S 4013
111th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
General agriculture matters
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security
A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road.
Introduced: December 7, 2010
Introduced by:
Klobuchar, Amy
Democratic
· Minnesota
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Became law
Dec 7, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dec 7, 2010
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a rule: (1) to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment operating on public roads; and (2) that establishes minimum lighting and marking standards for such equipment.
Requires the Secretary to review and revise such standards at least once every five years to reflect the latest revision of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Standard 279 entitled "Lighting and Marking of Agricultural Equipment on Highways".
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1