# 2026-19403: NHTSA Loosens Highway Safety Grant Red Tape Slightly

2026-19403, Amendment to the Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs, is a Federal Register rule from Transportation Department, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published 2026-09-23, effective 2026-09-23 (as of 2026-09-30).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19403
- As of: 2026-09-30
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19403
- Title: Amendment to the Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Transportation Department; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 60300
- Published: 2026-09-23
- Effective: 2026-09-23
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: 2127-AN12
- Last updated: 2026-09-30

## In one line

NHTSA Loosens Highway Safety Grant Red Tape Slightly

## Summary

Starting September 23, 2026, states getting highway safety grants don’t have to match their safety targets exactly with another federal program for fiscal year 2027. This change gives states more flexibility in setting goals to keep roads safer without risking their funding. It mainly affects state highway safety planners and could speed up how they plan and report their progress.

## Abstract

This action amends the uniform procedures implementing the State Highway Safety Grant Program to waive, for fiscal year (FY) 2027, the requirement that targets for the common performance measures be identical to targets in the Federal Highway Administration State Highway Safety Improvement Program.

## Effects PRIA read

- FY2027 Waiver of Identical Safety Targets: benefit, low. Starting September 23, 2026, States applying for FY2027 highway safety grants do not have to make the performance targets in their triennial Highway Safety Plan (HSP) identical to the targets they report to FHWA in the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) annual report submitted August 31, 202…

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## Sources
- [2026-19403 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/23/2026-19403/amendment-to-the-uniform-procedures-for-state-highway-safety-grant-programs)
- [2026-19403 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-23/pdf/2026-19403.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19403 (as of 2026-09-30).