[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6502 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6502

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to require new schoolbuses to 
 be equipped with three-point safety belts at each designated seating 
                               position.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2016

  Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to require new schoolbuses to 
 be equipped with three-point safety belts at each designated seating 
                               position.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Seat Belts Save Lives Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD REQUIRING THREE-POINT SAFETY 
              BELTS IN SCHOOLBUSES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a 
rule prescribing or amending a motor vehicle safety standard under 
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to require a schoolbus to 
be equipped with a three-point safety belt at each designated seating 
position.
    (b) Effective Date.--The standard prescribed or amendment made 
under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to schoolbuses 
manufactured in, or imported into, the United States on or after the 
date that is 1 year after the date on which the Secretary of 
Transportation issues the rule prescribing the standard or making the 
amendment (as the case may be).

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Schoolbus.--The term ``schoolbus'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 30125(a) of title 49, United States 
        Code.
            (2) Three-point safety belt.--The term ``three-point safety 
        belt'' means an occupant restraint system consisting of an 
        integrated--
                    (A) lap belt or similar device intended to restrain 
                movement of the pelvis; and
                    (B) shoulder belt or similar device intended to 
                restrain movement of the chest and shoulder regions.
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