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S 1729 111th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Child safety and welfare Roads and highways Teaching, teachers, curricula Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security

A bill to establish driver education curriculum for teenage drivers and to provide grants to States and tribal governments to carry out driver education training for licensed teenage drivers.

Introduced: September 30, 2009 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 30, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to award grants to states and tribal governments to provide continued driver training courses for teenagers (between 16 and 20) who are licensed drivers.

Requires the Secretary to give priority to applicants that: (1) maximize participation of teenage drivers in the proposed driver training course; and (2) supplement the grant funds from other sources.

What's happening now September 30, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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