Hours of Service Rules

Congress Members Ask FMCSA to Wait for the Hours of Service Rules until Court’s Verdict

Congress Members Ask FMCSA to Wait for the Hours of Service Rules until Court’s Verdict

Members of the Congress focused on the transportation industry recently requested the FMCSA to hold the implementation of the latest hours-of-service regulation until the resolution of the current lawsuit pending between the FMCSA and the American Trucking Associations (ATA).

The ATA raised oral concerns about the FMCSA’s regulations in the Court of Appeals in Columbia. A ruling is still awaited from the court, while the regulation has been planned to go into effect from July 1.

The Chairman of the House Transportation Committee, Bill Shuster asked Ray LaHood, the Transportation Secretary for delaying the implementation of the changes in the rules by 3 months due to the lawsuit by ATA.

In his letter, Schuster noted that majority of the law enforcing training will get 3 months before the rule changes are implemented. He added that if the decision of the court caused any changes to the rule, all the training will turn into a waste of human hours and capital. The other members of the committee that signed the letter include Rep. Tom Petri, Rep. Nick Rahall, the Chairman of Highway Subcommittee and Pete DeFazio, member of the Subcommittee.

The ATA and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance had already requested the FMCSA for postponing the implementation of the rule changes until the court’s verdict. However, the agency had overlooked their requests.