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tion, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(m) TEEN TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the 
requirements of a State’s highway safety plan, as 
approved by the Secretary under subsection (k), a 
State may use a portion of the amounts received 
under this section to implement a statewide teen 
traffic safety program to improve traffic safety for 
teen drivers. 
‘‘(2) STRATEGIES.—The program implemented 
under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) shall include peer-to-peer education 
and prevention strategies in schools and com-
munities designed to— 
‘‘(i) increase safety belt use; 
‘‘(ii) reduce speeding; 
‘‘(iii) reduce impaired and distracted 
driving; 
‘‘(iv) reduce underage drinking; and 
‘‘(v) reduce other behaviors by teen 
drivers that lead to injuries and fatalities; 
and 
‘‘(B) may include— 
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‘‘(i) working with student-led groups 
and school advisors to plan and implement 
teen traffic safety programs; 
‘‘(ii) providing subgrants to schools 
throughout the State to support the estab-
lishment and expansion of student groups 
focused on teen traffic safety; 
‘‘(iii) providing support, training, and 
technical assistance to establish and ex-
pand school and community safety pro-
grams for teen drivers; 
‘‘(iv) creating statewide or regional 
websites to publicize and circulate informa-
tion on teen safety programs; 
‘‘(v) conducting outreach and pro-
viding educational resources for parents; 
‘‘(vi) establishing State or regional 
advisory councils comprised of teen drivers 
to provide input and recommendations to 
the governor and the governor’s safety rep-
resentative on issues related to the safety 
of teen drivers; 
‘‘(vii) collaborating with law enforce-
ment; 
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‘‘(viii) organizing and hosting State 
and regional conferences for teen drivers; 
‘‘(ix) establishing partnerships and 
promoting coordination among community 
stakeholders, including public, not-for-prof-
it, and for profit entities; and 
‘‘(x) funding a coordinator position 
for the teen safety program in the State or 
region.’’. 
SEC. 31103. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT. 
Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 403. Highway safety research and development 
‘‘(a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term 
‘Federal laboratory’ includes— 
‘‘(1) a government-owned, government-operated 
laboratory; and 
‘‘(2) a government-owned, contractor-operated 
laboratory. 
‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The Secretary may conduct research and de-
velopment 
activities, 
including 
demonstration 
projects and the collection and analysis of highway 
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and motor vehicle safety data and related informa-
tion needed to carry out this section, with respect 
to— 
‘‘(A) all aspects of highway and traffic 
safety systems and conditions relating to— 
‘‘(i) vehicle, highway, driver, pas-
senger, motorcyclist, bicyclist, and pedes-
trian characteristics; 
‘‘(ii) accident causation and investiga-
tions; 
‘‘(iii) communications; 
‘‘(iv) emergency medical services; and 
‘‘(v) transportation of the injured; 
‘‘(B) human behavioral factors and their 
effect on highway and traffic safety, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) driver education; 
‘‘(ii) impaired driving; 
‘‘(iii) distracted driving; and 
‘‘(iv) new technologies installed in, or 
brought into, vehicles; 
‘‘(C) an evaluation of the effectiveness of 
countermeasures to increase highway and traf-
fic safety, including occupant protection and 
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alcohol- and drug-impaired driving technologies 
and initiatives; 
‘‘(D) the development of technologies to 
detect drug impaired drivers; and 
‘‘(E) the effect of State laws on any as-
pects, activities, or programs described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D). 
‘‘(2) 
COOPERATION, 
GRANTS, 
AND
CON-
TRACTS.—The Secretary may carry out this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) independently; 
‘‘(B) in cooperation with other Federal de-
partments, agencies, and instrumentalities and 
Federal laboratories; 
‘‘(C) by entering into contracts, coopera-
tive agreements, and other transactions with 
the National Academy of Sciences, any Federal 
laboratory, State or local agency, authority, as-
sociation, institution, foreign country, or person 
(as defined in chapter 1 of title 1); or 
‘‘(D) by making grants to the National 
Academy of Sciences, any Federal laboratory, 
State or local agency, authority, association, in-
stitution, or person (as defined in chapter 1 of 
title 1). 
