I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 487 
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 
JANUARY 10, 2019 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WEBER of Texas, 
Mr. GOSAR, Mr. WALKER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. FORTEN-
BERRY, Mr. COLE, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GUTHRIE, 
Mr. MULLIN, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. DUNN, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. COMER, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. 
GIANFORTE, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. BUCK, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. 
DAVIDSON of Ohio, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. LUCAS, and Mr. ROUZER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify provi-
sions relating to hours of service requirements with re-
spect to transportation of certain live animals, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transporting Livestock 
Across America Safely Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. HOURS OF SERVICE REGULATIONS FOR TRANSPOR-
TATION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall amend part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, to ensure that, in the case of a driver transporting 
a covered animal within a 300 air-mile radius from the 
point at which the on-duty time of the driver begins with 
respect to the trip— 
(1) the on-duty time of the driver shall exclude 
all time spent— 
(A) at a plant, terminal, facility, or other 
property of a motor carrier or shipper or on any 
public property during which the driver is wait-
ing to be dispatched; 
(B) loading or unloading a commercial 
motor vehicle; 
(C) supervising or assisting in the loading 
or unloading of a commercial motor vehicle; 
(D) attending to a commercial motor vehi-
cle while the vehicle is being loaded or un-
loaded; 
(E) remaining in readiness to operate a 
commercial motor vehicle; and 
(F) giving or receiving receipts for ship-
ments loaded or unloaded; 
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(2) except as provided in paragraph (5), the 
driving time under section 395.3(a)(3)(i) of that title 
is modified to a maximum of not less than 15, and 
not more than 18, hours within a 24-hour period; 
(3) the driver may take one or more rest peri-
ods during the trip, which shall not be included in 
the calculation of the driving time; 
(4) after completion of the trip, the driver shall 
be required to take a rest break for a period that 
is 5 hours less than the maximum driving time 
under paragraph (2); 
(5) if the driver is within 150 air-miles of the 
point of delivery, the driver may continue for not 
more than 2 additional hours, which shall not be in-
cluded in the calculation of the driving time; and 
(6) the 10-hour rest period under section 
395.3(a)(1) of that title shall not apply. 
(b) COVERED ANIMAL.—In this Act, the term ‘‘cov-
ered animal’’ means a live animal that is one of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Livestock (as defined in section 602 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471)). 
(2) Honey bees. 
(3) Insects. 
(4) Fish. 
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(5) Crawfish. 
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