Driver Fatigue Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-3485
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-06-25
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards

Motor carriers

Transportation employees

Transportation safety and security

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3485 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2019 Ms. Speier (for herself, Ms. Brownley of California , and Ms. Schakowsky ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 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. .