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REST Act of 2016

Introduced: March 23, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 24, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Apr 13, 2016
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 13, 2016
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Mar 23, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4844: REST Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4844/
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"H.R. 4844: REST Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4844/.
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H.R. 4844, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4844/.
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