S.Amdt. 691

SA 691. Mr. WYDEN 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. WAIVER FOR NOT-FOR-HIRE FARM TRUCKS.

If a State provides clear and convincing evidence, based on
objective safety data, that not-for-hire farm trucks used
exclusively for transporting agricultural products to markets
within 150 miles of the farms from which such products
originated do not pose a significant safety risk, the
Secretary of Transportation may waive, for purposes of such
vehicles, any provision of--
(1) part B of subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code;
(2) part B of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code;
or
(3) chapter III of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
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