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Rural Road Safety Act

Introduced: September 16, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Sep 17, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Sep 16, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sep 16, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Road Safety Act

This bill requires states to dedicate at least 7.5% of apportioned funds each fiscal year under the highway safety improvement program for construction and operational improvements on high risk rural roads.

The Department of Transportation must update its guidance on improving safety on rural roads to include new best practices for reducing fatalities on such roads.

What's happening now September 17, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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 Cosponsors 1
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Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Sep 16, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4338: Rural Road Safety Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4338/
MLA
"H.R. 4338: Rural Road Safety Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4338/.
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H.R. 4338, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4338/.
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[H.R. 4338: Rural Road Safety Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4338/)
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