23 U.S.C. § 153
Use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets
United States · Title 23 — HIGHWAYS · Status: effective
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- 23 U.S.C. § 153, Use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/459043
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The Secretary may make grants to a State in a fiscal year in accordance with this section if the State has in effect in such fiscal year—
A grant made to a State under this section shall be used to adopt and implement a traffic safety program to carry out the following purposes:
A State may not receive a grant under this section in more than 3 fiscal years. The Federal share payable for a grant under this section shall not exceed—
A State is eligible for a grant under this section in a fiscal year succeeding the first fiscal year in which a State receives a grant under this section only if the State in the preceding fiscal year—
A State is eligible for a grant under this section in a fiscal year succeeding the second fiscal year in which a State receives a grant under this section only if the State in the preceding fiscal year—
If the Secretary transfers under this subsection any funds to the apportionment of a State under section 402 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate an amount of obligation authority distributed for such fiscal year to the State for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for carrying out only projects under section 402 which is determined by multiplying—
For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
The term “safety belt” means—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
- National Highway System Designation Act of 1995House: no recorded tallySenate: 80–16
- MAP-21
- FAST Act