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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 469 

To require the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish an advisory board focused on creating opportunities 

for women in the trucking industry, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2021 

Mr. MORAN (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. FISCHER, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To require the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration to establish an advisory board focused on creating opportunities for women in the trucking industry, 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 ‘‘Promoting Women in 

5 Trucking Workforce Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) women make up 47 percent of the work2 force of the United States; 

3 (2) women are significantly underrepresented in 

4 the trucking industry, holding only 24 percent of all 

5 transportation and warehousing jobs and rep6 resenting only— 

7 (A) 6.6 percent of truck drivers; 

8 (B) 12.5 percent of all workers in truck 

9 transportation; and 

10 (C) 8 percent of freight firm owners; 

11 (3) given the total number of women truck driv12 ers, women are underrepresented in the truck-driv13 ing workforce; and 

14 (4) women truck drivers have been shown to be 

15 20 percent less likely than male counterparts to be 

16 involved in a crash. 

17 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING WOMEN IN 

18 TRUCKING. 

19 It is the sense of Congress that the trucking industry 

20 should explore every opportunity to encourage and support 

21 the pursuit and retention of careers in trucking by women, 

22 including through programs that support recruitment, 

23 driver training, and mentorship. 

24 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

25 In this Act: 


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1 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis2 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 

3 Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 

4 (2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 

5 Women of Trucking Advisory Board established 

6 under section 5(a). 

7 (3) LARGE TRUCKING COMPANY.—The term 

8 ‘‘large trucking company’’ means a motor carrier (as 

9 defined in section 13102 of title 49, United States 

10 Code) with more than 100 power units. 

11 (4) MID-SIZED TRUCKING COMPANY.—The term 

12 ‘‘mid-sized trucking company’’ means a motor car13 rier (as defined in section 13102 of title 49, United 

14 States Code) with not fewer than 11 power units 

15 and not more than 100 power units. 

16 (5) POWER UNIT.—The term ‘‘power unit’’ 

17 means a self-propelled vehicle under the jurisdiction 

18 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 

19 (6) SMALL TRUCKING COMPANY.—The term 

20 ‘‘small trucking company’’ means a motor carrier 

21 (as defined in section 13102 of title 49, United 

22 States Code) with not fewer than 1 power unit and 

23 not more than 10 power units. 


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1 SEC. 5. WOMEN OF TRUCKING ADVISORY BOARD. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To encourage women to enter 

3 the field of trucking, the Administrator shall establish and 

4 facilitate an advisory board, to be known as the ‘‘Women 

5 of Trucking Advisory Board’’, to review and report on 

6 policies and programs— 

7 (1) to provide education, training, mentorship, 

8 or outreach to women in the trucking industry; and 

9 (2) to recruit, retain, or advance women in the 

10 trucking industry. 

11 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be com13 posed of not fewer than 8 members whose back14 grounds, experience, and certifications allow those 

15 members to contribute balanced points of view and 

16 diverse ideas regarding the objectives described in 

17 subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (c)(2). 

18 (2) APPOINTMENT.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 

20 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

21 the Administrator shall appoint the members of 

22 the Board, of whom— 

23 (i) not fewer than 1 shall be a rep24 resentative of large trucking companies; 


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1 (ii) not fewer than 1 shall be a rep2 resentative of mid-sized trucking compa3 nies; 

4 (iii) not fewer than 1 shall be a rep5 resentative of small trucking companies; 

6 (iv) not fewer than 1 shall be a rep7 resentative of nonprofit organizations in 

8 the trucking industry; 

9 (v) not fewer than 1 shall be a rep10 resentative of trucking business associa11 tions; 

12 (vi) not fewer than 1 shall be a rep13 resentative of independent owner-opera14 tors; 

15 (vii) not fewer than 1 shall be a 

16 woman who is a professional truck driver; 

17 and 

18 (viii) not fewer than 1 shall be a rep19 resentative of an institution of higher edu20 cation or trucking trade school. 

21 (B) DIVERSITY.—A member of the Board 

22 appointed under any of clauses (i) through (viii) 

23 of subparagraph (A) may not be appointed 

24 under any other clause of that subparagraph. 


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1 (3) TERMS.—Each member shall be appointed 

2 for the life of the Board. 

3 (4) COMPENSATION.—A member of the Board 

4 shall serve without compensation. 

5 (c) DUTIES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall identify— 

7 (A) barriers and industry trends that di8 rectly or indirectly discourage women from pur9 suing and retaining careers in trucking, includ10 ing— 

11 (i) any differences between women mi12 nority groups; 

13 (ii) any differences between women 

14 who live in rural, suburban, and urban 

15 areas; and 

16 (iii) any safety risks unique to the 

17 trucking industry; 

18 (B) ways in which the functions of truck19 ing companies, nonprofit organizations, training 

20 and education providers, and trucking associa21 tions may be coordinated to facilitate support 

22 for women pursuing careers in trucking; 

23 (C) opportunities to expand existing oppor24 tunities for women in the trucking industry; 

25 and 


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1 (D) opportunities to enhance trucking 

2 training, mentorship, education, advancement, 

3 and outreach programs that are exclusive to 

4 women. 

5 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall sub7 mit to the Administrator a report containing the 

8 findings and recommendations of the Board, includ9 ing recommendations that companies, associations, 

10 institutions, other organizations, or the Adminis11 trator may adopt— 

12 (A) to address any industry trends identi13 fied under paragraph (1)(A); 

14 (B) to coordinate the functions of trucking 

15 companies, nonprofit organizations, and truck16 ing associations in a manner that facilitates 

17 support for women pursuing careers in truck18 ing; 

19 (C)(i) to take advantage of any opportuni20 ties identified under paragraph (1)(C); and 

21 (ii) to create new opportunities to expand 

22 existing scholarship opportunities for women in 

23 the trucking industry; and 


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1 (D) to enhance trucking training, mentor2 ship, education, and outreach programs that 

3 are exclusive to women. 

4 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

6 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 

7 shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 

8 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

9 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

10 the House of Representatives a report describing— 

11 (A) any recommendations of the Board 

12 submitted to the Administrator under sub13 section (c)(2); and 

14 (B) any actions taken by the Adminis15 trator to adopt the those recommendations (or 

16 an explanation of the reasons for not adopting 

17 the recommendations). 

18 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Administrator 

19 shall make the report under paragraph (1) publicly 

20 available— 

21 (A) on the website of the Federal Motor 

22 Carrier Safety Administration; and 

23 (B) in appropriate offices of the Federal 

24 Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 


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1 (e) TERMINATION.—The Board shall terminate on 

2 submission of the report to Congress under subsection (d). 

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