[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1697 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1697

  To exempt motor carriers that own or operate 10 or fewer commercial 
  vehicles from the electronic logging device mandates, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2019

 Mr. Peterson (for himself and Mr. Gianforte) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To exempt motor carriers that own or operate 10 or fewer commercial 
  vehicles from the electronic logging device mandates, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Carrier Electronic Logging 
Device Exemption Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO THE ELECTRONIC LOGGING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
              MOTOR CARRIERS THAT OWN OR OPERATE 10 OR FEWER COMMERCIAL 
              VEHICLES.

    Section 31137(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(3) Exception.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An excepted motor carrier may 
                comply with the hours of service requirements by 
                requiring each driver to use--
                            ``(i) a paper record of duty status form; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) an electronic logging device.
                    ``(B) Excepted motor carrier defined.--In this 
                subsection, the term `excepted motor carrier' means--
                            ``(i) a motor carrier when transporting a 
                        motor home or recreation vehicle trailer within 
                        the definition of the term `driveaway-towaway 
                        operation' (as defined in section 390.5 of 
                        title 49, Code of Federal Regulations); and
                            ``(ii) a motor carrier that owns or 
                        operates 10 or fewer commercial motor vehicles, 
                        including commercial motor vehicles owned or 
                        operated by all motor carriers affiliated with 
                        that motor carrier by common ownership, common 
                        management, common control, or common familiar 
                        relationship.''.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate such regulations as are 
necessary to carry out the amendment made by section 2 of this Act.
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