Sec. 4002. Highway safety programs
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a ) amendments Section 402(a)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by— striking and at the end of clause (vi); redesignating clause
(vii)as clause (ix); and inserting after clause
(vi)the following: to reduce injuries and deaths to older drivers; to improve emergency medical services response to crash sites; and . b ) amendments Section 402(b)(1)(F) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating clauses
(iii)through
(v)as clauses
(iv)through (vi), respectively; and by inserting after clause
(ii)the following: countermeasures designed to decrease deaths and injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists traveling in the roadways; . c ) amendments Section 402(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph
(2)by striking Funds apportioned under this section to any State, and all that follows; by redesignating paragraphs
(3)and
(4)as paragraphs
(4)and (5), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: Funds apportioned under this section to any State, that does not have a highway safety program approved by the Secretary or that is not implementing an approved program, shall be reduced by amounts equal to not less than 20 percent of the amounts that would otherwise be apportioned to the State under this section, until such time as the Secretary approves such program or determines that the State is implementing an approved program, as appropriate. The Secretary shall consider the gravity of the State’s failure to have or implement an approved program in determining the amount of the reduction. In consultation with the State, the Secretary shall take appropriate steps to address any deficiencies if a State is determined to be high-risk under regulations or procedures of the Secretary, taking into consideration responsibility, financial stability, and management and staffing capabilities. In the fiscal year in which a State has been determined high-risk , the Secretary shall redirect funds sufficient to address the deficiency. If the State fails to take adequate steps to address the deficiency within 12 months after a high-risk designation, in the next fiscal year the Secretary shall reduce funds under this section by not less than 20 percent of the amounts that would otherwise be apportioned to the State under this section. The Secretary shall consider the gravity of the State’s failure to address the deficiency in determining the amount of the reduction. The Secretary shall increase the amount of the reduction in each subsequent fiscal year in which the State fails to take adequate steps to address the deficiency. ; and in paragraph (4), as redesignated— by striking or after highway safety program and inserting a comma; and by inserting or determines that the State has taken adequate steps to address a deficiency after approved program . g ) amendment Section 402 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection
(g)and inserting after subsection
(f)the following: Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the appropriation or expenditure of funds for highway construction, maintenance, or design (other than design of safety features of highways to be incorporated into guidelines). .