Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R SensenbrennerSponsor

28 cosponsors · 4 D, 24 R

7 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from providing grants or funds to a state, county, town, or township, Indian tribe, municipal, or other local government for use in any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for a motorcycle driver or passenger.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 16, 2015

Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act

Repeals the authority of the Secretary to make grants to states that have a law which makes it unlawful for any individual on an operating motorcycle to be without a motorcycle helmet.

Revises grant eligibility requirements to eliminate the requirement that states achieve a certain rate of compliance with such law.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act

Latest action (Apr 17, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Policy area: Transportation and Public Works · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 16, 2015

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.