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H.R. 7457 116th Congress House

Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act

Official title: To establish a national motor carrier safety selection standard for entities that contract with certain motor carriers to transport goods, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 30, 2020 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Licensing and registrationsLife, casualty, property insuranceMotor carriersTransportation safety and security
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 2, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jul 1, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jul 1, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 2, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act

This bill establishes a standard of care for the selection of brokers and other entities that contract with motor carriers for the shipment of goods or household goods. (A broker is a person, other than a motor carrier or an employee or agent of a motor carrier, that as a principal or agent sells, offers for sale, negotiates for, or holds itself out by solicitation, advertisement, or otherwise as selling, providing, or arranging for, transportation by motor carrier for compensation.)

Specifically, the bill requires such entities to verify that a transporting motor carrier (1) is properly registered with the Department of Transportation (DOT); (2) has obtained the minimum required insurance coverage; and (3) is not determined unfit to safely operate commercial motor vehicles, or otherwise ordered to discontinue operations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or a state.

DOT must prescribe by regulation a process for revoking the registration of an owner or operator determined unfit to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 4 Republican 3
D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Oct 20, 2020
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Oct 2, 2020
McAdams, Ben
· Aug 28, 2020
 D
Davids, Sharice
Kansas · Jul 30, 2020
Davis, Rodney
· Jul 22, 2020
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Jul 22, 2020
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Jul 22, 2020
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jul 1, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7457: Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7457/
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"H.R. 7457: Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7457/.
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H.R. 7457, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7457/.
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