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‘‘(c) COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
AND DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To encourage innovative 
solutions to highway safety problems, stimulate vol-
untary improvements in highway safety, and stimu-
late the marketing of new highway safety related 
technology by private industry, the Secretary is au-
thorized to carry out, on a cost-shared basis, collabo-
rative research and development with— 
‘‘(A) non-Federal entities, including State 
and local governments, foreign countries, col-
leges, universities, corporations, partnerships, 
sole proprietorships, organizations serving the 
interests of children, people with disabilities, 
low-income populations, and older adults, and 
trade associations that are incorporated or es-
tablished under the laws of any State or the 
United States; and 
‘‘(B) Federal laboratories. 
‘‘(2) AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative re-
search and development agreements (as defined in 
section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In-
novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a)) in which 
the Secretary provides not more than 50 percent of 
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the cost of any research or development project 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) USE OF TECHNOLOGY.—The research, de-
velopment, or use of any technology pursuant to an 
agreement under this subsection, including the terms 
under which technology may be licensed and the re-
sulting royalties may be distributed, shall be subject 
to the provisions of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(d) TITLE TO EQUIPMENT.—In furtherance of the 
purposes set forth in section 402, the Secretary may vest 
title to equipment purchased for demonstration projects 
with funds authorized under this section to State or local 
agencies on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(e) TRAINING.—Notwithstanding the apportionment 
formula set forth in section 402(c)(2), 1 percent of the 
total amount available for apportionment to the States for 
highway safety programs under section 402(c) in each fis-
cal year shall be available, through the end of the suc-
ceeding fiscal year, to the Secretary, acting through the 
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration— 
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‘‘(1) to provide training, conducted or developed 
by Federal or non-Federal entity or personnel, to 
Federal, State, and local highway safety personnel; 
and 
‘‘(2) to pay for any travel, administrative, and 
other expenses related to such training. 
‘‘(f) DRIVER LICENSING AND FITNESS TO DRIVE 
CLEARINGHOUSE.—From amounts made available under 
this section, the Secretary, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion, is authorized to expend $1,280,000 between the date 
of enactment of the Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety 
Improvement Act of 2012 and September 30, 2013, to es-
tablish an electronic clearinghouse and technical assist-
ance service to collect and disseminate research and anal-
ysis of medical and technical information and best prac-
tices concerning drivers with medical issues that may be 
used by State driver licensing agencies in making licensing 
qualification decisions. 
‘‘(g) INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY INFORMA-
TION AND COOPERATION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator of the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, may establish an 
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international highway safety information and co-
operation program to— 
‘‘(A) inform the United States highway 
safety community of laws, projects, programs, 
data, and technology in foreign countries that 
could be used to enhance highway safety in the 
United States; 
‘‘(B) permit the exchange of information 
with foreign countries about laws, projects, pro-
grams, data, and technology that could be used 
to enhance highway safety; and 
‘‘(C) allow the Secretary, represented by 
the Administrator, to participate and cooperate 
in international activities to enhance highway 
safety. 
‘‘(2) COOPERATION.—The Secretary may carry 
out this subsection in cooperation with any appro-
priate Federal agency, State or local agency or au-
thority, foreign government, or multinational institu-
tion. 
‘‘(h) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DISCLOSURES.—Any 
report of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration, or of any officer, employee, or contractor of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, relating 
to any highway traffic accident or the investigation of such 
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accident conducted pursuant to this chapter or chapter 
301 shall be made available to the public in a manner that 
does not identify individuals. 
‘‘(i) MODEL SPECIFICATIONS FOR DEVICES.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration, may— 
‘‘(1) develop model specifications and testing 
procedures for devices, including devices designed to 
measure the concentration of alcohol in the body; 
‘‘(2) conduct periodic tests of such devices; 
‘‘(3) publish a Conforming Products List of 
such devices that have met the model specifications; 
and 
‘‘(4) may require that any necessary tests of 
such devices are conducted by a Federal laboratory 
and paid for by the device manufacturers.’’. 
