US Congress Senate Bill 2938 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 17-7)
Status: Introduced on May 23 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation 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 livestock or insects 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 any additional driving to the point of delivery 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

Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]
Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]
Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB6079 (Related) 2018-06-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2938/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2938/BILLS-115s2938is.pdf