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A bill to amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish Federal motor vehicle safety standards to require that a schoolbus is…

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A bill to amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish Federal motor vehicle safety standards to require that a schoolbus is equipped with a system of mirrors that provide the driver when seated with an unobstructed view of certain areas under and alongside of the schoolbus, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 15, 1989 See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mar 15, 1989
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Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish Federal motor vehicle safety standards requiring that school buses be equipped with a system of mirrors to provide the driver with a clear, unobstructed view of the ground area in front of the front tires, along both sides, and directly under the front bumper.

Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the number of school buses manufactured before April 1, 1977, that are being used as school buses as of the date of the report.

What's happening now March 15, 1989

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Jun 2, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 579: A bill to amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish Federal motor vehicle safety standards to require that a schoolbus is equipped with a system of mirrors that provide the driver when seated with an unobstructed view of certain areas under and alongside of the schoolbus, and for other purposes.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-579/
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"S. 579: A bill to amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish Federal motor vehicle safety standards to require that a schoolbus is equipped with a system of mirrors that provide the driver when seated with an unobstructed view of certain areas under and alongside of the schoolbus, and for other purposes.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-579/.
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S. 579, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-579/.
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[S. 579: A bill to amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish Federal motor vehicle safety standards to require that a schoolbus is equipped with a system of mirrors that provide the driver when seated with an unobstructed view of certain areas under and alongside of the schoolbus, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-579/)
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