,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bj1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,stockman 7for himself and ,mr4    
,bentivolio7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to withhold certain highway 
funds from a ,state that uses an        
automated traffic enforcement system on 
a ,federal-aid highway4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,safer ,american ,streets ,act4  #b4    
,withholding of funds for useage of     
automated traffic enforcement systems   
7a7 ,withholding of funds for usage of  
automated traffic enforcement systems   
,chapter #a of title #bc1 ,united       

,states ,code1 is amended by adding     
after section #aef the following3  #aeg4
 ,withholding of funds for usage of     
automated traffic enforcement systems   
7a7 ,withholding of funds for           
noncompliance  7#a7 ,for fiscal year    
#bjae and thereafter ,beginning on      
,october #a1 #bjae1 and every fiscal    
year thereafter1 the ,secretary shall   
withhold #aj percent of the amount      
required to be apportioned to any ,state
 under each of sections #ajd7;b77#a71   
#ajd7;b77#c71 and #ajd7;b77#d7 of this  
title in which the ,state or any        
municipal government therein employs an 
automated traffic enforcement system on 
a ,federal-aid highway4  7#b7           
,requirement ,a ,state meets the        
requirement of this paragraph if the    
,state certifies not later than #ij days
 before the beginning of each fiscal    
year that neither the ,state nor any    
municipal government therein employs an 
automated traffic enforcement system on 
a ,federal-aid highway4  7b7 ,effect of 

withholding of funds ,no funds withheld 
under this section from apportionment to
 any ,state shall be available for      
apportionment to that ,state4  7c7      
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
section--  7#a7 ,automated traffic      
enforcement system ,the term automated  
traffic enforcement system means        
equipment that takes a film or digital  
camera-based photograph which is linked 
with a system that can detect a moving  
infraction and synchronize the taking of
 a photograph with the occurrence of    
such an infraction4  7#b7 ,moving       
infraction ,the term moving infraction  
means any violation of ,state or local  
traffic law or ordinance committed by   
the driver of a vehicle while it is in  
motion4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the
 analysis for such chapter is amended by
 adding at the end the following3  #aeg4
 ,withholding of funds for usage of     
automated traffic enforcement systems4  
4  #c4 ,prohibition on the use of       
automated traffic enforcement systems in

 the ,district of ,columbia  7a7        
,detection of a moving infraction ,the  
,mayor of the ,district of ,columbia may
 not use an automated traffic           
enforcement system to detect a moving   
infraction in the ,district of          
,columbia4  7b7 ,evidence of a moving   
infraction ,information obtained through
 the use of an automated traffic        
enforcement system may not be used as   
proof in an administrative adjudication 
under title ,,ii of the ,traffic        
,adjudication ,act of #aigh 7sec4       
#ej-bcjb4ja et seq41 ,d4,c4 ,official   
,code74  #d4 ,conforming amendment      
,title ,,ix of the ,fiscal ,year #aiig  
,budget ,support ,temporary ,amendment  
,act of #aiif 7sec4 #ej-bbji4ja et seq41
 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is repealed4   
#e4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7   
,automated traffic enforcement system   
,the term automated traffic enforcement 
system means equipment that takes a film
 or digital camera-based photograph     
which is linked with a system that can  

detect a moving infraction and          
synchronize the taking of a photograph  
with the occurrence of such an          
infraction4  7#b7 ,moving infraction    
,the term moving infraction means any   
conduct subject to administrative       
adjudication under title ,,ii of the    
,traffic ,adjudication ,act of #aigh and
 with respect to which the ,attorney    
,general of the ,district of ,columbia  
does not commence a proceeding in the   
,superior ,court of the ,district of    
,columbia4