Section 405(b) occupant protection grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.21; 23 U.S.C. § 405(b)) ― grant to support certain costs of state occupant protection programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.21(f)

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Nevada Department of Public Safety $369,394.32 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(b) Occupant Protection Grant program (National Priority Safety Programs, CFDA 20.616) to support occupant protection initiatives designed to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities across Nevada.

The Nevada Department of Public Safety, operating through its State Fire Marshal Division as the designated State Highway Safety Office, receives these formula-apportioned funds based on an approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application specifying countermeasure strategies and planned projects. The funding supports state occupant protection programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. 1300.21(f) for qualifying states meeting statutory requirements for high or low seat belt use categories.

The award period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Carson City, Nevada. Federal reimbursement occurs on claims submitted in vouchers covering costs incurred; the state has converted to electronic transfer of funds. Records must be retained for three years following submission of final expenditure reports and resolution of any audit findings.

Section 405(b) funding is available to qualifying states that meet statutory requirements for a high or low seat belt use categories. These funds are apportioned using statutory apportionment formula. These funds are provided to the state and territorial highway safety offices based on an approved triennial highway safety plan that details problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, countermeasure strategies for programming funds and an approved annual grant application that details planned projects using identified countermeasure strategies for programming funds to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.