AMERICAN MOVING AND STORAGE ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN MOVING AND STORAGE ASSOCIATION

Transportation TRA

We lobbied Members of Congress to ask the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) to expedite the public release of the Household Goods Consumer Protection Working Group's recommendations to DOT, as mandated by Section 5503 of the FAST Act of 2015, P.L. 114-94).

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

We lobbied Members of Congress to preserve the individual moving expense tax deduction and corresponding income exclusion provisions in the US tax code. Drafts of tax reform law, ultimately enacted in December 2017, terminated these protections for consumers.

Contacted: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

We lobbied Members of Congress to provide commercial truck drivers, particularly household goods motor carriers, flexibility with the 14-hour duty time (Hours-of-service) rule.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Homeland Security HOM

We have lobbied Members of Congress in support of S.998/H.R. 4403, the Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act. The bill seeks to direct US Customs and Border Protection to scrub consumers' personal information (social security number, passport number) before it is sold to third-party data brokers, as is the current practice for manifest information collected on international moves.

Contacted: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; General Services Administration (GSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: S. 998 (115th), H.R. 4403 (115th)