US Congress Senate Bill 639 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Introduced on March 19 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises the definition of "commercial motor vehicle" with respect to federal commercial motor vehicle safety laws to include a vehicle with farm-designated license plates engaged in the transportation of agricultural commodities or farm supplies, or a vehicle controlled by a farmer and used to transport such items to or from a farm, having a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight the greater of which exceeds the minimum weight of a commercial motor vehicle as established by the state. (Current law applies to vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 10,001 pounds, whichever is greater.) Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from withholding commercial motor vehicle safety improvement grants from a state solely because it authorizes drivers of farm vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of between 10,000 and 26,001 pounds to operate without complying with federal commercial motor vehicle safety laws.

A bill to amend the definition of commercial motor vehicle in section 31101 of title 49, United States Code, to exclude certain farm vehicles, and for other purposes.

Sen. Sam Brownback [R-KS]	Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-19		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB3275 (Same As) 2009-07-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/639/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s639/BILLS-111s639is.pdf