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Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
September 10, 2015
Latest Action
September 11, 2015
Primary Sponsor
Lou BarlettaRepublican(PA)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
27pct
1d open
vs 6,526 other HR bills in the 114th — cohort avg 56d
Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from terminating, reducing, limitoing, or otherwise interfering with the amount or timing of grants a state is otherwise eligible to receive as a result of any minimum standard or exemption the state gives a covered farm vehicle or the driver of such vehicle less stringent than federal requirements for commercial motor vehicles and drivers. A covered farm vehicle means any motor vehicle meeting certain gross weight requirements and: registered or otherwise designated by a state for use in, or transportation activities related to, the operation of farms; operated by a farm or ranch owner or operator, or an employee or family member; transporting to or from a farm or ranch agricultural commodities, livestock, agricultural supplies, or machinery; and not used in the operations of a for-hire motor carrier, nor transporting materials requiring a placard. A covered farm vehicle may also be one meeting these requirements but operated pursuant to a crop share farm lease agreement, owned by a tenant under that agreement, and transporting the landlord's portion of the crops.
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Filing registrants (3)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Transportation
H.R. 22, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act; Final legislation to provide long term federal transportation funding and remove previously passed crop insurance cuts via the budget deal. H.R. 3473, the Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act; Bill to allow states to provide additional regulatory relief to farmers and ranchers without the threat of losing federal transportation funding. H.R. 3932, The Ensuring Continued Operations and No Other Major Incidents, Closures or Slowdowns (ECONOMICS) - This legislation would create new economic safeguards to prevent future port slowdowns such as the West Coast ports slowdown that devastated families, businesses and agriculture producers west of the Mississippi. H.R. 3763, The Surface Transportation Re authorization and Reform (STRR) Act of 2015 - Reauthorization of federal transportation funding, positive train control extension, other key transportation provisions.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Transportation
Expressed support for H.R. 3473, The Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act to House members Expressed support for H.R. 3819, The Surface Transportation Extension Act to House members Expressed support for H.R. 22, the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, specifically: Covered Farm Vehicles - Section 5518 would protect states from losing federal funding if additional regulatory relief were provided to covered farm vehicles and drivers. Hazardous Materials Endorsement Exemption - Section 7208 would provide an exemption to a hazardous materials endorsement and would allow for farmers and custom harvesters with a Class A CDL to haul up to 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel if the service vehicle is clearly marked with a label reading Diesel Fuel. Petitions for Regulatory Relief - Section 5204 ensures a timely and efficient process to seek future FMCSA exemptions. Commercial Driver Access - Section 5404 would create a pilot program that would allow states to form compacts to allow CDL drivers between 18-21 to drive across state lines (currently must be 21, even though 49 states allow drivers under 21 to hold CDLs). National Freight and Multimodal Policies - Numerous provisions would update and create policies that would greatly benefit agriculture by focusing federal policy on and directing resources to the most strategic freight assets to improve the safety, efficiency and reliability of the movement of freight. Crop Insurance - Section 32205 would undo the cuts to crop insurance that were included in the two-year budget deal that was passed in October.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Transportation
H.R. 22 - Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act; H.R. 3473 - The Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act; H.R. 3763 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; H.R. 3819 - Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015; Changes to clarify MAP-21 (the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act - P.L. 112-141) language related to ability of states to exempt covered farm vehicles without losing federal funding in new highway bill (including an unnumbered amendment by Senator Toomey to S. 1647 - Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Transportation
H.R. 22 - Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act; H.R. 3473 - The Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act; Changes to clarify MAP-21 (the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act - P.L. 112-141) language related to ability of states to exempt covered farm vehicles without losing federal funding in new highway bill (including an unnumbered amendment by Senator Toomey to S. 1647 - Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Transportation
H.R. 22, the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act; The DRIVE Act is a six-year highway reauthorization and provides for three years of guaranteed funding for the highway trust fund. Toomey Amendment #2316 would allow states to provide additional regulatory relief from FMCSA regulations to farmers and ranchers without the threat of losing federal funding. H.R. 3473, the Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act; Bill to allow states to provide additional regulatory relief to farmers and ranchers without the threat of losing federal transportation funding.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Republican |
| PA |
| Mike Kelly | Republican | PA |
| Mo Brooks | Republican | AL |
| Ralph Lee Abraham | Republican | LA |
| Rodney Davis | Republican | IL |
| Ryan A. Costello | Republican | PA |
| Scott Perry | Republican | PA |
| Tim Huelskamp | Republican | KS |
| Tim Murphy | Republican | PA |
| Tom Marino | Republican | PA |
| Tom McClintock | Republican | CA |
| Vicky Hartzler | Republican | MO |