[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4419-S4420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3102. Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Blunt, 
Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Moran, Mr. Daines, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
Boozman, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Donnelly, Ms. Smith, Mr. Jones, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Tester, Mrs. McCaskill, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
Barrasso, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Crapo, and 
Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural 
and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 
2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. 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)--

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       (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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