Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 25, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9503)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 25, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the federal share (75%) of costs of purchasing new school buses.
Requires the Secretary, in providing such grants, to give priority to rural LEAs that: (1) are transporting students in a bus manufactured before 1977; (2) have a strained fleet of school buses; or (3) serve a school required by law to provide transportation to students to enable them to transfer to another public school served by the rural LEA.
Authorizes the Secretary to use up to 5% of formula grants for non-urbanized areas to carry out this Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Sep 25, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Sep 25, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9502-9503)
- Sep 25, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9503)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9502Text printed S9503 | Harry Reid D-NV (text) | Sep 25, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide grants for use by rural local educational agencies in purchasing new school buses.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2008Introduced in Senate
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