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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Student Athletes From 
Concussions Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.

    Part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7881 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

  ``Subpart 6--State Requirements for the Prevention and Treatment of 
                              Concussions

``SEC. 8581. MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--Beginning fiscal year 2019, as a condition of 
receiving funds under this Act for a fiscal year, a State shall, not 
later than July 1 of the preceding fiscal year, certify to the 
Secretary in accordance with subsection (b) that the State has in 
effect and is enforcing a law or regulation that, at a minimum, 
establishes the following requirements:
            ``(1) Local educational agency concussion safety and 
        management plan.--Each local educational agency in the State 
        (including each charter school that is considered a local 
        educational agency under State law), in consultation with 
        members of the community in which the local educational agency 
        is located, shall develop and implement a standard plan for 
        concussion safety and management for public schools served by 
        the local educational agency that includes--
                    ``(A) the education of students, parents, and 
                school personnel about concussions, including--
                            ``(i) the training of school personnel on 
                        evidence-based concussion safety and 
                        management, including on prevention, 
                        recognition, risk, academic consequences, and 
                        response for both initial and any subsequent 
                        concussions; and
                            ``(ii) using, maintaining, and 
                        disseminating to students and parents release 
                        forms, treatment plans, observation, 
                        monitoring, and reporting forms, recordkeeping 
                        forms, and post-injury and prevention fact 
                        sheets about concussions;
                    ``(B) supports for each student recovering from a 
                concussion, including--
                            ``(i) guiding the student in resuming 
                        participation in school-sponsored athletic 
                        activities and academic activities with the 
                        help of a multidisciplinary concussion 
                        management team, which shall include--
                                    ``(I) a health care professional, 
                                the parents of such student, and other 
                                relevant school personnel; and
                                    ``(II) an individual who is 
                                assigned by the public school in which 
                                the student is enrolled to oversee and 
                                manage the recovery of the student;
                            ``(ii) providing appropriate academic 
                        accommodations aimed at progressively 
                        reintroducing cognitive demands on such a 
                        student; and
                            ``(iii) if the student's symptoms of 
                        concussion persist for a substantial period of 
                        time--
                                    ``(I) evaluating the student in 
                                accordance with section 614 of the 
                                Individuals with Disabilities Education 
                                Act (20 U.S.C. 1414) to determine 
                                whether the student is eligible for 
                                services under part B of such Act (20 
                                U.S.C. 1411 et seq.); or
                                    ``(II) evaluating whether the 
                                student is eligible for services under 
                                section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
                                of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); and
                    ``(C) best practices designed to ensure, with 
                respect to concussions, the uniformity of safety 
                standards, treatment, and management, including--
                            ``(i) disseminating information on 
                        concussion safety and management to the public; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) applying best practice and uniform 
                        standards for concussion safety and management 
                        to all students enrolled in the public schools 
                        served by the local educational agency.
            ``(2) Posting of information on concussions.--Each public 
        school in the State shall post on school grounds, in a manner 
        that is visible to students and school personnel, and make 
        publicly available on the school website, information on 
        concussions that--
                    ``(A) is based on peer-reviewed scientific evidence 
                or consensus (such as information made available by the 
                Centers for Disease Control and Prevention);
                    ``(B) shall include--
                            ``(i) the risks posed by sustaining a 
                        concussion or multiple concussions;
                            ``(ii) the actions a student should take in 
                        response to sustaining a concussion, including 
                        the notification of school personnel; and
                            ``(iii) the signs and symptoms of a 
                        concussion; and
                    ``(C) may include--
                            ``(i) the definition of a concussion under 
                        section 8582(1);
                            ``(ii) the means available to the student 
                        to reduce the incidence or recurrence of a 
                        concussion; and
                            ``(iii) the effects of a concussion on 
                        academic learning and performance.
            ``(3) Response to a concussion.--If any school personnel of 
        a public school in the State suspect that a student has 
        sustained a concussion during a school-sponsored athletic 
        activity or other school-sponsored activity--
                    ``(A) the student shall be--
                            ``(i) immediately removed from 
                        participation in such activity; and
                            ``(ii) prohibited from resuming 
                        participation in school-sponsored athletic 
                        activities--
                                    ``(I) on the day the student 
                                sustained the concussion; and
                                    ``(II) until the day the student is 
                                capable of resuming such participation, 
                                according to the student's written 
                                release, as described in paragraph (4);
                    ``(B) the school personnel shall report to the 
                concussion management team--
                            ``(i) that the student may have sustained a 
                        concussion; and
                            ``(ii) all available information with 
                        respect to the student's injury; and
                    ``(C) the concussion management team shall confirm 
                and report to the parents of the student--
                            ``(i) the type of injury, and the date and 
                        time of the injury, suffered by the student; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) any actions that have been taken to 
                        treat the student.
            ``(4) Return to athletics.--If a student enrolled in a 
        public school in the State sustains a concussion, before the 
        student resumes participation in school-sponsored athletic 
        activities, the relevant school personnel shall receive a 
        written release from a health care professional, that--
                    ``(A) may require the student to follow a plan 
                designed to aid the student in recovering and resuming 
                participation in such activities in a manner that--
                            ``(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with 
                        periods of cognitive and physical rest while 
                        symptoms of a concussion persist; and
                            ``(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical 
                        demands on the student on a progressive basis 
                        so long as such increases in exertion do not 
                        cause the reemergence or worsening of symptoms 
                        of a concussion; and
                    ``(B) states that the student is capable of 
                resuming participation in such activities once the 
                student is asymptomatic.
            ``(5) Return to academics.--If a student enrolled in a 
        public school in the State has sustained a concussion, the 
        concussion management team (as described under paragraph 
        (1)(B)(i)) of the school shall consult with and make 
        recommendations to relevant school personnel and the student to 
        ensure that the student is receiving the appropriate academic 
        supports, including--
                    ``(A) providing for periods of cognitive rest over 
                the course of the school day;
                    ``(B) providing modified academic assignments;
                    ``(C) allowing for gradual reintroduction to 
                cognitive demands; and
                    ``(D) other appropriate academic accommodations or 
                adjustments.
    ``(b) Certification Requirement.--The certification required under 
subsection (a) shall be in writing and include a description of the law 
or regulation that meets the requirements of subsection (a).

