{"data":{"id":"us/23-cfr-1240.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"23 CFR 1240.3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part—\nBase seat belt use rate means the highest State seat belt use rate for the State for any calendar year during the period from 1996 through the calendar year preceding the previous calendar year;\nFederal medical savings means the amount of Federal budget savings relating to Federal medical costs (including savings under the Medicare and Medicaid programs under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.1395 et seq.)), as determined under this part;\nFHWA means the Federal Highway Administration;\nNHTSA means the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration;\nPassenger motor vehicle means a passenger car, pickup truck, van, minivan, or sport utility vehicle;\nState means any of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.\nState seat belt use rate means the seat belt use rate for a State, rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent, after any required weighting, adjustment, or substitution under this part, that is used in determining eligibility for and the amount of an allocation under this part.","path":["Title 23—Highways","CHAPTER II—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER B—GUIDELINES","PART 1240—SAFETY INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR USE OF SEAT BELTS—ALLOCATIONS BASED ON SEAT BELT USE RATES","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-23.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:50Z","sha256":"f24d0b6b78d8cd92a7c13eb7bf6d6f7bfe043f6e2946e19c3b9a86fb56d43c05","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/23-cfr-1240.2","next":"us/23-cfr-1240.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}