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HR 3429 107th Congress House

Max Cleland Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act of 2002

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for security improvements to over-the-road bus operations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 6, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 15, 2002
Received in the Senate.
Nov 15, 2002
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 15, 2002
On passage Passed without objection.
Nov 15, 2002
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Nov 15, 2002
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 11/14/2002 H8925-9007; text of measure as reported in House: CR 11/14/2002 H8942)
Nov 15, 2002
Mr. Armey asked unanimous consent to discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Jun 13, 2002
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 303.
Jun 13, 2002
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 107-507.
May 22, 2002
Ordered to be Reported.
May 22, 2002
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 16, 2002
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
May 16, 2002
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Dec 7, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Dec 6, 2001
Introduced in House
Dec 6, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 631 – – Agreed to Nov 15, 2002
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 Latest action November 15, 2002

Received in the Senate.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act of 2002 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to private operators of over-the-road buses (with priority to operators that have increased fares, or realigned budget priorities, to enhance bus transportation security from those in effect in 2001) for specified system-wide security improvements to their operations, including the reimbursement of extraordinary security-related costs incurred since September 11, 2001. Sets forth certain grant requirements, including requiring: (1) an applicant private operator of over-the-road buses to submit to the Secretary a security improvements plan; and (2) an applicant for a grant for security improvements within a terminal owned and operated by a port authority to demonstrate to the Secretary that such applicant has coordinated its security plan for the terminal with the port authority.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 through 2004.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1739 Related bill A bill to authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses.
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
Vitter, David
· Feb 28, 2002
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Dec 6, 2001
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Dec 6, 2001
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Dec 6, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Dec 6, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3429: Max Cleland Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3429/
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"H.R. 3429: Max Cleland Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3429/.
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