[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4844 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4844

  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise the regulations 
 relating to certain drivers of commercial motor vehicles involved in 
              oilfield operations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2016

 Mr. Cartwright (for himself, Mr. Langevin, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Polis, 
Ms. Brownley of California, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Larson 
    of Connecticut, and Mr. Ted Lieu of California) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise the regulations 
 relating to certain drivers of commercial motor vehicles involved in 
              oilfield operations, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Requiring Equal Sleep for Truckers 
Act of 2016'' or the ``REST Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REVISIONS REQUIRED.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall revise part 395 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, to require that--
            (1) in the case of specially trained drivers of commercial 
        motor vehicles that are specially constructed to service oil 
        wells, on-duty time shall include waiting time at a natural gas 
        or oil well site; and
            (2) the requirements relating to rest breaks and maximum 
        driving time for commercial motor vehicles are applied, without 
        exception, to--
                    (A) drivers of commercial motor vehicles used 
                exclusively in the transportation of oilfield 
                equipment; and
                    (B) specially trained drivers of commercial motor 
                vehicles that are specially constructed to service oil 
                wells.
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