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H.R. 5755: Safer American Streets Act

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H.R. 5755: Safer American Streets Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-11-20 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-11-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Safer American Streets Act

Plain summary

Safer American Streets Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), for FY2015 and subsequent fiscal years, to withhold 10% of a state's apportionment of specified federal-aid highway program funds for any state or municipal government that employs an automated traffic enforcement system on a federal-aid highway. Prohibits: the Mayor of the District of Columbia from using an automated traffic enforcement system to detect a moving infraction, and the use of any information obtained through such a system as proof of an infraction in an administrative adjudication. Repeals title IX of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Support Temporary Amendment Act of 1996 (relating to automated traffic enforcement in the District of Columbia).

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Official text

Safer American Streets Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36] · 1 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr5755 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113