I 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. 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 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Carrier Elec- 4 tronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Mar 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1697.IH H1697 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1697 IH SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO THE ELECTRONIC LOGGING DEVICE 1 REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTOR CARRIERS 2 THAT OWN OR OPERATE 10 OR FEWER COM- 3 MERCIAL VEHICLES. 4 Section 31137(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code, 5 is amended to read as follows: 6 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.— 7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An excepted motor 8 carrier may comply with the hours of service re- 9 quirements by requiring each driver to use— 10 ‘‘(i) a paper record of duty status 11 form; or 12 ‘‘(ii) an electronic logging device. 13 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTED MOTOR CARRIER DE- 14 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘excepted 15 motor carrier’ means— 16 ‘‘(i) a motor carrier when transporting 17 a motor home or recreation vehicle trailer 18 within the definition of the term 19 ‘driveaway-towaway operation’ (as defined 20 in section 390.5 of title 49, Code of Fed- 21 eral Regulations); and 22 ‘‘(ii) a motor carrier that owns or op- 23 erates 10 or fewer commercial motor vehi- 24 cles, including commercial motor vehicles 25 owned or operated by all motor carriers af- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Mar 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1697.IH H1697 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 1697 IH filiated with that motor carrier by common 1 ownership, common management, common 2 control, or common familiar relationship.’’. 3 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS. 4 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 5 of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall promul- 6 gate such regulations as are necessary to carry out the 7 amendment made by section 2 of this Act. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Mar 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1697.IH H1697 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS