3.0.0 1422 2023-01-11T13:22:36Z 2023-01-11T13:22:36Z Senate S S 2011-07-27 112 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-07-27T15:00:12Z 2011-07-27 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2011-07-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N Transportation and Public Works Advisory bodies Child safety and welfare Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Motor vehicles Roads and highways Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2011-07-27 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-14T21:42:46Z Students Taking Action for Road Safety Act of 2011 or STARS Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a teen traffic safety grant program to award formula grants to states to implement statewide programs to improve the traffic safety of teen drivers.

Authorizes a state to use grant funds to implement such statewide program to improve the traffic safety of teen drivers, including activities to support peer-to-peer education and prevention strategies in schools and communities to increase safety belt use and reduce speeding, impaired and distracted driving, underage drinking, and other destructive teen driver decisions that lead to injuries and fatalities.

Authorizes the Secretary to contract with a national, nonprofit organization to establish a technical assistance center to provide training and technical assistance to state and local officials, student leaders, school advisors, and other entities associated with the grant program. Authorizes the center to operate a national teen traffic safety clearinghouse.

Directs the Secretary to establish the National Teen Driver Advisory Council to study and develop an education and prevention strategy to reduce teen driver injuries and fatalities.

]]> STARS Act of 2011 Display Title STARS Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a grant program in the Department of Transportation to improve the traffic safety of teen drivers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced STARS Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Students Taking Action for Road Safety Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1422is/xml/BILLS-112s1422is.xml 2011-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.