Bills · 118th Congress · Transportation and Public Works

One Seat Ride Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced3/10/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 12/5/23
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 356–61 on December 5, 2023 (Roll Call 694 →). Received in the Senate on December 6, 2023. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 12/5/23Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic202 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Not voting
  • Republican154 Yea · 61 Nay · 5 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

One Seat Ride Act

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation and major obstacles to providing commuter rail passenger transportation that does not involve a transfer for passengers. The study must consider economic, logistical, and quality of life factors. It must also include a cost-benefit analysis of single-seat trips on the New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley line during peak hours and the impact such trips would have on other New Jersey Transit lines.

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Sponsor
Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. ( Republican · NJ-7)
Cosponsors
1
Introduced
3/10/23
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (19)
  1. 3/10/23Introduced in House
  2. 3/10/23Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  3. 3/13/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
  4. 3/13/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  5. 7/27/23Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Discharged
  6. 7/27/23Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged
  7. 7/27/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. 7/27/23Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 56 - 3.
  9. 9/1/23Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-173.
  10. 9/1/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 137.
  11. 12/4/23Mr. Kean (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  12. 12/4/23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6084-6085)
  13. 12/4/23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1547.
  14. 12/4/23At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  15. 12/5/23Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6129-6130)
  16. 12/5/23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 356 - 61 (Roll no. 694). (text: 12/04/2023 CR H6084)
  17. 12/5/23On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 356 - 61 (Roll no. 694). (text: 12/04/2023 CR H6084)
  18. 12/5/23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. 12/6/23Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.