Save Our Pedestrians Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9424 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9424

   To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
 Transportation to require States to set aside certain funds to carry
    out highway safety improvement projects to reduce the number of
       injuries and fatalities at high-risk pedestrian crossings.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2026

 Mr. Carey (for himself and Mrs. Sykes) introduced the following bill;
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

   To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
 Transportation to require States to set aside certain funds to carry
    out highway safety improvement projects to reduce the number of
       injuries and fatalities at high-risk pedestrian crossings.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Pedestrians Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. SET-ASIDE FOR HIGH-RISK PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.

    Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
    ``(m) Set-Aside for High-Risk Pedestrian Crossings.--
            ``(1) In general.--Of the funds apportioned to a State
        under section 104(b)(3) for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal
        year thereafter, the Secretary shall require that an amount
        equal to 5 percent of such funds shall be expended on highway
        safety improvement projects carried out to reduce the number of
        injuries and fatalities at high-risk pedestrian crossings.
            ``(2) High-risk pedestrian crossing defined.--In this
        subsection, the term `high-risk pedestrian crossing' means a
        pedestrian crossing on a highway identified by the State, in
        consultation with units of local government within such State,
        as having a high frequency of injuries or fatalities resulting
        from an incident between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian.''.
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