Title: STOP Act of 2019
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Stopping Threats On Pedestrians Act of 2019 or the STOP Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program to assist bollard installation projects designed to prevent pedestrian injuries and acts of terrorism in areas utilized by large numbers of pedestrians. Such a project is one that installs raised concrete or metal posts on a sidewalk adjacent to a roadway that are designed to slow or stop a motor vehicle.
In carrying out the program, DOT may award competitive grants to local government entities.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2237 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2237

   To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a bollard 
          installation grant program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

Mr. Espaillat introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a bollard 
          installation grant program, 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 ``Stopping Threats On Pedestrians Act 
of 2019'' or the ``STOP Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. BOLLARD INSTALLATION GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish 
a program to assist bollard installation projects designed to prevent 
pedestrian injuries and acts of terrorism in areas utilized by large 
numbers of pedestrians.
    (b) Grant Authority.--In carrying out the program established under 
subsection (a), the Secretary may award a grant, on a competitive 
basis, to a local government entity.
    (c) Application.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, a 
local government entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at 
such time, in such form, and containing such information as the 
Secretary determines appropriate, which shall include, at a minimum--
            (1) a description of the proposed bollard installation 
        project to be carried out;
            (2) a description of the pedestrian injury or terrorism 
        risks with respect to the proposed installation area; and
            (3) an analysis of how the proposed project will mitigate 
        such risks.
    (d) Grant Uses.--A recipient of a grant awarded under this section 
may use the proceeds of such grant only for a bollard installation 
project.
    (e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the costs of a bollard 
installation project assisted with a grant awarded under this section 
may not exceed 100 percent.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out this 
section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029.
    (g) Bollard Installation Project Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``bollard installation project'' means a project to install raised 
concrete or metal posts on a sidewalk adjacent to a roadway that are 
designed to slow or stop a motor vehicle.
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