Bill > S3552

This bill, known as the HAULS Act of 2025, aims to modify existing agricultural exemptions related to hours of service requirements for commercial drivers, which are rules that limit how long drivers can operate their vehicles to ensure safety. Specifically, it amends the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 by removing the previous requirement that agricultural transportation exemptions only apply during planting and harvest periods as determined by each state. Instead, drivers transporting agricultural commodities will be exempt from these hours of service rules if they operate within a 150 air-mile radius from either the source or the destination of the commodities. The bill also expands the definition of "agricultural commodity" to include a broader range of items, such as non-processed food, feed, fuel, or fiber products, live animals (including fish and insects), their non-processed products like milk and eggs, forestry and aquacultural products, and minimally processed fruits and vegetables, as well as animal feed. This change is intended to provide more flexibility for those involved in transporting agricultural goods and livestock feed.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3552/all-info