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One of the numerous issues AGC is working on in the highway & transit bill is to provide some relief from hours of service restrictions on construction industry drivers. For the past 20 years, current law has provided a limited construction industry exemption which has had no negative impact on driver safety. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently provided an additional similar exemption for certain construction material deliveries. AGC is seeking to modernize the existing exemption to meet the challenges of construction material and equipment delivery.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is about to mark up their highway & transit bill. Congressmen Ribble (R-Wisc.) and Hanna (R-N.Y.) are working on an amendment to the bill to expand the construction industry exemption by extending the distance to which it applies. However, in order to get this amendment adopted, it needs bipartisan support. We need to build Democrat support for the amendment. If your representative is a Democrat on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (a list can be found here), please contact them and ask them to support the Ribble/Hanna amendment.
For more information, please contact Brian Deery at deeryb@agc.org or (703) 837-5319.