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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
Affirming that the Federal Government should support school district investment in clean school buses.
Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Blunt Rochester) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Affirming that the Federal Government should support school district investment in clean school buses.
Whereas diesel exhaust from school buses is a major source of local air pollution, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs);
Whereas children face higher health risk from air pollution because of their smaller, still developing lungs, leading to increased rates of asthma, heart disease, and lung disease;
Whereas approximately 3 out of 10 children in the United States take a school bus to get to school;
Whereas the air pollution from diesel school buses can enter school buildings and degrade classroom air quality;
Whereas air pollution-related diseases lead to missed days of school and hamper the education of children;
Whereas the replacement of diesel school buses with clean school buses, including electric school buses, would dramatically reduce local air pollution, and improve the health and educational attainment of children; and
Whereas Congress, on a bipartisan basis, has historically supported funding for replacing diesel school buses with cleaner alternatives, including through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 429): Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate affirms that the Federal Government should support school district investment in clean school buses.