US Congress Senate Bill 2025 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: Introduced on June 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises regulations related to the transportation of agricultural commodities. Specifically, the bill expands the definition of agricultural commodity to include (1) aquaculture, horticultural, and floricultural commodities; (2) fruits; (3) vegetables; (4) any non-human living animal and the products thereof; and (5) other agricultural products that are sensitive to temperature or climate and at risk of perishing in transit. (Under current law, an agricultural commodity means any agricultural commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock.)

Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019

Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-27	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB1673 (Related) 2019-03-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2025/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2025/BILLS-116s2025is.pdf