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Schoolbus
Safety Act of 2001
(Introduced in
the House)
HR 3296 IH
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3296
To amend
title 49 , United States Code, to prohibit the
purchase, rent, or lease, for use as a schoolbus, of a motor vehicle
that does not comply with motor vehicle safety standards that apply
to schoolbuses, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
November 14, 2001
Mr. UDALL of Colorado
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend
title 49 , United States Code, to prohibit the
purchase, rent, or lease, for use as a schoolbus, of a motor vehicle
that does not comply with motor vehicle safety standards that apply
to schoolbuses, 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 `Schoolbus Safety Act of 2001'.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION
ON PURCHASE, RENTAL, OR LEASE OF NONCOMPLYING MOTOR VEHICLE FOR USE
AS A SCHOOLBUS.
(a) PROHIBITION-
Section 30112(a) of title
49 , United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting
`(1)' before `Except as provided in this section' ; and
(2) by adding
at the end the following:
`(2) Except as provided
in this section , sections 30113 and 30114 of
this title , and subchapter
III of this chapter, a person may not purchase, rent, or lease any motor
vehicle designed to carry 10 or more passengers that the person knows
or reasonably should know will be used significantly for transport referred
to in subsection (a)(1) of section
30125 of this title (relating
to standards for schoolbuses and schoolbus equipment), unless the motor
vehicle complies with motor vehicle standards that apply to schoolbuses
under that section .'.
(b) LIMITATION ON
APPLICATION- Subsection (a) shall not apply to any purchase, rent, or
lease of a motor vehicle required under a contract entered into before
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION
OF SCHOOLBUS SAFETY STANDARDS TO MOTOR VEHICLES USED FOR TRANSPORT OF
POSTSECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Section
30125(a)(2) of title 49 , United States Code, is amended
by striking `and secondary' and inserting `secondary, and postsecondary'.
SEC. 4. PENALTY.
Section
30165(a) of title 49 , United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting
`(1)' before `A person'; and
(2) by adding
at the end the following:
`(2)(A) The maximum
amount of a civil penalty under this subsection shall be $25,000, in
the case of--
`(i) the manufacture,
sale, offer for sale, introduction or delivery for introduction into
interstate commerce, or importation of a schoolbus or schoolbus equipment
(as those terms are defined in section 30125(a) of this title ) in violation of section 30112(a)(1) of this title ; or
`(ii) a violation
of section 30112(a)(2) of this title .
`(B) This paragraph
does not affect the maximum penalty for a related series of violations.
`(C) Amounts received
by the United States in the form of civil penalties under this subsection
for a violation referred to in subparagraph (A) (i) or (ii) shall be
deposited into a separate account in the Treasury and may be used only
by the Secretary, in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations
Acts, for enforcement of this chapter with respect to such violations.'.
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