,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gaia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #a1        
#bjbd,mr4 ,carey 7for himself and ,mrs4 
,sykes7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #bc1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to direct the ,secretary 
of ,transportation to require ,states to
 set aside certain funds to carry out   
highway safety improvement projects to  
reduce the number of injuries and       
fatalities at high-risk pedestrian      
crossings4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,save ,our          
,pedestrians ,act of #bjbd4  #b4        
,set-aside for high-risk pedestrian     
crossings ,section #adh of title #bc1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7m7   
,set-,aside for high-,risk pedestrian   
crossings  7#a7 ,in general ,of the     
funds apportioned to a ,state under     
section #ajd7;b77#c7 for fiscal year    

#bjbe and each fiscal year thereafter1  
the ,secretary shall require that an    
amount equal to #e percent of such funds
 shall be expended on highway safety    
improvement projects carried out to     
reduce the number of injuries and       
fatalities at high-risk pedestrian      
crossings4  7#b7 ,high-risk pedestrian  
crossing defined ,in this subsection1   
the term high-risk pedestrian crossing  
means a pedestrian crossing on a highway
 identified by the ,state1 in           
consultation with units of local        
government within such ,state1 as having
 a high frequency of injuries or        
fatalities resulting from an incident   
between a motor vehicle and a           
pedestrian4  4