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119-s-2788119th CongressWALLET

Safety Grant Consistency Act

Sponsored By: Senator Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]

Introduced

Summary

Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from imposing new performance measures or program requirements on highway safety grant programs. The bill would also require the Secretary to ease or remove existing requirements for the programs under 23 U.S.C. sections 402 and 405 that are not explicitly authorized by Congress.

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  • State and local transportation agencies and grant recipients would face fewer new federal performance measures tied to highway safety grants and could see some current conditions eased or removed.
  • The Department of Transportation would lose the authority to establish new requirements for the specified highway safety grant programs that were not in place before enactment, with the ban applying notwithstanding other law.
  • The highway safety grant programs under 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405 would be protected from new, unauthorized conditions and could have non‑congressional requirements rolled back.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Limits DOT rules on highway grants

This bill would stop the Secretary of Transportation from making new rules or performance measures for the highway safety grant programs under sections 402 and 405 of title 23, United States Code, if those rules were not in effect before enactment. It would also require the Secretary to ease or remove any administrative requirement for those grants that is not explicitly authorized or required by an Act of Congress. The prohibition would apply notwithstanding any other law. If enacted, the rule change would take effect on the date of enactment and directly affect the Secretary and state and local grantees that get money under sections 402 and 405.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]

MT • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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