[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5277-S5278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3441. Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. 
McCaskill, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Donnelly, Ms. Smith, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
Cotton, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Mr. Moran, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
Daines, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to 
the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 455, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
       Sec. 13_.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Secretary of Transportation by this Act or 
     any other Act for fiscal year 2019 or any fiscal year 
     thereafter may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 
     sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, United States Code, or 
     regulations prescribed under those sections, regarding 
     maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers used by motor 
     carriers to transport agricultural commodities or farm 
     supplies for agricultural purposes (as those terms are 
     defined in section 229(e) of the Motor Carrier Safety 
     Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note)) from the 
     sources and to the locations described in subparagraphs (A), 
     (B), and (C) of section 229(a)(1) of the Motor Carrier Safety 
     Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note) at any time of 
     the year or, for drivers used by motor carriers to transport 
     agricultural commodities, within 150

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     air-miles of the destination of such commodities until--
       (1) the Secretary of Transportation has promulgated a 
     regulation to extend the hours of service exemption for 
     drivers transporting agricultural commodities or farm 
     supplies for agricultural purposes from the planting and 
     harvesting periods (as determined by each State) to a year-
     round exemption; and
       (2) the Secretary of Transportation has promulgated a 
     regulation to extend the hours of service exemption for 
     drivers transporting agricultural commodities to such 
     transportation within a 150 air-mile radius from the 
     destination of the agricultural commodities.
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