HR 486
114th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Motor carriers
Oil and gas
Transportation safety and security
Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2015
Introduced: January 22, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 23, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan 22, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
Jan 22, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2015
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that, with respect to maximum hours of service for drivers, on-duty time does not include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site for operators of commercial motor vehicles transporting supplies, equipment, or materials, including sand or water, to or from a natural gas or oil well site.
Applies this exclusion without regard to whether operators have received special training or operate vehicles specially constructed to service wells.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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