U.S. Congress & School Buses

Federal Recognition of School Bus Safety Week: The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve a resolution that the federal government will honor the nation's yellow school bus fleet during the third week of October each year. Passed May 19, 2006.

Udall Statement: Colorado Congressman Mark Udall proposed legislation to close a loophole in federal law that allows schools to purchase used 15 passenger vans, August 30, 2001

HR3296: School Bus Safety Act of 2001 is a bill that would outlaw the use of nonconforming vans in school transportation service.

H.R. 2518: The Clean Green School Bus Act of 2001 is a bill that would establish a pilot program within the Department of Energy to facilitate the use of alternative fuel school buses through grants for energy demonstration and commercial application of energy technology, and for other purposes, July 17, 2001

School Bus Safety: Comments on the floor of the United States Senate by Mike DeWine, a United States Senator, April 4, 1995

School Bus Safety: Comments on the floor of the United States Senate by Mike DeWine, a United States Senator, May 11, 1995

School Bus Safety: Comments on the floor of the United States Senate by Mike DeWine, a United States Senator, October 17, 1995

H.R. 605: Report card on School Bus Safety: Comments on the floor of the United States Senate by Mike DeWine, a United States Senator, August 2, 1996