US Congress House Bill 5584 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities. The bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish that loading and unloading of commercial motor vehicles shall be excluded from on-duty time requirements, there shall be no requirement of a 30-minute rest break within the first 8 hours of the hours of service on-duty requirements and the carrier or driver may take breaks at any time during the trip, and such carrier or driver may complete a scheduled trip if they are over the hours of service maximum on-duty drive schedule and are within 150 miles of their scheduled delivery point.

FRESH Trucking Act Freedom from Regulating Edible Supplies and Horticulture Trucking Act

Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2020-01-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2020-01-10	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5584/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5584/BILLS-116hr5584ih.pdf