BUS Act of 2020

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.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 June 2020

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 June 2020

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 June 2020

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