US HB3265 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 41-7)
Status: Introduced on October 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-10-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Amends the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to revise exemptions from federal maximum driving and on-duty time motor carrier regulations for drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies during planting and harvest periods. Extends the exemptions to drivers transporting agricultural farm supplies: (1) from a wholesale or retail distribution point of the farm supplies to a farm or other location where such supplies are intended to be used within a 100 air-mile radius from the distribution point, or (2) from a wholesale distribution point of the farm supplies to a retail distribution point of the farm supplies within a 100 air-mile radius from the wholesale distribution point.

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Title

To amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to provide clarification regarding the applicability of exemptions relating to the transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies, and for other purposes.

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History

DateChamberAction
2011-10-27HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2011-10-26HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Same As/Similar To

SB1915 (Same As) 2011-11-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HB14 (Related) 2012-03-21 - Referred to House Foreign Affairs
HB4348 (Related) 2012-07-06 - Became Public Law No: 112-141.
SB1813 (Related) 2012-04-24 - See also H.R. 4348.

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