23 U.S.C. § 402
Highway safety programs
United States · Title 23 — HIGHWAYS · Status: effective
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- 23 U.S.C. § 402, Highway safety programs, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/459126
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Each State shall have in effect a highway safety program that—
is designed to reduce—
includes—
Programs required under paragraph (1) shall comply with uniform guidelines, promulgated by the Secretary and expressed in terms of performance criteria, that—
include programs—
improve driver performance, including—
include provisions for—
A State that has legalized medicinal or recreational marijuana shall take into consideration implementing programs in addition to the programs described in paragraph (2)(A)—
The Secretary shall not approve a State highway safety program under this section which does not—
as part of a comprehensive program, support—
provide satisfactory assurances that the State will implement activities in support of national highway safety goals to reduce motor vehicle related fatalities that also reflect the primary data-related crash factors within a State as identified by the State highway safety planning process, including—
In this paragraph, the term “public road” means any road that is—
Except for the amounts identified in section 403(f) and the amounts subject to subparagraph (C), of the funds made available under this section—
75 percent shall be apportioned to each State based on the ratio that, as determined by the most recent decennial census—
25 percent shall be apportioned to each State based on the ratio that, subject to clause (ii)—
For purposes of clause (i)(II), public road mileage shall be—
The annual apportionment under this section to—
The funds apportioned under this section to a State that does not have approved or in effect a highway safety program described in subsection (a)(1) shall be reduced by an amount equal to not less than 20 percent of the amount that would otherwise be apportioned to the State under this section, until the date on which the Secretary, as applicable—
In this subsection, the term “Indian country” means—
Each State triennial highway safety plan submitted under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the 3 fiscal years covered by the plan, based on the information available on the date of submission under paragraph (2)—
performance measures required by the Secretary or otherwise necessary to support additional State safety goals, including—
a countermeasure strategy for programming funds under this section for projects that will allow the State to meet the performance targets described in subparagraph (A), including a description—
The Secretary shall approve a State’s triennial highway safety plan if the Secretary determines that—
The Secretary shall disapprove a State’s triennial highway safety plan if the Secretary determines that—
If the Secretary disapproves a State’s triennial highway safety plan, the Secretary shall—
To be eligible to receive grant funds under this chapter for a fiscal year, each State shall submit to the Secretary an annual grant application that, as determined by the Secretary—
An annual grant application under this paragraph shall include, at a minimum—
Not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year for which a grant is provided to a State under this chapter, the State shall submit to the Secretary an annual report that includes—
Statewide efforts under paragraph (1)—
shall include peer-to-peer education and prevention strategies in schools and communities designed to—
may include—
support for school-based driver’s education classes to improve teen knowledge about—
The Secretary shall publicly release on a Department of Transportation website, by not later than 45 calendar days after the applicable date of availability—
The website established under subparagraph (A) shall—
provide a means for the public to search the website for State highway safety program content required under subsection (k), including—
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. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An Act to authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to require States to use at least eight percent of their highway safety apportionments for developing and implementing comprehensive programs concerning the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
- Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
- SAFETEA-LU
- SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008House: no recorded tallySenate: 88–2
- MAP-21
- FAST Act
- Department of Transportation Reports Harmonization ActHouse: 381–2Senate: no recorded tally
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act