[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3871 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3871

     To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure 
 Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes and 
               work zone safety, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2026

Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure 
 Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes and 
               work zone safety, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Preventing Roadside and Work Zone 
Deaths Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. VEHICLE AND WORK ZONE ROADSIDE ACCIDENTS.

    (a) Highway Safety Improvement Program.--Section 148(c)(2) of title 
23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(vi), by striking ``and 
        pedestrians,'' and inserting ``pedestrians, and occupants of 
        and pedestrians associated with disabled vehicles'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting ``, and occupants 
        of and pedestrians associated with disabled vehicles'' after 
        ``pedestrians''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)(vi), by striking ``and 
        pedestrians'' and inserting ``pedestrians, and occupants of and 
        pedestrians associated with disabled vehicles''.
    (b) Injury Health Data.--Section 24108(c)(2) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 405 note; Public Law 117-58) is 
amended by inserting ``, including roadside deaths and work zone 
deaths'' after ``fatalities''.
    (c) Review of Move Over or Slow Down Law Public Awareness.--Section 
24109(a) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-
58; 135 Stat. 809) is amended by inserting ``or motorist, disabled 
vehicle, worker, vehicle, or machinery in a work zone'' after 
``authorized emergency vehicle''.
    (d) Disabled Vehicle Crash Working Group.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation, in 
        conjunction with the Occupational Safety and Health 
        Administration and other relevant agencies, shall convene a 
        working group of industry and other nongovernment entities, 
        including representatives of high-risk communities, high 
        traffic risk professions, such as truckers, traffic incident 
        responders, and first responders, and other relevant 
        stakeholders, including State and local highway safety experts, 
        insurers, medical and public health experts, law enforcement 
        and other first responders, and technology and automobile 
        manufacturers.
            (2) Duties.--The working group convened under paragraph (1) 
        shall collect, analyze, compile, and publish accurate, detailed 
        data on disabled roadside vehicle crashes, along with a 
        strategic plan to identify and implement solutions for fatal 
        and non-fatal injury crashes, adoption of better data sharing 
        with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
        including local adoption of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash 
        Criteria, and annual updates on awareness and intervention 
        activities and results.
    (e) Work Zone Crash Working Group.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation, in 
        conjunction with the Occupational Safety and Health 
        Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and other 
        relevant agencies, shall convene a working group of industry 
        and other nongovernment entities, including contractors, 
        pavers, engineers, construction labor unions, traffic safety 
        industry professionals, State transportation officials, and 
        others in the road building community.
            (2) Duties.--The working group convened under paragraph (1) 
        shall collect, analyze, compile, and publish accurate, detailed 
        data on work zone crashes, along with a strategic plan to 
        identify and implement solutions for fatal and non-fatal injury 
        crashes, increased use and effectiveness of work zone safety 
        contingency funds, adoption of better data sharing with the 
        National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including local 
        adoption of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, and 
        annual updates on awareness and intervention activities and 
        results.
    (f) Review of Use and Effectiveness of Work Zone Safety Contingency 
Funds.--The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall 
submit to Congress an annual report on the use and effectiveness of 
work zone safety contingency funds described in section 
120(c)(3)(B)(vi) of title 23, United States Code, that includes the 
following:
            (1) How many and which States have utilized the authority 
        to use such funds.
            (2) How much funding each State dedicated to such funds.
            (3) Any other pertinent information about such funds and 
        recommendations to improve the use of such funds nationwide.
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