``SEC. 8582. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Concussion.--The term `concussion' means a type of 
        mild traumatic brain injury that--
                    ``(A) is caused by a blow, jolt, or motion to the 
                head or body that causes the brain to move rapidly in 
                the skull;
                    ``(B) disrupts normal brain functioning and alters 
                the physiological state of the individual, causing the 
                individual to experience--
                            ``(i) any period of observed or self-
                        reported--
                                    ``(I) transient confusion, 
                                disorientation, or altered 
                                consciousness;
                                    ``(II) dysfunction of memory around 
                                the time of injury; or
                                    ``(III) disruptions in gait or 
                                balance; and
                            ``(ii) symptoms that may include--
                                    ``(I) physical symptoms, such as 
                                headache, fatigue, or dizziness;
                                    ``(II) cognitive symptoms, such as 
                                memory disturbance or slowed thinking;
                                    ``(III) emotional symptoms, such as 
                                irritability or sadness; or
                                    ``(IV) difficulty sleeping; and
                    ``(C) occurs--
                            ``(i) with or without the loss of 
                        consciousness; and
                            ``(ii) during participation--
                                    ``(I) in a school-sponsored 
                                athletic activity; or
                                    ``(II) in any other activity 
                                without regard to whether the activity 
                                takes place on school property or 
                                during the school day.
            ``(2) Health care professional.--The term `health care 
        professional' means a physician (including a medical doctor or 
        doctor of osteopathic medicine), nurse, athletic trainer, 
        physical therapist, neuropsychologist, or other qualified 
        individual--
                    ``(A) who is registered, licensed, certified, or 
                otherwise statutorily recognized by the State to 
                provide medical treatment; and
                    ``(B) whose scope of practice and experience 
                includes the diagnosis and management of traumatic 
                brain injury among a pediatric population.
            ``(3) Public school.--The term `public school' means a 
        public elementary school or public secondary school.
            ``(4) School personnel.--The term `school personnel' 
        includes teachers, principals, administrators, counselors, 
        social workers, psychologists, nurses, librarians, coaches and 
        athletic trainers, and other support staff who are employed by 
        a school or who perform services for the school on a 
        contractual basis.
            ``(5) School-sponsored athletic activity.--The term 
        `school-sponsored athletic activity' means--
                    ``(A) any physical education class or program of a 
                public school;
                    ``(B) any athletic activity authorized by a public 
                school that takes place during the school day on the 
                school's property;
                    ``(C) any activity of an extra-curricular sports 
                team, club, or league organized by a public school; and
                    ``(D) any recess activity of a public school.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 8574 the following:

