Chapter 4, Section 405, Subsection (a) · 23 U.S.C. Chapter 4

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(a)

(1)Subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall—

(A)manage programs to address national priorities for reducing highway deaths and injuries; and

(B)allocate funds for the purpose described in subparagraph (A) in accordance with this subsection.

(2)In each fiscal year, 13 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that adopt and implement effective occupant protection programs to reduce highway deaths and injuries resulting from individuals riding unrestrained or improperly restrained in motor vehicles (as described in subsection (b)).

(3)In each fiscal year, 14.5 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that meet requirements with respect to State traffic safety information system improvements (as described in subsection (c)).

(4)In each fiscal year, 53 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that meet requirements with respect to impaired driving countermeasures (as described in subsection (d)).

(5)In each fiscal year, 8.5 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that adopt and implement effective laws to reduce distracted driving (as described in subsection (e)).

(6)In each fiscal year, 1.5 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that implement motorcyclist safety programs (as described in subsection (f)).

(7)In each fiscal year, 7 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that meet requirements with respect to nonmotorized safety (as described in subsection (g)).

(8)In each fiscal year, 1 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that meet requirements with respect to preventing roadside deaths under subsection (h).

(9)In each fiscal year, 1.5 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that meet requirements with respect to driver and officer safety education under subsection (i).

(10)Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) through (9), the Secretary shall reallocate, before the last day of any fiscal year, any amounts remaining available to carry out any of the activities described in subsections (b) through (i) to increase the amount made available under section 402, in order to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that all such amounts are obligated during such fiscal year.

(11)A State may provide the funds awarded under this section to a political subdivision of the State or an Indian tribal government.

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alcohol-impaired driving
means the operation of a motor vehicle (as defined in section 30102(a) of title 49) by an individual whose blood alcohol content is at or above the legal limit.
automated traffic enforcement system
means any camera which captures an image of a vehicle for the purposes only of red light and speed enforcement, and does not include hand held radar and other devices operated by law enforcement officers to make an on-the-scene traffic stop, issue a traffic citation, or other enforcement action at the time of the violation.
average impaired driving fatality rate
means the number of fatalities in motor vehicle crashes involving a driver with a blood alcohol concentration of at least 0.08 percent for every 100,000,000 vehicle miles traveled, based on the most recently reported 3 calendar years of final data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, as calculated in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
campaign
means a high-visibility traffic safety law enforcement campaign.
child restraint
means any device (including child safety seat, booster seat, harness, and excepting seat belts) that is—
Federal laboratory
includes—
funded project
means a project funded, in whole or in part, by a grant provided under section 402 or 405.
high-range State
means a State that has an average impaired driving fatality rate of 0.60 or higher.
Indian country
means—
legal limit
means a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater (as set forth in section 163(a)) or such other percentage limitation as may be established by applicable Federal, State, or local law.
low-range State
means a State that has an average impaired driving fatality rate of 0.30 or lower.
mid-range State
means a State that has an average impaired driving fatality rate that is higher than 0.30 and lower than 0.60.
motor vehicle
has the meaning given the term in section 30102(a) of title 49.
motorcyclist awareness
means individual or collective awareness of—
motorcyclist awareness program
means an informational or public awareness program designed to enhance motorcyclist awareness that is developed by or in coordination with the designated State authority having jurisdiction over motorcyclist safety issues, which may include the State motorcycle safety administrator or a motorcycle advisory council appointed by the governor of the State.
motorcyclist safety training
means a formal program of instruction that is approved for use in a State by the designated State authority having jurisdiction over motorcyclist safety issues, which may include the State motorcycle safety administrator or a motorcycle advisory council appointed by the governor of the State.
nonmotorized road user
means—
open recall
means a motor vehicle recall—
peace officer
includes any individual—
personal wireless communications device
means—
political subdivision of a State
includes an Indian tribe.
primary offense
means an offense for which a law enforcement officer may stop a vehicle solely for the purpose of issuing a citation in the absence of evidence of another offense.
program
means the program established under paragraph (2)(A).
public road
means any road that is—
qualifying State
means a State that—
registration
means the process for registering a motor vehicle in a State (including registration renewal).
seat belt
means—
State
has the meaning given the term in section 101(a).
text
means—
text message
means—