[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1619 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1619

    To provide for farm-related exceptions from hazardous materials 
                      transportation requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 1997

    Mr. Buyer (for himself, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Barcia, and Mr. Poshard) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for farm-related exceptions from hazardous materials 
                      transportation requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That any provision of a final rule relating to intrastate 
transportation of hazardous materials issued under the rulemaking 
proceeding under docket number HM-200 that prohibits States from 
granting exceptions for not-for-hire intrastate transportation by 
farmers and farm-related service industries shall not take effect with 
respect to not-for-hire intrastate transportation by farmers and farm-
related service industries before October 1, 1999, or until 
authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1998 to carry out 
chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code (relating to transportation 
of hazardous materials), whichever comes later.
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