[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2409. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the 
Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 545, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

     SEC. 34108. COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY POLICY GRANTS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Comprehensive safety policy.--The term ``comprehensive 
     safety policy'' means a policy that--
       (A) safeguards the lives of all road users, including 
     pedestrians and bicyclists, through improvements such as--
       (i) safety investments on the ground;
       (ii) enforcement policies;
       (iii) traffic safety education; and
       (iv) legislative action with the goal of eliminating 
     pedestrian and bicycle traffic fatalities;
       (B) should be drafted with entities with jurisdiction over 
     infrastructure, planning, and enforcement; and
       (C) may include a vision zero action plan.
       (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
     unit of local government, including a city, town, township, 
     borough, county, parish, district, village, or other 
     political subdivision of a State.
       (3) Vision zero action plan.--The term ``vision zero action 
     plan'' is a plan that--
       (A) describes in detail the eligible entity's proposed 
     actions to significantly reduce or eliminate traffic-related 
     injuries and fatalities by a set target date; and
       (B) outlines a program of projects, include education and 
     enforcement components, designed to achieve the goal 
     described in subparagraph (A); and
       (C) could be jointly developed by a multi-agency 
     partnership, involving entities with jurisdiction over 
     infrastructure, planning, and enforcement.
       (b) Pilot Program.--
       (1) Incentive grants.--The Secretary shall establish a 
     pilot program through which the Secretary may award up to 5 
     grants, for each of the fiscal years 2016 through 2021, to 
     eligible entities that have adopted a comprehensive safety 
     policy.
       (2) Eligible activities.--An eligible entity may use grant 
     funding received under this subsection to carry out 
     activities and safety projects designed to implement the 
     elements of its comprehensive safety policy, including 
     infrastructure safety improvements, communications, education 
     programs, and enforcement activities, if such activities and 
     projects are eligible for Federal funding under section 148 
     or 402 of title 23, United States Code.
       (3) Selection criteria.--In awarding grants under paragraph 
     (1), the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 
     that--
       (A) provided an opportunity for public input in the 
     development of the comprehensive safety policy;
       (B) considered existing plans and planning processes in the 
     drafting of the comprehensive safety policy;
       (C) structured the comprehensive safety policy to meet the 
     performance measures and standards established pursuant to 
     section 150(c) of title 23, United States Code;
       (D) demonstrate broad community support for the 
     comprehensive safety policy, including the commitment of 
     community leaders to successfully implement the plan; and
       (E) demonstrate the availability of Federal, State, or 
     local government funding, in addition to the grant funds 
     authorized under this subsection, to finance the 
     implementation of the comprehensive safety policy.
       (4) Funding limitations.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided under subparagraph (B), 
     the Federal share of the cost of a project or activity 
     carried out using grant funds authorized under this 
     subsection may not exceed 80 percent.
       (B) Funds from other federal sources.--Amounts made 
     available to an eligible entity under another Federal program 
     may be credited toward the non-Federal share of the cost of a 
     project or activity described in subparagraph (A), at the 
     option of the eligible entity.
       (c) Funding.--The Secretary is authorized to allocate up to 
     1 percent of the amount apportioned for the highway safety 
     improvement program under section 104(b)(3) of title 23, 
     United States Code, to carry out the pilot program authorized 
     under subsection (b).
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