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Port Drivers' Bill of Rights Act of 2017

Introduced: October 26, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Oct 27, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Oct 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Oct 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Port Drivers' Bill of Rights Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a Truck Leasing Task Force to examine lease-to-own agreements entered into by commercial truck drivers. The task force must focus on: (1) the operation of agreements that drayage drivers have entered into, and (2) such agreements at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.

Additionally, the task force must create and submit a report to Congress on its findings.

What's happening now October 27, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Republican 1
D
Sherman, Brad
California · May 7, 2018
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Dec 13, 2017
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Dec 11, 2017
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Oct 26, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4144: Port Drivers' Bill of Rights Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4144/
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"H.R. 4144: Port Drivers' Bill of Rights Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4144/.
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H.R. 4144, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4144/.
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