The Safety Funding Parity Adjustment Act of 2025 directs the Secretary of Transportation to adjust how federal highway safety funding is distributed between two key safety programs—Section 402 and Section 405 funding—starting October 1, 2026. The bill requires the Secretary to ensure that Section 402 funding increases at a rate at least 4 times higher than Section 405 funding increases each fiscal year. If this ratio is not met naturally through normal budget growth, the Secretary must reduce Section 405 funding and transfer the difference to Section 402 to achieve the required parity. The legislation affects state transportation departments and organizations that rely on these federal safety grants to fund traffic safety programs, vehicle safety improvements, and related initiatives. No new money is created by this bill; it simply redistributes existing highway safety funding between these two programs based on the specified formula.
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