S4488-119

In Committee

Safe Bus Routes to School Act

119th Congress Introduced May 12, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Safe Bus Routes to School Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Bus Routes to School Act.
  • Section id8357691e7ae74f658b5b6788129fa821: 2. Safe bus routes to school Section 208 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: (3)School bus...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Safe Bus Routes to School Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, Safe Bus Routes to School Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • schools, students, and education providers
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 12, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …

May 12, 2026

Introduced in Senate

May 12, 2026

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Young) introduced the …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Transportation
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"school bus route" §id8357691e7ae74f658b5b6788129fa821

a designated course regularly traveled by a school bus for to-and-from transportation to pick up students and take them to school or to deliver students from school to their homes or to designated bus stops that are approved by the local education agency

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