Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1380
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-07-29
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

Labor standards

Motor carriers

Oil and gas

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that, with respect to maximum hours of service for drivers, on-duty time does not include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site for operators of commercial motor vehicles transporting supplies, equipment, or materials (including produced fluids, drilling and completion fluids, and any other fluids or materials used in the drilling, completion, and production of an oil or gas well) to or from a natural gas or oil well site.</p> <p>Applies this exclusion regardless of whether operators have received special training or operate vehicles specially constructed to service wells.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1380 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 29, 2013 Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that on-duty time does not include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site for certain commercial motor vehicle operators, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2013 . 2. Waiting time exception (a) Definition of covered operator In this section, the term covered operator means the operator of a commercial motor vehicle transporting supplies, equipment, or materials (including produced fluids, drilling and completion fluids, and any other fluids or materials used in the drilling, completion, and production of an oil or gas well) to or from a natural gas or oil well site. (b) Exception The Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that the exception described in section 395.1(d)(2) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to on-duty time not including waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site) applies to covered operators regardless of whether the operators have received special training or operate vehicles specially constructed to service wells.