HR 749
99th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Automobile safety appliances
Child safety
Children and youth
Families
Grants-in-aid
Motor Vehicles and Driving
Motor vehicle safety
Motor vehicles
Public safety
Roads and highways
School buses
State laws
States
Traffic accidents and safety
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 schoolbuses, and for other purposes.
Introduced: January 28, 1985
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Feb 11, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB.
Jan 28, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Jan 28, 1985
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 school buses. Limits the use of such grants to enforcement of such laws and to implement schoolchildren safety programs. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund, other than the Mass Transit Account, for FY 1986 through 1988 for such grants.
Defines school bus for purposes of this Act, limiting such term to vehicles manufactured after the 90th day following the date of enactment.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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