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.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6079 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6079
To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify provisions
relating to hours of service requirements with respect to
transportation of certain live animals, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 2018
Mr. Yoho (for himself, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Young of Iowa, Mrs. Hartzler,
Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr.
Estes of Kansas, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Thomas J. Rooney of Florida, Mr.
Gianforte, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr.
Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr.
Guthrie, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mrs.
Walorski, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Harris, Ms. Jenkins
of Kansas, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr.
Goodlatte, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Banks of Indiana,
Mr. Meadows, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Newhouse, Mr.
Comer, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Palazzo, and Mr.
Davidson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify provisions
relating to hours of service requirements with respect to
transportation of certain live animals, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transporting Livestock Across
America Safely Act''.
SEC. 2. HOURS OF SERVICE REGULATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CERTAIN
ANIMALS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall amend part
395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that, in the
case of a driver transporting a covered animal within a 300 air-mile
radius from the point at which the on-duty time of the driver begins
with respect to the trip--
(1) the on-duty time of the driver shall exclude all time
spent--
(A) at a plant, terminal, facility, or other
property of a motor carrier or shipper or on any public
property during which the driver is waiting to be
dispatched;
(B) loading or unloading a commercial motor
vehicle;
(C) supervising or assisting in the loading or
unloading of a commercial motor vehicle;
(D) attending to a commercial motor vehicle while
the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded;
(E) remaining in readiness to operate a commercial
motor vehicle; and
(F) giving or receiving receipts for shipments
loaded or unloaded;
(2) except as provided in paragraph (5), the driving time
under section 395.3(a)(3)(i) of that title is modified to a
maximum of not less than 15, and not more than 18, hours within
a 24-hour period;
(3) the driver may take one or more rest periods during the
trip, which shall not be included in the calculation of the
driving time;
(4) after completion of the trip, the driver shall be
required to take a rest break for a period that is 5 hours less
than the maximum driving time under paragraph (2);
(5) if the driver is within 150 air-miles of the point of
delivery, the driver may continue for not more than 2
additional hours, which shall not be included in the
calculation of the driving time; and
(6) the 10-hour rest period under section 395.3(a)(1) of
that title shall not apply.
(b) Covered Animal.--In this Act, the term ``covered animal'' means
a live animal that is one of the following:
(1) Livestock (as defined in section 602 of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471)).
(2) Honey bees.
(3) Insects.
(4) Fish.
(5) Crawfish.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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