Sec. 2014. Highway safety data improvement
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Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Before making an apportionment under section 104(c) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside, for highway safety data improvement activities on all public roads, from the funds described in subparagraph (B), the amount specified for that fiscal year in subparagraph (C). The funds referred to in subparagraph
(A)are amounts authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Account of the Transportation Trust Fund for that fiscal year for the national highway performance program under section 119, the surface transportation program under section 133, the highway safety improvement program under section 148, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149, and to carry out section 134. The amounts to be reserved under subparagraph
(A)are— $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. The Secretary shall apportion funds set aside under this subsection for a fiscal year among States in the ratio that— the amount of funds that the Secretary apportions to each State for such fiscal year for the highway safety improvement program under section 104(b)(3); bears to the amount of funds that the Secretary apportions to all States for such fiscal year for such program under such section. Before using funds set aside under this subsection for other data improvement activities eligible under this section, a State shall first prioritize such funds for the collection, maintenance, and use of the following data elements as part of the State’s safety data system— the subset of the model inventory of roadway elements established under subsection (f)(2) of this section; horizontal curves; and inventories of implemented safety improvements and sharing such information with other States. A State may use funds set aside under this subsection for any project eligible under this section if the State certifies to the Secretary that the State has met all of the State’s needs for highway safety data improvement. .