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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 563 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 563
Affirming that the Federal Government should support school district
investment in clean school buses.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 17, 2025
Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Van Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Blunt
Rochester) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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RESOLUTION
Affirming that the Federal Government should support school district
investment in clean school buses.
Whereas diesel exhaust from school buses is a major source of local air
pollution, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen oxides
(NOx), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs);
Whereas children face higher health risk from air pollution because of their
smaller, still developing lungs, leading to increased rates of asthma,
heart disease, and lung disease;
Whereas approximately 3 out of 10 children in the United States take a school
bus to get to school;
Whereas the air pollution from diesel school buses can enter school buildings
and degrade classroom air quality;
Whereas air pollution-related diseases lead to missed days of school and hamper
the education of children;
Whereas the replacement of diesel school buses with clean school buses,
including electric school buses, would dramatically reduce local air
pollution, and improve the health and educational attainment of
children; and
Whereas Congress, on a bipartisan basis, has historically supported funding for
replacing diesel school buses with cleaner alternatives, including
through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58;
135 Stat. 429): Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate affirms that the Federal Government
should support school district investment in clean school buses.
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