113 HR 1097 IH: Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2013 U.S. House of Representatives 2013-03-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1097 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2013 Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Olson, Mr. Cole, Mr. Southerland, Mr. Bridenstine, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Latta, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Barletta, and Mr. Huelskamp) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that on-duty time does not include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site for certain commercial motor vehicle operators, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2013.

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Waiting time exception

(a)

In general

The Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that the exception described in section 395.1(d)(2) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to on-duty time not including waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site) applies to covered operators, except that the exception shall apply to such operators without regard to whether such operators have received special training or operate vehicles specially constructed to service wells. (b)

Covered operator defined

In this section, the term covered operator means the operator of a commercial motor vehicle transporting supplies, equipment, or materials, including sand or water, to or from a natural gas or oil well site.