DOT TRCC | NHTSA Funding Sources

NHTSA Funding Sources

The Extension of the Highway Safety Grants may be found in Public Law 109-59.

Highway Safety Programs (23USC 402). Provides for coordinated national highway safety grant programs carried out by the States and local communities. Database improvements are eligible for funding.
Occupant Protection Incentive Grants (23USC405)-Data improvements relevant to occupant protection only.
Safety Belt Performance Grants (23USC 406)-This incentive program encourages States to enact and enforce laws requiring the use of safety belts in passenger motor vehicles. A State may use these grant funds for any safety purpose under Title 23 or for any project that corrects or improves a hazardous roadway location or feature or proactively addresses highway safety problems. However, at least $1 million of amounts received by States must be obligated for behavioral highway safety activities.
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures (23USC 410)-Data improvements relevant to alcohol programs only.
State Traffic Safety Information System Improvement Grants (23USC 408)--Encourages States to adopt and implement effective programs to improve the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, integration, and accessibility of State data that is needed to identify priorities for national, State, and local highway and traffic safety programs; to evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to make such improvements; to link these State data systems, including traffic records, with other data systems within the State; and to improve the compatibility of the State data system with national data systems and data systems of other States to enhance the ability to observe and analyze national trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and circumstances. A State may use these grant funds only to implement such data improvement programs.
Highway Sanctions/Penalty Transfer Programs - If a State did not enact and enforce appropriate laws within the time period specified in TEA-21, certain Federal Aid highway construction funds could be transferred into the Section 402 program for use in alcohol countermeasure programs or into Section 148, Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). Funds specified for alcohol countermeasures may be used for data improvements relevant to alcohol programs only. If a state transfers funds into the HSIP, funds can be used for highway safety data activities.

Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for DWI or DUI (23USC 164)
Open Container Requirements (23USC 154)