Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act
Latest action · Jun 12, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a working group to: (1) identify obstacles to safe, humane, and market-efficient transport of livestock, insects, and agricultural commodities; and (2) develop guidelines and recommended regulatory or legislative actions to improve the safe, humane, and efficient transport of livestock, insects, and agricultural commodities.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2018 to Aug 16, 2018, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Jun 12, 2018 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Jun 14, 2018 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Jun 20, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Jun 21, 2018 | |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Jun 27, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Jul 17, 2018 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Aug 16, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Jun 12, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Agricultural equipment and machinery
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Transportation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fruit and vegetables
- Government studies and investigations
- Insects
- Livestock
- Motor carriers
- Roads and highways
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation employees
- Transportation safety and security
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2018Introduced in Senate
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