Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019

Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019

This bill revises regulations related to the transportation of agricultural commodities.

Specifically, the bill expands the definition of agricultural commodity to include (1) aquaculture, horticultural, and floricultural commodities; (2) fruits; (3) vegetables; (4) any non-human living animal and the products thereof; and (5) other agricultural products that are sensitive to temperature or climate and at risk of perishing in transit. (Under current law, an agricultural commodity means any agricultural commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock.)

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2025 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2025

To amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to modify the 
    definition of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2019

Mr. Perdue (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. 
Isakson, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Inhofe) 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 amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to modify the 
    definition of agricultural commodities, 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 Trucking Relief Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

    Section 229(e) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 
(49 U.S.C. 31136 note; Public Law 106-159) is amended by striking 
paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
            ``(7) Agricultural commodity.--The term `agricultural 
        commodity' includes--
                    ``(A) agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, 
                and floricultural commodities;
                    ``(B) fruits;
                    ``(C) vegetables;
                    ``(D) any non-human living animal and the products 
                of that animal; and
                    ``(E) other agriculture products that are--
                            ``(i) sensitive to temperature or climate; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) at risk of perishing in transit.''.
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