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.

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.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3265 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3265

 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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2011

Mr. Graves of Missouri (for himself, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
 Akin, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Jones, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Long, Ms. 
 Jenkins, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
Petri, Mr. Schilling, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Crawford, 
  Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Paul, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Smith of 
   Nebraska, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
   Shimkus, Mr. Schock, Mr. Latham, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
 Costello, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Walsh of Illinois, Mr. Latta, 
 Mr. Schrader, Mrs. Lummis, Mrs. Schmidt, and Mr. Canseco) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND FARM 
              SUPPLIES.

    Section 229(a)(1) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 
1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Transportation of agricultural commodities and farm 
        supplies.--Regulations prescribed by the Secretary under 
        sections 31136 and 31502 regarding maximum driving and on-duty 
        time for drivers used by motor carriers shall not apply during 
        planting and harvest periods, as determined by each State, to--
                    ``(A) drivers transporting agricultural commodities 
                in the State from the source of the agricultural 
                commodities to a location within a 100 air-mile radius 
                from the source;
                    ``(B) drivers transporting farm supplies for 
                agricultural purposes in the State from a wholesale or 
                retail distribution point of the farm supplies to a 
                farm or other location where the farm supplies are 
                intended to be used within a 100 air-mile radius from 
                the distribution point; or
                    ``(C) drivers transporting farm supplies for 
                agricultural purposes in the State 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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