SRES 59 · 93th Congress · Agriculture and Food

A resolution relating to the railroad transportation crisis caused by the freight car shortage and other factors.

Introduced 1973-02-02· Sponsored by Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
Senate Vote
4
House
5
Enacted
Latest: Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #18 (60-15).(1973-02-19)

Recorded Votes

PassedSenate · 1973-02-19
Yea 60Nay 15
PassedSenate · 1973-02-19
Yea 60Nay 15

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture should impose a moratorium on the disposal of grain owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation and that such moratorium should be continued until the Secretary of Agriculture, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the American Association of Railroads jointly determine and notify the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate that a termination of the moratorium would not worsen the transportation situation or precipitate a new transportation crises; (2) the option to resale loans on farm-stored wheat and feed grains should be made available to farmers by the Commodity Credit Corporation with respect to the 1970, 1971, and 1972 crops; (3) the President should, and is hereby urged and requested to, immediately appoint a special committee composed of one representative from the Department of Agriculture, one from the Department of Labor, one from the Interstate Commerce Commission, one from the Office of Emergency Preparedness, and one from the American Association of Railroads to conduct a study of the railroad freight car shortage problem and to submit to the President and to the Congress, within thir…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (3)

3 Republicans