US HB487 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 44-2)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requires the Department of Transportation to amend regulations on hours of service for commercial drivers who transport live covered animals (i.e., livestock, honey bees, insects, fish, and crawfish) within a 300 air-mile radius from where the on-duty time of the driver begins. The regulations must (1) exclude from the driver's on-duty time certain activities, such as loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle; (2) change the driving time requirement to a maximum of not less than 15, and not more than 18, hours within a 24-hour period; (3) permit the driver to take one or more rest periods during the trip, which shall not be included in the calculation of the driving time; (4) require the driver, after completion of the trip, to take a rest break for a period that is five hours less than the maximum driving time; (5) exclude from the calculation of the driving time up to two additional hours, if the driver is within 150 air-miles of the point of delivery; and (6) make inapplicable the requirement that the driver take a 10-hour rest period before driving.

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Title

Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-02-07HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2019-01-10HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2019-01-10HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB1255 (Related) 2019-04-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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