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FMCSA targeting ELDs, ‘unfit’ carriers in 2022

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be proposing new rules in 2022 affecting ELDs, automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems and roadside inspections, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

The Biden administration’s latest agenda on regulatory and deregulatory actions published Friday included four proposals that are currently in the pre-rule stage at FMCSA, with formal notices scheduled to be issued between March and June next year.

Among the planned proposed rules:...

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Senate approves truck equipment mandates, dispatcher oversight measure

The U.S. Senate approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Tuesday that mandates several requirements for trucking previously approved by the U.S. House and will likely make it into a final bill.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was approved by a vote of 69-30 that was presided over by Vice President Kamala Harris, is the first major infrastructure package passed by the Senate chamber in decades. It injects $550 million of new funding into expanding and maintaining roads and...

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House Democrats succeed in boosting trucking insurance to $2 million

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a highway reauthorization bill that includes a provision to raise trucking insurance liability from $750,000 to $2 million, mandates automatic braking on new trucks and increases scrutiny of truck dispatch services.

The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act, which passed the chamber largely along party lines by a vote of 221 to 201, faces the significant hurdle of getting...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/house-democrats-succeed-in-boosting-trucking-insurance-to-2-million

Can Joe Biden get infrastructure done in 2021?

Next month before a joint session of Congress, President-elect Joe Biden plans to lay out his Build Back Better recovery plan that he claims will make “historic” investments in infrastructure.

“It’s time to stop talking about infrastructure and finally start building infrastructure,” Biden said while unveiling his $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan Thursday.

“Millions of good-paying jobs putting Americans to work rebuilding our roads, our bridges, our ports to make them more climate resilient, to...

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