Title: Safe Routes to School Expansion Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Safe Routes to School Expansion Act
This bill expands eligibility under the Highway Safety Improvement Program to include certain safety projects related to safe routes to school infrastructure improvements such as sidewalks, crosswalks, signage, bus stop shelters or protected waiting areas.
The bill increases the federal share for the Department of Transportation to fund improvements for pedestrian or bicyclist safety, safety of people with disabilities, and safe routes to school infrastructure.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5891 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5891

  To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to funding for 
            certain safety projects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2020

  Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. 
  Espaillat, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Titus, and Mr. 
Carson of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to funding for 
            certain safety projects, 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 ``Safe Routes to School Expansion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

    Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4)(B)--
                            (i) by striking clause (xviii) and 
                        inserting the following:
                            ``(xviii) Safe Routes to School 
                        infrastructure related projects, as defined in 
                        section 1404(f) of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 402 
                        note).'';
                            (ii) in clause (xxvi) by inserting ``or 
                        leading pedestrian intervals'' after 
                        ``beacons'';
                            (iii) by redesignating clause (xxviii) as 
                        clause (xxix);
                            (iv) by inserting after clause (xxvii) the 
                        following:
                            ``(xxviii) Installation of infrastructure 
                        improvements that create safe routes to bus 
                        stops including sidewalks, crosswalks, signage, 
                        and bus stop shelters or protected waiting 
                        areas.''; and
                            (v) in clause (xxix), as redesignated, by 
                        striking ``(xxvii)'' and inserting 
                        ``(xxviii)'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (12) 
                as paragraphs (11) through (13), respectively;
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) Safety project under any other section.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `safety project under 
                any other section' means a project carried out for the 
                purposes of safety under any section of this title 
                other than this section.
                    ``(B) Inclusion.--The term `safety project under 
                any other section' includes a project, consistent with 
                the State strategic highway safety plan, that--
                            ``(i) promotes public awareness and informs 
                        the public regarding highway safety matters 
                        (including motorcycle safety and school bus 
                        stop safety);
                            ``(ii) facilitates enforcement of traffic 
                        safety laws; and
                            ``(iii) supports Safe Routes to School non-
                        infrastructure projects, as defined in section 
                        1404(f) of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note).''; 
                        and
                    (D) in paragraph (12)(A), as so redesignated--
                            (i) in clause (ix) by striking ``and'';
                            (ii) by redesignating clause (x) as clause 
                        (xi); and
                            (iii) by inserting after clause (ix) the 
                        following:
                            ``(x) State or local representatives of 
                        educational agencies to address Safe Routes to 
                        School and school bus safety; and'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by striking ``(11)'' and 
        inserting ``(12)'';
            (3) in subsection (d)(2)(B)(i) by striking ``(11)'' and 
        inserting ``(12)''; and
            (4) in subsection (e) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Flexible funding for safety projects under any other 
        section.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To advance the implementation of 
                a State strategic highway plan, a State may use not 
                more than 25 percent of the amounts apportioned to the 
                State under section 104(b)(3) for a fiscal year to 
                carry out safety projects under any other section.
                    ``(B) Other transportation and safety plans.--
                Nothing in this paragraph requires a State to revise 
                any State process, plan, or program in effect on the 
                date of enactment of this paragraph.''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL SHARE PAYABLE.

    Section 120(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``an improvement for pedestrian or bicyclist safety or safety 
of people with disabilities, Safe Routes to School improvements,'' 
after ``utility poles,''.
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