Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act
Official title: A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act
This bill expands the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) to include additional bicyclist and pedestrian safety measures and increases the federal cost share for certain safety projects.
Specifically, the bill allows HSIP to fund projects (1) for the connection of two or more segments of existing bicyclist or pedestrian infrastructure, or (2) that are based on a state's plan to improve the safety of vulnerable road users (e.g., bicyclists or pedestrians) in areas identified as high-risk. In addition, the bill allows an increased federal cost share of up to 100% for these projects.
The bill also allows an increased federal cost share of up to 100% for transportation projects that meet certain criteria, including (1) the project includes a Federal Highway Administration Proven Safety Countermeasure for bicyclists or pedestrians (e.g., bicycle lanes, walkways, and crosswalk visibility enhancements), or (2) the relevant state strategic highway safety plan includes an emphasis area that is related to vulnerable road users.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
- AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
- LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN, INC.
- LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN, INC.
- AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Treasury, Dept of
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 944: Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-944/
"S. 944: Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-944/.
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