3.0.0 800 2019-02-20T23:04:43Z 2019-02-24T00:35:49Z Senate S S 2011-04-12 112 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-04-12T21:26:37Z 2011-04-12 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2011-04-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2011-04-12 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-04-12 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2011-04-12 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-04-12 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-04-12 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2011-04-12 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-04-12 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2011-04-12 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-04-12 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-04-12 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-04-12 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2011-05-10 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-05-18 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-05-26 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2011-06-06 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-06-07 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-06-09 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2011-06-21 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-06-29 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2011-07-13 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-09-07 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-09-07 False Transportation and Public Works Child safety and welfare Education of the disadvantaged Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Infrastructure development Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2011-04-12 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-09T17:15:50Z Safe Routes to School Program Reauthorization Act - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to reauthorize appropriations for FY2012-FY2016 for the safe routes to school program.

Revises program requirements to specify children kindergarten through 12th grade as the ones to be benefited by the program.

Revises criteria used to determine state apportionment of program funds.

Includes projects for other nonmotorized modes of transportation besides walking and bicycling as noninfrastructure-related projects.

Authorizes states to set-aside up to 10% of apportioned funds for infrastructure improvements that create safe routes to bus stops located outside of the vicinity of schools.

Requires each state that receives an apportionment to carry out an assessment of the economic and geographical distribution of funding to ensure that low-income schools are adequately able to access such funds. Defines "low-income school" to mean a school in which 65% or more of students qualify for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

Requires each state receiving an apportionment for a fiscal year to use a sufficient amount of it to fund a full-time position of coordinator for the state safe routes to school program.

Prescribes requirements for the treatment of noninfrastructure and infrastructure projects.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) develop and implement a comprehensive plan for evaluating the effectiveness of safe routes to school, and (2) make grants to an experienced national nonprofit organization to operate a national safe routes to school clearinghouse.

]]> Safe Routes to School Program Reauthorization Act Short Titles as Introduced Safe Routes to School Program Reauthorization Act Display Title Safe Routes to School Program Reauthorization Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to reauthorize and improve the safe routes to school program. Introduced in Senate 2011-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s800is/xml/BILLS-112s800is.xml 2011-04-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.