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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

USMCA requirements to establish material harm relating to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers performing long-haul cross-border trucking services into the U.S.; H.R. 5430/PL 116-113, USMCA implementing legislation/statute.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 5430 (116th)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 5430, Implementing legislation for USMCA, Annex on Mexican long-haul trucking; Teamster Union priorities for H.R. 2, the INVEST in America Act. surface transportation reauthorization; infrastructure legislation; infrastructure financing; draft legislation addressing treatment of shippers/brokers when hiring motor carriers; proposal to establish supply chain accountability; small commercial vehicle safety study; Canadian/Mexican truck drivers violating cabotage laws; DOT IG report of use of B-1 visa by Mexican truck drivers; employer notification system; requirement to report the testing and operation of automated commercial motor vehicles; draft legislation establishing a grant program to incentivize ports to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; draft legislation allowing multiple enrollments in Transportation Security Threat Assessment Programs; transit funding relating to corona virus pandemic; testing and personal protection equipment for front line transportation workers.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2 (116th), H.R. 5430 (116th)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

H.R. 5430, Implementing language for USMCA, Annex on Mexican long-haul trucking; H.R. 2. INVEST in America Act - provisions including minimum insurance for motor carriers; truck technology mandates; Agriculture commodity and livestock Hours of Service (HOS) exemptions; requirements of the DOT Secretary prior to enforcement of new HOS exemptions; meal/rest breaks for truck drivers; truck leasing task force; and truck stop construction. H.R. 1374, DRIVE SAFE ACT; oppose truck size and weight increases. FMCSA emergency declarations for suspension of HOS regulations during pandemic.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2 (116th), H.R. 5430 (116th), H.R. 1374 (116th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S.2254, "Butch Lewis Act", legislation to assist multiemployer pension plans through the creation of the Pension Rehabilitation Administration, providing loans to plans in critical and declining status; Grassley-Alexander proposal. H.R. 6800 (Division D) Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act (EPPRA), legislation to allow pension plans to partition or transfer responsibility for a portion of the benefits of retirees to the PBGC.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2254 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th)

Railroads RRR

Mexican train crews operating in the United States.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Budget/Appropriations BUD

T-HUD Appropriations bill - transportation funding levels; Hours-of-Service and truck size/weight riders.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)