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Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2015

Introduced: March 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mar 16, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 16, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2015

The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Public Administration to study how to improve the Compliance, Safety, Accountability initiative of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

DOT must ensure that motor carrier safety data predictive of crashes which is generated under this initiative is not made available to the public (except law enforcement personnel) until the study findings and recommendations are reported to Congress.

Such data may not be used used in a civil action for damages resulting from an incident involving a motor carrier.

What's happening now March 17, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Jun 3, 2015
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Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · May 13, 2015
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Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Apr 28, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1371: Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1371/
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"H.R. 1371: Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1371/.
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