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H.R. 508: SAFE Streets Act

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H.R. 508: SAFE Streets Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-28 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · 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

SAFE Streets Act

Plain summary

Safe And Friendly for the Environment Streets Act or the SAFE Streets Act This bill revises the Highway Safety Improvement Program to create special rules for vulnerable road users. The bill defines vulnerable road user as a nonmotorist such as a pedestrian, pedalcylcist, bicyclist, other cyclist, or person on personal conveyance. Specifically, the bill requires states and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) with above the median rate of vulnerable road user fatalities and serious injuries to dedicate at least 75% of funds under the program for projects to improve safety for such users, and states and MPOs to create vulnerable road user safety assessments that include locations and corridors where serious injuries and fatalities occur and strategies to reduce safety risks for such users in the corridors.

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Official text

SAFE Streets Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · 29 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Sean Casten (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] reported raising $580,025 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr508 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117