(C) an electronic stability control system 
(as defined in section 571.136 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act)); and 
(2) amending part 383 of title 49, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, to require not less than 30 hours 
of behind-the-wheel instruction for operators of 
school buses, which shall be accrued on public roads. 
(c) OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
and the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration shall complete the rulemaking process and publish 
a final rule with respect to the advance notice of proposed 
rulemaking entitled ‘‘Evaluation of Safety Sensitive Per-
sonnel for Moderate-to-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea’’ 
(81 Fed. Reg. 12642 (March 10, 2016)). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The standards prescribed or 
amendments made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply with respect to school buses manufactured in, 
or imported into, the United States on or after the date 
that is 1 year after the date on which the Secretary issues 
the rules required under the applicable subsection. 
SEC. 4. STUDIES. 
(a) MOTION-ACTIVATED DETECTION SYSTEMS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’) shall complete a study with respect to the 
benefits of requiring school buses manufactured in, 
or imported into, the United States to be equipped 
with a motion-activated detection system that is ca-
pable of— 
(A) detecting pedestrians located near the 
exterior of the school bus; and 
(B) alerting the operator of the school bus 
of the pedestrians described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which the Administrator completes the 
study under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
issue rules requiring school buses manufactured in, 
or imported into, the United States to effectuate 
that requirement. 
(b) SAFETY BELT ALERT.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall complete a study on the benefits of requiring school 
buses manufactured in, or imported into, the United 
States to be equipped with a system to alert the operator 
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of the school bus if a passenger in the school bus is not 
wearing a 3-point safety belt equipped on the school bus. 
(c) RETROFITTING.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
complete a study with respect to the benefits of requiring 
all school buses operating in the United States to be 
equipped with a 3-point safety belt at each designated 
seating position. 
SEC. 5. SAFETY BELT GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall establish a grant program to provide grants 
to States to make subgrants to local educational agen-
cies— 
(1) to assist the local educational agencies in 
purchasing school buses equipped with 3-point safety 
belts at each designated seating position; and 
(2) to assist the local educational agencies in 
modifying school buses already owned by the local 
educational agency to be equipped with 3-point safe-
ty belts at each designated seating position. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
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