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S 2788119th CongressIn Committee
Safety Grant Consistency Act
Introduced: Sep 11, 2025
Infrastructure
Standard Summary
Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs
The Safety Grant Consistency Act would constrain how the Secretary of Transportation handles highway safety grant programs under 23 U.S.C. Sections 402 and 405. It prohibits the Secretary from creating new performance measures or regulatory/program requirements for these grants that were not already in effect before the bill’s enactment. It also requires the Secretary to ease or remove any requirements related to these grants that are not explicitly authorized or required by an Act of Congress. In short, the bill seeks to limit new federal mandates tied to highway safety grants and to roll back non-explicit requirements, aiming for greater regulatory steadiness in how these grants are administered.
Key Points
- 1Defines “highway safety grant programs” as those established under 23 U.S.C. Sections 402 and 405.
- 2Prohibits the Secretary from establishing any new performance measures or regulatory/program requirements for these grant programs that were not in effect before enactment.
- 3Requires the Secretary to ease or eliminate any requirements relating to the highway safety grant programs that are not explicitly authorized or required by an Act of Congress.
- 4Uses a “notwithstanding any other provision of law” clause to ensure these prohibitions and requirements prevail over other statutes.
- 5The bill is titled the “Safety Grant Consistency Act” and was introduced in the Senate (S. 2788) in the 119th Congress by Mr. Sheehy; status: introduced.
Impact Areas
Primary group/area affected: State and local governments that administer highway safety grant programs under 23 U.S.C. Sections 402 and 405, including how they plan, implement, and report on grants.Secondary group/area affected: Federal agencies involved in highway safety grants (Department of Transportation, including FHWA and NHTSA), grant administrators, and policymakers overseeing grant requirements and reporting.Additional impacts: Potential changes to federal oversight and accountability mechanisms for highway safety grants; possible shifts in reporting burden and performance expectations for grant recipients; potential uncertainty or ambiguity about which requirements are “explicitly authorized by an Act of Congress.”
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