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H.R. 1861: Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act

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H.R. 1861: Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-16 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act

Plain summary

Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from providing grants or funds to a state, county, town, or township, Indian tribe, municipal, or other local government for use in any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for a motorcycle driver or passenger. Repeals the authority of the Secretary to make grants to states that have a law which makes it unlawful for any individual on an operating motorcycle to be without a motorcycle helmet. Revises grant eligibility requirements to eliminate the requirement that states achieve a certain rate of compliance with such law.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · 28 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Andy Harris (R-MD), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Julia Brownley (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1861 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114