[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3163. Mr. SASSE (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Jones, 
Mr. Risch, Mr. Tester, Ms. Heitkamp, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
Crapo) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural 
and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 
2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 121__. HOURS OF SERVICE REGULATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION 
                   OF LIVESTOCK.

       The Secretary of Transportation shall amend part 395 of 
     title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that, in the 
     case of a driver transporting livestock (as defined in 
     section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 
     1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471)) or insects within a 300 air-mile radius 
     from the point at which the on-duty time of the driver begins 
     with respect to the trip--
       (1) the on-duty time of the driver shall exclude all time 
     spent--
       (A) at a plant, terminal, facility, or other property of a 
     motor carrier or shipper or on any public property during 
     which the driver is waiting to be dispatched;
       (B) loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle;
       (C) supervising or assisting in the loading or unloading of 
     a commercial motor vehicle;
       (D) attending to a commercial motor vehicle while the 
     vehicle is being loaded or unloaded;
       (E) remaining in readiness to operate a commercial motor 
     vehicle; and
       (F) giving or receiving receipts for shipments loaded or 
     unloaded;
       (2) except as provided in paragraph (5), the driving time 
     under section 395.3(a)(3)(i) of that title is modified to a 
     maximum of not less than 15, and not more than 18, hours 
     within a 24-hour period;
       (3) the driver may take 1 or more rest periods during the 
     trip, which shall not be included in the calculation of the 
     driving time;
       (4) after completion of the trip, the driver shall be 
     required to take a rest break for a period that is 5 hours 
     less than the maximum driving time under paragraph (2);
       (5) if the driver is within 150 air-miles of the point of 
     delivery, any additional driving to that point of delivery 
     shall not be included in the calculation of the driving time; 
     and
       (6) the 10-hour rest period under section 395.3(a)(1) of 
     that title shall not apply.
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