The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will continue to meet with and host briefings geared toward livestock haulers who are discontent with the electronic logging device rule, according to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

A bill has been introduced that would allow truck drivers to take one rest break per shift, for up to three consecutive hours on off-duty time.

The National Asphalt Pavement Association has been granted a five-year exemption from two federal hours-of-service requirements, regulators announced Jan. 26.

A new federal law that drastically reduces the number of hours truck drivers can be on the road could seriously affect the livestock industry in Oklahoma and other states where animal production is critical to the economy.

A House subcommittee on May 18 easily approved a fiscal 2017 transportation funding bill that would extend the prohibition on the 2013 changes to the 34-hour, hours-of-service rule for truckers.

The Obama administration on May 16 indicated it would veto a fiscal 2017 transportation funding bill in the Senate if the bill’s final version includes provisions that go beyond the scope of funding legislation. A provision in the bill would set at 73 hours the allowable hours per week truckers may work before taking a break.

A funding bill that would set a limit to the weekly hours of service for truckers is on deck for Senate floor consideration this month, while a House panel is expected to take up its version soon after, lawmakers and their staffs indicated.

American Trucking Associations and the National Association of Small Trucking Companies have sent letters to the head of an entry-level driver training advisory committee, opposing the recommendation of an hours-based behind-the-wheel instruction rule.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration updated its website on Dec. 17 to reflect the recent suspension of parts of its hours of service rule, a change that took effect when President Obama signed a $1 trillion bill into law Dec. 16.