Bud Shuster: “This amendment would actually gut the reforms in this bill that ensures more States with graduated driver's license…”

“This amendment would actually gut the reforms in this bill that ensures more States with graduated driver's license programs can qualify for these important safety grant funding programs. MAP-21 established an incentive grant program to improve teen driver safety by encouraging States to adopt graduated driver's license programs. Unfortunately, the Federal requirements for the program were too prescriptive, which happens so many times we put out something. As a result, over 40 States have graduated driver's license programs in place today. None of them qualified for grant funds in 2014. The STRR Act reforms the Federal requirements and ensures more States will qualify for funding. This amendment does little to reform the Federal requirements. Few, if any, States will qualify for funds if this amendment passes. I urge all my colleagues to oppose this amendment. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time. Miss RICE of New York. Madam Chairwoman, I ask the Chairman if he would be willing to work with us in conference on this. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania.”