# 119-s-2788: Safety Grant Consistency Act

119-s-2788, Safety Grant Consistency Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2788
- Congress: 119
- Title: Safety Grant Consistency Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## 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. - 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limits DOT rules on highway grants: mixed, high. 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 rem…

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- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- 119-s-306: Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2788 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2788)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1462)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-306: Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-306)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2788 (as of 2026-09-10).