A resolution affirming that the Federal Government should support school district investment in clean school buses.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 563 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 563

 Affirming that the Federal Government should support school district 
                   investment in clean school buses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 17, 2025

 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
   Van Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Blunt 
 Rochester) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
        the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Affirming that the Federal Government should support school district 
                   investment in clean school buses.

Whereas diesel exhaust from school buses is a major source of local air 
        pollution, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen oxides 
        (NOx), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs);
Whereas children face higher health risk from air pollution because of their 
        smaller, still developing lungs, leading to increased rates of asthma, 
        heart disease, and lung disease;
Whereas approximately 3 out of 10 children in the United States take a school 
        bus to get to school;
Whereas the air pollution from diesel school buses can enter school buildings 
        and degrade classroom air quality;
Whereas air pollution-related diseases lead to missed days of school and hamper 
        the education of children;
Whereas the replacement of diesel school buses with clean school buses, 
        including electric school buses, would dramatically reduce local air 
        pollution, and improve the health and educational attainment of 
        children; and
Whereas Congress, on a bipartisan basis, has historically supported funding for 
        replacing diesel school buses with cleaner alternatives, including 
        through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 
        135 Stat. 429): Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate affirms that the Federal Government 
should support school district investment in clean school buses.
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