3.0.0 2023 2023-01-11T13:23:00Z 2023-01-11T13:23:00Z Senate S S 2011-12-16 112 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-12-16T22:51:05Z 2011-12-16 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2011-12-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Transportation Marketing and advertising Motor carriers Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2011-12-16 Introduced in Senate 2012-03-14T20:48:14Z Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to prescribe regulations requiring each motor carrier owning or leasing at least one motorcoach transporting passengers subject to DOT jurisdiction to display prominently in each motorcoach an understandable letter grade rating system allowing motorcoach passengers to compare the safety performance of motorcoach operators. Requires that such regulations also require motor carriers and any person selling motorcoach tickets to display the rating system in all announcements, advertisements, and points of sale for such motorcoach services and operations.

Defines "motorcoach" as the term "over-the-road bus" is defined under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, except that "motorcoach": (1) includes a motor vehicle used to transport passengers that has a gross vehicle weight of at least 10,001 pounds, and (2) excludes a bus used in public transportation that is provided by a state or local government or a school bus.

]]> A bill to establish a safety performance rating system for motorcoach services and operations. Display Title A bill to establish a safety performance rating system for motorcoach services and operations. Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a safety performance rating system for motorcoach services and operations. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2011-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2023is/xml/BILLS-112s2023is.xml 2011-12-16 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.