[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 554 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 554

 Supporting the designation of September 2019, as ``School Bus Safety 
                         and Security Month''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2019

 Mr. Tipton (for himself, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick, Mr. Payne, Mr. Gottheimer, and Mr. Sires) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                               and Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Supporting the designation of September 2019, as ``School Bus Safety 
                         and Security Month''.

Whereas every school day in the United States, approximately 500,000 public and 
        private school buses carry more than 26,000,000 children to and from 
        school;
Whereas school buses comprise the largest mass transportation fleet in the 
        United States;
Whereas 48 percent of all K-12 students ride a school bus 180 school days in a 
        year, or approximately 4 billion miles driven annually;
Whereas the Child Safety Network, celebrating 30 years of national public 
        service, supports the Safe Bus campaign, which is designed to provide 
        the latest training, technology, and free safety and security resources 
        to the school bus industry;
Whereas the designation of ``School Bus Safety and Security Month'' will allow 
        broadcast, digital media, and social networking industries to make 
        commitments to disseminate public service announcements that are 
        produced in order to--

    (1) provide free resources from the Child Safety Network designed to 
safeguard children;

    (2) recognize school bus drivers and school bus safety and security 
professionals; and

    (3) improve safer public driver behavior near school buses when 
students are boarding and disembarking from the school buses;

Whereas key leaders who are deserving of recognition during ``School Bus Safety 
        and Security Month'' and beyond have provided security awareness 
        training materials to more than 14,000 local educational agencies, 
        trained more than 100,000 school bus operators, and provided more than 
        150,000 counterterrorism guides to individuals who are key to providing 
        both safety and security for children in the United States; and
Whereas ``School Bus Safety and Security Month'' offers the House of 
        Representatives and the people of the United States an opportunity to 
        recognize and thank all of the school bus drivers in the United States 
        and the professionals who are focused on school bus safety and security: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports the 
designation of ``School Bus Safety and Security Month''.
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