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SEC. 1401. HAZARD ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

    Section 152 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``(a) Each'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--
        ``(1) Program.--Each'';
            (B) by inserting ``, bicyclists,'' after ``motorists'';
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Hazards.--In carrying out paragraph (1), a State may, at
    its discretion--
            ``(A) identify, through a survey, hazards to motorists,
        bicyclists, pedestrians, and users of highway facilities; and
            ``(B) develop and implement projects and programs to
        address the hazards.''; and
            (D) by aligning the remainder of the text of paragraph (1)
        (as designated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) with
        paragraph (2) of such subsection (as added by subparagraph (C)
        of this paragraph);
        (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``highway safety improvement
    project'' and inserting ``safety improvement project, including a
    project described in subsection (a)'';
        (3) in subsection (c) by striking ``on any public road (other
    than a highway on the Interstate System).'' and inserting the
    following: ``on--
        ``(1) any public road;
        ``(2) any public surface transportation facility or any
    publicly owned bicycle or pedestrian pathway or trail; or
        ``(3) any traffic calming measure.'';
        (4) in subsection (e)--
            (A) by striking ``apportioned to'' in the first sentence
        and all that follows through ``shall be'' in the second
        sentence; and
            (B) by striking ``section 104(b)(1)'' and inserting
        ``section 104(b)''; and
        (5) in subsections (f) and (g) by striking ``highway safety
    improvement projects'' each place it appears and inserting ``safety
    improvement projects''.

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