Blue Envelope Act of 2025
This bill amends the Highway Safety Improvement Program to include a specific project type: a "blue envelope program" designed to improve communication between motor vehicle operators who have difficulty speaking and law enforcement officers during traffic stops. It directly affects drivers with speech impairments and police officers conducting routine traffic stops. The key provision adds this program as a qualifying activity under existing highway safety funding, allowing states to use federal funds for such initiatives. The change is procedural, modifying a code section to explicitly include this communication-focused program within eligible highway safety projects. The bill does not create new requirements but expands how existing safety funds can be applied.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
Aug 2025
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Introduced Aug 5, 2025
Last action Aug 6, 2025
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Aug 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
lower
Aug 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
lower
Aug 5, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Party
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
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