S 600
116th Congress
Senate
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 employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health
Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act
Introduced: February 28, 2019
Introduced by:
Hoeven, John
Republican
· North Dakota
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Became law
Feb 28, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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