H.R. 4500 119th Congress House

HELP Act

Official title: To exempt certain livestock hauling vehicles from regulations relating to hours of service and electronic logging devices, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 17, 2025 Introduced by: Jeff Hurd Republican · Colorado See on congress.gov

Transportation and Public Works

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

Jul 18, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Jul 17, 2025

Introduced in House

Jul 17, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hauling Exemptions for Livestock Protection Act or the HELP Act

This bill exempts livestock hauling vehicles and the vehicle operators from hours of service and electronic logging device (ELD) requirements. The exemption applies to a hauling vehicle carrying livestock (i.e., livestock, insects, or aquatic animals) and to a vehicle that is picking up or returning from delivering livestock (i.e., an unladen vehicle).

Under current law, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules limit how many hours most commercial truck drivers can drive and work and requires a vehicle to be equipped with an ELD, which tracks how long a vehicle has been driving. Limited exemptions exist, including for livestock hauling.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Highways and Transit Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 5

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Bodies those filers lobbied

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
5 filings
Federal Highway Administration (FHA)
5 filings
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
5 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
5 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
5 filings
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
5 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
5 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
5 filings

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Cosponsors 9