  ``subpart 6--state requirements for the prevention and treatment of 
                              concussions

``Sec. 8581. Minimum State requirements.
``Sec. 8582. Definitions.''.
[A]: Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2017 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to condition each state's receipt of ESEA funds, beginning in FY2019, on the state's enforcement of specified&nbsp;minimum requirements for the prevention and treatment of concussions. Each local educational agency must develop and implement a standard plan for concussion safety and management that includes: (1) the education of students, parents, and school personnel about concussions; (2) specified supports for each student recovering from a concussion; and (3) best practices designed to ensure the uniformity of safety standards, treatment, and management.  Each public school must post on school grounds and&nbsp;publish on the school website specified information&nbsp;about concussions.  If any public school personnel suspects that a student has sustained a concussion during a school-sponsored activity, the student must be immediately removed from participation in that activity and prohibited from participating in any school-sponsored athletic activities until the student submits a written release from a health care professional. Furthermore, the school personnel must&nbsp;report all available information regarding the injury to a concussion management team that will confirm and report&nbsp;details of the injury&nbsp;to the student's parents. The school's concussion management team shall consult with and make recommendations to relevant school personnel and the student to ensure that the student is receiving the appropriate academic supports. 


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to 
Save Lives Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO FEDERAL CIGARETTE AND LABELING ADVERTISING ACT.

    (a) Amendment.--The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by striking section 4 and inserting 
the following:

``SEC. 4. LABELING.

