Brake for Kids Act of 2025

Brake for Kids Act of 2025

This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to produce and distribute a national public safety campaign on the dangers of illegally passing stopped school buses. Specifically, the campaign must increase awareness and education about the issue through a variety of media, including television, radio, and social media advertising. 

DOT must use Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds to produce and distribute the campaign.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2348 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2348

 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to produce and distribute a 
   national public safety messaging campaign, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2025

  Mr. Stauber (for himself, Mr. Yakym, Ms. Brownley, and Mr. Moulton) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to produce and distribute a 
   national public safety messaging campaign, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Brake for Kids Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGING CAMPAIGN.

    (a) In General.--Using amounts provided to the Secretary of 
Transportation under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117-58), the Secretary shall produce and distribute a national 
public safety messaging campaign to increase awareness and education 
about the dangers of illegal passing of stopped school buses.
    (b) Requirements.--In producing and distributing the national 
public safety messaging campaign under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall--
            (1) include television advertising and advertising time on 
        key national broadcasts with a wide audience as part of the 
        campaign;
            (2) include radio, social media, and edge service 
        advertising as part of the campaign; and
            (3) ensure that the campaign is not limited to digital 
        downloads or regional distribution.
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