,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bghi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #aa1
 #bjbe ,mr4 ,sheehy introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #bc1       
,united ,states ,code1 to modify the    
percentage of highway safety program    
funds required to be spent by political 
subdivisions1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,rural ,safety ,administration  
,flexibility ,act4  #b4 ,highway safety 
programs ,section #djb7;b7 of title #bc1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--    
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,c71 by         
inserting 7or1 in the case of a rural   
,state1 #bj percent7 after #dj percent2 
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#c7 ,definition of rural   
,state ,in this subsection1 the term    
rural ,state means any ,state1 the      
population density of which is below the

 national average 7as determined based  
on data from the most recent decennial  
,census74  4