1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Monarch and Pollinator Highway Act of 2019 or the MPH Act of 2019 . 2. Pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way (a) In general Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 331. Pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way (a) In general The Secretary shall establish a program to provide grants to eligible entities to carry out activities to benefit pollinators on roadsides and highway rights-of-way, including the planting and seeding of native, locally-appropriate grasses and wildflowers, including milkweed. (b) Eligible entities An entity eligible to receive a grant under this section is— (1) a State department of transportation; (2) an Indian tribe; or (3) a Federal land management agency. (c) Application To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a pollinator-friendly practices plan described in subsection (d). (d) Pollinator-Friendly practices plan (1) In general An eligible entity shall include in the application under subsection (c) a plan that describes the pollinator-friendly practices that the eligible entity has implemented or plans to implement, including— (A) practices relating to mowing strategies that promote early successional vegetation and limit disturbance during periods of highest use by target pollinator species on roadsides and highway rights-of-way, such as— (i) reducing the mowing swath outside of the State-designated safety zone; (ii) increasing the mowing height; (iii) reducing the mowing frequency; (iv) refraining from mowing monarch and other pollinator habitat during periods in which monarchs or other pollinators are present; (v) use of a flushing bar and cutting at reduced speeds to reduce pollinator deaths due to mowing