Safe Freight Act of 2019

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

EMD MarkeySponsor

15 cosponsors · 13 D, 2 I

SBD Brown RBD Blumenthal DFD Feinstein AKD Klobuchar AKI King JMD Merkley TSD Smith RWD Wyden EWD Warren TBD Baldwin JRD Rosen BSI Sanders BCD Cardin CVD Van Hollen CCD Cortez Masto

9 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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.