H.R. 3494: To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-11-14 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-11-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Revises the highway safety improvement program. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), under the highway safety improvement program, to establish performance measures for states to use to assess significant reductions in the number of serious injuries and fatalities (as under current law) specifically for both motorized and nonmotorized transportation.

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Official text

To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 98 cosponsors

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Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Garamendi (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) and 38 more.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3494.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3494 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113