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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6079 

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 

JUNE 12, 2018 

Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mrs. HARTZLER, 

Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, 

Mr. ESTES of Kansas, Mr. DUNN, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, 

Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BRADY of 

Texas, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. KING of 

Iowa, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. HARRIS, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. CURTIS, 

Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. 

HUDSON, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. COMER, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. 

GROTHMAN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. PALAZZO, and Mr. DAVIDSON) 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Across America Safely Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. HOURS OF SERVICE REGULATIONS FOR TRANSPOR5 TATION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS. 

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

7 shall amend part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula8 tions, to ensure that, in the case of a driver transporting 

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

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

11 respect to the trip— 

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

13 all time spent— 

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

15 property of a motor carrier or shipper or on any 

16 public property during which the driver is wait17 ing to be dispatched; 

18 (B) loading or unloading a commercial 

19 motor vehicle; 

20 (C) supervising or assisting in the loading 

21 or unloading of a commercial motor vehicle; 

22 (D) attending to a commercial motor vehi23 cle while the vehicle is being loaded or un24 loaded; 

25 (E) remaining in readiness to operate a 

26 commercial motor vehicle; and 


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1 (F) giving or receiving receipts for ship2 ments loaded or unloaded; 

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

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

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

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

7 (3) the driver may take one or more rest peri8 ods during the trip, which shall not be included in 

9 the calculation of the driving time; 

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

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

12 is 5 hours less than the maximum driving time 

13 under paragraph (2); 

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

15 point of delivery, the driver may continue for not 

16 more than 2 additional hours, which shall not be in17 cluded in the calculation of the driving time; and 

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

19 395.3(a)(1) of that title shall not apply. 

20 (b) COVERED ANIMAL.—In this Act, the term ‘‘cov21 ered animal’’ means a live animal that is one of the fol22 lowing: 

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

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

25 (2) Honey bees. 


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1 (3) Insects. 

2 (4) Fish. 

3 (5) Crawfish. 

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