[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4919 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4919

  To amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to amend 
certain hours of service requirements for agricultural operations, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2019

  Ms. Craig (for herself, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. 
    Axne, and Mr. LaMalfa) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to amend 
certain hours of service requirements for agricultural operations, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible and Efficient 
Agriculture Destination Act''.

SEC. 2. HOURS OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS.

    Section 229 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 
U.S.C. 31136 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``during planting and harvest periods, as 
                determined by each State,''; and
                    (B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) drivers transporting agricultural commodities 
                within a 150 air-mile radius from--
                            ``(i) the source of the agricultural 
                        commodities; or
                            ``(ii) the destination of the agricultural 
                        commodities;''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(8)--
                    (A) by striking ``during the planting and 
                harvesting seasons within each State, as determined by 
                the State,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``at any time of the year''.
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