Title: SECURES Act of 2019
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Secure Every Child Under the Right Equipment Standards Act of 2019 or the SECURES Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking on new federal standards for school bus seat belt requirements on all school buses, regardless of gross vehicle weight rating.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1818 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1818

   To require the Secretary of Transportation to publish a notice of 
  proposed rulemaking concerning seat belts on school buses, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2019

  Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Transportation to publish a notice of 
  proposed rulemaking concerning seat belts on school buses, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Every Child Under the Right 
Equipment Standards Act of 2019'' or the ``SECURES Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PROPOSED RULEMAKING.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall publish a 
notice of proposed rulemaking on new Federal standards for school bus 
seat belt requirements on all school buses, regardless of gross vehicle 
weight rating.
    (b) Considerations.--In the proposed rulemaking under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Transportation shall consider--
            (1) the safety benefits of lap/shoulder belt system (also 
        known as a ``Type 2 seat belt assembly'');
            (2) the conclusions of the National Transportation Safety 
        Board that--
                    (A) ``lap/shoulder belts provide the highest level 
                of protection for school bus passengers''; and
                    (B) ``properly worn lap belts provide some 
                benefit'' while ``properly worn lap/shoulder belts 
                provide greater benefit by reducing injuries related to 
                upper body flailing'';
            (3) the 2015 announcement by the Administrator of the 
        National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Mark Rosekind, 
        stating that the agency believes that ``every child on every 
        school bus should have a three-point seat belt'';
            (4) any innovative approaches to seat belt detection, seat 
        belt reminder systems, and seat belt violation alert systems 
        that could be incorporated into school bus designs; and
            (5) existing experience from States that have already 
        required school buses to be equipped with seat belts.
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