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SEC. 4130. INTERSTATE VAN OPERATIONS. 
The Federal motor carrier safety regulations that 
apply to Interstate operations of commercial motor vehi-
cles designed to transport between 9 and 15 passengers 
(including the driver) shall apply to all Interstate oper-
ations of such carriers regardless of the distance traveled. 
SEC. 4131. HOURS OF SERVICE FOR OPERATORS OF UTIL-
ITY SERVICE VEHICLES. 
Section 345 of the National Highway System Des-
ignation Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat. 
613) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (4) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) OPERATORS OF UTILITY SERVICE VEHI-
CLES.—
‘‘(A) INAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL REGU-
LATIONS.—Such regulations shall not apply to 
a driver of a utility service vehicle. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION
ON
STATE
REGULA-
TIONS.—A State, a political subdivision of a 
State, an interstate agency, or other entity con-
sisting of 2 or more States, shall not enact or 
enforce any law, rule, regulation, or standard 
that imposes requirements on a driver of a util-
ity service vehicle that are similar to the re-
quirements contained in such regulations.’’.
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(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (a)(4), 
nothing’’; and 
(3) in the first sentence of subsection (c) by 
striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an exemp-
tion under paragraph (2) or (4)’’. 
SEC. 4132. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) 
INTERMODAL
TRANSPORTATION
ADVISORY 
BOARD.—Section 5502(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration.’’. 
(b) REFERENCE TO AGENCY.—Section 31502(e) of 
such title is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Regional Di-
rector of the Federal Highway Administration’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Field Administrator of the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘Regional Di-
rector’’ and inserting ‘‘Field Administrator’’.
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SEC. 4133. INTRASTATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS OF 
INTERSTATE MOTOR CARRIERS. 
Section 31144(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) determine whether an owner or operator is 
fit to operate safely commercial motor vehicles, uti-
lizing among other things the accident and safety in-
spection record of an owner or operator during oper-
ations—
‘‘(A) in interstate commerce in the United 
States; 
‘‘(B) in a State that affects interstate com-
merce in the United States; and 
‘‘(C) in Canada or Mexico if the owner or 
operator also conducts operations in the United 
States; 
‘‘(2) periodically update such safety fitness de-
terminations; 
‘‘(3) make such final safety fitness determina-
tions readily available to the public; and 
‘‘(4) prescribe by regulation penalties for viola-
tions of this section consistent with section 521.’’.
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SEC. 4134. OPERATORS OF VEHICLES TRANSPORTING AGRI-
CULTURAL COMMODITIES AND FARM SUP-
PLIES. 
(a) AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION.—Section 345(a)(1) 
of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 
(49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat. 613) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) TRANSPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL COM-
MODITIES AND FARM SUPPLIES.—Regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary under sections 31136 and 
31502 of title 49, United States Code, regarding 
maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers used 
by motor carriers shall not apply during planting 
and harvest periods, as determined by each State to 
drivers transporting agricultural commodities or 
farm supplies for agricultural purposes in a State if 
such transportation is limited to an area within a 
100 air mile radius from the source of the commod-
ities or the distribution point for the farm sup-
plies.’’. 
(b) REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY.—Section 345(c) of 
such Act (109 Stat. 613) is amended by striking ‘‘other 
than paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘other than paragraph 
(1) or (2) of such subsection’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 345(e) of such Act (109 
Stat. 614) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(7) AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITY.—The term 
‘agricultural commodity’ means any agricultural 
commodity, food, feed, fiber, or livestock (including 
livestock as defined in section 602 of the Emergency 
Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 
1471) and insects). 
‘‘(8) FARM SUPPLIES FOR AGRICULTURAL PUR-
POSES.—The term ‘farm supplies for agricultural 
purposes’ means products directly related to the 
growing or harvesting of agricultural commodities 
during the planting and harvesting seasons within 
each State, as determined by the State, and livestock 
feed at any time of the year.’’. 
SEC. 4135. HOURS OF SERVICE RULES FOR OPERATORS 
PROVIDING 
TRANSPORTATION 
TO 
MOVIE 
PRODUCTION SITES. 
Notwithstanding sections 31136 and 31502 of title 
49, United States Code, and any other provision of law, 
the maximum daily hours of service for an operator of a 
commercial motor vehicle providing transportation of 
property or passengers to or from a theatrical or television 
motion picture production site located within a 100 air 
mile radius of the work reporting location of such operator 
shall be those in effect under the regulations in effect 
under such sections on April 27, 2003.