Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB1659

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  

Caption

Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act

Congress_id

119-HR-1659

Policy_area

Transportation and Public Works

Introduced_date

2025-02-27

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

US HB2367

Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act

US SB1034

Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act

US HB6871

Hydrogen for Trucks Act

US HB4738

Trucking Workforce Improvement Act

US HB3869

Trucker Bathroom Access Act

US HB1659

Department of Veterans Affairs IT Modernization Improvement Act of 2023

US HB471

Safer Highways and Increased Performance for Interstate Trucking Act or the SHIP IT Act This bill expands programs and special permits for trucks and truck drivers. Specifically, a state may issue a special permit for certain overweight vehicles based on a Presidential major disaster declaration or a Department of Transportation (DOT) declaration (1) of an emergency (including non-natural or financial), or (2) that the United States supply chain is having issues. Currently, a state may issue a special permit only based on a Presidential major disaster declaration. DOT must also, subject to the availability of funds, award competitive grants to construct or improve commercial vehicle parking facilities. Under the bill, the Department of Labor must provide Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grants for entry level commercial motor vehicle driver training. The bill also establishes a limited tax credit, adjusted annually based on inflation, for eligible commercial driver's license holders. Further, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration must revise certain regulations related to commercial driver's license testing and permits, including to allow a third-party examiner to administer commercial driver's license tests. DOT must also establish a pilot program allowing states to issue permits for qualifying vehicles with six axles or more operating at greater than 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight on a state's Interstate System. (Generally, the federal commercial vehicle weight limit is 80,000 pounds, with some exceptions.) The bill also exempts the battery weight from the gross vehicle weight for certain commercial motor vehicles powered primarily by electric battery power. Finally, existing driving time exemptions are expanded for truck drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies within a 150-mile radius.

US HB9893

National Dam and Hydropower Safety Improvements Act of 2024

US HB8651

Trailer Safety Improvement Act

US HB9381

AIRSHIP Act Airship Improvement Research for Safety and Humanitarian Innovation Projects Act

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