SEC. 31104. NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER. 
Section 30302(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall make continual improvements to modernize 
the Register’s data processing system.’’. 
SEC. 31105. COMBINED OCCUPANT PROTECTION GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 405. Combined occupant protection grants 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to the require-
ments of this section, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall award grants to States that adopt and implement 
effective occupant protection programs to reduce highway 
deaths and injuries resulting from individuals riding unre-
strained or improperly restrained in motor vehicles. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
costs of activities funded using amounts from grants 
awarded under this section may not exceed 80 percent for 
each fiscal year for which a State receives a grant. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) HIGH
SEAT
BELT
USE
RATE.—A State 
with an observed seat belt use rate of 90 percent or 
higher, based on the most recent data from a survey 
that conforms with national criteria established by 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion, shall be eligible for a grant in a fiscal year if 
the State— 
‘‘(A) submits an occupant protection plan 
during the first fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) participates in the Click It or Ticket 
national mobilization; 
‘‘(C) has an active network of child re-
straint inspection stations; and 
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‘‘(D) has a plan to recruit, train, and 
maintain a sufficient number of child passenger 
safety technicians. 
‘‘(2) LOWER SEAT BELT USE RATE.—A State 
with an observed seat belt use rate below 90 percent, 
based on the most recent data from a survey that 
conforms with national criteria established by the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
shall be eligible for a grant in a fiscal year if— 
‘‘(A) the State meets all of the require-
ments under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that the 
State meets at least 3 of the following criteria: 
‘‘(i) The State conducts sustained (on- 
going and periodic) seat belt enforcement 
at a defined level of participation during 
the year. 
‘‘(ii) The State has enacted and en-
forces a primary enforcement seat belt use 
law. 
‘‘(iii) The State has implemented 
countermeasure programs for high-risk 
populations, such as drivers on rural road-
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ways, unrestrained nighttime drivers, or 
teenage drivers. 
‘‘(iv) The State has enacted and en-
forces occupant protection laws requiring 
front and rear occupant protection use by 
all occupants in an age-appropriate re-
straint. 
‘‘(v) The State has implemented a 
comprehensive occupant protection pro-
gram in which the State has— 
‘‘(I) conducted a program assess-
ment; 
‘‘(II) developed a statewide stra-
tegic plan; 
‘‘(III) designated an occupant 
protection coordinator; and 
‘‘(IV) established a statewide oc-
cupant protection task force. 
‘‘(vi) The State— 
‘‘(I) completed an assessment of 
its occupant protection program dur-
ing the 3-year period preceding the 
grant year; or 
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‘‘(II) will conduct such an assess-
ment during the first year of the 
grant. 
‘‘(d) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Grant funds re-
ceived pursuant to this section may be used to— 
‘‘(1) carry out a program to support high-visi-
bility enforcement mobilizations, including paid 
media that emphasizes publicity for the program, 
and law enforcement; 
‘‘(2) carry out a program to train occupant pro-
tection safety professionals, police officers, fire and 
emergency medical personnel, educators, and parents 
concerning all aspects of the use of child restraints 
and occupant protection; 
‘‘(3) carry out a program to educate the public 
concerning the proper use and installation of child 
restraints, including related equipment and informa-
tion systems; 
‘‘(4) carry out a program to provide community 
child passenger safety services, including programs 
about proper seating positions for children and how 
to reduce the improper use of child restraints; 
‘‘(5) purchase and distribute child restraints to 
low-income families if not more than 5 percent of 
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the funds received in a fiscal year are used for this 
purpose; 
‘‘(6) establish and maintain information sys-
tems containing data concerning occupant protec-
tion, including the collection and administration of 
child passenger safety and occupant protection sur-
veys; and 
‘‘(7) carry out a program to educate the public 
concerning the dangers of leaving children unat-
tended in vehicles. 
