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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1994 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to review laws relating to the 
illegal passing of schoolbuses, execute a public safety messaging campaign 
related to illegal passing of schoolbuses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2021 
Mrs. WALORSKI (for herself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. LONG, Mr. KATKO, Mr. 
KIND, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, and Mr. SIRES) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to review laws 
relating to the illegal passing of schoolbuses, execute 
a public safety messaging campaign related to illegal 
passing of schoolbuses, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop for School Buses 
Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. ILLEGAL PASSING OF SCHOOLBUSES. 
(a) REVIEW OF ILLEGAL PASSING LAWS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(A) prepare a compilation of illegal passing 
laws in all States, including levels of enforce-
ment and penalties and enforcement issues with 
such laws and the impact of such laws on illegal 
passing of schoolbuses in each State; 
(B) review existing State laws that may in-
hibit effective schoolbus loading zone counter-
measures, which may include laws requiring 
camera visibility of a driver’s face for enforce-
ment action, laws that may reduce stop-arm 
camera effectiveness, the need for an officer to 
witness the event for enforcement, and the lack 
of primary enforcement for texting and driving; 
(C) evaluate methods used by States to re-
view, document, and report to law enforcement 
schoolbus stop-arm violations; and 
(D) following the completion of the com-
pilation, issue recommendations on best prac-
tices on the most effective approaches to ad-
dress illegal passing of schoolbuses. 
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(2) PUBLICATION.—The compilation and rec-
ommendations prepared under paragraph (1) shall 
be made publicly available on the website of the De-
partment of Transportation. 
(b) PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGING CAMPAIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which the Secretary makes the compila-
tion and recommendations under subsection (a)(2) 
publicly available, the Secretary shall create and exe-
cute a public safety messaging campaign for dis-
tribution to States, divisions of motor vehicles, 
schools, and other public outlets to highlight the 
dangers of the illegal passing of schoolbuses, and 
should include educating students and the public on 
safe loading and unloading of schoolbuses. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-
sult with public and private schoolbus industry rep-
resentatives and States in developing the campaign 
materials. 
(3) UPDATE.—The Secretary shall periodically 
update such materials. 
(c) REVIEW OF TECHNOLOGIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall review and evaluate the effectiveness of various 
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