Office of Management and Budget

Top 10 freight market rulemakings scheduled for 2025

WASHINGTON — Earlier this month, the Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget released the Fall 2024 edition of the biennial Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda updates the status of active and longer-term rulemakings, including the latest estimated target date for the next step in the rulemaking process.

U.S. freight markets are indirectly affected by regulations crafted by almost any agency, but several, including the modal agencies at the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/top-10-freight-market-rulemakings-scheduled-for-2025

New drug hair testing guidelines delayed until May 2025

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has again pushed back its schedule for publishing revised mandatory guidelines for drug testing hair under testing programs used at federal agencies, including the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The revised guidelines, originally scheduled to be published in June 2023, have been delayed until May 2025, according to the Office of Management and Budget’s fall regulatory agenda. The guidelines were pushed back twice...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-drug-hair-testing-guidelines-delayed-until-may-2025

FMCSA delays speed limiter rule to May 2025

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are delaying several rulemakings affecting the trucking sector, including a controversial rule that would limit new trucks’ engine speeds.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed truck speed limiter rule, scheduled to be published last month, has been delayed to May 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest agenda released by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

The proposed rule, which would require that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-delays-speed-limiter-rule-to-may-2025

Trailer side-guard rule likely delayed until at least October 2024

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WASHINGTON — A proposed rule to mandate equipment aimed at preventing deaths in collisions between...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trailer-side-guard-rule-likely-delayed-until-at-least-october-2024

NHTSA truck brake rule under review at OMB

WASHINGTON — The White House is reviewing a proposed rule to establish a safety standard to require and/or standardize the performance of automatic emergency braking systems (AEB) on heavy trucks.

According to a “statement of need” received by the Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday, the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration believes there is potential for AEB “to improve safety by reducing the likelihood of rear-end crashes involving heavy vehicles and the severity of crashes,”...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nhtsa-truck-brake-rule-under-review-at-omb

Hair drug-testing guidelines sent to White House

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WASHINGTON — A revamp of a controversial proposed rule setting standards for using hair to test...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/headline-hair-drug-testing-guidelines-sent-to-white-house

FMCSA seeks to improve complaint process for drivers, brokers

Federal regulators say they are improving a system created for truckers to register complaints of harassment and coercion by carriers and shippers.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Tuesday revealed it was improving the experience for drivers and brokers who want to log complaints against “unsafe and unscrupulous companies and/or their employees” such as shippers, receivers and transportation intermediaries, into the agency’s National Consumer Complaint Database (NCCDB).

The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-seeks-to-improve-complaint-process-for-drivers-brokers

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:...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-targeting-elds-unfit-carriers-in-2022

White House Seeks Continuing Resolution With $6.4B For Afghan Refugees

Moon over U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2016. NASA Photo

The Biden administration is calling on Congress to pass a stopgap spending measure for the upcoming fiscal year as lawmakers continue the appropriations process.

“[W]ith the end of the fiscal year rapidly approaching, it’s clear that Congress will need to pass a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to provide more time for the FY 2022 process to unfold,” Shalanda Young, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget,...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/07/white-house-seeks-continuing-resolution-with-6-4b-for-afghan-refugees

Viewpoint: When elected officials fail to govern

The views expressed here are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

By Matt Parker and Jason Doering

In March 2016, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to adopt a regulation requiring crews of at least two persons on freight trains. Fueling this NPRM were safety concerns regarding several high-profile train accidents, including the disastrous crude oil train derailments in Lac...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-when-elected-officials-fail-to-govern

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