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Rural Safety Administration Flexibility Act
To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the percentage of highway safety program funds required to be spent by political subdivisions, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill modifies federal highway safety program funding requirements for rural states. Currently, states must allocate 40 percent of certain highway safety program funds to political subdivisions such as local governments. The bill reduces this requirement to 20 percent for rural states, defined as states with population density below the national average based on the most recent decennial census. This change gives rural states greater flexibility in how they allocate their highway safety program funds.
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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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Full text
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 amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the percentage of highway safety program funds required to be spent by political subdivisions, 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 “Rural Safety Administration Flexibility Act”.
SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.
Section 402(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting “(or, in the case of a rural State, 20 percent)” after “40 percent”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Definition of rural state.—In this subsection, the term ‘rural State’ means any State, the population density of which is below the national average (as determined based on data from the most recent decennial Census).”. <all>
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