S.Amdt. 3441

SA 3441. Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs.
McCaskill, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Donnelly, Ms. Smith, Mr. Gardner, Mr.
Cotton, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Mr. Moran, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Johnson, Mr.
Daines, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to
the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 455, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
Sec. 13_.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Secretary of Transportation by this Act or
any other Act for fiscal year 2019 or any fiscal year
thereafter may be used to implement, administer, or enforce
sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, United States Code, or
regulations prescribed under those sections, regarding
maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers used by motor
carriers to transport agricultural commodities or farm
supplies for agricultural purposes (as those terms are
defined in section 229(e) of the Motor Carrier Safety
Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note)) from the
sources and to the locations described in subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C) of section 229(a)(1) of the Motor Carrier Safety
Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note) at any time of
the year or, for drivers used by motor carriers to transport
agricultural commodities, within 150

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air-miles of the destination of such commodities until--
(1) the Secretary of Transportation has promulgated a
regulation to extend the hours of service exemption for
drivers transporting agricultural commodities or farm
supplies for agricultural purposes from the planting and
harvesting periods (as determined by each State) to a year-
round exemption; and
(2) the Secretary of Transportation has promulgated a
regulation to extend the hours of service exemption for
drivers transporting agricultural commodities to such
transportation within a 150 air-mile radius from the
destination of the agricultural commodities.
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