[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2029 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2029

 To require the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration to 
issue a final rule that approves the use of Clearview font for positive 
        contrast legends on guide signs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2017

Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself and Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
    Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration to 
issue a final rule that approves the use of Clearview font for positive 
        contrast legends on guide signs, and for other purposes.

    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 Innovative Guide signs for the 
Nation Act'' or the ``SIGN Act''.

SEC. 2. CLEARVIEW FONT PERMITTED FOR POSITIVE CONTRAST LEGENDS ON GUIDE 
              SIGNS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Highway 
Administration shall issue a final rule that approves the use of 
Clearview font on positive contrast legends on guide signs. Such rule 
shall also be reflected in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control 
Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD).
    (b) Other Fonts.--The rule issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
not require the use of such font but allows a jurisdiction to use the 
Clearview font or any other font approved by the Department of 
Transportation.
    (c) Memorandum.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and 
notwithstanding the notice on January 25, 2016, in the Federal Register 
terminating the Interim Approval (IA-5) of provisional use of an 
alternative lettering style for positive contrast legends on guide 
signs and the memorandum issued by the Federal Highway Administration, 
Office of Transportation Operations on January 28, 2016, regarding such 
termination, a jurisdiction may use Clearview font for such guide 
signs.
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