
priate 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 fis-
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cal 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 ob-
ligated 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 require-
ments under of chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions 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 assem-
bly) that meets applicable Federal motor vehicle
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safety standards prescribed by the National High-
way Traffic Safety Administration. 
(2) CHILD
SAFETY
SEAT.—The term ‘child 
safety seat’ has the meaning such term has in sec-
tion 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 Tran-
sit Account) $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 
requirements of this section, the Secretary shall make 
grants to States that adopt and implement effective pro-
grams to reduce the number of single- and multi-vehicle 
crashes involving 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
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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 
subsection (a) shall not exceed—
(1) for the first 3 years for which a State re-
ceives 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. 
(e) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State becomes eligible for 
a grant under this section by adopting or dem-
onstrating to the satisfaction of the Secretary—
(A) for the first fiscal year for which the 
State will receive a grant under this section, at 
least 1 of the 6 criteria listed in paragraph (2); 
(B) for the second, third, and fourth fiscal 
years for which the State will receive a grant
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under this section, at least 2 of the 6 criteria 
listed in paragraph (2); and 
(C) for any subsequent fiscal years for 
which the State will receive a grant under this 
section, at least 3 of the 6 criteria listed in 
paragraph (2). 
(2) CRITERIA.—The criteria for eligibility for a 
grant under this section are the following: 
(A) 
MOTORCYCLE
RIDER
TRAINING 
COURSES.—An effective motorcycle rider train-
ing course that is offered throughout the State, 
provides a formal program of instruction in ac-
cident avoidance and other safety-oriented oper-
ational skills to motorcyclists, and may include 
innovative training opportunities to meet unique 
regional needs. 
(B) MOTORCYCLISTS
AWARENESS
PRO-
GRAM.—An effective statewide program to en-
hance motorist awareness of the presence of 
motorcyclists on or near roadways and safe 
driving practices that avoid injuries to motorcy-
clists. 
(C) REDUCTION
OF
FATALITIES
AND 
CRASHES INVOLVING MOTORCYCLES.—A reduc-
tion for the preceding calendar year in the
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number of motorcycle fatalities and the rate of 
motor vehicle crashes involving motorcycles in 
the State (expressed as a function of 10,000 
motorcycle registrations). 
(D) IMPAIRED DRIVING PROGRAM.—Imple-
mentation of a statewide program to reduce im-
paired driving, including specific measures to 
reduce impaired motorcycle operation. 
(E) REDUCTION OF FATALITIES AND ACCI-
DENTS
INVOLVING
IMPAIRED
MOTORCY-
CLISTS.—A reduction for the preceding cal-
endar year in the number of fatalities and the 
rate of reported crashes involving alcohol- or 
drug-impaired motorcycle operators (expressed 
as a function of 10,000 motorcycle registra-
tions). 
(F) FEES
COLLECTED
FROM
MOTORCY-
CLISTS.—All fees collected by the State from 
motorcyclists for the purposes of funding mo-
torcycle training and safety programs are used 
for motorcycle training and safety programs. 
(f) ELIGIBLE USES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may use funds from 
a grant under this section only for motorcyclist safe-
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ty training and motorcyclist awareness programs, in-
cluding—
(A) improvements to motorcyclist safety 
training curricula; 
(B) improvements in program delivery of 
motorcycle training to both urban and rural 
areas, including—
(i) procurement or repair of practice 
motorcycles; 
(ii) instructional materials; 
(iii) mobile training units; and 
(iv) leasing or purchase of facilities 
for classroom instruction and closed-course 
skill training; 
(C) measures designed to increase the re-
cruitment or retention of motorcyclist safety 
training instructors; and 
(D) public awareness, public service an-
nouncements, and other outreach programs to 
enhance motorcyclist awareness. 
(2) SUBALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS.—An agency 
that receives a grant under this section may suballo-
cate funds from the grant to a nonprofit organiza-
tion incorporated in that State to carry out under 
this section.