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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced March 4, 2025 by Tammy Duckworth · Last progress 1 year ago
Requires new federal safety requirements for large school buses and creates a federal grant program to help states and school districts buy or retrofit buses. The Department of Transportation must issue rules within set timelines to require 3‑point safety belts at every seating position, improved fire-protection and interior flammability standards, automatic emergency braking, event data recorders, higher driver training standards, and completion of obstructive sleep apnea rulemakings.
Directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to study detection systems for pedestrians/bicyclists and occupant-belt reminder systems and to issue regulations following those studies. Establishes a Safety Grant Program to provide funds to States for subgrants to local educational agencies to purchase or modify buses; authorizes whatever sums are necessary to run the program.
