Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-486
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-22
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: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Directs the Secretary of Transportation 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 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 486 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2015 Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Lucas , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Cole , Mr. Pompeo , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Bishop of Utah , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. Meadows , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Conaway , Mr. Russell , Mr. Huelskamp , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Latta , Mr. Bridenstine , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , and Mr. Pearce ) 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 2015 . 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.