Driver Fatigue Prevention Act

Bill: 114-hr-5585
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2016-06-24
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards

Motor carriers

Transportation employees

Transportation safety and security

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Driver Fatigue Prevention Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to apply its maximum hours requirements to over-the-road bus drivers.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5585 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2016 Ms. Speier (for herself, Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Brownley of California , Ms. Schakowsky , and Mr. Cartwright ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 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) .