Protect Our Students Act (H.R.3265): makes safety improvements in school zones eligible for federal highway safety funding.
Make school-zone safety improvements eligible for federal highway safety funding.
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GovInfo identifies H.R. 6821 as the Protect Our Students Act, sponsored by Dina Titus, to amend 23 U.S.C. 402 so highway safety programs cover traffic incidents in school zones and to clarify eligible uses such as crossing guards, beacons, signage, crosswalks, traffic calming, school-zone audits, automated enforcement, and Safe Routes to School non-infrastructure.
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The House Committee Repository says the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 8870 was agreed to, and the bill was ordered favorably reported to the House, as amended, by a recorded vote of 62 yeas and 2 nays.
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Titus directly pursued the promise in the same federal House term by introducing H.R. 6821 and by offering an amendment to H.R. 8870 that was adopted in committee. But the promised outcome requires school-zone safety improvements to become eligible for federal highway safety funding through enacted law or implemented policy. The evidence shows committee advancement and favorable reporting only, with no final House and Senate passage, enactment, or agency implementation. That is a serious legislative attempt, not fulfillment.