FMCSA supports National Academies' proposed new SMS model
At a July 18 congressional hearing, Daphne Jefferson, deputy administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, confirmed...
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Jul 18, 2017
Congress, CVSA move toward wireless roadside inspections
Congress has blocked funding for a wireless roadside inspection program for several years, but that could change in the coming year. The...
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Jul 18, 2017
Bill targets CMV drivers in human trafficking
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota), who chairs the committee that oversees trucking, on July 12 introduced legislation (S. 1532) that...
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Jul 13, 2017
House funding bill includes meal, rest break preemption
About two weeks after a Senate panel adopted the language in a different bill, a House subcommittee has approved a fiscal 2018 Department...
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Jul 13, 2017
SMS review finds flaws, proposes new statistical model
A congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends a replacement for the...
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Jun 30, 2017
Court backs FMCSA authority on Mexican permits
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 29 rejected challenges to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
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Jun 29, 2017
House homeland security bill includes trucking measures
The House Homeland Security Committee on June 28 approved legislation (H.R. 2825) to authorize funding and programs for the Department of...
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Jun 29, 2017
Iron Apple International and UFSTP to collaborate on FSMA compliance training and solutions for carr
Firms to cooperate on and promote services to help carriers navigate the compliance and competitive challenges of the FDA food safety...
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Jun 28, 2017
Prime allowed to expand use of permit holders as team drivers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted New Prime, Inc. (Prime) an exemption allowing a learner's permit (CLP) holder...
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Jun 27, 2017
House passes bills related to military drivers
The U.S. House on June 26 passed two bills aimed at making it easier for qualified military veterans and reservists to drive commercial...
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Jun 26, 2017
Supreme Court declines to review state independent contractor limits
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 26 decided not to hear a case that involved the question of whether federal law preempts an Illinois law...
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Jun 26, 2017
Legal challenge to PSP dies at Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by a group of truck drivers who had challenged the Pre-employment Screening Program...
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Jun 19, 2017
FMCSA proposes to relax certain restrictions on CDLs, permits
In separate notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed to give states more...
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Jun 12, 2017
Supreme Court won't review ELD rule
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has lost its final judicial appeal on mandatory electronic logging devices as the U.S....
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Jun 12, 2017
FMCSA proposes pilot program to test sleeper berth flexibility
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a pilot program to allow a very limited number of truck drivers – around 200...
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Jun 5, 2017
