3.0.0 1325 2023-01-15T16:48:41Z 2023-01-15T16:48:41Z Senate S S 2003-06-24 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-06-24T23:34:18Z To amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 concerning the applicability of hours of service requirements to drivers operating commercial motor vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies. 108 871 HR 2003-02-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. Related bill CRS 2003-06-24 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2003-06-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8444) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2003-06-24 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2003-06-24 True F000442 Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL] PETER FITZGERALD R IL 2003-06-24 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2003-06-25 False T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2003-06-26 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2003-09-10 False Transportation and Public Works Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Department of Transportation Equipment and supplies Farm produce Government Operations and Politics Hours of labor Labor and Employment Law Standards Traffic accidents and safety Truck drivers Trucking Transportation and Public Works 00 2003-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-15T15:36:30Z Amends the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to retain the exemption from certain maximum hours of service requirements granted to operators of commercial vehicles that transport certain agricultural commodities and farm supplies. Exempts such operators, specifically, from the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether granting such an exemption is not in the public interest and would have a significant adverse impact on the safety of commercial motor vehicles.

Redefines agricultural commodity to reflect the definition in the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978.

]]> A bill to amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to modify the applicability of requirements concerning hours of service to operators of commercial motor vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies. Display Title A bill to amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to modify the applicability of requirements concerning hours of service to operators of commercial motor vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to modify the applicability of requirements concerning hours of service to operators of commercial motor vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2003-06-24T04:00:00Z 2003-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.