    ``(a) Label.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for any person to 
        manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within 
        the United States any cigarettes the package of which fails to 
        bear, in accordance with the requirements of this section, a 
        warning label.
            ``(2) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate 
        regulations describing the warning label required by paragraph 
        (1).
            ``(3) Content of label.--The regulations promulgated under 
        paragraph (2) shall ensure that the text of each warning label 
        addresses one of the following:
                    ``(A) Diseases or fatal health conditions caused by 
                cigarette smoking.
                    ``(B) Any physical addiction that results from 
                cigarette smoking.
                    ``(C) The influence that cigarette smoking by 
                adults has on young children and teenagers and the 
                consequences of such use.
                    ``(D) The health hazards of secondhand smoke from 
                cigarettes.
            ``(4) Graphics.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The regulations promulgated 
                under paragraph (2) shall ensure that each warning 
                label contains a color graphic or picture that 
                illustrates or emphasizes to the greatest practicable 
                extent the message of the text of the corresponding 
                warning label.
                    ``(B) Contents.--The graphics described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall enhance the message of the text 
                of the warning label and may include a color picture of 
                one of the following:
                            ``(i) A diseased lung, heart, or mouth.
                            ``(ii) An individual suffering from 
                        addiction.
                            ``(iii) Children watching an adult smoke a 
                        cigarette.
                            ``(iv) An individual adversely affected by 
                        secondhand smoke from a cigarette, including 
                        pregnant women or infants.
    ``(b) Advertising.--It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or 
importer of cigarettes to advertise or cause to be advertised within 
the United States any cigarette unless the advertising bears, in 
accordance with the requirements of this section, one of the warning 
label statements required by subsection (a).
    ``(c) Requirements for Labeling.--
            ``(1) Location.--Each label statement required by 
        subsection (a) shall be located on the upper portion of the 
        front and back panels of the cigarette package (or carton) and 
        occupy not less than 50 percent of each panel.
            ``(2) Type and color.--Each label statement required by 
        subsection (a) shall be printed in at least 17 point type with 
        adjustments as determined appropriate by the Secretary. All the 
        letters in the label shall appear in conspicuous and legible 
        type, in contrast by typography, layout, or color with all 
        other printed material on the package, and be printed in a 
        black-on-white or white-on-black format as determined 
        appropriate by the Secretary.
    ``(d) Requirements for Advertising.--
            ``(1) Location.--Each label statement required by 
        subsection (b) shall occupy not less than 50 percent of the 
        area of the advertisement involved.
            ``(2) Type and color.--
                    ``(A) Type.--Each label statement required by 
                subsection (b) shall be printed in a point type that is 
                not less than the following types:
                            ``(i) With respect to whole page 
                        advertisements on broadsheet newspaper--45 
                        point type.
                            ``(ii) With respect to half page 
                        advertisements on broadsheet newspaper--39 
                        point type.
                            ``(iii) With respect to whole page 
                        advertisements on tabloid newspaper--39 point 
                        type.
                            ``(iv) With respect to half page 
                        advertisements on tabloid newspaper--27 point 
                        type.
                            ``(v) With respect to DPS magazine 
                        advertisements--31.5 point type.
                            ``(vi) With respect to whole page magazine 
                        advertisements--31.5 point type.
                            ``(vii) With respect to 28cm x 3 column 
                        advertisements--22.5 point type.
                            ``(viii) With respect to 20cm x 2 column 
                        advertisements--15 point type.
                The Secretary may revise the required type sizes as the 
                Secretary determines appropriate within the 50 percent 
                requirement.
                    ``(B) Color.--All the letters in the label under 
                this paragraph shall appear in conspicuous and legible 
                type, in contrast by typography, layout, or color with 
                all other printed material and be printed in an 
                alternating black-on-white and white-on-black format as 
                determined appropriate by the Secretary.
    ``(e) Rotation of Label Statements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        label statements specified in subsections (a) and (b) shall be 
        rotated by each manufacturer or importer of cigarettes 
        quarterly in alternating sequence on packages of each brand of 
        cigarettes manufactured by the manufacturer or importer and in 
        the advertisements for each such brand of cigarettes in 
        accordance with a plan submitted by the manufacturer or 
        importer and approved by the Federal Trade Commission. The 
        Federal Trade Commission shall approve a plan submitted by a 
        manufacturer or importer of cigarettes which will provide the 
        rotation required by this subsection and which assures that all 
        of the labels required by subsections (a) and (b) will be 
        displayed by the manufacturer or importer at the same time.
            ``(2) Application of other rotation requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A manufacturer or importer of 
                cigarettes may apply to the Federal Trade Commission to 
                have the label rotation described in subparagraph (C) 
                apply with respect to a brand style of cigarettes 
                manufactured or imported by such manufacturer or 
                importer if--
                            ``(i) the number of cigarettes of such 
                        brand style sold in the fiscal year by the 
                        manufacturer or importer preceding the 
                        submission of the application is less than \1/
                        4\ of 1 percent of all the cigarettes sold in 
                        the United States in such year; and
                            ``(ii) more than \1/2\ of the cigarettes 
                        manufactured or imported by such manufacturer 
                        or importer for sale in the United States are 
                        packaged into brand styles which meet the 
                        requirements of clause (i).
                If an application is approved by the Commission, the 
                label rotation described in subparagraph (C) shall 
                apply with respect to the applicant during the 1-year 
                period beginning on the date of the application 
                approval.
                    ``(B) Plan.--An applicant under subparagraph (A) 
                shall include in its application a plan under which the 
                label statements specified in subsection (a) will be 
                rotated by the applicant manufacturer or importer in 
                accordance with the label rotation described in 
                subparagraph (C).
                    ``(C) Other rotation requirements.--Under the label 
                rotation which the manufacturer or importer with an 
                approved application may put into effect, each of the 
                labels specified in subsection (a) shall appear on the 
                packages of each brand style of cigarettes with respect 
                to which the application was approved an equal number 
                of times within the 12-month period beginning on the 
                date of the approval by the Commission of the 
                application.
    ``(f) Application of Requirement.--Subsection (a) does not apply to 
a distributor or a retailer of cigarettes who does not manufacture, 
package, or import cigarettes for sale or distribution within the 
United States.
    ``(g) Cigars; Pipe Tobacco.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall promulgate such 
        regulations as may be necessary to establish warning labels for 
        cigars and pipe tobacco. Such regulations shall require 
        content-specific messages regarding health hazards posed by 
        cigars and pipe tobacco, include graphic illustrations of such 
        content messages, as is required under subsection (a), and be 
        formatted in a clear and unambiguous manner, as is required 
        under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Cigar.--The term `cigar' means any roll of 
                tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or in any substance 
                containing tobacco (other than any roll of tobacco that 
                is a cigarette or cigarillo).
                    ``(B) Pipe tobacco.--The term `pipe tobacco' means 
                any loose tobacco that, because of the appearance, 
                type, packaging or labeling of such tobacco, is likely 
                to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a 
                tobacco to be smoked in a pipe.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this section.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO HEALTH 
              EDUCATION ACT OF 1986.

