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HR 3098 110th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Agriculture and Food Marketing of farm produce Motor vehicle safety Truck drivers Trucking Trucks

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide certain exemptions to drivers of intrastate commercial motor vehicles engaged in agricultural purposes.

Introduced: July 19, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 20, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Jul 20, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jul 19, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jul 19, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends commercial motor vehicle safety requirements to exempt drivers of intrastate commercial vehicles engaged in agricultural-related activities from certain federal commercial motor vehicle and operator regulations.

Revises the definition of the term "commercial motor vehicle" with respect to federal commercial motor vehicle laws, including to mean a motor vehicle used in commerce to transport passengers or property that has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 26,001 pounds (under current law, a motor vehicle used in commerce to transport passengers or property that has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 26,001 pounds, whichever is greater, or a lesser gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight the Secretary of Transportation prescribes by regulation, but not less than a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 pounds).

What's happening now July 20, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

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