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HR 3153 104th Congress House

Small Business Transport Correction Advancement Act of 1996

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt from regulation the transportation of certain hazardous materials by vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.

Introduced: March 22, 1996 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Administrative procedureAgribusinessAgricultural machineryAgriculture and Food
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CommerceDepartment of TransportationEmployee trainingEnvironmental ProtectionFarmersGovernment Operations and PoliticsLabor and EmploymentLawMotor vehiclesSmall businessState lawsTraffic accidents and safetyTransportation of hazardous substances
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 1996
Received in the Senate.
Sep 24, 1996
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Sep 24, 1996
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 24, 1996
On passage Passed by voice vote.
Sep 24, 1996
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.
Sep 24, 1996
DEBATE - The House proceeded with debate on the amendment in the nature of a substitute and the bill.
Sep 24, 1996
Considered from the Corrections Calendar. (consideration: CR H10775-10779)
Sep 24, 1996
Called up from the Corrections Calendar for consideration.
Sep 18, 1996
Placed on the Corrections Calendar, Calendar No. 21.
Sep 17, 1996
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 429.
Sep 17, 1996
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 104-791.
Sep 12, 1996
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation Discharged.
Sep 12, 1996
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 12, 1996
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 4, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Mar 22, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E434)
Mar 22, 1996
Introduced in House
Mar 22, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 1,387 – An amendment to insert a complete new text. Agreed to Sep 24, 1996
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 Latest action September 24, 1996

Received in the Senate.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Transport Correction Advancement Act of 1996 - Sets forth a deadline for the issuance of a final rule relating to materials of trade exceptions for intrastate transportation of hazardous materials from requirements of Federal transportation law for hazardous materials transportation. Declares that any final rule that prohibits States from granting exceptions for not-for-hire intrastate transportation by farmers and farm-related service industries shall not take effect before the earlier of specified dates.

 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 1
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Apr 15, 1996
Burr, Richard
· Apr 15, 1996
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Apr 15, 1996
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 22, 1996
COMBEST, LARRY
· Mar 22, 1996
DOOLEY, CAL
· Mar 22, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3153: Small Business Transport Correction Advancement Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3153/
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"H.R. 3153: Small Business Transport Correction Advancement Act of 1996." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3153/.
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