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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4720 

To amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to modify 

certain agricultural exemptions for hours of service requirements, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 

Mrs. FISCHER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 

1999 to modify certain agricultural exemptions for hours 

of service requirements, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haulers of Agriculture 

5 and Livestock Safety Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘HAULS Act 

6 of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMOD2 ITIES AND FARM SUPPLIES. 

3 Section 229 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improve4 ment Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; Public Law 

5 106–159) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

8 (A), by striking ‘‘during planting and harvest 

9 periods, as determined by each State,’’; and 

10 (B) by striking subparagraph (A) and in11 serting the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) drivers transporting agricultural com13 modities within a 150 air-mile radius from— 

14 ‘‘(i) the source of the agricultural 

15 commodities; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) the destination of the agricul17 tural commodities;’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (e)(8), by striking ‘‘during the 

19 planting and harvesting seasons within each State, 

20 as determined by the State, and livestock feed at 

21 any time of the year’’ and inserting ‘‘and livestock 

22 feed’’. 

23 SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 229(e) of the Motor Car25 rier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 


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1 note; Public Law 106–159) is amended by striking para2 graph (7) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(7) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term 

4 ‘agricultural commodity’ has the meaning given the 

5 term in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal 

6 Regulations (or a successor regulation).’’. 

7 (b) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor9 tation shall revise the definition of the term ‘‘agricultural 

10 commodity’’ in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal 

11 Regulations, to include— 

12 (1) any nonprocessed product planted or har13 vested for food, feed, fuel, or fiber; 

14 (2)(A) any nonhuman living animal, includ15 ing— 

16 (i) fish; 

17 (ii) insects; and 

18 (iii) livestock (as defined in section 602 of 

19 the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act 

20 of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471)); and 

21 (B) the nonprocessed products of any nonhu22 man living animal, including— 

23 (i) milk; 

24 (ii) eggs; and 

25 (iii) honey; 


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1 (3) nonprocessed forestry, aquacultural, horti2 cultural, and floricultural commodities; 

3 (4) fresh or minimally processed fruits and 

4 vegetables, including fruits and vegetables that are 

5 rinsed, cooled, cut, ripened, or otherwise minimally 

6 processed, as determined by the Secretary; and 

7 (5) animal feed, including the ingredients of 

8 animal feed. 

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