A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050.
Latest action · Jun 22, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2240-2241)
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 simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2023
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This resolution (1) commits to advancing policies that will end roadway fatalities by 2050, and (2) calls on Congress and the Department of Transportation to commit to working together to achieve zero roadway fatalities by the year 2050.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2023 to Jul 11, 2023; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jul 11, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Jul 11, 2023 |
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 Jun 22, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jun 22, 2023Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2240-2241)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S2240 | — | Jun 22, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 545 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050. | Identical bill | Jun 23, 2023 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2023Introduced 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 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.
