HR 5511
98th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Automobile safety appliances
Child safety
Children and youth
Families
Motor Vehicles and Driving
Motor vehicle safety
Public safety
Roads and highways
School buses
State laws
States
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation safety and security
Trucks
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide incentive grants in order to encourage States to adopt and enforce laws requiring the use of safety belts by schoolchildren in new school buses, and for other purposes.
Introduced: April 25, 1984
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 16, 1984
Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB.
May 10, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Apr 25, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Apr 25, 1984
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States which enact and enforce laws requiring the use of safety belts by schoolchildren in all schoolbuses. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund, other than the Mass Transit Account, for FY 1985 through 1987 for such grants.
Defines schoolbus for purposes of this Act, limiting such term to vehicles manufactured after the 90th day following the date of enactment.
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Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1