HR 358 United States House · 117th Congress

FRESH Trucking Act

Summary
Freedom from Regulating Edible Supplies and Horticulture Trucking Act or the FRESH Trucking Act This bill modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities. The bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish that loading and unloading of commercial motor vehicles shall be excluded from on-duty time requirements, 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 the carrier or driver may take breaks at any time during the trip, and 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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2021
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Introduced Jan 19, 2021 Last action Feb 4, 2021
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Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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Jan 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Jan 19, 2021
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W. Gregory Steube
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FL
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