3.0.0 2025 2022-11-01T13:50:49Z 2022-11-01T13:50:49Z Senate S 2019-06-27 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-27T18:56:45Z Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019 116 1673 HR 2019-03-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS 2019-06-27 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-06-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-06-27 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2019-06-27 True H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2019-06-27 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2019-06-27 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-06-27 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2019-06-27 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2019-06-27 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2019-07-08 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2019-07-30 False 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 Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-06-27 Introduced in Senate 2019-12-02T16:47:55Z 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.)

]]> Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019 Display Title Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to modify the definition of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2025is/xml/BILLS-116s2025is.xml 2019-06-27 Read twice and 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.