Congress funds national campaign to stop drivers from passing school buses
H.R. 2348 — Brake for Kids Act of 2025 · Filed by Pete Stauber (R-MN) · 31 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the Secretary of Transportation to use existing federal infrastructure funds to create and run a national public safety advertising campaign warning drivers about the dangers of illegally passing stopped school buses. The campaign must include TV, radio, social media, and broad national advertising to reach a wide audience.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is directing the Secretary of Transportation to fund and execute a national public awareness campaign on school bus safety using existing appropriated funds. It is straightforward public health messaging legislation.
Who it affects
The bill funds public education about a genuine traffic safety hazard (illegal school bus passing) that endangers children. Citizens benefit from increased awareness without any offsetting cost, restriction, or private giveaway.
Named in the bill
Secretary of Transportation, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), Department of Transportation
Where it stands
31 cosponsors: 21 Democrats, 10 Republicans.
- Mar 25, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 25, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 4 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $1,125,758 in lobbying spend. A filing names 70 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Pete Stauber, the sponsor, reported $991,374 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies — $1,005,758 on 2 filings
- National School Transportation Association — $120,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (891 characters) on Sep 27, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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