I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1803 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 A BILL To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to improve truck parking facilities.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as Jason’s Law.

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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

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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. .