‘‘(e) GRANT AMOUNT.—The allocation of grant funds 
under this section to a State for a fiscal year shall be in 
proportion to the State’s apportionment under section 402 
for fiscal year 2009. 
‘‘(f) REPORT.—A State that receives a grant under 
this section shall submit a report to the Secretary that 
documents the manner in which the grant amounts were 
obligated and expended and identifies the specific pro-
grams carried out with the grant funds. The report shall 
be in a form prescribed by the Secretary and may be com-
bined with other State grant reporting requirements under 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CHILD RESTRAINT.—The term ‘child re-
straint’ means any device (including child safety 
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seat, booster seat, harness, and excepting seat belts) 
designed for use in a motor vehicle to restrain, seat, 
or position children who weigh 65 pounds (30 kilo-
grams) or less, and certified to the Federal motor 
vehicle safety standard prescribed by the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration for child re-
straints. 
‘‘(2) 
SEAT
BELT.—The 
term 
‘seat 
belt’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to open-body motor vehi-
cles, including convertibles, an occupant re-
straint system consisting of a lap belt or a lap 
belt and a detachable shoulder belt; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to other motor vehicles, 
an occupant restraint system consisting of inte-
grated lap and shoulder belts.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 405 and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘405. Combined occupant protection grants.’’. 
SEC. 31106. STATE TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEM 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
Section 408 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 408. State traffic safety information system im-
provements 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to the require-
ments of this section, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall award grants to States to support the development 
and implementation of effective State programs that— 
‘‘(1) improve the timeliness, accuracy, complete-
ness, uniformity, integration, and accessibility of the 
State safety data that is needed to identify priorities 
for Federal, State, and local highway and traffic 
safety programs; 
‘‘(2) evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to 
make such improvements; 
‘‘(3) link the State data systems, including traf-
fic records, with other data systems within the 
State, such as systems that contain medical, road-
way, and economic data; 
‘‘(4) improve the compatibility and interoper-
ability of the data systems of the State with national 
data systems and data systems of other States; and 
‘‘(5) enhance the ability of the Secretary to ob-
serve and analyze national trends in crash occur-
rences, rates, outcomes, and circumstances. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of adopting and implementing in a fiscal year a State 
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program described in this section may not exceed 80 per-
cent. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is not eligible for a grant 
under this section in a fiscal year unless the State dem-
onstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the 
State— 
‘‘(1) has a functioning traffic records coordi-
nating committee (referred to in this subsection as 
‘TRCC’) that meets at least 3 times a year; 
‘‘(2) has designated a TRCC coordinator; 
‘‘(3) has established a State traffic record stra-
tegic plan that has been approved by the TRCC and 
describes specific quantifiable and measurable im-
provements anticipated in the State’s core safety 
databases, including crash, citation or adjudication, 
driver, emergency medical services or injury surveil-
lance system, roadway, and vehicle databases; 
‘‘(4) has demonstrated quantitative progress in 
relation to the significant data program attribute 
of— 
‘‘(A) accuracy; 
‘‘(B) completeness; 
‘‘(C) timeliness; 
‘‘(D) uniformity; 
‘‘(E) accessibility; or 
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‘‘(F) integration of a core highway safety 
database; and 
‘‘(5) has certified to the Secretary that an as-
sessment of the State’s highway safety data and 
traffic records system was conducted or updated 
during the preceding 5 years. 
‘‘(d) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Grant funds re-
ceived by a State under this section shall be used for mak-
ing data program improvements to core highway safety 
databases related to quantifiable, measurable progress in 
any of the 6 significant data program attributes set forth 
in subsection (c)(4). 
‘‘(e) GRANT AMOUNT.—The allocation of grant funds 
under this section to a State for a fiscal year shall be in 
proportion to the State’s apportionment under section 402 
for fiscal year 2009.’’. 
