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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3720 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a rule to improve 

the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may 

be operated on a public road. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 6, 2009 

Mr. HARE (for himself, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, and Mr. BOSWELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate 

a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility 

of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a 

public road. 

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

3 SECTION 1. RULEMAKING ON VISIBILITY OF AGRICUL4 TURAL EQUIPMENT. 

5 (a) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 2 years after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor7 tation, after consultation with the American Society of Ag8 ricultural and Biological Engineers, other appropriate 


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1 Federal agencies and other appropriate persons, shall pro2 mulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visi3 bility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on 

4 a public road. Such rule shall establish minimum lighting 

5 and marking standards for applicable agricultural equip6 ment manufactured 1 year or more subsequent to the ef7 fective date of the rule. Such rule shall provide for meth8 ods, materials, specifications, or equipment employed, 

9 equivalent to the standard set in ANSI/ASAE S279.14 

10 published in July 2008 by the American Society of Agri11 culture and Biological Engineers and entitled ‘‘Lighting 

12 and Marking of Agricultural Equipment on Highways’’, 

13 or any successor standard. 

14 (b) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall periodically review 

15 not less than once every 5 years the standards established 

16 under this section and shall revise the standards to reflect 

17 the provisions of the edition of ANSI/ASAE S279 that is 

18 in effect at the time of the review. 

19 (c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

20 (1) COMPLIANCE WITH SUCCESSOR STAND21 ARDS.—No provision of any rule promulgated pursu22 ant to this section shall prohibit the operation on 

23 public roads of agricultural equipment that is 

24 equipped according to any adopted edition of ANSI/ 

25 ASAE S279 that is later than the edition of such 


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1 standard that was referenced during the promulga2 tion of the rule. 

3 (2) NO RETROFITTING REQUIRED.—No provi4 sion of any rule promulgated pursuant to this sec5 tion shall require the retrofitting of agricultural 

6 equipment that was manufactured prior to 1 year 

7 after the date on which a final rule is promulgated 

8 pursuant to subsection (a). 

9 (3) NO EFFECT ON ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

10 AND EQUIPMENT.—No provision of any rule promul11 gated pursuant to this section shall prohibit the op12 eration on public roads of agricultural equipment 

13 that is equipped with materials or equipment that 

14 are in addition to the minimum materials and equip15 ment specified by the standards promulgated under 

16 this rule. 

17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this Act— 

18 (1) the term ‘‘agricultural equipment’’ means 

19 ‘‘agricultural field equipment’’ as defined under the 

20 standard ANSI/ASABE S390.4 published by the 

21 American Society of Agriculture and Biological En22 gineers, or any successor standard; and 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘public road’’ has the meaning 

2 given such term in section 101(27) of title 23, 

3 United States Code. 

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