[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7191 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7191

   To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Transportation to require States to set aside certain funds to carry 
    out highway safety improvement projects to reduce the number of 
       injuries and fatalities at high-risk pedestrian crossings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Transportation to require States to set aside certain funds to carry 
    out highway safety improvement projects to reduce the number of 
       injuries and fatalities at high-risk pedestrian crossings.

    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 ``Save Our Pedestrians Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. SET-ASIDE FOR HIGH-RISK PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.

    Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(m) Set-Aside for High-Risk Pedestrian Crossings.--
            ``(1) In general.--Of the funds apportioned to a State 
        under section 104(b)(3) for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal 
        year thereafter, the Secretary shall require that an amount 
        equal to 5 percent of such funds shall be expended on highway 
        safety improvement projects carried out to reduce the number of 
        injuries and fatalities at high-risk pedestrian crossings.
            ``(2) High-risk pedestrian crossing defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term `high-risk pedestrian crossing' means a 
        pedestrian crossing on a highway identified by the State, in 
        consultation with units of local government within such State, 
        as having a high frequency of injuries or fatalities resulting 
        from an incident between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian.''.
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