[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 659 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 659

       Designating September 2020 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2020

 Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Ms. Duckworth) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                             August 6, 2020

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to with an amended preamble

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                               RESOLUTION


 
       Designating September 2020 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.

Whereas, in an average year, on every school day in the United States, 
        approximately 500,000 public and private school buses carry more than 
        26,000,000 K-12 students to and from school;
Whereas school buses comprise the largest mass transportation fleet in the 
        United States;
Whereas, in an average year, 48 percent of all K-12 students ride a school bus 
        for each of the 180 school days in a year, and school bus operators 
        drive school buses a total of nearly 4,680,000,000 miles;
Whereas the Child Safety Network (referred to in this preamble as the ``CSN''), 
        which is celebrating 31 years of public service in the United States, 
        supports the CSN Safe Bus campaign, which is designed to provide the 
        school bus industry with driver training, the latest technology, and 
        free safety and security resources;
Whereas the designation of School Bus Safety Month will allow broadcast and 
        digital media and social networking industries to commit to 
        disseminating public service announcements that are produced to--

    (1) provide free resources designed to safeguard children;

    (2) recognize school bus operators and professionals; and

    (3) encourage the driving public to engage in safer driving behavior 
near school buses when students board and disembark from school buses;

Whereas key leaders who deserve recognition during School Bus Safety Month and 
        beyond have--

    (1) provided security awareness training materials to more than 14,000 
public and private schools;

    (2) trained more than 116,800 school bus operators; and

    (3) provided more than 163,120 counterterrorism guides to individuals 
who are key to providing both safety and security for children in the 
United States; and

Whereas School Bus Safety Month offers the Senate and the people of the United 
        States an opportunity to recognize and thank the school bus operators 
        and the professionals focused on school bus safety and security in the 
        United States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate designates September 2020 as ``School Bus 
Safety Month''.
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