Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2021 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.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act
This bill directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish and facilitate a Women of Trucking Advisory Board to review and report on policies and programs that (1) provide education, training, mentorship, or outreach to women in the trucking industry; and (2) recruit, retain, or advance women into the trucking industry.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2021 to Aug 4, 2021; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Aug 4, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 25, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-706 | FREIGHT MOBILITY: STRENGTHENING AMERICA'S SUPPLY CHAINS AND COMPETITIVENESS93 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 11, 2021 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1341 | Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act | Related bill | Feb 26, 2021 |
| S 2016 | Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021 | Related bill | Dec 17, 2021 |
| HR 3684 | Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act | Related bill | Aug 4, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish an advisory board focused on creating opportunities for women in the trucking industry, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
