1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fixing America’s Regulatory Mess To Facilitate Agricultural Byproducts and Livestock Expedited Delivery Act” or the “FARM to TABLE Delivery Act”.
Fixing America’s Regulatory Mess To Facilitate Agricultural Byproducts and Livestock Expedited Delivery Act
A BILL
To amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 with respect to exemptions from certain motor carrier regulations, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations related to agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.
2. Transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies
Section 229 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note) is amended—
in subsection (a)(1) by striking “during planting and harvest periods, as determined by each State,”; and
in subsection (e)(8) by striking “during the planting and harvesting seasons within each State, as determined by the State, and livestock feed at any time of the year” and inserting “and livestock feed”.
3. Definition of agricultural commodity
In general— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to amend the definition of agricultural commodity consistent with this section.
Definition of agricultural commodity— In this section, the term “agricultural commodity” means—
any product planted or harvested for food, feed, fuel, or fiber;
any non-human living animals (including fish, insets, and livestock as defined in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471)) and the products thereof, including milk, eggs, and honey;
agricultural aquacultural, forestry, horticultural, and floricultural commodities;
fruits and vegetables;
other agricultural products that are sensitive to temperature and climate and at the risk of perishing in transit;
animal feed (including ingredients of such feed);
products used during harvest and packaging prior to processing, including bins, boxes, jars, and cans; and
products of preservation.