US Congress House Bill 6079 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 61-4)
Status: Introduced on June 12 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-06-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act This bill 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.

Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]
Rep. Ron Estes [R-KS]	Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]
Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]
Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]
Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Sen. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Jodey Arrington [R-TX]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Sen. Jim Banks [R-IN]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. James Comer [R-KY]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]
Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Warren Davidson [R-OH]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Liz Cheney [R-WY]
Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]
Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-06-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2018-06-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2018-06-12	House	Introduced in House

SB2938 (Related) 2018-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6079/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr6079/BILLS-115hr6079ih.pdf