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Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019

Introduced: June 27, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jun 27, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 27, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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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 June 27, 2019

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1673 Related bill Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 4
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Jul 30, 2019
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 8, 2019
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jun 27, 2019
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Jun 27, 2019
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jun 27, 2019
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jun 27, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2025: Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2025/
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"S. 2025: Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2025/.
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S. 2025, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2025/.
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