HELP Act

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Hauling Exemptions for Livestock Protection Act or the HELP Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 17, 2025

Hauling Exemptions for Livestock Protection Act or the HELP Act

This bill exempts livestock hauling vehicles and the vehicle operators from hours of service and electronic logging device (ELD) requirements. The exemption applies to a hauling vehicle carrying livestock (i.e., livestock, insects, or aquatic animals) and to a vehicle that is picking up or returning from delivering livestock (i.e., an unladen vehicle).

Under current law, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules limit how many hours most commercial truck drivers can drive and work and requires a vehicle to be equipped with an ELD, which tracks how long a vehicle has been driving. Limited exemptions exist, including for livestock hauling.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: HELP Act

Also known as: Hauling Exemptions for Livestock Protection Act

Latest action (Jul 18, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Policy area: Transportation and Public Works · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 17, 2025

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.