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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3183
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 14, 2020
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To improve the Safe Routes to School Program, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Safe Routes to All Schools Act
.
Safe routes to school program
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that—
the safe routes to school program under section 1404 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note; Public Law 109–59) (referred to in this subsection as the program
) should be expanded to include high school students as well as primary and middle school students;
the program helps ensure the safety of children; and
Congress should continue to provide funding for this important program.
Safe routes to school
Section 1404 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note; Public Law 109–59) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking primary and middle
and inserting primary, middle, and high
; and
in subsection (k)(2)—
in the heading, by striking Primary and middle
and inserting Primary, middle, and high
;
by striking primary and middle
and inserting primary, middle, and high
; and
by striking eighth grade
and inserting 12th grade
.