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Union Calendar No. 639 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 915 

[Report No. 118–773] 

To establish a national motor carrier safety selection standard for entities 

that contract with certain motor carriers to transport goods, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2023 

Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself and Mr. MOULTON) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

NOVEMBER 26, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MEUSER, Ms. MACE, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. 

CUELLAR, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. 

STAUBER, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. BOST, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. 

YAKYM, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, Mr. OWENS, and Mr. 

FINSTAD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024 

Deleted sponsor: Mr. ALLRED (added April 17, 2023; deleted May 22, 2023) 

NOVEMBER 26, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To establish a national motor carrier safety selection standard for entities that contract with certain motor carriers 

to transport goods, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 

5 Selection Standard Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MOTOR CARRIER SELECTION STANDARD OF CARE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

8 (1) SELECTION STANDARD.—For any applicable 

9 legal requirement with respect to a covered entity 

10 contracting with a covered motor carrier for the 

11 shipment of goods or household goods, the covered 

12 entity shall be considered reasonable and prudent in 

13 the selection of such motor carrier if the covered en14 tity verifies, not later than the date of shipment and 

15 not earlier than 45 days before the date of shipment, 

16 that the covered motor carrier— 

17 (A) is registered under section 13902 of 

18 title 49, United States Code, as a motor carrier 

19 or household goods motor carrier; 

20 (B) has at least the minimum insurance 

21 coverage required by Federal and State law; 

22 and 

23 (C) is not determined unfit to operate safe24 ly commercial motor vehicles under section 

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1 wise ordered to discontinue operations by the 

2 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 

3 (including not renewing a Department of 

4 Transportation registration number) or a State, 

5 for intrastate commerce. 

6 (2) SUNSET.—The standard established under 

7 paragraph (1) shall sunset on the effective date of 

8 a regulation issued pursuant to subsection (c). 

9 (b) REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION.—Section 

10 31144(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period and 

13 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(5) prescribe by regulation a process for revok16 ing the registration of an owner or operator deter17 mined unfit to operate safely a commercial motor ve18 hicle under this section.’’. 

19 (c) RULEMAKING.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec22 retary shall— 

23 (A) update and revise the regulations 

24 issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 


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1 31144 to include the requirements of subsection 

2 (a); and 

3 (B) issue such regulations as are necessary 

4 to carry out section 31144(a)(5), as added by 

5 this Act. 

6 (2) FACTORS FOR AN UNSATISFACTORY RAT7 ING.—The regulations updated under paragraph 

8 (1)(A) shall provide a procedure for the Secretary to 

9 determine if a motor carrier is not fit to operate a 

10 commercial motor vehicle in or affecting interstate 

11 commerce in accordance with such section. 

12 (d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act shall be 

13 construed to preempt or supercede any State law or regu14 lation relating to drayage. 

15 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

16 (1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en17 tity’’ means a person acting as— 

18 (A) a shipper or cosignee of goods, except 

19 that such term does not mean a person acting 

20 as an individual shipper (as such term is de21 fined in section 13103 of title 49, United States 

22 Code); 

23 (B) a broker, a freight forwarder, or a 

24 household goods freight forwarder (as such 


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1 terms are defined in section 13102 of title 49, 

2 United States Code); 

3 (C) an ocean transportation intermediary 

4 (as such term is defined in section 40102 of 

5 title 46, United States Code), when arranging 

6 for inland transportation as part of an inter7 national through movement involving ocean 

8 transportation between the United States and a 

9 foreign port; 

10 (D) an indirect air carrier holding a 

11 Standard Security Program approved by the 

12 Transportation Security Administration, only to 

13 the extent that the indirect air carrier is engag14 ing in the activities as an air carrier as defined 

15 in section 40102(2) or in the activities defined 

16 in section 40102(3); 

17 (E) a customs broker licensed in accord18 ance with section 111.2 of title 19, Code of 

19 Federal Regulations, only to the extent that the 

20 customs broker is engaging in a movement 

21 under a customs bond or in a transaction in22 volving customs business, as defined by section 

23 111.1 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations; 

24 or 


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1 (F) a motor carrier registered under chap2 ter 139 of title 49, United States Code. 

3 (2) COVERED MOTOR CARRIER.—The term 

4 ‘‘covered motor carrier’’ means a motor carrier or a 

5 household goods motor carrier (as such terms are 

6 defined in section 13102 of title 49, United States 

7 Code) that is subject to Federal motor carrier finan8 cial responsibility and safety regulations. 

9 (3) HOUSEHOLD GOODS.—The term ‘‘household 

10 goods’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

11 13102 of title 49, United States Code. 

12 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of Transportation. 


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Union Calendar No. 639 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 915 

[Report No. 118–773] 

A BILL 

To establish a national motor carrier safety selecother purposes. tain motor carriers to transport goods, and for tion standard for entities that contract with cerNOVEMBER 26, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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