YourVoice.Now Summary
Corporate BenefitsExempts livestock-hauling trucks from federal driving-hour limits and electronic logging rules.
Corporate Benefits
- Hours-of-service driving limits — Removed for livestock-hauling vehicles, including empty trips
- Electronic logging device requirement — Removed for livestock haulers
The details
Truckers who haul livestock must follow federal limits on how many hours they can drive. They also must use electronic logging devices that record their time. This bill would exempt livestock haulers from both rules. The exemption covers vehicles carrying livestock, insects, or aquatic animals. It also covers empty trucks heading out to pick up animals or returning after drop-off. The hours-of-service limits and logging rules were designed to reduce risks from tired driving. The bill removes those requirements for the covered vehicles.
Congressional Summary
Hauling Exemptions for Livestock Protection Act or the HELP ActThis bill exempts livestock hauling vehicles and the vehicle operators from hours of service and electronic logging device (ELD) requirements. The exemption applies to a hauling vehicle carrying livestock (i.e., livestock, insects, or aquatic animals) and to a vehicle that is picking up or returning from delivering livestock (i.e., an unladen vehicle).Under current law, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules limit how many hours most commercial truck drivers can drive and work and requires a vehicle to be equipped with an ELD, which tracks how long a vehicle has been driving. Limited exemptions exist, including for livestock hauling.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-07-17
- Date Added
- 2026-07-21
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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