I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 708 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish standards limiting the 
amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads used in pavement 
markings. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2011 
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself and Mr. HOLDEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish stand-
ards limiting the amounts of arsenic and lead contained 
in glass beads used in pavement markings. 
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 ‘‘Safe Highway Mark-
ings Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. STANDARDS LIMITING AMOUNTS OF ARSENIC AND 
LEAD CONTAINED IN GLASS BEADS USED IN 
PAVEMENT MARKINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 330. Standards limiting amounts of arsenic and 
lead contained in glass beads used in 
pavement markings 
‘‘(a) STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) WITHHOLDING OF APPORTIONMENTS FOR 
NONCOMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall withhold up 
to 5 percent of the amount required to be appor-
tioned to a State under paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) 
of section 104(b) on the first day of fiscal year 2013 
and each fiscal year thereafter, if the State does not 
meet the requirement of paragraph (2) on that date. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—A State meets the re-
quirement of this paragraph if the State has in ef-
fect and is enforcing requirements to ensure that 
glass beads used in pavement markings, on or along 
any road or highway in the State, do not contain 
more than 200 parts per million arsenic or lead, as 
determined in accordance with the testing methods 
of the Environmental Protection Agency numbered 
6010C and 3052. 
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‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY FOR APPORTIONMENT.—An 
amount withheld under this section from apportion-
ment to a State shall not subsequently be available 
for apportionment to that State. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) GLASS
BEAD.—The term ‘glass bead’ 
means a transparent spherical glass manufactured 
to be highly resistant to traffic wear and used in 
pavement markings to provide retroreflective prop-
erties when viewed at night with motor vehicle head-
lights. 
‘‘(2) PAVEMENT
MARKING.—The term ‘pave-
ment marking’ means a system composed of pig-
mented binders that is applied to the pavement sur-
face to convey guidance, regulations, or warnings to 
motorists.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘330. Standards limiting amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads 
used in pavement markings.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect on the 90th day 
following the date of enactment of this Act. 
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