Title: Providing Access to Tribal Health, Well-being, and Youth Safety Act of 2020
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
Providing Access to Tribal Health, Well-being, and Youth Safety Act of 2020
This bill establishes a program through which the Department of Transportation must provide grants to Indian tribes for transportation projects that support the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and other users of nonmotorized transportation.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4914 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4914

To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a grant program for 
transportation projects to improve Tribal health, well-being, and youth 
                    safety, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2020

Mr. Carper (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Tester, Mr. Heinrich, and 
  Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a grant program for 
transportation projects to improve Tribal health, well-being, and youth 
                    safety, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Access to Tribal Health, 
Well-being, and Youth Safety Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING ACCESS TO TRIBAL HEALTH, WELL-BEING, AND YOUTH SAFETY 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 207 the following:
``Sec. 208. Providing Access to Tribal Health, Well-being, and Youth 
              Safety program
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 207(m)(1).
            ``(2) Program.--The term `program' means the Providing 
        Access to Tribal Health, Well-being, and Youth Safety program 
        established under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Establishment.--The Secretary shall carry out a grant 
program, to be known as the `Providing Access to Tribal Health, Well-
being, and Youth Safety program' or the `PATHWAYS program' to provide 
grants to Indian tribes to carry out eligible activities described in 
subsection (d).
    ``(c) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under the 
program, an Indian tribe shall submit to the Secretary an application 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require.
    ``(d) Eligible Activities.--An Indian tribe may use funds from a 
grant under the program to carry out any of the following activities:
            ``(1) Construction, planning, and design of on-road and 
        off-road trail facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists, and 
        other nonmotorized forms of transportation, including 
        sidewalks, bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian and bicycle 
        signals, traffic calming techniques, lighting and other safety-
        related infrastructure, and transportation projects to achieve 
        compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
        U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
            ``(2) Construction, planning, and design of infrastructure-
        related projects and systems that will provide safe routes for 
        non-drivers, including children, older adults, and individuals 
        with disabilities, to access daily needs.
            ``(3) Conversion and use of abandoned railroad corridors 
        for trails for pedestrians, bicyclists, or other nonmotorized 
        transportation users.
            ``(4) Construction of turnouts, overlooks, and viewing 
        areas.
            ``(5) Community improvement activities, including--
                    ``(A) historic preservation and rehabilitation of 
                historic transportation facilities; and
                    ``(B) vegetation management practices in 
                transportation rights-of-way to improve roadway safety, 
                prevent against invasive species, or provide erosion 
                control.
            ``(6) Construction, planning, and design of infrastructure-
        related projects that--
                    ``(A) will substantially improve the ability of 
                students to walk and bicycle to school, including 
                sidewalk improvements, traffic calming and speed 
                reduction improvements, pedestrian and bicycle crossing 
                improvements, on-street bicycle facilities, and traffic 
                diversion improvements; and
                    ``(B) are on a public road or any bicycle or 
                pedestrian pathway or trail in the vicinity of a 
                school.
            ``(7) Noninfrastructure-related activities to encourage 
        walking and bicycling to school, including--
                    ``(A) public awareness campaigns and outreach to 
                press and community leaders;
                    ``(B) student sessions on bicycle and pedestrian 
                safety, health, and environment; and
                    ``(C) funding for training, volunteers, and 
                managers of safe routes to school programs.
    ``(e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of an activity 
carried out with funds from a grant under the program shall be 100 
percent.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 201(b)(1) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``and the Federal lands access 
program'' and inserting ``, the Federal lands access program, and the 
Providing Access to Tribal Health, Well-being, and Youth Safety program 
under section 208''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 2 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 207 the following:

``208. Providing Access to Tribal Health, Well-being, and Youth Safety 
                            program.''.
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