[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1056 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1056

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 1997

   Mr. Burns (for himself, Mr. Coats, and Mr. Lugar) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FARM-RELATED EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 
              TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--No provision of a final rule relating to the 
intrastate transportation of hazardous materials issued by the 
Secretary of Transportation under the rulemaking proceeding under 
docket number HM-200 that prohibits a State from granting an exemption 
for not-for-hire intrastate transportation by farmers and farm-related 
service industries shall take effect with respect to that not-for-hire 
intrastate transportation before the date specified in subsection (b).
    (b) Date.--The date specified in this subsection is the later of--
            (1) October 1, 1999; or
            (2) the date on which funds are authorized to be 
        appropriated for fiscal year 1998 to carry out chapter 51 of 
        title 49, United States Code.
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