Driver Fatigue Prevention Act

Bill: 113-s-487
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-03-07
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards

Motor carriers

Transportation employees

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Driver Fatigue Prevention Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to apply its maximum hours requirements to over-the-road bus drivers.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 487 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 7, 2013 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that over-the-road bus drivers are covered under the maximum hours requirements.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Driver Fatigue Prevention Act . 2. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 Section 13(b)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 213(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: except a driver of an over-the-road bus as defined in section 3038(a)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century ( Public Law 105–178 ; 49 U.S.C. 5310 note) .