S1779-119

In Committee

LOCOMOTIVES Act

119th Congress Introduced May 15, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, LOCOMOTIVES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Environment, Agriculture.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HDE7B0CB8EE6F475984BE41C134334F2D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lifting Overburdensome Commerce Obstructions and Motives Act or the LOCOMOTIVES Act.
  • Section H9E32796D83BF4DCB909390B539079052: 2. Prohibition on State standards relating to the control of emissions from existing locomotives and engines used in locomotives Section 209(e)(1) of the Clean...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, LOCOMOTIVES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Environment, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, LOCOMOTIVES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Environment Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • transportation operators and travelers
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transportation operators and travelers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
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federal implementing agencies:
transportation operators and travelers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 15, 2025

Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Lummis, …

May 15, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …

May 15, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Environment Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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