3.0.0 3432 2023-01-11T13:41:21Z 2023-01-11T13:41:21Z Senate S 2018-09-12 115 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-09-12T20:29:37Z School Bus Safety Act of 2018 115 6773 HR 2018-09-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Identical bill CRS 2018-09-12 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2018-09-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child safety and welfare Department of Transportation Elementary and secondary education Government studies and investigations Motor carriers Motor vehicles Pedestrians and bicycling Roads and highways Transportation employees Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Worker safety and health Transportation and Public Works 00 2018-09-12 Introduced in Senate 2019-02-04T18:09:37Z School Bus Safety Act of 2018

This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue rules prescribing or amending motor vehicle safety standards to require school buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 10,000 pounds to be equipped with a three-point safety belt at each designated seating position. DOT shall also issue rules to require (1) school buses to be equipped with an automatic emergency braking system, an event data recorder, and an electronic stability control system; and (2) at least 30 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction for school bus operators.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration shall publish a final rule entitled "Evaluation of Safety Sensitive Personnel for Moderate-to-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea."

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shall complete a study of the benefits of requiring school buses to be equipped with a motion-activated detection system that can detect pedestrians located near the exterior of the school bus and alert the bus operator of the pedestrians. The NHTSA must also study the benefits of requiring school buses to have a system that alerts the operator if a passenger is not wearing a three-point safety belt.

The bill requires DOT to establish a grant program to assist local educational agencies to purchase school buses equipped with three-point safety belts at each designated seating position and assist them in modifying existing school buses to be equipped with such belts.

]]> School Bus Safety Act of 2018 Display Title School Bus Safety Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue rules requiring the inclusion of new safety equipment in school buses, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced School Bus Safety Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3432is/xml/BILLS-115s3432is.xml 2018-09-12 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.