[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1803 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1803

  To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
  Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to improve truck parking facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2011

Mr. Tonko (for himself and Mr. Paulsen) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
  Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to improve truck parking facilities.

    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 ``Jason's Law''.

SEC. 2. TRUCK PARKING FACILITIES.

    Section 1305 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``establish'' and 
        inserting ``implement'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2) by inserting at the end the 
                following: ``A State, metropolitan planning 
                organization, or local government may partner with a 
                private sector entity if the application for funding is 
                consistent with eligibility requirements set forth in 
                paragraph 3 of this subsection and consistent with 
                section 111(a) of title 23, United States Code.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3) by inserting at the end the 
                following:
                    ``(H) Maintaining existing facilities if 
                appropriate.''; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(4) Award of funds.--In awarding funds made available to 
        carry out this section, the Secretary shall consider 
        applications incorporate one or more of the following factors:
                    ``(A) Address a safety need through development of 
                additional commercial motor vehicle parking capacity 
                for use in hours-of-service compliance.
                    ``(B) Reduce congestion and improve air quality 
                mitigation through development of commercial motor 
                vehicle parking capacity.
                    ``(C) Maximize use of existing public or private 
                commercial motor vehicle parking capacity.
                    ``(D) Demonstrate a level of consultation and 
                public support from affected State and local 
                governments, community groups, private providers of 
                commercial motor vehicle parking, and motorist and 
                trucking organizations.'';
            (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Annual Survey and Comparative Assessment of Commercial Motor 
Vehicle Parking.--
            ``(1) Survey.--Each year the Secretary shall, in 
        consultation with relevant state motor carrier safety 
        personnel, conduct a survey--
                    ``(A) regarding the availability of parking 
                facilities within each of the 50 States and evaluate 
                the capability of each State to provide adequate 
                parking and rest facilities for motor carriers engaged 
                in interstate motor carrier service; and
                    ``(B) assessing the volume of motor carrier traffic 
                through the State and develop a system of metrics to 
                measure the adequacy of parking facilities in each 
                State.
            ``(2) Survey results.--The results of the survey shall be 
        made available to the public on the Department's Website.''; 
        and
            (4) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (1) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--From the funds authorized to be 
        appropriated for the congestion mitigation and air quality 
        improvement program authorized under section 149 of title 23, 
        United States Code, the Secretary shall set aside $20,000,000 
        for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2017 for the purposes 
        of carrying out this section.''.
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