Driver Fatigue Prevention Act

Bill: 116-s-2217
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-07-23
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards

Motor carriers

Transportation employees

Transportation safety and security

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Driver Fatigue Prevention Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes over-the-road bus drivers subject to limitations on the maximum number of hours that an employee may work under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2217 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 23, 2019 Mr. Casey 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 an employee employed as a driver of an over-the-road bus, which is a bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment .