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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: August 2, 2011 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Aug 2, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to promulgate a rule to: (1) improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment operating on public roads, and (2) establish 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 August 2, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Thune, John
South Dakota · Aug 2, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1499: 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.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1499/
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"S. 1499: 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.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1499/.
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S. 1499, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1499/.
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