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H.R. 1515: STANDUP Act

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H.R. 1515: STANDUP Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-13 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

STANDUP Act

Plain summary

Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act of 2011 or STANDUP Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award incentive grants to states with graduated driver licensing laws that require novice drivers younger than age 21 to comply with a two-stage licensing process before receiving an unrestricted driver's license. Requires such laws, at a minimum, to include: (1) a learner's permit stage that commences at age 16 or older, lasts at least six months, prohibits driver use of a cellular phone or other communications device in nonemergency situations, and remains in effect until commencement of the intermediate stage or the driver attains age 18; (2) an intermediate stage in effect until the driver attains age 18 that commences immediately after expiration of the learner's permit stage, lasts at least six months, prohibits driver use of a cellular phone or other communications device in nonemergency situations, prohibits nighttime driving, prohibits more than one non-familial passenger under age 21 unless there is a licensed driver at least age 21 present in the vehicle; and (3) any other requirement that the Secretary may require. Deems a state that meets such minimum requirements to be in compliance regardless of whether a state law, enacted before January 1, 2011, establishes a class of license that permits licensees younger than age 18 to drive a motor vehicle in connection with work performed on or for the operation of a farm owned by family members of the licensees. Directs the Secretary to withhold a certain percentage of federal-aid highway funds from states that do not comply with the requirements of this Act.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

STANDUP Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] · 43 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), John B. Larson (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1515 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112