Safe Routes to All Schools Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 695 To improve the Safe Routes to School Program, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 10, 2021 Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To improve the Safe Routes to School Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Routes to All 4 Schools Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. 6 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con- 7 gress that— 8 (1) the safe routes to school program under sec- 9 tion 1404 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note; 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Apr 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S695.IS S695 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 695 IS Public Law 109–59) (referred to in this subsection 1 as the ‘‘program’’) should be expanded to include 2 high school students as well as primary and middle 3 school students; 4 (2) the program helps ensure the safety of chil- 5 dren; and 6 (3) Congress should continue to provide funding 7 for this important program. 8 (b) SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.—Section 1404 of 9 SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note; Public Law 109– 10 59) is amended— 11 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘primary and 12 middle’’ and inserting ‘‘primary, middle, and high’’; 13 and 14 (2) in subsection (k)(2)— 15 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PRIMARY 16 AND MIDDLE’’ and inserting ‘‘PRIMARY, MID- 17 DLE, AND HIGH’’; 18 (B) by striking ‘‘primary and middle’’ and 19 inserting ‘‘primary, middle, and high’’; and 20 (C) by striking ‘‘eighth grade’’ and insert- 21 ing ‘‘12th grade’’. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Apr 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S695.IS S695 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS