incentives for compliance with highway safety programs

incentives for compliance with highway safety programs Sec. 219. Section 402 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new subsection: “(j) (1) In addition to other grants authorized by this section, the Secretary may make incentive grants in each fiscal year to those States which have adopted legislation requiring the use of seatbelts in accordance with criteria which the Secretary shall establish and publish. Such grants may only be used by recipient States to further the purposes of this chapter. Such grants shall be in addition to other funds authorized by this section. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph, out of the Highway Trust Fund, not to exceed $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, not to exceed $32,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $37,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. “(2) In addition to other grants authorized by this section, the Secretary may make additional incentive grants to those States which have made the most significant progress in reducing traffic fatalities based on the reduction in the rate of such fatalities per one hundred million-vehicle miles during the calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which such incentive funds are authorized compared with the average annual rate of such fatalities for the four calendar 87 Stat. 291year period preceding such calendar year. Such incentive grants shall be made in accordance with criteria which the Secretary shall establish and publish. Such grants may only be used by recipient States to further the purposes of this chapter. Such grants shall he in addition to other funds authorized by this section. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph, out of the Highway Trust Fund, not to exceed $12,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, not to exceed $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $19,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. “(3) Incentive awards authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 per centum of each State’s apportionment as authorized by this chapter.”