HR 1619
105th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Administrative procedure
Agribusiness
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection
Farmers
Government Operations and Politics
Law
State laws
Transportation of hazardous substances
To provide for farm-related exceptions from hazardous materials transportation requirements.
Introduced: May 15, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 30, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
May 15, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 15, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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 October 1, 1999, or until authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1998 to carry out chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code (relating to transportation of hazardous materials), whichever comes later.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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