[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4511 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4511

 To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of 
    the Federal Motor Carrier Administration from taking action to 
finalize, implement, or enforce a rule related to the hours of service 
         of drivers for motor carriers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2000

Mr. Terry (for himself, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Stump, and Mr. Gary Miller of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of 
    the Federal Motor Carrier Administration from taking action to 
finalize, implement, or enforce a rule related to the hours of service 
         of drivers for motor carriers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ACTIONS TO FINALIZE, IMPLEMENT, OR ENFORCE 
              RULE.

    Neither the Secretary of Transportation nor the Administrator of 
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may take any action to 
finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled ``Hours of 
Service of Drivers'' published by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration in the Federal Register on May 2, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 
25539 et seq.) and issued under authority delegated to the 
Administrator under section 113 of title 49, United States Code.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF COMMENT PERIOD.

    The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration shall extend by 90 days the period in which the public 
may comment on the rule described in section 1.
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