119-s2917

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2917 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2917

To prescribe a process to allow the Secretary of Transportation to make 
 funding adjustments with respect to highway safety funding, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 19 (legislative day, September 16), 2025

 Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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 A BILL

To prescribe a process to allow the Secretary of Transportation to make 
 funding adjustments with respect to highway safety funding, 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 Funding Parity Adjustment Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of Transportation.

    (2) Section 402 funding.--The term ``

section 402 funding'' 
 means funding to carry out 

section 402 of title 23, United 
 States Code.

    (3) Section 405 funding.--The term ``

section 405 funding'' 
 means funding to carry out 

section 405 of title 23, United 
 States Code.

    (b) Initial Determination.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, before distributing or apportioning any funds for a fiscal year 
under 

section 402 or 405 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary 
shall make a determination as to whether, prior to any funding 
adjustment under this section, and not counting any transfers of funds 
to carry out 

section 402 of that title from chapter 1 of that title, 
there is an increase in 

section 402 funding or 

section 405 funding over 
the prior fiscal year.
            (c) Increases in 

Section 402 Funding and 

Section 405 Funding.--

    (1) In general.--If the Secretary makes a determination 
 under subsection

    (b) that there is an increase in 

section 402 
 funding and 

section 405 funding for the current fiscal year 
 over the prior fiscal year, the Secretary shall determine 
 whether the percentage increase in 

section 402 funding for the 
 current fiscal year over the prior fiscal year is at least 4 
 times the percentage increase in 

section 405 funding for the 
 current fiscal year over the prior fiscal year.

    (2) No adjustment.--If the Secretary makes a determination 
 under paragraph

    (1) that the percentage increase in 

section 402 
 funding for the current fiscal year is at least 4 times the 
 percentage increase in 

section 405 funding for the current 
 fiscal year, the Secretary shall not make a funding adjustment 
 under this section.

    (3) Adjustment required.--If the Secretary does not make a 
 determination under paragraph

    (1) that the percentage increase 
 in 

section 402 funding for the current fiscal year is at least 
 4 times the percentage increase in 

section 405 funding for the 
 current fiscal year, the Secretary shall--
        (A) reduce 

section 405 funding for the current 
 fiscal year proportionately and in a total amount that, 
 when added to 

section 402 funding for the current 
 fiscal year, results in a rate of increase in 

section 402 funding for the current fiscal year over 

section 402 funding for the prior fiscal year that is 4 times 
 the percentage increase in 

section 405 funding for the 
 current fiscal year over 

section 405 funding for the 
 prior fiscal year; and
        (B) add the total amount by which 

section 405 
 funding for the current fiscal year is reduced under 
 subparagraph
        (A) to 

section 402 funding for the current 
 fiscal year.
            (d) Increase in 

Section 402 Funding but Not in 

Section 405 
Funding.--If the Secretary makes a determination under subsection

    (b) that there is an increase in 

section 402 funding but not 

section 405 
funding for the current fiscal year over the prior fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall not make a funding adjustment under this section.

    (e) No Increase in 

Section 402 Funding and No Increase in 

Section 405 Funding.--If the Secretary makes a determination under subsection

    (b) that there is no increase in 

section 402 funding or 

section 405 
funding for the current fiscal year over the prior fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall not make a funding adjustment under this section.

    (f) No Increase in 

Section 402 Funding and an Increase in 

Section 405 Funding.--If the Secretary makes a determination under subsection

    (b) that there is an increase in 

section 405 funding for the current 
fiscal year over the prior fiscal year and that 

section 402 funding for 
the current fiscal year is less than the 

section 402 funding for the 
prior fiscal year, the Secretary shall proportionately reduce 

section 405 funding and increase 

section 402 funding for the current fiscal 
year in accordance with the following:

    (1) If the increase in 

section 405 funding for the current 
 fiscal year over the prior fiscal year is not sufficient to 
 bring 

section 402 funding for the current fiscal year up to the 
 level of 

section 402 funding for the prior fiscal year, or 
 exactly equal to the amount needed to bring 

section 402 funding 
 for the current fiscal year up to the level of 

section 402 
 funding for the prior fiscal year, then the full amount by 
 which 

section 405 funding was increased for the current fiscal 
 year over the prior fiscal year shall be transferred by the 
 Secretary to 

section 402 funding.

    (2) If the increase in 

section 405 funding for the current 
 fiscal year over the prior fiscal year is more than sufficient 
 to bring 

section 402 funding for the current fiscal year up to 
 the level of 

section 402 funding for the prior fiscal year, the 
 

section 405 funding for the current fiscal year shall be 
 proportionately reduced by an amount that, when added to 
 

section 402 funding for the current fiscal year, results in a 
 percentage increase in 

section 402 funding for the current 
 fiscal year over 

section 402 funding for the prior fiscal year 
 that is 4 times the percentage increase in 

section 405 funding 
 for the current fiscal year over 

section 405 funding for the 
 prior fiscal year.

    (g) Distribution of Funds.--After making an applicable funding 
adjustment under this section, the Secretary shall proceed to the 
distribution of 

section 402 funding and 

section 405 funding for the 
current fiscal year.

    (h) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on October 1, 
2026.
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