1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Access to Jobs Act . 2. Consideration of projects and strategies to improve access to employment (a) National highway performance program Section 119(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking Conditions and inserting Conditions; Safe and Convenient Access to Employment ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) Safe and convenient access to employment on public roads (A) Penalty (i) In general Subject to clause (ii), if a State reports, in a performance target report under section 150(e), that the State has not achieved the targets of the State for performance measures described in section 150(d) pertaining to the minimum standards for public roads established by the Secretary under section 150(c)(7), the State shall be required, during the following fiscal year— (I) to obligate, from the amounts apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(1), an amount equal to 10 percent of funds apportioned to the State for the previous fiscal year for the purpose of achieving the targets through projects on Federal-aid highways