Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1097
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-12
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: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
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 sand or water, to or from a natural gas or oil well site.</p> <p>Applies this exclusion without regard to whether operators have received special training or operate vehicles specially constructed to service wells.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1097 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2013 Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Lucas , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Young of Alaska , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Ribble , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Stivers , Mr. Olson , Mr. Cole , Mr. Southerland , Mr. Bridenstine , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Latta , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Scalise , Mr. Conaway , Mr. Pompeo , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Barletta , and Mr. Huelskamp ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 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) In general 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, except that the exception shall apply to such operators without regard to whether such operators have received special training or operate vehicles specially constructed to service wells. (b) Covered operator defined In this section, the term covered operator means the operator of a commercial motor vehicle transporting supplies, equipment, or materials, including sand or water, to or from a natural gas or oil well site.