Section 405(e) distracted driving laws grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. § 405(e)) ― grant to support certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. §…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Oregon Department of Transportation $352,939.85 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(E) Distracted Driving Laws Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs).

The funding supports Oregon's distracted driving countermeasure strategies, including program costs consistent with 23 C.F.R. 1300.24(f). Oregon qualifies for this formula allocation by maintaining enacted and enforced laws that prohibit texting while driving or youth cell phone use while driving. The award funds planned projects identified in Oregon's approved Annual Grant Application, designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes through countermeasure strategies detailed in the state's Triennial Highway Safety Plan.

The performance period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. Work is performed in Salem, Oregon. The federal share is reimbursed on vouchers covering costs incurred. Oregon's Transportation Division, through its Financial Services function, administers the award and typically sub-awards funds to county transportation departments, municipalities, and regional planning organizations for local implementation.

Section 405(e) distracted driving laws grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. § 405(e)) ― grant to support certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.24(f). 405(e) funding is available to qualifying states that enact and enforce a law that prohibits texting while driving or prohibits youth cell phone use while driving. 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.