US Congress House Bill 825 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 28 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Surface Transportation Safety Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to modify certain federal regulations to: (1) allow fire services personnel to wear high visibility apparel meeting certain requirements, and (2) ensure that positive protective measures (including temporary longitudinal traffic barriers) are used to separate workers on highway construction projects from motorized traffic. Directs the Secretary to approve the use of federal-aid highway funds by a state for patented or proprietary items that further the goals of state strategic highway safety plans. Revises requirements for the highway safety improvement program to count installation, replacement, and upgrade of highway signs and pavement markings as a highway safety improvement project. Authorizes: (1) states to obligate highway safety improvement program funds apportioned to them for projects to maintain minimum levels of retroreflectivity in highway signs or pavement markings on public roads, whether or not such projects are included in state plans; and (2) a federal share of costs of 100% for such projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program to improve traffic signs and pavement markings for older drivers and pedestrians in all states; (2) review the safety of all highway-rail grade crossings in the United States and, based on such review, compile a list of the ten highway-rail grade crossings having the greatest need for safety improvements; (3) establish a national database of information on the safety of highway-rail grade crossings in the United States; and (4) allocate $20 million to each state with a population density of less than 20 persons per square mile for each fiscal year beginning with FY2011 for rural highway safety improvement projects.

Surface Transportation Safety Act of 2011

Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2011-02-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

SB918 (Related) 2011-05-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/825/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr825/BILLS-112hr825ih.pdf