According to Raymond Martinez, chairman of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, there are no current efforts on a state or national level to implement a seat belt requirement on commercial buses.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded almost $350,000 to the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety to implement and enforce seatbelt and child seat safety programs. U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) say the funding will be distributed to programs designed to reduce highway deaths and injuries fro