SEC. 31107. IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 410 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 410. Impaired driving countermeasures 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the require-
ments of this section, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall award grants to States that adopt and implement— 
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‘‘(1) effective programs to reduce driving under 
the influence of alcohol, drugs, or the combination of 
alcohol and drugs; or 
‘‘(2) alcohol-ignition interlock laws. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
costs of activities funded using amounts from grants 
under this section may not exceed 80 percent in any fiscal 
year in which the State receives a grant. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) LOW-RANGE
STATES.—Low-range States 
shall be eligible for a grant under this section. 
‘‘(2) MID-RANGE STATES.—A mid-range State 
shall be eligible for a grant under this section if— 
‘‘(A) a statewide impaired driving task 
force in the State developed a statewide plan 
during the most recent 3 calendar years to ad-
dress the problem of impaired driving; or 
‘‘(B) the State will convene a statewide im-
paired driving task force to develop such a plan 
during the first year of the grant. 
‘‘(3) 
HIGH-RANGE
STATES.—A 
high-range 
State shall be eligible for a grant under this section 
if the State— 
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‘‘(A)(i) conducted an assessment of the 
State’s impaired driving program during the 
most recent 3 calendar years; or 
‘‘(ii) will conduct such an assessment dur-
ing the first year of the grant; 
‘‘(B) convenes, during the first year of the 
grant, a statewide impaired driving task force 
to develop a statewide plan that— 
‘‘(i) addresses any recommendations 
from the assessment conducted under sub-
paragraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) includes a detailed plan for 
spending any grant funds provided under 
this section; and 
‘‘(iii) describes how such spending 
supports the statewide program; 
‘‘(C)(i) submits the statewide plan to the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion during the first year of the grant for the 
agency’s review and approval; 
‘‘(ii) annually updates the statewide plan 
in each subsequent year of the grant; and 
‘‘(iii) submits each updated statewide plan 
for the agency’s review and comment; and 
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‘‘(D) appoints a full or part-time impaired 
driving coordinator— 
‘‘(i) to coordinate the State’s activities 
to address enforcement and adjudication of 
laws to address driving while impaired by 
alcohol; and 
‘‘(ii) to oversee the implementation of 
the statewide plan. 
‘‘(d) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) 
REQUIRED
PROGRAMS.—High-range 
States shall use grant funds for— 
‘‘(A) high visibility enforcement efforts; 
and 
‘‘(B) any of the activities described in 
paragraph (2) if— 
‘‘(i) the activity is described in the 
statewide plan; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary approves the use of 
funding for such activity. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS.—Medium-range 
and low-range States may use grant funds for— 
‘‘(A) any of the purposes described in 
paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) paid and earned media in support of 
high visibility enforcement efforts; 
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‘‘(C) hiring a full-time or part-time im-
paired driving coordinator of the State’s activi-
ties to address the enforcement and adjudica-
tion of laws regarding driving while impaired by 
alcohol; 
‘‘(D) court support of high visibility en-
forcement efforts; 
‘‘(E) alcohol ignition interlock programs; 
‘‘(F) improving blood-alcohol concentration 
testing and reporting; 
‘‘(G) establishing driving while intoxicated 
courts; 
‘‘(H) conducting— 
‘‘(i) standardized field sobriety train-
ing; 
‘‘(ii) advanced roadside impaired driv-
ing evaluation training; and 
‘‘(iii) drug recognition expert training 
for law enforcement; 
‘‘(I) training and education of criminal jus-
tice professionals (including law enforcement, 
prosecutors, judges and probation officers) to 
assist such professionals in handling impaired 
driving cases; 
‘‘(J) traffic safety resource prosecutors; 
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ACTIVITY BONDS.—Subsection (g) of section 146 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3), 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) any exempt facility bonds issued before 
January 1, 2018, as part of an issue described in 
paragraph (4) or (5) of section 142(a).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Paragraphs (2) and 
(3)(B) of section 146(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 are both amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (4), (5), 
(6), or (10) of section 142(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(4) or (5) of section 142(a) with respect to bonds issued 
after December 31, 2017, or paragraph (6) or (10) of sec-
tion 142(a)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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