119-hr2992

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2992 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2992

 To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes, work 
 zone safety, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 24, 2025

 Mr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Yakym, Ms. Titus, and Mr. 
 Bresnahan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes, work 
 zone safety, 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. VEHICLE AND WORK ZONE ROADSIDE ACCIDENTS.

    (a) Highway Safety and Improvement Program.--

Section 148
            (c) (2) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subparagraph
        (A)
            (vi) by striking ``and 
 pedestrians,'' and inserting ``pedestrians, and occupants and 
 pedestrians associated with disabled vehicles'';

    (2) in subparagraph
        (B)
            (i) by inserting ``, and occupants 
 and pedestrians associated with disabled vehicles'' after 
 ``pedestrians''; and

    (3) in subparagraph
            (D) 
            (vi) by striking ``and pedestrians'' 
 and inserting ``pedestrians, and occupants and pedestrians 
 associated with disabled vehicles''.

    (b) Injury Health Data.--

Section 24108
            (c) (2) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) is amended by inserting ``, 
including roadside deaths and work zone deaths'' after ``fatalities''.
            (c) Review of Move Over or Slow Down Law Public Awareness.--

Section 24109

    (a) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-
58) is amended by inserting ``or motorist, disabled vehicle, worker, 
vehicle or machinery in a work zone'' after ``authorized emergency 
vehicle''.
            (d) Disabled Vehicle Crash Working Group.--

    (1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation, in 
 conjunction with the Occupational Safety and Health 
 Administration and other relevant agencies, shall convene a 
 working group of industry and nongovernment entities, including 
 representatives of high-risk communities, high traffic risk 
 professions, such as truckers, traffic incident responders and 
 first responders, and other relevant stakeholders, including 
 State and local highway safety experts, insurers, medical and 
 public health experts, law enforcement and other first 
 responders, and technology and automobile manufacturers.

    (2) Duties.--The working group convened under paragraph

    (1) shall collect, analyze, compile, and publish accurate, detailed 
 data on disabled roadside vehicle crashes, along with a 
 strategic plan to identify and implement solutions for fatal 
 and non-fatal injury crashes, adoption of better data sharing 
 with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
 including local adoption of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash 
 Criteria, and annual updates on awareness and intervention 
 activities and results.

    (e) Work Zone Crash Working Group.--

    (1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation, in 
 conjunction with the Occupational Safety and Health 
 Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and other 
 relevant agencies, shall convene a working group of industry 
 and nongovernment entities, including contractors, pavers, 
 engineers, construction labor unions, traffic safety industry 
 professionals, State transportation officials, and others in 
 the road building community.

    (2) Duties.--The working group convened under paragraph

    (1) shall collect, analyze, compile, and publish accurate, detailed 
 data on work zone crashes, along with a strategic plan to 
 identify and implement solutions for fatal and non-fatal injury 
 crashes, increased use and effectiveness of work zone safety 
 contingency funds, adoption of better data sharing with the 
 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including local 
 adoption of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, and 
 annual updates on awareness and intervention activities and 
 results.

    (f) Review of Use and Effectiveness of Work Zone Safety Contingency 
Funds.--The Administrator of the Federal Highways Administration shall 
submit to Congress an annual report on the use and effectiveness of 
work zone safety contingency funds described in 

section 120
            (c) (3)
        (B)
            (vi) of title 23, United States Code, that includes the 
following:

    (1) How many and which States have utilized the authority 
 to use such funds.

    (2) How much funding each State dedicated to such funds.

    (3) Any other pertinent information about such funds and 
 recommendations to improve the implementation of such funds 
 nationwide.
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