FRESH Trucking Act

Bill: 116-hr-5584
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-01-10
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Motor carriers

Transportation employees

Transportation safety and security

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Freedom from Regulating Edible Supplies and Horticulture Trucking Act or the</b> <b>FRESH Trucking Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities.</p> <p>The bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish that</p> <ul> <li>loading and unloading of commercial motor vehicles shall be excluded from on-duty time requirements, </li> <li>there shall be no requirement of a 30-minute rest break within the first 8 hours of&nbsp; the hours of service on-duty requirements and the carrier or driver may take breaks at any time during the&nbsp;trip, and </li> <li>such carrier or driver may complete a scheduled trip if they are over the hours of service maximum on-duty drive schedule and are within 150 miles of their scheduled delivery point. </li></ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5584 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2020 Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify regulations concerning hours of service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom from Regulating Edible Supplies and Horticulture Trucking Act or the FRESH Trucking Act . 2. Modification of Hours of Service regulations Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall amend part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to establish that, with respect to a motor carrier or driver transporting any agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodity (including both fresh and processed products, as well as sod and other agricultural products sensitive to temperature and climate and at the risk of perishing in transit)— (1) loading and unloading of commercial motor vehicles shall be excluded from on-duty time requirements; (2) there shall be no requirement of a 30-minute rest break within the first 8 hours of the hours of service on-duty requirements and such carrier or driver may take breaks at any time during trip; and (3) such carrier or driver may complete a scheduled trip if they are over the hours of service maximum on-duty drive schedule and are within 150 miles of their scheduled delivery point.