1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Road Safety Act . 2. Highway safety improvement program (a) In general Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (g)(1)— (A) by striking If the fatality rate and inserting (A) In general— If the fatality rate ; (B) by striking for fiscal year 2009 and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting for the previous fiscal year for high risk rural roads under subsection (l). ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (B) Treatment of projects Notwithstanding any other provision of law, projects carried out under this paragraph shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid highway under this chapter.