A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1708
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-11-14
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

Performance measurement

Roads and highways

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Revises the highway safety improvement program.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), under the highway safety improvement program, to establish performance measures for states to use to assess significant reductions in the number of serious injuries and fatalities (as under current law) specifically for both motorized and nonmotorized transportation.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1708 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 14, 2013 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Ms. Ayotte , and Mr. Schatz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.

1. Establishment of performance measures for highway safety improvement program Section 150(c)(4)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting for both motorized and nonmotorized transportation before the period at the end.