    (a) Amendment.--The Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health 
Education Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.) is amended by striking 
section 3 and inserting the following:

``SEC. 3. SMOKELESS TOBACCO WARNING.

    ``(a) General Rule.--
            ``(1) Label on package.--It shall be unlawful for any 
        person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or 
        distribution within the United States any smokeless tobacco 
        product unless the product package bears, in accordance with 
        the requirements of this section, a warning label.
            ``(2) Label in advertisements.--It shall be unlawful for 
        any manufacturer, packager, or importer of smokeless tobacco 
        products to advertise or cause to be advertised within the 
        United States any smokeless tobacco product unless the 
        advertising bears, in accordance with the requirements of this 
        Act, one of the labels required by paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations 
describing the warning labels required under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Content of Label.--The regulations promulgated under 
subsection (b) shall ensure that the text of each warning label 
addresses one of the following:
            ``(1) Diseases resulting from use of smokeless tobacco 
        products.
            ``(2) Any physical addiction that results from using 
        smokeless tobacco products.
            ``(3) The influence that use of smokeless tobacco products 
        by adults has on young children and teenagers and the 
        consequences of such use.
    ``(d) Number of Labels.--The regulations promulgated under 
subsection (b) shall ensure that not less than 2 warning labels are 
created for each subject matter described in paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) of subsection (c). Such regulations shall also require that each 
package of smokeless tobacco bear 1 warning label that shall be rotated 
in accordance with subsection (g).
    ``(e) Graphics.--
            ``(1) In general.--The regulations promulgated under 
        subsection (b) shall ensure that each warning label required by 
        subsection (a) contains a color graphic or picture that 
        illustrates or emphasizes to the greatest practicable extent 
        the message of the text of the corresponding warning label.
            ``(2) Contents.--The graphics described in paragraph (1) 
        shall enhance the message of the text of the warning label and 
        may include a color picture of one of the following:
                    ``(A) A diseased mouth or other physical effect of 
                using smokeless tobacco products.
                    ``(B) An individual using a smokeless tobacco 
                product.
                    ``(C) Children watching an adult use a smokeless 
                tobacco product.
    ``(f) Format.--
            ``(1) Location.--Each label statement required by 
        subsection (a)(1) shall be located on the principal display 
        panel of the product and occupy not less than 50 percent of 
        such panel.
            ``(2) Type and color.--Each label statement required by 
        subsection (a)(1) shall be printed in 17 point type with 
        adjustments as determined appropriate by the Secretary to 
        reflect the length of the required statement. All the letters 
        in the label shall appear in conspicuous and legible type in 
        contrast by typography, layout, or color with all other printed 
        material on the package and be printed in an alternating black 
        on white and white on black format as determined appropriate by 
        the Secretary.
    ``(g) Advertising and Rotation.--The provisions of sections (d) and 
(e)(1) of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (as 
amended by the Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act) shall 
apply to advertisements for smokeless tobacco products required under 
subsection (a)(2) and the rotation of the label statements required 
under subsection (a)(1) on such products.
    ``(h) Application of Requirement.--Subsection (a) does not apply to 
a distributor or a retailer of smokeless tobacco products who does not 
manufacture, package, or import such products for sale or distribution 
within the United States.
    ``(i) Television and Radio Advertising.--It shall be unlawful to 
advertise smokeless tobacco or cigars on any medium of electronic 
communications subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal 
Communications Commission.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this section.
[A]: Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within the United States any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products unless the product package bears, in accordance with the specified requirements of this Act, a warning label on the upper portion of the front and back panels of the cigarette package or carton. Specifies label requirements for advertisements. Requires the rotation of labels for both packages and advertisements in accordance with a Federal Trade Commission approved plan.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Maximum Economic Growth for America 
Through Safety Improvements Act'' or the ``MEGA Safe Act''.

