The
Endless Debate
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note: The federal government has been wrestling with
the issue of school bus safety and seat belts on large school
buses for three decades. One of the first studies was ordered
in the late 1960s in 15 United States Code Sec. 1381. This
law authorized the appropriation of $150,000 for a joint study
of school bus safety by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation
and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. The study
was due to Congress by January 31, 1969. |
Authorizing
Study for School Bus Safety
Report to Congress: Authorization for Appropriations
 Pub.
L. 90-247, title VI, Sec. 601, 602, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 815,
816, authorized a joint study by the Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare and the Secretary of Transportation to recommend action
to promote schoolbus safety, required the Secretary of Health,
Education, and Welfare to report the results of this study, together
with his recommendations, to Congress not later than Jan. 31,
1969, and authorized to be appropriated $150,000 to carry out
this study.
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