[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4021 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4021

      To expand the Safe Routes to School program to high schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 2009

 Mr. Blumenauer (for himself, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cassidy, 
   Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Filner, Mr. Holt, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. 
Welch, and Mr. Wu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
      To expand the Safe Routes to School program to high schools.

    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 ``Safe Routes to High Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.

    (a) High Schools Students Included.--Section 1404(a) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users is amended by striking ``in primary and middle schools'' and 
inserting the following: ``and adolescents in primary, middle, and high 
schools''.
    (b) Purposes.--
            (1) In general.--Sections 1404(b)(1) of such Act is amended 
        by inserting ``and adolescents'' after ``children''.
            (2) Safety.--Section 1404(b)(2) of such Act is amended by 
        inserting ``and throughout adolescence'' after ``early age''.
    (c) Apportionment.--Section 1404(c)(1) is amended in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) by striking ``and middle schools'' and inserting ``, 
middle, and high schools''.
    (d) Eligible Projects and Activities.--Section 1404(f) of such Act 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Preference.--From the amounts apportioned to a State 
        under this section, the State shall give priority to projects 
        for primary and middle schools and to projects that propose to 
        serve a combination of at least one primary, middle, and high 
        school within the same school district.''.
    (e) Definitions.--Section 1404(k)(2) of such Act is amended--
            (1) in the heading by striking ``and middle'' and inserting 
        ``, middle, and high schools'';
            (2) in the text by striking ``and middle'' and inserting 
        ``, middle, and high schools''; and
            (3) by striking ``eighth'' and inserting ``twelfth''.
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