,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ab1     
#bjai,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,booker7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,secretary of         
,transportation to publish a notice of  
proposed rulemaking concerning seat     
belts on school buses1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,secure ,every      
,child ,under the ,right ,equipment     
,standards ,act of #bjai or the         
,,secures ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,proposed 
rulemaking  7a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,transportation shall publish a      
notice of proposed rulemaking on new    
,federal standards for school bus seat  
belt requirements on all school buses1  
regardless of gross vehicle weight      

rating4  7b7 ,considerations ,in the    
proposed rulemaking under subsection    
7a71 the ,secretary of ,transportation  
shall consider-- 7#a7 the safety        
benefits of lap_/shoulder belt system   
7also known as a ,type #b seat belt     
assembly72  7#b7 the conclusions of the 
,national ,transportation ,safety ,board
 that-- 7,a7 lap_/shoulder belts provide
 the highest level of protection for    
school bus passengers2 and  7,b7        
properly worn lap belts provide some    
benefit while properly worn             
lap_/shoulder belts provide greater     
benefit by reducing injuries related to 
upper body flailing2  7#c7 the #bjae    
announcement by the ,administrator of   
the ,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety 
,administration1 ,mark ,rosekind1       
stating that the agency believes that   
every child on every school bus should  
have a three-point seat belt2  7#d7 any 
innovative approaches to seat belt      
detection1 seat belt reminder systems1  
and seat belt violation alert systems   

that could be incorporated into school  
bus designs2 and  7#e7 existing         
experience from ,states that have       
already required school buses to be     
equipped with seat belts4