Recognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation.
Latest action · Jun 2, 2008 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2008
- Agreed to in HouseMay 21, 2008
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Recognizes that increased and safe bicycle use for transportation and recreation is in the national interest of the United States.
Supports policies that increase bicycle use.
Encourages the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide leadership and coordination by reestablishing the federal bicycle task force to include representatives from all relevant federal agencies.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2008 to May 19, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Original | Feb 28, 2008 |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Mar 14, 2008 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Apr 3, 2008 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Apr 3, 2008 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | May 1, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | May 6, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | May 6, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | May 8, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 8, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | May 8, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 14, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | May 19, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2008Markup May 15, 2008Reported May 19, 2008 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Feb 29, 2008Discharged May 15, 2008 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jun 2, 2008 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2008Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- May 21, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4432-4433)
- May 21, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 5/19/2008 H4102-4103)
- May 21, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 19, 2008Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-653.
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4432 | — | May 21, 2008 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E977 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | May 20, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4102–H4104Text printed H4102 | James L. Oberstar D-MN, Mazie K. Hirono D-HI, Thomas E. Petri R-WI | May 19, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1189 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | Mar 4, 2008 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E270 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | Feb 28, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 19, 2008H. Con. Res. 305, Recognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 15, 2008</p>
- May 19, 2008H. Con. Res. 305, Recognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreationCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 15, 2008
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Recognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Bicycles
- Bikeways
- Commerce
- Commuting
- Consumer discounts
- Department of Transportation
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive reorganization
- Exercise
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fringe benefits
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health care industry
- Health insurance
- Income tax
- Intermodal transportation
- Labor and Employment
- Mass rapid transit
- Motor vehicles
- National recreation areas
- Pedestrians
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Rescission of appropriated funds
- Sports and Recreation
- State laws
- Tax incentives
- Taxation
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Trails
- Transportation and Public Works
- Walking
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2008Referred in Senate
- May 21, 2008Engrossed in House
- May 19, 2008Reported in House
- Feb 28, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
