HR 1374 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

DRIVE-Safe Act

Introduced Feb 26, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Trey Hollingsworth R-IN

Latest action · Feb 27, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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.

IntroducedFeb 26, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Developing Responsible Individuals for a Vibrant Economy Act or the DRIVE-Safe Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to promulgate regulations to implement an apprenticeship program for licensed commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21.

Cosponsors 144

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2019 to Jul 16, 2020; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-TX	Henry Cuellar	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Feb 26, 2019
I-MI	Paul Mitchell	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-IN	Greg Pence		Mar 7, 2019
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Mar 7, 2019
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Mar 13, 2019
R-TX	Van Taylor		Mar 13, 2019
R-IN	Jim Banks		Mar 25, 2019
R-KY	Andy Barr		Apr 18, 2019
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Apr 18, 2019
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Apr 18, 2019
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Apr 18, 2019
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Apr 18, 2019
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Apr 18, 2019
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Apr 18, 2019
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Apr 29, 2019
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Apr 29, 2019
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Apr 29, 2019
R-NY	John Katko		Apr 29, 2019
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Apr 29, 2019
R-KS	Steve Watkins		Apr 29, 2019
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Apr 29, 2019
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Apr 29, 2019
R-NE	Adrian Smith		May 7, 2019
R-MD	Andy Harris		May 7, 2019
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez		May 7, 2019
R-VA	Ben Cline		May 7, 2019
R-OH	Bill Johnson		May 7, 2019
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		May 7, 2019
D-IA	David Loebsack		May 7, 2019
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		May 7, 2019
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		May 7, 2019
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		May 7, 2019
R-KY	James Comer		May 7, 2019
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		May 7, 2019
R-OK	Kevin Hern		May 7, 2019
R-TN	Mark E. Green		May 7, 2019
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		May 7, 2019
R-LA	Mike Johnson		May 7, 2019
R-AL	Mike Rogers		May 7, 2019
R-AL	Mo Brooks		May 7, 2019
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		May 7, 2019
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		May 7, 2019
R-FL	Ross Spano		May 7, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		May 7, 2019
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		May 7, 2019
D-MA	Seth Moulton		May 7, 2019
R-GA	Tom Graves		May 7, 2019
R-MS	Trent Kelly		May 7, 2019
R-OH	Troy Balderson		May 7, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		May 7, 2019
R-TX	Will Hurd		May 7, 2019
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		May 14, 2019
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		May 14, 2019
R-TN	David Kustoff		May 14, 2019
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		May 14, 2019
R-AR	J. French Hill		May 14, 2019
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		May 14, 2019
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn		May 14, 2019
R-PA	John Joyce		May 14, 2019
R-ID	Russ Fulcher		May 14, 2019
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		May 14, 2019
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		May 14, 2019
R-NY	Chris Collins		May 17, 2019
R-NC	David Rouzer		May 17, 2019
R-KS	Roger Marshall		May 17, 2019
R-KY	Thomas Massie		May 17, 2019
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		May 17, 2019
D-OK	Kendra S. Horn		May 20, 2019
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jun 3, 2019
R-TN	Tim Burchett		Jun 3, 2019
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Jun 3, 2019
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jun 5, 2019
R-AL	Martha Roby		Jun 5, 2019
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jun 5, 2019
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Jun 10, 2019
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Jun 10, 2019
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jun 10, 2019
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jun 10, 2019
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jun 10, 2019
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jun 21, 2019
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Jun 21, 2019
R-KS	Ron Estes		Jun 21, 2019
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jun 21, 2019
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Jun 26, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder		Jun 26, 2019
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Jun 26, 2019
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Jun 26, 2019
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer		Jun 27, 2019
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Jul 10, 2019
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Jul 10, 2019
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Jul 12, 2019
R-NE	Don Bacon		Jul 12, 2019
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Jul 17, 2019
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jul 17, 2019
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Jul 17, 2019
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Jul 17, 2019
R-AZ	Andy Biggs		Jul 23, 2019
R-MO	Billy Long		Jul 23, 2019
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Jul 23, 2019
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Aug 27, 2019
R-TX	Ron Wright		Aug 27, 2019
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Aug 27, 2019
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Sep 19, 2019
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Sep 19, 2019
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 19, 2019
R-VA	Denver Riggleman		Sep 19, 2019
R-IN	James R. Baird		Sep 19, 2019
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Sep 19, 2019
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Sep 19, 2019
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Sep 19, 2019
R-PA	Scott Perry		Sep 19, 2019
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Sep 25, 2019
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Sep 25, 2019
R-MI	Fred Upton		Oct 21, 2019
D-WI	Ron Kind		Oct 21, 2019
R-SC	Tom Rice		Oct 21, 2019
D-GA	David Scott		Oct 29, 2019
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Oct 29, 2019
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Nov 20, 2019
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Nov 20, 2019
R-MS	Michael Guest		Dec 3, 2019
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Dec 19, 2019
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Dec 19, 2019
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jan 15, 2020
R-PA	Fred Keller		Jan 30, 2020
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington		Feb 5, 2020
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Feb 5, 2020
R-TX	Pete Olson		Feb 6, 2020
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Feb 12, 2020
R-TX	Roger Williams		Feb 12, 2020
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Feb 14, 2020
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Feb 14, 2020
R-TX	Bill Flores		Feb 25, 2020
R-AR	Steve Womack		Feb 25, 2020
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Feb 27, 2020
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Mar 4, 2020
R-TX	Michael Cloud		Mar 12, 2020
D-UT	Ben McAdams		Apr 17, 2020
R-WV	Carol D. Miller		Apr 17, 2020
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Jul 16, 2020

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Feb 26, 2019
	Highways and Transit Subcommittee	Referred Feb 27, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 27, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 26, 2019Introduced in House
Feb 26, 2019Referred 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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H2656	Greg Pence R-IN	Mar 12, 2019

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 I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 35, February 26, 2019, page H2235.

Printed hearings 5

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 116-61	ON THE FRONT LINES: THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON TRANSPORTATION WORKERS120 pages	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Jun 9, 2020
S. Hrg. 116-587	THE STATE OF TRANSPORTATION AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC163 pages	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Jun 3, 2020
S. Hrg. 116-576	KEEP ON TRUCKIN': STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES ON TRUCKING IN AMERICA132 pages	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Feb 4, 2020
Serial No. 116-45	WHERE'S MY STUFF? EXAMINING THE ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION133 pages	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Dec 5, 2019
Serial No. 116-21	UNDER PRESSURE: THE STATE OF TRUCKING IN AMERICA209 pages	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Jun 12, 2019

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 569	DRIVE-Safe Act	Identical bill	Feb 26, 2019

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations relating to commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: DRIVE-Safe Act; Developing Responsible Individuals for a Vibrant Economy Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 26, 2019Introduced in House

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