HR 4844
114th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Motor carriers
Oil and gas
Transportation employees
Worker safety and health
REST Act of 2016
Introduced: March 23, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 23, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Requiring Equal Sleep for Truckers Act of 2016 or the REST Act of 2016
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to revise federal regulations regarding hours of service of drivers to require that: (1) in the case of specially trained drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are specially constructed to service oil wells, on-duty time shall include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site; and (2) the requirements relating to rest breaks and maximum driving time for commercial motor vehicles are applied, without exception, to such drivers and to drivers of commercial motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of oil field equipment.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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