HR 6159 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

To require the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study about the impact of electronic logging devices and report the findings to Congress.

Latest action · Jun 20, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 20, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study to determine how many employees who must comply with the electronic logging device requirements have ceased being operators of a commercial motor vehicle as a result of such requirements.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 3, 2018 to Jul 23, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNCollin C. PetersonJul 3, 2018
R-TXBrian BabinJul 11, 2018
R-GATom GravesJul 12, 2018
R-IASteve KingJul 16, 2018
R-MTGreg GianforteJul 17, 2018
R-INTodd RokitaJul 23, 2018

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 20, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2018Introduced in House
  2. Jun 20, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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: The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is in clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 103, June 20, 2018, page H5362.

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study about the impact of electronic logging devices and report the findings to Congress.

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 20, 2018Introduced in House

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