TRUCKING INDUSTRY related term(s) Cargo Transportation

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Energy: promote national security and jobs through use of natural gas to fuel heavy-duty trucks and fleet vehicles (see H.R. 5959), H4728 [24MY]

Dept. of Transportation: adjust and provide flexibility in hours of service requirements relative to transportation of agricultural commodities, short-haul operations, and sleeper berths and reduce paperwork (see H.R. 6178), H5505 [21JN]

——— clarify definition of agricultural commodities relative to motor carrier safety regulations (see H.R. 7004), H9406 [28SE]

——— establish a working group to study regulatory and legislative improvements to hours of service requirements relative to transportation of livestock and insects (see S. 3051), S3760 [12JN]

——— exempt certain motor carriers involved in agricultural business from electronic logging device mandates (see H.R. 5949), H4693 [23MY]

——— exempt certain small trucking operations from electronic logging device mandates (see H.R. 5948), H4693 [23MY]

——— issue regulations allowing qualified drivers under the age of 21 who complete a vehicle operation and mentor-apprentice training program to move freight across State lines (see S. 3352), S5692 [16AU] (see H.R. 5358), H1753 [21MR]

——— modify hours of service requirements relative to transportation of certain live animals (see H.R. 6079), H5093 [12JN]

——— modify hours of service requirements relative to transportation of livestock and insects (see S. 2938), S2877 [23MY]

——— require Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to implement national employer notification service (see S. 3603), S6816 [11OC] (see H.R. 6518), H7686 [25JY]

——— study impact of motor carrier electronic logging devices (see H.R. 6159), H5362 [20JN]

——— treat shippers of all types of fish and aquaculture equally relative to exemptions from certain hours of service requirements (see S. 2623), S1948 [22MR]

——— update hours of service regulations for truck drivers (see H.R. 5417), H3052 [29MR]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 699), S7051 [15NO]

IRS: determine improvements in filing process for excise tax on use of heavy highway motor vehicles (see H.R. 4799), H403 [16JA]

Taxation: impose a mileage-based user fee for mobile mounted concrete boom pumps in lieu of the tax on taxable fuels (see S. 2683), S2218 [17AP]

——— repeal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks and trailers (see S. 3052), S3760 [12JN]

Letters

Dept. of Transportation preemption of State regulation of motor carrier meal and rest break rules: American Association for Justice, H3675 [26AP]

——— National Employment Law Project (organization), H3676 [26AP]

——— Samuel P. Loesche, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, H3675 [26AP]

——— several organizations, H3676 [26AP]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Energy: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy SuperTruck II program funding, H4930 [7JN]

Dept. of Transportation: preempt State regulation of motor carrier meal and rest break rules, H3673–H3677 [26AP]

——— update hours of service regulations for truck drivers, E594 [7MY]

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: establish a national standard for hiring motor carriers, H3720–H3722 [27AP]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks and trailers (H.R. 2946), H4763 [5JN]

Remarks in Senate

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (S. Res. 699), S7062 [15NO]

Texts of

S. Res. 699, Drive Safer Sunday, S7059 [15NO]