BUS Act of 2020
Latest action · Jun 25, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Best to Use Safety Belts Act of 2020 or the BUS Act of 2020
This bill prohibits a person from manufacturing for sale, selling, introducing into interstate commerce, or importing into the United States a school bus that is not equipped with lap and shoulder belts for each passenger. A violation of this requirement shall be treated as a violation of a federal motor vehicle safety standard.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall establish a program to provide school buses with seat belts and other safety features, under which DOT may make a competitive grant to a state educational agency and a local educational agency to (1) retrofit a school bus with seat belts, or (2) make another safety upgrade to a school bus that demonstrably decreases the risk of injury or death to students in the event of an impact or rollover.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 24, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jun 24, 2020 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2020 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Jun 25, 2020 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2020 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Jun 24, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2020Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 116, June 24, 2020, page H2419.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2160 | BUS Act of 2017 | Reintroduction of | Apr 28, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the safety of school buses, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- BUS Act of 2020
- Best to Use Safety Belts Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
