Seat Belts Save Lives Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6502
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2016-12-08
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Seat Belts Save Lives Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prescribe a rule or amend a federal motor vehicle safety standard to require a schoolbus to be equipped with a three-point safety belt at each seat.</p> <p>The bill defines &quot;three-point safety belt&quot; to mean an occupant restraint system consisting of an integrated:</p> <ul> <li>lap belt or similar device intended to restrain movement of the pelvis, and</li> <li>shoulder belt or similar device intended to restrain movement of the chest and shoulder regions.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6502 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 8, 2016 Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Mr. Cohen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to require new schoolbuses to be equipped with three-point safety belts at each designated seating position.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Seat Belts Save Lives Act of 2016 . 2. Motor vehicle safety standard requiring three-point safety belts in school­buses (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a rule prescribing or amending a motor vehicle safety standard under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to require a schoolbus to be equipped with a three-point safety belt at each designated seating position. (b) Effective date The standard prescribed or amendment made under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to schoolbuses manufactured in, or imported into, the United States on or after the date that is 1 year after the date on which the Secretary of Transportation issues the rule prescribing the standard or making the amendment (as the case may be). 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Schoolbus The term schoolbus has the meaning given such term in section 30125(a) of title 49, United States Code. (2) Three-point safety belt The term three-point safety belt means an occupant restraint system consisting of an integrated— (A) lap belt or similar device intended to restrain movement of the pelvis; and (B) shoulder belt or similar device intended to restrain movement of the chest and shoulder regions.