[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 248 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 248

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit States to carry out 
   surface transportation program projects on local roads to address 
                            safety concerns.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 1, 2005

  Mr. DeMint introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit States to carry out 
   surface transportation program projects on local roads to address 
                            safety concerns.

    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 ``Surface Transportation Adaptability 
to Ensure Safety (STATES) Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. LOCATION OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM PROJECTS.

     Section 133(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Except'' and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Safety projects.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a 
        State may undertake a surface transportation program project on 
        any State-maintained public road, including a road functionally 
        classified as a local or rural minor collector, if the State 
        determines that the project is necessary to address high 
        fatality rates or other safety concerns.''.
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