,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fejb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #h1        
#bjaf,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,cohen7 introduced the following   
bill2 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 position4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,seat ,belts ,save ,lives ,act of #bjaf4
  #b4 ,motor vehicle safety standard    
requiring three-point safety belts in   
schoolbuses  7a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #a year after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,transportation shall issue a rule   
prescribing or amending a motor vehicle 
safety standard under chapter #cja of   
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
require a schoolbus to be equipped with 
a three-point safety belt at each       

designated seating position4  7b7       
,effective date ,the standard prescribed
 or amendment made under subsection 7a7 
shall apply with respect to schoolbuses 
manufactured in1 or imported into1 the  
,united ,states on or after the date    
that is #a year after the date on which 
the ,secretary of ,transportation issues
 the rule prescribing the standard or   
making the amendment 7as the case may   
be74  #c4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3   
7#a7 ,schoolbus ,the term schoolbus has 
the meaning given such term in section  
#cjabe7;a7 of title #di1 ,united ,states
 ,code4  7#b7 ,three-point safety belt  
,the term three-point safety belt means 
an occupant restraint system consisting 
of an integrated-- 7,a7 lap belt or     
similar device intended to restrain     
movement of the pelvis2 and  7,b7       
shoulder belt or similar device intended
 to restrain movement of the chest and  
shoulder regions4