,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bj1     
#bjag ,mr4 ,hatch introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to expand the definition of    
highway safety improvement project under
 section #adh of title #bc1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to include education     
integrated into an approved ,state      
strategic highway safety plan1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,highway      
,safety ,education ,improvement ,act of 
#bjag4  #b4 ,highway ,safety            
,improvement ,program ,section #adh of  
title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection            
7a77#d77;,b7--  7,a7 by redesignating   
clause 7xxviii7 as clause 7xxix72  7,b7 
by inserting after clause 7xxvii7 the   
following3  7xxviii7 ,education1 as part
 of an approved ,state strategic highway

 safety plan1 except that the total     
amount of funds that may be used by a   
,state in a fiscal year for projects    
under this clause may not exceed #aj    
percent of the amount allocated to the  
,state for the highway safety           
improvement program under this section  
for such fiscal year1 after the set     
asides for metropolitan transportation  
planning under section #acd and the     
congestion mitigation and air quality   
improvement program under section #adi4 
2 and  7,c7 in clause 7xxix71 as        
redesignated1 by striking ,a physical   
infrastructure safety project and       
inserting ,an infrastructure safety     
project2 and  7#b7 in subsection        
7g77#a71 by striking increases over the 
most recent #b-year period for which    
data are available and inserting does   
not decrease during the most recent     
#b-year period for which data are       
available compared to the immediately   
preceding #b-year period1 and exceeds   
the national fatality rate on rural     

roads4