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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SCHOOL BUS SAFETY MONTH
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and
that the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 659.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A resolution (S. Res. 659) designating September 2020 as
``School Bus Safety Month''.
There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the
Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed
to; that the amendment to the preamble at the desk be considered and
agreed to; that the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and that the
motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The resolution (S. Res. 659) was agreed to.
The amendment (No. 2636) was agreed to, as follows:
(Purpose: To amend the preamble)
In the sixth whereas clause of the preamble, strike
``school districts'' and insert ``schools''.
The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
The resolution with its preamble, as amended, reads as follows:
S. Res. 659
Whereas, in an average year, on every school day in the
United States, approximately 500,000 public and private
school buses carry more than 26,000,000 K-12 students to and
from school;
Whereas school buses comprise the largest mass
transportation fleet in the United States;
Whereas, in an average year, 48 percent of all K-12
students ride a school bus for each of the 180 school days in
a year, and school bus operators drive school buses a total
of nearly 4,680,000,000 miles;
Whereas the Child Safety Network (referred to in this
preamble as the ``CSN''), which is celebrating 31 years of
public service in the United States, supports the CSN Safe
Bus campaign, which is designed to provide the school bus
industry with driver training, the latest technology, and
free safety and security resources;
Whereas the designation of School Bus Safety Month will
allow broadcast and digital media and social networking
industries to commit to disseminating public service
announcements that are produced to--
(1) provide free resources designed to safeguard children;
(2) recognize school bus operators and professionals; and
(3) encourage the driving public to engage in safer driving
behavior near school buses when students board and disembark
from school buses;
Whereas key leaders who deserve recognition during School
Bus Safety Month and beyond have--
(1) provided security awareness training materials to more
than 14,000 public and private schools;
(2) trained more than 116,800 school bus operators; and
(3) provided more than 163,120 counterterrorism guides to
individuals who are key to providing both safety and security
for children in the United States; and
Whereas School Bus Safety Month offers the Senate and the
people of the United States an opportunity to recognize and
thank the school bus operators and the professionals focused
on school bus safety and security in the United States: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate designates September 2020 as
``School Bus Safety Month''.
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