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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1341 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2021 

Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself and Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

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-SIZE TRUCKING COMPANY.—The term 

12 ‘‘mid-size trucking company’’ means a motor carrier 

13 (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 promote organizations 

6 and programs that— 

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

8 outreach to women in the trucking industry; and 

9 (2) 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 strategies and objectives 

17 described in 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; 

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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 describing strate8 gies that the Administrator may adopt— 

9 (A) to address any industry trends identi10 fied under paragraph (1)(A); 

11 (B) to coordinate the functions of trucking 

12 companies, nonprofit organizations, and truck13 ing associations in a manner that facilitates 

14 support for women pursuing careers in truck15 ing; 

16 (C)(i) to take advantage of any opportuni17 ties identified under paragraph (1)(C); and 

18 (ii) to create new opportunities to expand 

19 existing scholarship opportunities for women in 

20 the trucking industry; and 

21 (D) to enhance trucking training, 

22 mentorship, education, and outreach programs 

23 that are exclusive to women. 

24 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 


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

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 

3 shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 

4 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

5 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

6 the House of Representatives a report describing— 

7 (A) any strategies recommended by the 

8 Board under subsection (c)(2); and 

9 (B) any actions taken by the Adminis10 trator to adopt the strategies recommended by 

11 the Board (or an explanation of the reasons for 

12 not adopting the strategies). 

13 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Administrator 

14 shall make the report under paragraph (1) publicly 

15 available— 

16 (A) on the website of the Federal Motor 

17 Carrier Safety Administration; and 

18 (B) in appropriate offices of the Federal 

19 Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 

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

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

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