S. 3702: Farm and Forestry Worker Transportation Safety Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-07-20 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8062)

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Where it came from: introduced 2006-07-20 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8062) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Farm and Forestry Worker Transportation Safety Act

Plain summary

Farm and Forestry Worker Transportation Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, in promulgating vehicle safety standards under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, to ensure that designated seats with operational seat belts are provided for the transportation of agricultural workers, with an exception for buses otherwise not federally required to have seat belts. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue minimum performance requirements for the strength of seats and the attachment of seats and seat belts in vehicles that are converted, after being sold for purposes other than resale, for the purpose of transporting such workers. Requires, effective seven years after enactment of this Act, vehicles converted for transport of such workers to provide the same level of safety as vehicles manufactured or altered for such purpose prior to being sold for purposes other than resale.

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Official text

Farm and Forestry Worker Transportation Safety Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · 1 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s3702.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>

Record fed-us-cong109-s3702 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109