School Bus Stop-Arm Safety Camera Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7204 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7204

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program 
      to increase the use of stop-arm safety camera technology on 
                  schoolbuses, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2026

  Ms. Bynum introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Education and Workforce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program 
      to increase the use of stop-arm safety camera technology on 
                  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 ``School Bus Stop-Arm Safety Camera 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SCHOOLBUS STOP-ARM SAFETY CAMERAS STUDY AND GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Federal Motor 
        Carrier Safety Administration, in coordination with the 
        Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
        Administration, shall conduct a study to examine the benefits 
        of requiring schoolbuses in the United States to be equipped 
        with stop-arm safety cameras.
            (2) Recommendations.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
        Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Administrator of 
        the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall 
        publish on a publicly available website of each respective 
        Administrator--
                    (A) the findings of the study conducted under 
                paragraph (1); and
                    (B) with respect to the use of stop-arm safety 
                cameras, recommendations on best practices regarding--
                            (i) data management and privacy safeguards;
                            (ii) data sharing with law enforcement for 
                        fair adjudication of alleged traffic 
                        violations; and
                            (iii) fee and revenue sharing structures to 
                        ensure programs are financially self-sustaining 
                        and advance student safety.
    (b) Grant Program.--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 18 months after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
        establish a grant program to increase the use of stop-arm 
        safety camera technology on schoolbuses.
            (2) Eligible recipients.--The Secretary may award a grant 
        under the program established under paragraph (1) to a State 
        educational agency.
            (3) Applications.--
                    (A) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under 
                the program established under paragraph (1), an entity 
                described in paragraph (2) shall submit to the 
                Secretary an application in such form, at such time, 
                and containing such information as the Secretary 
                determines appropriate.
                    (B) Notification.--Before the date on which the 
                Secretary begins to accept applications, the Secretary 
                shall notify State educational agencies of the grant 
                availability.
            (4) Use of funds.--Funds awarded under the program 
        established under paragraph (1) may be used to--
                    (A) purchase schoolbuses that are equipped with 
                stop-arm safety camera technology;
                    (B) equip such technology on schoolbuses that are 
                already owned; and
                    (C) install, maintain, and repair such technology.
            (5) Definition of state educational agency.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``State educational agency'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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