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To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from establishing new performance measures or regulatory or program requirements relating to highway safety grant programs, to require the Secretary of Transportation to ease certain requirements relating to those programs, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from establishing new performance measures or regulatory or program requirements for highway safety grant programs under federal law. The Secretary must also ease or eliminate any existing requirements for these grant programs that are not explicitly authorized or required by Congress. The restrictions apply to the highway safety grant programs authorized under federal law sections 402 and 405.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
Actions (2)
- Sep 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Sep 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 11, 2025
Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from establishing new performance measures or regulatory or program requirements relating to highway safety grant programs, to require the Secretary of Transportation to ease certain requirements relating to those programs, 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 “Safety Grant Consistency Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANT PROGRAMS.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Highway safety grant programs.—The term “highway safety grant programs” means the programs under sections 402 and 405 of title 23, United States Code.
(2) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation.
(b) Prohibitions; Requirements.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary—
(1) may not establish new performance measures or regulatory or program requirements relating to the highway safety grant programs not in effect before the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) shall ease or eliminate any requirement relating to the highway safety grant programs not explicitly authorized or required by an Act of Congress. <all>
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