S 1255 116th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Transportation Insects Labor standards Livestock Motor carriers Transportation employees Transportation safety and security Worker safety and health

Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

Introduced: April 30, 2019 See on congress.gov

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Apr 30, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Apr 30, 2019

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to amend regulations on hours of service for commercial drivers who transport livestock or insects within a 300 air-mile radius from where the on-duty time of the driver begins.

The regulations must (1) exclude from the driver's on-duty time certain activities, such as loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle; (2) change the driving time requirement to a maximum of not less than 15, and not more than 18, hours within a 24-hour period; (3) permit the driver to take one or more rest periods during the trip, which shall not be included in the calculation of the driving time; (4) require the driver, after completion of the trip, to take a rest break for a period that is 5 hours less than the maximum driving time; (5) exclude from the calculation of the driving time any additional driving to the point of delivery if the driver is within 150 air-miles of the point of delivery; and (6) make inapplicable the requirement that the driver take a 10-hour rest period before driving.

What's happening now April 30, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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