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Safe Routes Improvement Act

To amend title 23, United States Code, to require States to designate a coordinator of the safe routes to school program in the State, and for other purposes.

Introduced May 21, 2025

Latest action (Jul 23, 2025) Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Hearings held.

Referred to
Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Environment and Public Works Committee
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
Legislative subjects (6)
Child safety and welfareEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationState and local government operationsTransportation programs fundingTransportation safety and security

Summary
  • Requires each State to designate a coordinator for the safe routes to school program
  • Designates the coordinator as the primary point of contact for the safe routes to school program in the State
  • Allows States to use existing employees as coordinators and to pay their salary using existing highway funding
  • Requires States to publish the coordinator's contact information on their transportation department website
  • Requires States to fill coordinator vacancies within 180 days
  • Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from requiring coordinators to perform duties beyond what Congress authorizes

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (3)
  1. Jul 23, 2025 Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Hearings held. · senate
  2. May 21, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
  3. May 21, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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  • HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5304 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • S 278 — Kids Off Social Media Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 9338 — Pipeline Safety Authorization Act of 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7086 — Equitable Access to School Facilities Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 8870 — BUILD America 250 Act (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 2789 — Rural Safety Administration Flexibility Act · Introduced Sep 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 944 — Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act · Introduced Mar 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 1063 — Safe Routes Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 4900 — Safe Transit Accountability Act · Introduced Aug 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • S 4488 — Safe Bus Routes to School Act · Introduced May 12, 2026 · Cong. 119 75%
  • S 779 — Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act · Introduced Apr 28, 2010 · Cong. 111 75%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · May 21, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 21, 2025

Mr. Cramer (for himself and Mr. Markey) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

To amend title 23, United States Code, to require States to designate a coordinator of the safe routes to school program in the State, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Safe Routes Improvement Act”.

SEC. 2. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

(a) In General.—Section 208 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(j) Safe Routes to School Coordinator.—

“(1) In general.—Each State shall designate a coordinator of the safe routes to school program in the State.

“(2) Duties.—

“(A) In general.—The duty of a coordinator under paragraph (1) shall be to serve as the point of contact for the safe routes to school program in the State.

“(B) Limitation.—The Secretary may not require a coordinator under paragraph (1) to carry out any other duties except as authorized by Congress.

“(3) Use of existing staff.—A State may designate an existing employee of the State as a coordinator under paragraph

(1).

“(4) Contact information.—Each State shall provide contact information for the coordinator under paragraph (1) on the website of the State department of transportation.

“(5) Designation of position.—A vacancy in the position of coordinator under paragraph (1) shall be filled by not later than 180 days after the date on which the vacancy begins.

“(6) Use of existing funds.—A State may use amounts made available under section 133(h) or section 148 for the salary of the coordinator under paragraph (1).”.

(b) Conforming Amendment.—Section 208(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3). <all>

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