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MAP-21 amended NHTSA´s highway safety grant program (23 U.S.C. 402) and consolidated other grant programs into a single grant program, the national priority safety program grants (23 U.S.C. 405). MAP-21 requires NHTSA to award grants pursuant to rulemaking and to establish requirements for the graduated driver licensing (GDL) grant in accordance with the notice and comment provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. In order to meet the statutory rulemaking requirements and to award all grants in a timely manner in fiscal years 2013 and 2014, NHTSA proceeded with an expedited rulemaking by taking a two-pronged approach. First, on, October 5, 2012, NHTSA issued a non-significant notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the minimum requirements for the GDL grant (RIN 2127-AL29). NHTSA then incorporated the GDL provisions, including addressing comments in response to the NPRM, into the Interim Final Rule for all of the grants.