Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act
Latest action · May 9, 2019 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3509)
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.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot 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 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2019 to May 8, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | May 1, 2019 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | May 3, 2019 | |
| R-MT | Greg Gianforte | May 9, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | May 9, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Trey Hollingsworth | May 9, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | May 14, 2019 | |
| R-VA | Denver Riggleman | May 16, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | May 16, 2019 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Ross Spano | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Jun 27, 2019 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| R-KS | Steve Watkins | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Oct 11, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| R-MN | Jim Hagedorn | May 8, 2020 |
Committees 1
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 May 1, 2019 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred May 2, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3509)
- May 2, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- May 1, 2019Introduced in House
- May 1, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, 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 H3509 | Greg Pence R-IN | May 9, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 71, May 1, 2019, page H3406.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 600 | Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act | Identical bill | Feb 28, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a working group to study regulatory and legislative improvements for the livestock, insect, and agricultural commodities transport industries, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act
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.
- May 1, 2019Introduced 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 bill 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.
