REST Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4844
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-03-23
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

Labor standards

Motor carriers

Oil and gas

Transportation employees

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Requiring Equal Sleep for Truckers Act of 2016 or the REST Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Transportation to revise federal regulations regarding hours of service of drivers to require that: (1) in the case of specially trained drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are specially constructed to service oil wells, on-duty time shall include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site; and (2) the requirements relating to rest breaks and maximum driving time for commercial motor vehicles are applied, without exception, to such drivers and to drivers of commercial motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of oil field equipment. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4844 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2016 Mr. Cartwright (for himself, Mr. Langevin , Mr. McDermott , Mr. Polis , Ms. Brownley of California , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Fattah , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , and Mr. Ted Lieu of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise the regulations relating to certain drivers of commercial motor vehicles involved in oilfield operations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Requiring Equal Sleep for Truckers Act of 2016 or the REST Act of 2016 . 2. Revisions required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall revise part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to require that— (1) in the case of specially trained drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are specially constructed to service oil wells, on-duty time shall include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site; and (2) the requirements relating to rest breaks and maximum driving time for commercial motor vehicles are applied, without exception, to— (A) drivers of commercial motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of oilfield equipment; and (B) specially trained drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are specially constructed to service oil wells.