Safety
National Priority Safety Programs
Agency NameDepartment of Transportation
Funding Amount$1,874,500,000.00
Bureau Name
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Funding Mechanism
Formula Grant
New?
No
Funding Mechanism
Formula Grant
Funding Amount Notes
Period of Availability
4 year
Recipients
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands for most grants.
Program Description
To encourage States to address national priorities for reducing highway deaths and injuries through occupant protection programs, State traffic safety information system improvements, impaired driving countermeasures, passage of effective laws to reduce distracted driving, implementation of motorcyclist safety programs, and non-motorist safety programs. Two new grant programs were introduced to improve roadside safety and driver and officer safety grants.
Eligible Uses
To be specified in the implementing regulation.
sam.gov link
https://sam.gov/fal/0eb787e87d17457ab1298558206c7b14/view
Statutory Location
24101; 24102
Federal Cost Share Requirement
80 percent Federal / 20 percent non-Federal