House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Safe Freight Act of 2019
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- IntroducedMar 13, 2019
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Mar 14, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1748.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,657 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1748, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1748
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
141 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 130 Democrats
131 of 141 cosponsors (93%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tj Cox (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA) and 111 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Young.
- H.R. 1240 (116th) Young Fishermen's Development Act
- H.Res. 4 (116th) Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.
- H.R. 5153 (116th) Indian Buffalo Management Act
- H.R. 1314 (116th) Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2019
- H.R. 1218 (116th) American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act
- H.R. 7119 (116th) Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2020
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.