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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4507 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require a State with an increase 
in the number of fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians or users 
of nonmotorized forms of transportation to include strategies to address 
the increase in the State’s subsequent State strategic highway safety 
plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2014 
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself and Mr. LOBIONDO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require a State 
with an increase in the number of fatalities or serious 
injuries of pedestrians or users of nonmotorized forms 
of transportation to include strategies to address the 
increase in the State’s subsequent State strategic high-
way safety plan, 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 ‘‘Pedestrian Fatalities 
Reduction Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. 
Section 148(g) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) PEDESTRIANS.— 
‘‘(A) STATE-LEVEL
INCREASE.—If the 
number of fatalities or serious injuries of pedes-
trians or users of nonmotorized forms of trans-
portation in a State increases per capita during 
the most recent 2-year period for which data 
are available, the State shall be required to in-
clude, in the State’s subsequent State strategic 
highway safety plan, strategies to address the 
increase in such number. 
‘‘(B) COUNTY-LEVEL
INCREASE.—If the 
number of fatalities or serious injuries of pedes-
trians or users of nonmotorized forms of trans-
portation in a county of a State increases per 
capita over the most recent 2-year period, the 
State shall be required to include, in the State’s 
subsequent State strategic highway safety plan, 
strategies to address the increase in such num-
ber in that county.’’. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION FOR STRATEGIC 
HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANS. 
Section 148(d)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended— 
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(1) in clause (vii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (viii) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ix) data on fatalities and injuries of 
pedestrians and users of nonmotorized 
forms of transportation.’’. 
SEC. 4. MODEL INVENTORY OF ROADWAY ELEMENTS. 
Section 148(f)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘road-
way safety’’ and inserting ‘‘roadway safety, including ele-
ments that improve safety for pedestrians and users of 
nonmotorized forms of transportation’’. 
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