Courtesy of NAA:
Senators Fischer and Boozman were successful in adding an amendment to the Senate version of the Farm Bill that fixes the livestock definition being used by the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration for enforcing the electronic logging device and hour of service rules. The current definition limits agricultural livestock to “fish used for food.” The Fischer/Boozman amendment expands the definition to include all fish, crawfish, alpacas and llamas which will benefit baitfish, ornamental fish (aquarium and water garden), and other species like triploid grass carp that are shipped by long haul truck. The goal being to gain for these fish the same agricultural exemptions available for all livestock.
The House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill will go to conference this week and the Fischer/Boozman amendment must survive.
Please contact Senators or House members on their respective Senate and House Agriculture Committees to support the Fischer/Boozman all fish and crawfish amendment. Senate members can be found here, https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/about/membership, and House members here, https://agriculture.house.gov/about/committee_members.htm. Each member is linked to their homepage where you can find local or Washington DC phone numbers. Call your House and Senate members today!
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