HR 1371
114th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government studies and investigations
Motor carriers
Transportation safety and security
Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2015
Introduced: March 16, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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