Agricultural Business Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2019

Agricultural Business Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2019

This bill creates an exception to the electronic logging device requirements for certain motor carriers engaged in agricultural business.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1698 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1698

To exempt certain motor carriers engaged in agricultural business from 
  the electronic logging device requirements, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2019

 Mr. Peterson (for himself and Mr. Gianforte) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To exempt certain motor carriers engaged in agricultural business from 
  the electronic logging device requirements, 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 ``Agricultural Business Electronic 
Logging Device Exemption Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO THE ELECTRONIC LOGGING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
              CERTAIN MOTOR CARRIERS ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS.

    Section 31137(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(3) Exception.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An excepted motor carrier may 
                comply with the hours of service requirements by 
                requiring each driver to use--
                            ``(i) a paper record of duty status form; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) an electronic logging device.
                    ``(B) Excepted motor carrier defined.--In this 
                paragraph, the term `excepted motor carrier' means--
                            ``(i) a motor carrier when transporting a 
                        motor home or recreation vehicle trailer within 
                        the definition of the term `driveaway-towaway 
                        operation' (as defined in section 390.5 of 
                        title 49, Code of Federal Regulations);
                            ``(ii) a motor carrier when--
                                    ``(I) transporting an agricultural 
                                product (as defined in section 207 of 
                                the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
                                (7 U.S.C. 1626)) from the source of 
                                such product; or
                                    ``(II) returning empty to such 
                                source; and
                            ``(iii) a motor carrier when--
                                    ``(I) transporting farm supplies 
                                for agricultural purposes (as defined 
                                in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of 
                                Federal Regulations) from the 
                                distribution point for such farm 
                                supplies; or
                                    ``(II) returning empty to such 
                                distribution point.''.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate such regulations as are 
necessary to carry out the amendment made by section 2 of this Act.
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