SEC. 2. SCHOOL CROSSING ZONE AND OTHER PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CROSSING 
              ZONE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

    Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (l) as 
        subsections (f) through (m), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) School Crossing Zone and Other Pedestrian and Bicycle 
Crossing Zone Improvements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Before making an apportionment under 
        subsection (b)(3) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set 
        aside $25,000,000 for the fiscal year for carrying out a 
        program to assist local governments in placing fluorescent 
        yellow-green signs to mark school zone crossing and other 
        pedestrian and bicycle highway crossing zones.
            ``(2) Eligible projects.--Amounts made available under 
        paragraph (1) for obligation at the discretion of the Secretary 
        may be obligated only for projects to--
                    ``(A) place fluorescent yellow-green signs to mark 
                school zone crossing or other pedestrian or bicycle 
                crossing zones where no crossing signs exist;
                    ``(B) replace existing yellow signs with 
                fluorescent yellow-green signs to mark school zone 
                crossing or other pedestrian or bicycle crossing zones; 
                or
                    ``(C) replace damaged or worn fluorescent yellow-
                green signs to mark school zone crossing or other 
                pedestrian or bicycle crossing zones.
            ``(3) Off-system crossings.--Amounts made available under 
        paragraph (1) for obligation at the discretion of the Secretary 
        may be obligated for eligible projects located on any public 
        road.
            ``(4) Minimum distribution.--In obligating funds under this 
        subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that, for each fiscal 
        year, not less than 0.5 percent of funds set aside under 
        paragraph (1) are obligated for projects in each State.
            ``(5) Applicable law.--The use of funds obligated under 
        this subsection shall be in accordance with applicable State 
        law and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
            ``(6) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of any 
        project carried out using funds obligated under this subsection 
        shall be 100 percent.''.

SEC. 3. RURAL LOCAL ROADS SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Eligible activity.--
                            (i) In general.--The term ``eligible 
                        activity'' means a project or activity that--
                                    (I) is carried out only on public 
                                roads that are functionally classified 
                                as rural minor collector or rural local 
                                roads (and is not carried out on a 
                                Federal aid highway); and
                                    (II) provides a safety benefit.
                            (ii) Inclusions.--The term ``eligible 
                        activity'' includes--
                                    (I) a project or program such as 
                                those described in section 133(d)(1) of 
                                title 23, United States Code;
                                    (II) road surfacing or resurfacing;
                                    (III) improvement or maintenance of 
                                local bridges;
                                    (IV) road reconstruction or 
                                improvement;
                                    (V) installation or improvement of 
                                signage, signals, or lighting;
                                    (VI) a maintenance activity that 
                                provides a safety benefit (including 
                                repair work, striping, surface marking, 
                                or a similar safety precaution); or
                                    (VII) acquisition of materials for 
                                use in projects described in any of 
                                subclauses (I) through (VI).
                    (B) Program.--The term ``program'' means the rural 
                local roads safety pilot program established under 
                subsection (b).
                    (C) State.--The term ``State'' does not include the 
                District of Columbia or Puerto Rico.
            (2) Other terms.--Except as otherwise provided, terms used 
        in this section have the meanings given those terms in title 
        23, United States Code.
    (b) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a rural local 
roads safety pilot program to carry out eligible activities.
    (c) Allocation of Funds With Respect to States.--For each fiscal 
year, funds made available to carry out this section shall be allocated 
by the Secretary to the State transportation department in each of the 
States in the ratio that--
            (1) the relative share of the State under section 105 of 
        title 23, United States Code, for a fiscal year; bears to
            (2) the total shares of all 50 States under that section 
        for the fiscal year.
    (d) Allocation of Funds Within States.--Each State that receives 
funds under subsection (c) shall allocate those funds within the State 
as follows:
            (1) Counties.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) and 
        subject to paragraph (3), a State shall allocate to each county 
        in the State an amount in the ratio that--
                    (A) the public road miles within the county that 
                are functionally classified as rural local roads or 
                rural minor collector roads; bears to
                    (B) the total of all public road miles within all 
                counties in the State that are functionally classified 
                as rural local roads or rural minor collector roads.
            (2) Alternative formula for allocation.--Paragraph (1) 
        shall not apply to a State if the State transportation 
        department certifies to the Secretary that the State has in 
        effect an alternative formula or system for allocation of funds 
        received under subsection (c) (including an alternative formula 
        or system that permits allocations to political subdivisions or 
        groups of political subdivisions, in addition to individual 
        counties, in the State) that--
                    (A) was developed under the authority of State law; 
                and
                    (B) provides that funds allocated to the State 
                transportation department under this section will be 
                allocated within the State in accordance with a program 
                that includes selection by local governments of 
                eligible activities funded under this section.
            (3) Administrative expenses.--Before allocating amounts 
        under paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, a State 
        transportation department may retain not more than 10 percent 
        of an amount allocated to the State transportation department 
        under subsection (c) for administrative costs incurred in 
        carrying out this section.
    (e) Project Selection.--
            (1) By county.--If an allocation of funds within a State is 
        made under subsection (d)(1), counties within the State to 
        which the funds are allocated shall select eligible activities 
        to be carried out using the funds.
            (2) By state alternative.--If an allocation of funds within 
        a State is made under subsection (d)(2), eligible activities to 
        be carried out using the funds shall be selected in accordance 
        with the State alternative.
    (f) Obligation.--Funds made available to carry out this section 
shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds 
were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.
    (g) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of an eligible 
activity carried out under this section shall be 100 percent.
    (h) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2009, after providing 
States, local governments, and other interested parties an opportunity 
for comment, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that--
            (1) describes progress made in carrying out the program; 
        and
            (2) includes recommendations as to whether the program 
        should be continued or modified.
    (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) to carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2004 through 2009.

