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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2295

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
    Transportation to make grants to States to carry out innovative 
           projects to promote increased seat belt use rates.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2001

  Mr. Sununu 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 authorize the Secretary of 
    Transportation to make grants to States to carry out innovative 
           projects to promote increased seat belt use rates.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE SEAT BELT PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 157(f) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Innovative Seat Belt Project Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use amounts made 
        available under subsection (g)(3)(B) to make grants to States 
        to carry out innovative projects to promote increased seat belt 
        use rates.
            ``(2) Amount of grants.--For each of fiscal years 2002 and 
        2003, the total amount of funds to be made available to a State 
        in grants under this subsection shall be determined by the 
        Secretary in accordance with the formula set forth in section 
        402(c), except that, subject to the availability of amounts 
        under subsection (g)(3)(B), no State shall receive less than 
        $400,000 for the fiscal year.
            ``(3) Use of grants.--An innovative seat belt project 
        carried out under this subsection may involve the following 
        strategies:
                    ``(A) New and innovative messages for high risk 
                groups.
                    ``(B) New delivery mechanisms for seat belt 
                programs.
                    ``(C) New implementation partners.
                    ``(D) New or unusual approaches to seat belt 
                enforcement.
            ``(4) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of an 
        innovative seat belt project under this subsection shall be 100 
        percent.
            ``(5) Period of availability.--Amounts granted to a State 
        under this subsection shall remain available for obligation in 
        the State for a period of 3 years after the last day of the 
        fiscal year for which the amounts are granted.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 157(g)(3)(B) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``allocations'' and inserting 
``grants''.
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