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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2011
5	5	To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the highway safety
6	6	improvement program, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MARCH10, 2025
9	9	Mr. R
10	10	ASKIN(for himself, Mr. STEIL, Mr. THOMPSONof California, and Mr.
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12	12	ANORDEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
13	13	Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to
16	16	the highway safety improvement program, and for other
17	17	purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sarah Debbink 4
22	22	Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act’’. 5
23	23	SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 6
24	24	(a) H
25	25	IGHWAYSAFETYIMPROVEMENT PROJECT.— 7
26	26	Section 148(a)(4)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is 8
27	27	amended— 9
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31	31	(1) in clause (xxix), by striking ‘‘through 1
32	32	(xxviii)’’ and inserting ‘‘through (xxx)’’; 2
33	33	(2) by redesignating clause (xxix) as clause 3
34	34	(xxxi); and 4
35	35	(3) by inserting after clause (xxviii) the fol-5
36	36	lowing: 6
37	37	‘‘(xxix) The connection of 2 or more 7
38	38	segments of existing bicyclist or pedestrian 8
39	39	infrastructure. 9
40	40	‘‘(xxx) The reduction of safety risks to 10
41	41	vulnerable road users through a project or 11
42	42	strategy described in a program of projects 12
43	43	or strategies developed pursuant to sub-13
44	44	section (l)(2)(B).’’. 14
45	45	(b) F
46	46	EDERALSHARE OFCERTAINHIGHWAYSAFETY 15
47	47	I
48	48	MPROVEMENTPROJECTS.— 16
49	49	(1) I
50	50	N GENERAL.—Section 148(j) of title 23, 17
51	51	United States Code, is amended— 18
52	52	(A) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in sec-19
53	53	tions 120 and 130’’ and inserting the following: 20
54	54	‘‘(1) I
55	55	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in sec-21
56	56	tions 120 and 130 and paragraph (2)’’; and 22
57	57	(B) by adding at the end the following: 23
58	58	‘‘(2) E
59	59	XCEPTION.—Notwithstanding any other 24
60	60	provision of law, the Federal share of the cost of a 25
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64	64	highway safety improvement project carried out with 1
65	65	funds apportioned to a State under section 2
66	66	104(b)(3) may be up to 100 percent if the project 3
67	67	is a project described in clause (xxix) or (xxx) of 4
68	68	subsection (a)(4)(B).’’. 5
69	69	(2) F
70	70	LEXIBLE FINANCING.—Section 133(h)(7) 6
71	71	of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 7
72	72	(A) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 8
73	73	subparagraph (E); and 9
74	74	(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-10
75	75	serting the following: 11
76	76	‘‘(B) F
77	77	LEXIBLE FINANCING .—Notwith-12
78	78	standing section 120— 13
79	79	‘‘(i) the non-Federal share for a 14
80	80	project under this subsection may be cal-15
81	81	culated on a project, multiple-project, or 16
82	82	program basis; and 17
83	83	‘‘(ii) the Federal share of the cost of 18
84	84	an individual project under this subsection 19
85	85	may be up to 100 percent. 20
86	86	‘‘(C) T
87	87	REATMENT AS NON -FEDERAL 21
88	88	SHARE.—Notwithstanding any other provision 22
89	89	of law, funds made available to carry out sec-23
90	90	tion 148 may be credited toward the non-Fed-24
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94	94	eral share of the costs of a project under this 1
95	95	subsection if— 2
96	96	‘‘(i) the project includes a Proven 3
97	97	Safety Countermeasure for bicyclists or pe-4
98	98	destrians, as determined by the Federal 5
99	99	Highway Administration; 6
100	100	‘‘(ii) the relevant State strategic high-7
101	101	way safety plan includes an emphasis area 8
102	102	related to vulnerable road users; or 9
103	103	‘‘(iii) the proposed project— 10
104	104	‘‘(I) was described in a program 11
105	105	of projects or strategies developed 12
106	106	pursuant to paragraph section 148 (l); 13
107	107	or 14
108	108	‘‘(II) was identified by a local 15
109	109	government, metropolitan planning or-16
110	110	ganization, or regional transportation 17
111	111	planning organization, including in a 18
112	112	safety plan described in subparagraph 19
113	113	(B), as addressing 1 or more areas of 20
114	114	high risk to vulnerable road users 21
115	115	during the consultation process re-22
116	116	quired under paragraph (xx)(B) and 23
117	117	through a planning process and data- 24
118	118	based analysis. 25
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122	122	‘‘(D) SAFETY PLANS DESCRIBED .—A safe-1
123	123	ty plan referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) 2
124	124	is— 3
125	125	‘‘(i) a pedestrian or bicyclist safety 4
126	126	plan; 5
127	127	‘‘(ii) a Complete Streets plan; 6
128	128	‘‘(iii) a local roadway safety plan; 7
129	129	‘‘(iv) a Vision Zero Action Plan; 8
130	130	‘‘(v) a transition plan described in 9
131	131	section 35.150(d) of title 28, Code of Fed-10
132	132	eral Regulations (or successor regulations) 11
133	133	(commonly known as an ‘ADA Transition 12
134	134	Plan’); 13
135	135	‘‘(vi) a Tribal transportation safety 14
136	136	plan; 15
137	137	‘‘(vii) a comprehensive safety action 16
138	138	plan (as defined in section 24112(a) of the 17
139	139	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 18
140	140	(23 U.S.C. 402 note; Public Law 117– 19
141	141	58)); or 20
142	142	‘‘(viii) any other safety plan, as deter-21
143	143	mined by the Secretary.’’. 22
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145	145	NCREASED FEDERAL SHARE FOR PROVEN 23
146	146	SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES .—Section 120(c)(1) of 24
147	147	title 23, United States Code, is amended, in the first 25
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151	151	sentence, by inserting ‘‘Proven Safety Counter-1
152	152	measures for bicyclists or pedestrians (as determined 2
153	153	by the Federal Highway Administration),’’ before 3
154	154	‘‘breakaway utility poles’’. 4
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