H.R. 7428

Summary

H.R. 7428, the SECURES Act of 2026, was introduced in the House on Feb 9, 2026 by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, and last saw action on Feb 10, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Record

Text

H.R. 7428 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 7428 IH: Secure Every Child Under the Right Equipment Standards Act of 2026
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-02-09
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 7428  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 9, 2026   Mr. Gottheimer  (for himself and  Mr. Lawler ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    A BILL
To require the Secretary of Transportation to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking concerning seat belts on school buses, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Secure Every Child Under the Right Equipment Standards Act of 2026   or the   SECURES Act of 2026  .
2.
Proposed rulemaking
(a)
Requirements
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall publish a notice of proposed rulemaking on new Federal standards for school bus seat belt requirements on all new school buses, regardless of gross vehicle weight rating.
(b)
Considerations
In the proposed rulemaking, the Secretary shall consider—
(1)
the safety benefits of a lap/shoulder belt system (also known as a  Type 2 seat belt assembly );
(2)
the conclusion of the National Transportation Safety Board that  Lap/shoulder belts provide the highest level of protection for school bus passengers  and that  Properly worn lap belts provide some benefit,  while  Properly worn lap/shoulder belts provide greater benefit by reducing injuries related to upper body flailing ;
(3)
the 2015 announcement by the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Mark Rosekind, stating that the agency believes  that every child on every school bus should have a three-point seat belt ;
(4)
any innovative approaches to seat belt detection, seat belt reminder systems, and seat belt violation alert systems that could be incorporated into school bus designs; and
(5)
existing experience from the States that have already required school buses to be equipped with seat belts.

Tracker

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To require the Secretary of Transportation to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking concerning seat belts on school buses, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D) sponsors H.R. 7428, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Josh Gottheimer

Rep. · D–NJ-5 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 9, 2026

Michael Lawler

Rep. · R–NY-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 9, 2026 · Original

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 11, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 7428 went before 2 committees: Highways and Transit Subcommittee and Transportation and Infrastructure.

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

Referred to · Feb 10, 2026 · 174 Bills

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Referred To · Feb 9, 2026 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 7428 has taken 3 actions since Feb 9, 2026, the latest on Feb 10, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 7428 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 7428, as Identical bill.

S 3806SECURES Act of 2026Feb 9, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportati… · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 7428 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• SECURES Act of 2026 — Display Title
• SECURES Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Secure Every Child Under the Right Equipment Standards Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To require the Secretary of Transportation to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking concerning seat belts on school buses, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

7 clients hired 7 firms and 23 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 7428 in 19 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Environment/Superfund, Housing, Transportation, Agriculture, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 23.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 7428 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 7428’s is Transportation and Public Works.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 7428, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 27 (Monday, February 9, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOTTHEIMER:H.R. 7428.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H2096]

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