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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 487 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 10, 2019 

Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WEBER of Texas, 

Mr. GOSAR, Mr. WALKER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. COLE, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GUTHRIE, 

Mr. MULLIN, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. DUNN, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 

FLEISCHMANN, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. COMER, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. 

GIANFORTE, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. BUCK, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. 

DAVIDSON of Ohio, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. LUCAS, and Mr. ROUZER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transporting Livestock 

5 Across America Safely Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HOURS OF SERVICE REGULATIONS FOR TRANSPOR2 TATION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 

4 shall amend part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula5 tions, to ensure that, in the case of a driver transporting 

6 a covered animal within a 300 air-mile radius from the 

7 point at which the on-duty time of the driver begins with 

8 respect to the trip— 

9 (1) the on-duty time of the driver shall exclude 

10 all time spent— 

11 (A) at a plant, terminal, facility, or other 

12 property of a motor carrier or shipper or on any 

13 public property during which the driver is wait14 ing to be dispatched; 

15 (B) loading or unloading a commercial 

16 motor vehicle; 

17 (C) supervising or assisting in the loading 

18 or unloading of a commercial motor vehicle; 

19 (D) attending to a commercial motor vehi20 cle while the vehicle is being loaded or un21 loaded; 

22 (E) remaining in readiness to operate a 

23 commercial motor vehicle; and 

24 (F) giving or receiving receipts for ship25 ments loaded or unloaded; 


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1 (2) except as provided in paragraph (5), the 

2 driving time under section 395.3(a)(3)(i) of that title 

3 is modified to a maximum of not less than 15, and 

4 not more than 18, hours within a 24-hour period; 

5 (3) the driver may take one or more rest peri6 ods during the trip, which shall not be included in 

7 the calculation of the driving time; 

8 (4) after completion of the trip, the driver shall 

9 be required to take a rest break for a period that 

10 is 5 hours less than the maximum driving time 

11 under paragraph (2); 

12 (5) if the driver is within 150 air-miles of the 

13 point of delivery, the driver may continue for not 

14 more than 2 additional hours, which shall not be in15 cluded in the calculation of the driving time; and 

16 (6) the 10-hour rest period under section 

17 395.3(a)(1) of that title shall not apply. 

18 (b) COVERED ANIMAL.—In this Act, the term ‘‘cov19 ered animal’’ means a live animal that is one of the fol20 lowing: 

21 (1) Livestock (as defined in section 602 of the 

22 Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471)). 

23 (2) Honey bees. 

24 (3) Insects. 

25 (4) Fish. 


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1 (5) Crawfish. 

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