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116th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquaculture
Department of Transportation
Fruit and vegetables
Horticulture and plants
Livestock
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health
Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019
Introduced: June 27, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 27, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019
This bill revises regulations related to the transportation of agricultural commodities.
Specifically, the bill expands the definition of agricultural commodity to include (1) aquaculture, horticultural, and floricultural commodities; (2) fruits; (3) vegetables; (4) any non-human living animal and the products thereof; and (5) other agricultural products that are sensitive to temperature or climate and at risk of perishing in transit. (Under current law, an agricultural commodity means any agricultural commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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