US Congress House Bill 4844 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

REST Act of 2016 Requiring Equal Sleep for Truckers Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to revise federal regulations regarding hours of service of drivers 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 such drivers and to drivers of commercial motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of oil field equipment.

REST Act of 2016 Requiring Equal Sleep for Truckers Act of 2016

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2016-03-23	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4844/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4844/BILLS-114hr4844ih.pdf