Child Passenger Safety Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · May 24, 2001

Child Passenger Safety Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation, if by October 1 of years beginning in 2004 a State has not enacted a child safety restraint law, to transfer specified percentages of Federal-aid highway funds from specified State apportionments to the apportionment for highway safety, to be used to implement a statewide comprehensive child and other passenger protection education program. Requires such a program to include instruction concerning proper seating positions for children in air bag equipped motor vehicles and instruction designed to increase the proper use of child restraint systems. Defines a "child safety restraint law" as one that prohibits driving a motor vehicle if a passenger under age 16 is not properly secured by a safety belt, unless the passenger is under age nine and is properly secured in a child safety seat.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] · D–NJ

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Environment and Public Works Committee

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May 24, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 24, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5633)
May 24, 2001
Introduced in Senate

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