Section 3: General Features of MAP-21 and Fast Act Programs
Section 402 - State and Community Highway Safety Grants (23 U.S.C. 402)
Section 402 funds are used to support countermeasure strategies
and projects identified in state Highway Safety Plans (HSPs). This
includes resources to initiate new projects and catalyze or accelerate
existing projects to address major safety issues with well-planned
strategies and leverage additional state and local investment in
highway safety. States must have an approved HSP to receive 402
grant funds. To review eligibility determination, qualification
criteria, and use of grant funds, reference
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Section 405(b) - Occupant Protection Grants
Section 405(b) encourages states to adopt and implement effective
occupant protection programs to reduce highway deaths and injuries
resulting from individuals riding unrestrained or improperly restrained
in motor vehicles. To review eligibility determination, qualification
criteria, and use of grant funds, reference
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Section 405(c) - State Traffic Safety Information System Improvement Grants
Section 405(c) continues, with some changes, the state traffic
safety information system improvements grant program authorized
under SAFETEA-LU. The purpose of the new grant program is to support
state efforts to improve the data systems needed to help identify
priorities for federal, state, and local highway safety programs,
to link intrastate data systems, and to improve the compatibility and
interoperability of these data systems with national data systems
and the data systems of other states. These efforts are aimed at
enhancing the ability to analyze national trends in crash occurrences,
rates, outcomes, and circumstances. To review eligibility determination,
qualification criteria, and use of grant funds, reference
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Section 405(d) - Impaired Driving Countermeasure Grants - High, Mid, and Low Range
Section 405(d) encourages states to enact alcohol ignition
interlock laws and to adopt and implement effective programs to
reduce traffic safety problems that result from individuals driving
motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a
combination of alcohol and drugs. To review eligibility determination,
qualification criteria, and use of grant funds, reference
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Section 405(d) - Impaired Driving Countermeasure Alcohol Ignition Interlock Laws
Section 405(d) encourages states to adopt and enforce mandatory
laws to require installation of alcohol ignition interlocks on vehicles
operated by all individuals convicted of driving under the influence
of alcohol or of driving while intoxicated. To review eligibility
determination, qualification criteria, and use of grant funds, reference
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Section 405(e) - Distracted Driving Grants
Section 405(e) authorizes incentive grants to states that
enact and enforce laws to prohibit distracted driving. This includes
texting while driving and youth cell phone use while driving. To review
eligibility determination, qualification criteria, and use of grant
funds, reference
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Section 405(f) - Motorcyclist Safety Grants
Section 405(f) encourages states to adopt and implement effective
programs to reduce the number of single-and multi-vehicle crashes
involving motorcyclists. To review eligibility determination, qualification
criteria, and use of grant funds, reference
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Section 405(g) - State Graduated Driver Licensing Grants
Section 405(g) encourages states to adopt and implement effective
graduated driver licensing laws. To review eligibility determination,
qualification criteria, and use of grant funds, reference
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Section 405 - Grant Programs Transfers
In the event that all Section 405 grant funds are not distributed,
MAP-21 authorizes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) to transfer remaining amounts to other programs authorized
under 23 U.S.C. §§402 and 405 before the end of the fiscal year.
For more detail, reference
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