S 944referred119th Congress

Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act

Introduced Mar 11, 2025Senate billPolicy area: Transportation and Public WorksLast action Mar 11, 2025Sponsor: Chris Van Hollen(D-MD)

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Environment and Public Works Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Mar 11, 2025

What the bill does

Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act This bill expands the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) to include additional bicyclist and pedestrian safety measures and increases the federal cost share for certain safety projects. Specifically, the bill allows HSIP to fund projects (1) for the connection of two or more segments of existing bicyclist or pedestrian infrastructure, or (2) that are based on a state's plan to improve the safety of vulnerable road users (e.g., bicyclists or pedestrians) in areas identified as high-risk. In addition, the bill allows an increased federal cost share of up to 100% for these projects. The bill also allows an increased federal cost share of up to 100% for transportation projects that meet certain criteria, including (1) the project includes a Federal Highway Administration Proven Safety Countermeasure for bicyclists or pedestrians (e.g., bicycle lanes, walkways, and crosswalk visibility enhancements), or (2) the relevant state strategic highway safety plan includes an emphasis area that is related to vulnerable road users.

Latest official action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Lobbying Filings

$2207.2M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Apr 19, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC

Jul 19, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC

Oct 21, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC

Jan 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC

Jan 23, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by AMERICAN COALITION FOR ETHANOL

Feb 25, 2025trade

Official Congressional Actions

Mar 11, 2025IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Environment and Public Works Committee

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Mar 11, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in Senate

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC	KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC	$300.0M	Apr 19, 2024	2024Q1	BANBUDCAW
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC	KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC	$215.0M	Oct 21, 2024	2024Q3	BANBUDCAW
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
Bruce Westerman	R	DE	DEERE & CO	Buy	Mar 3, 2025	$1,001 - $15,000	8d before	DEERE & COMPANY	37%
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.	R	DE

Conflict Summary

20 trades by 6 members of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on S 944. The average conflict score is 39%.

Bruce Westerman (3 trades)Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (6 trades)Dan Newhouse (1 trade)Julia Letlow (1 trade)Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (8 trades)Jefferson Shreve (1 trade)

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.