[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5346]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SCHOOL BUS SAFETY MONTH

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and 
that the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 659.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 659) designating September 2020 as 
     ``School Bus Safety Month''.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to; that the amendment to the preamble at the desk be considered and 
agreed to; that the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and that the 
motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 659) was agreed to.
  The amendment (No. 2636) was agreed to, as follows:

                    (Purpose: To amend the preamble)

       In the sixth whereas clause of the preamble, strike 
     ``school districts'' and insert ``schools''.

  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  The resolution with its preamble, as amended, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 659

       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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