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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1255 

To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify provisions relating 

to hours of service requirements with respect to transportation of livestock and insects, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 30, 2019 

Mr. SASSE (for himself, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. RISCH, Mr. DAINES, Mr. RUBIO, 

Mr. TESTER, Ms. SMITH, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. ROBERTS, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, 

Mr. MORAN, Mr. JONES, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. 

ENZI, Ms. ERNST, Mrs. FISCHER, and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify provisions relating to hours of service requirements with respect to transportation of livestock and insects, 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 LIVESTOCK AND INSECTS. 

3 The Secretary of Transportation shall amend part 

4 395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure 

5 that, in the case of a driver transporting livestock (as de6 fined in section 602 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 

7 U.S.C. 1471)) or insects within a 300 air-mile radius from 

8 the point at which the on-duty time of the driver begins 

9 with respect to the trip— 

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

11 all time spent— 

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

13 property of a motor carrier or shipper or on any 

14 public property during which the driver is wait15 ing to be dispatched; 

16 (B) loading or unloading a commercial 

17 motor vehicle; 

18 (C) supervising or assisting in the loading 

19 or unloading of a commercial motor vehicle; 

20 (D) attending to a commercial motor vehi21 cle while the vehicle is being loaded or un22 loaded; 

23 (E) remaining in readiness to operate a 

24 commercial motor vehicle; and 

25 (F) giving or receiving receipts for ship26 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, any additional driving to that point 

14 of delivery shall not be included in the calculation of 

15 the driving time; and 

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

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

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