H.R.5891

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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. 

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 

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 Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Routes to School 4

Expansion Act’’. 5

SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 6

Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is 7

amended— 8

(1) in subsection (a)— 9

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(A) in paragraph (4)(B)— 1

(i) by striking clause (xviii) and in-2

serting the following: 3

‘‘(xviii) Safe Routes to School infra-4

structure related projects, as defined in 5

section 1404(f) of SAFETEA–LU (23 6

U.S.C. 402 note).’’; 7

(ii) in clause (xxvi) by inserting ‘‘or 8

leading pedestrian intervals’’ after ‘‘bea-9

cons’’; 10

(iii) by redesignating clause (xxviii) as 11

clause (xxix); 12

(iv) by inserting after clause (xxvii) 13

the following: 14

‘‘(xxviii) Installation of infrastructure 15

improvements that create safe routes to 16

bus stops including sidewalks, crosswalks, 17

signage, and bus stop shelters or protected 18

waiting areas.’’; and 19

(v) in clause (xxix), as redesignated, 20

by striking ‘‘(xxvii)’’ and inserting 21

‘‘(xxviii)’’; 22

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 23

through (12) as paragraphs (11) through (13), 24

respectively; 25

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(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 1

following: 2

‘‘(10) SAFETY PROJECT UNDER ANY OTHER 3

SECTION.— 4

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘safety 5

project under any other section’ means a 6

project carried out for the purposes of safety 7

under any section of this title other than this 8

section. 9

‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘safety 10

project under any other section’ includes a 11

project, consistent with the State strategic high-12

way safety plan, that— 13

‘‘(i) promotes public awareness and 14

informs the public regarding highway safe-15

ty matters (including motorcycle safety 16

and school bus stop safety); 17

‘‘(ii) facilitates enforcement of traffic 18

safety laws; and 19

‘‘(iii) supports Safe Routes to School 20

non-infrastructure projects, as defined in 21

section 1404(f) of SAFETEA–LU (23 22

U.S.C. 402 note).’’; and 23

(D) in paragraph (12)(A), as so redesig-24

nated— 25

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(i) in clause (ix) by striking ‘‘and’’; 1

(ii) by redesignating clause (x) as 2

clause (xi); and 3

(iii) by inserting after clause (ix) the 4

following: 5

‘‘(x) State or local representatives of 6

educational agencies to address Safe 7

Routes to School and school bus safety; 8

and’’; 9

(2) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘(11)’’ 10

and inserting ‘‘(12)’’; 11

(3) in subsection (d)(2)(B)(i) by striking 12

‘‘(11)’’ and inserting ‘‘(12)’’; and 13

(4) in subsection (e) by adding at the end the 14

following: 15

‘‘(3) FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR SAFETY 16

PROJECTS UNDER ANY OTHER SECTION.— 17

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To advance the imple-18

mentation of a State strategic highway plan, a 19

State may use not more than 25 percent of the 20

amounts apportioned to the State under section 21

104(b)(3) for a fiscal year to carry out safety 22

projects under any other section. 23

‘‘(B) OTHER TRANSPORTATION AND SAFE-24

TY PLANS.—Nothing in this paragraph requires 25

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a State to revise any State process, plan, or 1

program in effect on the date of enactment of 2

this paragraph.’’. 3

SEC. 3. FEDERAL SHARE PAYABLE. 4

Section 120(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 5

amended by inserting ‘‘an improvement for pedestrian or 6

bicyclist safety or safety of people with disabilities, Safe 7

Routes to School improvements,’’ after ‘‘utility poles,’’. 8

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