HR 6079 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

Introduced Jun 12, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Ted S. Yoho R-FL

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Latest action · Jun 13, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 12, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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 live covered animals (i.e., livestock, honey bees, insects, fish, and crawfish) 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 five hours less than the maximum driving time; (5) exclude from the calculation of the driving time up to two additional hours, 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.

Cosponsors 64

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2018 to Sep 25, 2018; 45 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ILAdam KinzingerOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-OHBob GibbsOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-VABob GoodlatteOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-KYBrett GuthrieOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-LAClay HigginsOriginalJun 12, 2018
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-FLDaniel WebsterOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-NCDavid RouzerOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-IADavid YoungOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalJun 12, 2018
R-MTGreg GianforteOriginalJun 12, 2018
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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Jun 12, 2018
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Referred Jun 13, 2018

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  2. Jun 12, 2018Introduced in House
  3. Jun 12, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H5153H.R. 6079–6100—Jun 13, 2018

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 98, June 13, 2018, page H5153.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 487Transporting Livestock Across America Safely ActReintroduced BillFeb 7, 2019
S 2938Transporting Livestock Across America Safely ActRelated billMay 23, 2018

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify provisions relating to hours of service requirements with respect to transportation of certain live animals, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 12, 2018Introduced in House

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