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HR 1748 116th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Railroads Transportation employees Transportation safety and security

Safe Freight Act of 2019

Introduced: October 31, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 14, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Mar 13, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 13, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe Freight Act of 2019

This bill prohibits the operation of a freight train or light locomotive engine used in the movement of freight unless it has a crew of at least two individuals, one of whom is certified by the Federal Railroad Administration as a locomotive operator and the other as a train conductor.

What's happening now March 14, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1979 Related bill Safe Freight Act of 2019
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 99
All 99 Democratic 68 Republican 7
McNerney, Jerry
· Jun 15, 2020
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Mar 2, 2020
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Mar 2, 2020
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 2, 2020
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 5, 2020
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jan 16, 2020
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Dec 18, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Dec 12, 2019
Sarbanes, John
· Dec 12, 2019
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Nov 19, 2019
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Nov 19, 2019
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Nov 19, 2019
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Oct 31, 2019
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Oct 31, 2019
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Oct 31, 2019
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Oct 31, 2019
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Oct 31, 2019
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Oct 31, 2019
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 18, 2019
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Oct 18, 2019
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Oct 4, 2019
Lawrence, Brenda
· Oct 4, 2019
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Oct 4, 2019
Kennedy, Joseph
· Sep 10, 2019
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Sep 10, 2019
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 10, 2019
Perlmutter, Ed
· Aug 2, 2019
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Jul 25, 2019
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jul 22, 2019
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Jul 22, 2019
Yarmuth, John
· Jul 22, 2019
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Jul 18, 2019
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Jul 18, 2019
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 16, 2019
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jul 12, 2019
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Jul 11, 2019
 R
Joyce, John
Pennsylvania · Jul 11, 2019
Stivers, Steve
· Jul 11, 2019
DOYLE, MIKE
· Jul 9, 2019
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 9, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 9, 2019
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Jul 9, 2019
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jun 24, 2019
PRICE, DAVID
· Jun 20, 2019
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 19, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1748: Safe Freight Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1748/
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"H.R. 1748: Safe Freight Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1748/.
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H.R. 1748, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1748/.
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