The Blue Envelope Act of 2025 makes a targeted amendment to federal highway safety funding rules to explicitly include "blue envelope programs" as eligible projects for safety improvement grants. Blue envelope programs help drivers who have difficulty communicating through speech—such as those who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities—interact safely with law enforcement during traffic stops by providing visual communication tools and information cards. The bill modifies the Highway Safety Improvement Program under federal transportation law to remove any ambiguity that might exclude these programs from federal safety funding. This change affects state transportation agencies and local communities that implement these communication assistance programs, as well as the millions of Americans with speech or hearing disabilities who depend on such tools for safer interactions with police. The legislation does not specify new funding amounts or implementation timelines, but clarifies that existing federal safety improvement grant programs can now support these initiatives.
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