INTERSTATE COMMERCE related term(s) Cargo Transportation

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: make it illegal for States to limit travel for abortion services and protect rights of individuals to bring civil action against States that restrict such actions (see S. 2053), S2145 [20JN]

——— prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (see H.R. 782), H677 [2FE]

Agriculture: prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2019), S2122 [15JN] (see H.R. 4417), H3157 [30JN]

Animals: conserve global bear populations by prohibiting importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items or products containing bear viscera (see H.R. 3518), H2454 [18MY]

——— prohibit transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for producing ejiao and prohibit transportation, sale, and purchase of products containing ejiao (see H.R. 6021), H5042 [24OC]

——— prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 4241), H3070 [21JN]

Cargo transportation: provide that transportation of goods from port of entry and another place within same State does not constitute interstate transportation (see H.R. 267), H150 [10JA]

Courts: authorize notaries public to perform, and establish minimum standards for, certain electronic and remote notarizations and require Federal and State courts to recognize such notarizations performed by notary public (see S. 1212), S1255 [19AP] (see H.R. 1059), H851 [17FE]

Crime: provide that it is unlawful to distribute private intimate visual depictions without person’s consent (see S. 412), S397 [14FE] (see H.R. 3686), H2636 [25MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry (see S. 846), S825 [16MR] (see H.R. 1646), H1293 [17MR]

——— allow interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry online (see S. 1512), S1602 [10MY]

Dept. of Transportation: issue certain regulations on minimum age of driver of commercial motor vehicle for interstate travel (see H.R. 6670), H6739 [7DE]

——— issue regulations allowing qualified drivers under age 21 who complete vehicle operation and mentor-apprentice training program to move freight across State lines (see H.R. 3408), H2423 [17MY]

Evans, Sarah Keys: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1237), H968 [28FE]

FERC: bolster fairness and transparency in consideration of interstate natural gas pipeline permits and provide for greater public input in pipeline permitting process (see S. 2547), S3620 [26JY]

Firearms: more comprehensively address interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 168), H104 [9JA]

——— prohibit Federal firearms licensee transfer of long gun to individual or business that does not reside in State in which licensee’s place of business is located (see H.R. 1830), H1527 [28MR]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging (see S. 2498), S3619 [26JY] (see H.R. 6543), H6079 [1DE]

Government regulations: authorize regulation relative to food containing cannabidiol derived from hemp (see H.R. 1628), H1292 [17MR]

Information technology: preempt State and local encryption laws to ensure uniform, national policy for interstate issue of encryption technology (see H.R. 5311), H4211 [29AU]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 77), H100 [9JA]

Labeling: make exclusive authority of Federal Government to regulate labeling of products made in U.S. and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2930), S4678 [26SE] (see H.R. 5556), H4406 [19SE]

Ships and vessels: allow transportation of merchandise in noncontiguous trade on foreign-flag vessels (see H.R. 2588), H1724 [13AP]

——— exempt certain noncontiguous trade from coastwise laws (see H.R. 2586), H1724 [13AP]

——— provide definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic ocean trade (see H.R. 2587), H1724 [13AP]

Sports: protect health and welfare of horses and improve integrity and safety of horseracing by authorizing States to enter into interstate compact to develop and enforce scientific medication control and racetrack safety rules (see H.R. 5693), H4497 [26SE]

Wildlife: enhance protections against importation, and transport between States, of injurious species (see S. 1614), S1678 [16MY] (see H.R. 4922), H4029 [26JY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (H.R. 782), H746 [8FE]

Agriculture: prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate or foreign commerce (H.R. 4417), H3863 [20JY]

Courts: authorize notaries public to perform, and establish minimum standards for, certain electronic and remote notarizations and require Federal and State courts to recognize such notarizations performed by notary public (H.R. 1059), H892–H896 [27FE]

Evans, Sarah Keys: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1237), H1133 [7MR]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: make it illegal for States to limit travel for abortion services and protect rights of individuals to bring civil action against States that restrict such actions (S. 2053), S2158–S2162, S2167 [21JN]

——— make it illegal for States to limit travel for abortion services and protect rights of individuals to bring civil action against States that restrict such actions (S. 2053), unanimous-consent request, S2159 [21JN]

Agriculture: prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate or foreign commerce (S. 2019), S2170 [21JN]

FERC: bolster fairness and transparency in consideration of interstate natural gas pipeline permits and provide for greater public input in pipeline permitting process (S. 2547), S3623 [26JY]

Supreme Court: decision in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross relative to California animal welfare law violation of dormant commerce clause, S2170 [21JN]

Reports filed

Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (SHIELD) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 412), S1703 [17MY]

Texts of

H.R. 1059, Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) Notarization Act, H893 [27FE]