S.Amdt. 650

SA 650. Mr. PRYOR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 605 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill H.R. 3, to
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 1224, strike lines 6 through 10 and insert the
following:

SEC. 7402. DEFINITIONS; APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.

(a) Terms Used in This Chapter.--In this chapter, the terms
``carrier'', ``household goods'', ``motor carrier'',
``Secretary'', and ``transportation'' have the meaning given
such terms in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code.
(b) ``Household Goods Motor Carrier'' in Part B of Subtitle
IV of Title 49.--Section 13102 is amended by redesignating
paragraphs (12) through (24) as paragraphs (13) through (25)
and by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:
``(12) Household goods motor carrier.--
``(A) In general.--The term `household goods motor carrier'
means a motor carrier described in subparagraph (B) that, in
the ordinary course of its business of providing
transportation of household goods, offers some or all of the
following additional services:
``(i) Binding and nonbinding estimates.
``(ii) Inventorying.
``(iii) Protective packing and unpacking of individual
items at personal residences.
``(iv) Loading and unloading at personal residences.
``(B) Registration requirement.--A motor carrier is
described in this subparagraph if its operations require it
to register as a household goods motor carrier under--
``(i) section 13902 of this title; and
``(ii) regulations prescribed by the Secretary consistent
with Federal agency determinations and decisions that were in
effect on the date of enactment of the Household Goods Mover
Oversight Enforcement and Reform Act of 2005.
``(C) Limited service exclusion.--The term `household goods
motor carrier' does not include a motor carrier solely
because it provides transportation of household goods

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entirely packed in, and unpacked from, 1 or more containers
or trailers by the individual shipper.''.
(c) Application of Certain Provisions of Law.--The
provisions of title 49, United States Code, or of this
chapter, relating to the transportation of household goods
apply only to a household goods motor carrier (as defined in
section 13102(12) of title 49, United States Code).
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