SEC. 4. AGGRESSIVE DRIVING PREVENTION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 149 the following:
``Sec. 150. Aggressive driving prevention
    ``(a) Designation.--The left lane of each highway on the Interstate 
System is designated as a national passing lane.
    ``(b) Education.--The Secretary shall provide not less than 
$1,000,000 to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia to 
provide information to the public on using national passing lanes 
designated under subsection (a) for passing only, and specifically to 
inform motor vehicle operators that an operator of a vehicle in the 
left lane should always move to the right lane to permit other vehicles 
to pass on the left.
    ``(c) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out 
this section $51,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year 
thereafter.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 149 the following:

``150. Aggressive driving prevention.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on October 1, 2003.

SEC. 5. SAFE DRIVING INVOLVING PASSENGER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS.

    (a) Grant.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall provide jointly to the 
American Trucking Associations and the American Automobile Association 
a grant in the amount of $1,000,000 to be used to conduct a study to 
identify the most effective means by which--
            (1) drivers of passenger vehicles may be educated 
        concerning the hazards, and the safest manner, of driving in 
        the presence of tractor-trailers and other commercial trucks; 
        and
            (2) drivers of tractor-trailers and other commercial trucks 
        may be educated concerning the hazards, and the safest manner, 
        of driving in the presence of passenger vehicles.
    (b) Reports.--As a condition of receiving the grant under 
subsection (a), the American Trucking Associations and American 
Automobile Association shall agree to jointly submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress--
            (1) not later than October 1, 2003, an interim report that 
        describes the progress of those associations in carrying out 
        the study described in subsection (a); and
            (2) not later than October 1, 2004, a final report that 
        describes the results of the study, including any 
        recommendations of those associations.

SEC. 6. WORKZONE SAFETY.

    The Secretary of Transportation shall require that, effective 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, for each highway project 
(within the meaning of title 23, United States Code) that uses Federal 
funds, a trained and certified person shall be responsible for ensuring 
that any traffic control plan is effectively administered.

SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Section 351 of the Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1356, 1356A-34) is 
repealed.
    (b) Section 154(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the paragraph heading and all that follows through 
``thereafter,'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Other fiscal years.--On October 1, 2002,''.
    (c) Section 164(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the paragraph heading and all that follows through 
``thereafter,'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Other fiscal years.--On October 1, 2002,''.
[A]:
Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Safety Improvements Act (MEGA Safe Act) - Directs the Secretary of Transportation: (1) before making an apportionment for the Interstate and National Highway System program, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program, or the Surface Transportation program for a fiscal year, to set aside specified funds to carry out a program to assist local governments in placing fluorescent yellow-green signs to mark school zone crossing and other pedestrian and bicycle highway crossing zones; and (2) to establish a rural local roads safety pilot program to carry out construction, improvement, and maintenance activities that provide a safety benefit.Designates the left lane of each highway on the Interstate System as a national passing lane. Directs the Secretary to provide not less than $1 million to each State and the District of Columbia to inform the public that: (1) passing lanes should be used for passing only; and (2) motor vehicle operators in the left lane should always move to the right to permit other vehicles to pass.Requires the Secretary to provide jointly to the American Trucking Association and the American Automobile Association a $1 million grant to identify the most effective means by which drivers of passenger vehicles and commercial trucks may be educated concerning the hazards, and the safest manner, of driving in each other's presence.Directs the Secretary to require that a trained and certified person be responsible for ensuring the effective administration of any traffic control plan of a highway project that uses Federal funds.