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The bill standardizes storm-related road-management guidance that can improve safety and reduce travel disruptions for many Americans, but it may impose unfunded costs on state and local governments and create administrative burdens and rushed guidance due to tight deadlines.
Local and state road agencies and drivers: receive standardized best practices for managing roads during storms, improving road safety and reducing crash risk.
Commuters and communities: may experience fewer road closures and travel disruptions if agencies adopt coordinated practices, preserving access to work, schools, and services.
Congressional oversight committees: receive timely expert guidance (within statutory deadlines) to inform oversight, funding, or regulatory decisions related to storm-related road management.
State and local governments and taxpayers: could face unfunded implementation costs (equipment, training, staffing) to adopt recommended practices.
State and local governments and transportation agencies: may receive rushed or less comprehensive guidance because of tight statutory deadlines (180 days to form group and 180 days to report), reducing the guidance's usefulness or requiring later revisions.
DOT and NWS staff and federal employees: will incur additional administrative workload to establish the working group and produce guidance, potentially diverting staff time from other operations if no extra resources are provided.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Directs DOT and the National Weather Service to form a working group to develop roadway best practices for inclement weather and report them to Congress on a set schedule.
Introduced April 2, 2026 by Hillary Scholten · Last progress April 2, 2026
Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Director of the National Weather Service to form an interagency working group within 180 days of enactment to develop best practices for managing roadways during inclement weather. The working group must produce and deliver those best practices to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation within 180 days after the practices are established. The Act also designates a short title for the statute.