Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
The Brake for Kids Act of 2025 directs the Secretary of Transportation to produce and distribute a national public safety campaign about the dangers of illegally passing stopped school buses. It requires use of funds provided under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and mandates television, radio, social media, and edge service advertising, ensuring the campaign is not limited to digital downloads or regional distribution.
Liberal emphasizes equity and robust outreach to underserved communities
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise administrative directive that clearly defines the problem and identifies the responsible official and funding source, and it specifies required media channels for a national public safety campaign.
The Brake for Kids Act of 2025 directs the Secretary of Transportation to produce and distribute a national public safety campaign about the dangers of illegally passing stopped school buses.
It requires use of funds provided under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and mandates television, radio, social media, and edge service advertising, ensuring the campaign is not limited to digital downloads or regional distribution.
Content is narrow and bipartisan-friendly, improving chances, but many simple bills still stall in committee or need packaging into larger legislation.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise administrative directive that clearly defines the problem and identifies the responsible official and funding source, and it specifies required media channels for a national public safety campaign. It lacks operational detail such as timelines, performance measures, reporting requirements, procurement or coordination instructions, and specified funding amounts.
Liberal emphasizes equity and robust outreach to underserved communities
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Liberal emphasizes equity and robust outreach to underserved communities
Overall supportive: child safety is a clear public-good priority.
Sees federal public-education campaigns as appropriate to reduce injuries and deaths.
Would want strong outreach to underserved, non-English, and rural communities.
Generally supportive but pragmatic.
Sees value in national education to improve safety while wanting clear budgeting, oversight, and measurable outcomes.
Prefers coordination with state and local enforcement resources.
Cautiously supportive on principle because it promotes child safety, but wary of federal message campaigns and use of IIJA funds for advertising.
Prefers state-led efforts and tighter spending limits.
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Content is narrow and bipartisan-friendly, improving chances, but many simple bills still stall in committee or need packaging into larger legislation.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberal emphasizes equity and robust outreach to underserved communities
Content is narrow and bipartisan-friendly, improving chances, but many simple bills still stall in committee or need packaging into larger…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise administrative directive that clearly defines the problem and identifies the responsible official and funding source, and it specifies required media cha…
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