23 U.S.C. § 403
Highway safety research and development
United States · Title 23 — HIGHWAYS · Status: effective
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- 23 U.S.C. § 403, Highway safety research and development, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/459127
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In this section, the term “Federal laboratory” includes—
The Secretary may conduct research and development activities, including demonstration projects, training, education, and the collection and analysis of highway and motor vehicle safety data and related information needed to carry out this section, with respect to—
all aspects of highway and traffic safety systems and conditions relating to—
human behavioral factors and their effect on highway and traffic safety, including—
The Secretary may carry out this section—
To encourage innovative solutions to highway safety problems, stimulate voluntary improvements in highway safety, and stimulate the marketing of new highway safety related technology by private industry, the Secretary is authorized to carry out, on a cost-shared basis, collaborative research and development with—
The program established under paragraph (1)—
In this subsection:
The Administrator shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives that—
In carrying out the education campaign under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall coordinate with—
In this subsection:
The term “open recall” means a motor vehicle recall—
To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, a State shall—
agree—
to provide to each owner or lessee of a motor vehicle presented for registration, at no cost—
In selecting grant recipients under the program, the Secretary shall take into consideration the methodology of a State for—
measuring performance in—
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.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
- Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
- Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
- SAFETEA-LU
- MAP-21
- Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014
- Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015House: 387–35Senate: no recorded tally
- Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015
- Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part IIHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- FAST Act
- Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act