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FAST ACT IMPLEMENTATION: MOTOR CARRIER PROVISIONS (115–45) HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION MAY 22, 2018 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( Available online at: https://www.govinfo.gov/committee/house-transportation?path=/ browsecommittee/chamber/house/committee/transportation U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 36–665 PDF WASHINGTON : 2019 VerDate Aug 31 2005 16:06 Jun 12, 2019 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\HEARINGS\115\HT\5-22-2~1\36665.TXT JEAN COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee, ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Vice Chair Columbia FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas SAM GRAVES, Missouri ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland DUNCAN HUNTER, California RICK LARSEN, Washington ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California BOB GIBBS, Ohio DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida STEVE COHEN, Tennessee JEFF DENHAM, California ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky JOHN GARAMENDI, California MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHNSON, JR., Georgia SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota MARK SANFORD, South Carolina DINA TITUS, Nevada ROB WOODALL, Georgia SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York TODD ROKITA, Indiana ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut, Vice JOHN KATKO, New York Ranking Member BRIAN BABIN, Texas LOIS FRANKEL, Florida GARRET GRAVES, Louisiana CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois BARBARA COMSTOCK, Virginia JARED HUFFMAN, California DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina JULIA BROWNLEY, California MIKE BOST, Illinois FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida RANDY K. WEBER, SR., Texas DONALD M. PAYNE, JR., New Jersey DOUG LAMALFA, California ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California BRUCE WESTERMAN, Arkansas BRENDA L. LAWRENCE, Michigan LLOYD SMUCKER, Pennsylvania MARK DESAULNIER, California PAUL MITCHELL, Michigan STACEY E. PLASKETT, Virgin Islands JOHN J. FASO, New York A. DREW FERGUSON IV, Georgia BRIAN J. MAST, Florida JASON LEWIS, Minnesota MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 16:06 Jun 12, 2019 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\HEARINGS\115\HT\5-22-2~1\36665.TXT JEAN SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT SAM GRAVES, Missouri, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee Columbia FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey STEVE COHEN, Tennessee DUNCAN HUNTER, California ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania DINA TITUS, Nevada BOB GIBBS, Ohio SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York JEFF DENHAM, California ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky JARED HUFFMAN, California MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina JULIA BROWNLEY, California SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois BRENDA L. LAWRENCE, Michigan ROB WOODALL, Georgia MARK DESAULNIER, California JOHN KATKO, New York EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas BRIAN BABIN, Texas MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts GARRET GRAVES, Louisiana GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California BARBARA COMSTOCK, Virginia DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHNSON, JR., Georgia MIKE BOST, Illinois LOIS FRANKEL, Florida DOUG LAMALFA, California CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois BRUCE WESTERMAN, Arkansas FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida LLOYD SMUCKER, Pennsylvania, Vice Chair DONALD M. PAYNE, JR., New Jersey PAUL MITCHELL, Michigan PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon (Ex Officio) JOHN J. FASO, New York A. DREW FERGUSON IV, Georgia MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania (Ex Officio) (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 16:06 Jun 12, 2019 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\HEARINGS\115\HT\5-22-2~1\36665.TXT JEAN VerDate Aug 31 2005 16:06 Jun 12, 2019 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\HEARINGS\115\HT\5-22-2~1\36665.TXT JEAN CONTENTS Page Summary of Subject Matter .................................................................................... vi TESTIMONY PANEL 1 Hon. Raymond Martinez, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad- ministration .......................................................................................................... 6 PANEL 2 Dale N. Krapf, Chairman, Krapf Group, Inc. ........................................................ 31 Mike VanMaanen, Owner, Eastern Missouri Commission Company, on behalf of the Livestock Marketing Association ............................................................. 31 Captain Christopher J. Turner, President, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alli- ance ....................................................................................................................... 31 Jennifer Tierney, Board Member, Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways, on behalf of the Truck Safety Coalition ............................................................. 31 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Hon. Raymond Martinez ......................................................................................... 45 Dale N. Krapf ........................................................................................................... 58 Mike VanMaanen .................................................................................................... 75 Captain Christopher J. Turner ............................................................................... 82 Jennifer Tierney ....................................................................................................... 92 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Hon. Raymond Martinez, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad- ministration, responses to questions for the record from the following Rep- resentatives: Hon. Mark Meadows of North Carolina ......................................................... 49 Hon. Alan S. Lowenthal of California ............................................................. 53 Hon. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania ................................................................... 54 Hon. Brenda L. Lawrence of Michigan ........................................................... 55 Hon. Brian Babin of Texas .............................................................................. 56 Dale N. Krapf, Chairman, Krapf Group, Inc., submission of the following: Responses to questions for the record from Hon. Scott Perry of Pennsyl- vania .............................................................................................................. 70 Clarification of hearing remarks ..................................................................... 73 Written statement of Catherine Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, submitted for the record by Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia .................................................................................. 101 Letter of November 9, 2017, from Hon. Brian Babin of Texas to President Donald J. Trump, submitted for the record by Hon. Babin .............................. 132 Hon. Steve Cohen of Tennessee, submission of the following: Report entitled ‘‘A Brief Look at the Far Horizon: An Exploration of What’s to Come for Trucking,’’ by The Technology & Maintenance Council’s Future Truck Committee Far Horizons Subcommittee, No- vember 2002 .................................................................................................. 135 Report entitled ‘‘The Domain of Truck and Bus Safety Research,’’ Trans- portation Research Circular No. E–C117, by the Transportation Re- search Board of the National Academies, May 2007 1 1 This 151-page report can be found online at the Transportation Research Board’s website at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/circulars/ec117.pdf. (V) VerDate Aug 31 2005 16:06 Jun 12, 2019 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\HEARINGS\115\HT\5-22-2~1\36665.TXT JEAN vi VerDate Aug 31 2005 16:06 Jun 12, 2019 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\115\HT\5-22-2~1\36665.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 1 here 36665.001 vii VerDate Aug 31 2005 16:06 Jun 12, 2019 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\115\HT\5-22-2~1\36665.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 2 here 36665.002 viii VerDate Aug 31 2005 16:06 Jun 12, 2019 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\115\HT\5-22-2~1\36665.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 3 here 36665.003 FAST ACT IMPLEMENTATION: MOTOR CARRIER PROVISIONS TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2018 1HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT, COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:03 a.m., in room 2167, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Sam Graves (Chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. GRAVES OF MISSOURI. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any point. And I want to say good morning to everybody and welcome all of our witnesses for being here today. I look forward to having a very productive discussion about the various motor carrier issues facing the industry. And I am very happy to welcome Administrator Ray Martinez to the committee for the first time. I know all Members on both sides are very interested to hear from Mr. Martinez on a number of issues that are