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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…

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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.

Introduced: October 26, 2011 Introduced by: Graves, Sam Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Oct 27, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Oct 26, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Oct 26, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now October 27, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Republican 7
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DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Jan 18, 2012
Tipton, Scott
· Nov 10, 2011
Cardoza, Dennis
· Nov 1, 2011
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Nov 1, 2011
AKIN, W.
· Oct 26, 2011
COSTELLO, JERRY
· Oct 26, 2011
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Oct 26, 2011
Duffy, Sean
· Oct 26, 2011
EMERSON, JO
· Oct 26, 2011
 R
Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · Oct 26, 2011
Hultgren, Randy
· Oct 26, 2011
Jenkins, Lynn
· Oct 26, 2011
JOHNSON, TIMOTHY
· Oct 26, 2011
King, Steve
· Oct 26, 2011
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Oct 26, 2011
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Oct 26, 2011
Noem, Kristi
· Oct 26, 2011
SHIMKUS, JOHN
· Oct 26, 2011
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Oct 26, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). 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.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3265/
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"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.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3265/.
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H.R. 3265, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3265/.
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