Safety Grant Consistency Act

Bill: 119-s-2788
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
Introduced: 2025-09-11
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2788 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 11, 2025 Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from establishing new performance measures or regulatory or program requirements relating to highway safety grant programs, to require the Secretary of Transportation to ease certain requirements relating to those programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safety Grant Consistency Act . 2. Prohibitions and requirements relating to highway safety grant programs (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Highway safety grant programs The term highway safety grant programs means the programs under sections 402 and 405 of title 23, United States Code. (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. (b) Prohibitions; requirements Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary— (1) may not establish new performance measures or regulatory or program requirements relating to the highway safety grant programs not in effect before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) shall ease or eliminate any requirement relating to the highway safety grant programs not explicitly authorized or required by an Act of Congress.