119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jul 17, 2025
HELP Act
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Latest action (Jul 18, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Transportation and Public Works
Congressional Research Service summary, version: 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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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5 citations.
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$650,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ize Act; H.R. 5656 - A bill to grant the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico eligibility to issue CDLs; H.R. 1962 / S. 893 - Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act; H.R. 4500 - HELP Act; H.R. 6691 - Ceasing Age-Based (CAB) Trucking Restrictions Act; H.R. 4896 / S. 2613 - Warehouse Worker Protection Act; H.R. 8624 / S. 4463 - Workfor…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$720,000
Spent on own lobbying
…anize Act; H.R. 5656 - A bill to grant the Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico eligibility to issue CDLs; H.R. 1962 / S. 893 - Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act; H.R. 4500 - HELP Act; H.R.6691 - Ceasing Age-Based (CAB) Trucking Restrictions Act; H.R. 4896 / S. 2613 - Warehouse Worker Protection Act; S. 4463 / H.R. 8624 - Workforc…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$620,000
Spent on own lobbying
…; H.R. 1320 - Modern Worker Security Act; H.R. 20 / S. 852 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act; H.R. 1962 / S. 893 - Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act; H.R. 4500 - HELP Act; and H.R. 4896 / S. 2613 - Warehouse Worker Protection Act. Implementation of P.L. 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act - provisions related to workf…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$560,000
Spent on own lobbying
…; H.R. 1320 - Modern Worker Security Act; H.R. 20 / S. 852 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act; H.R. 1962 / S. 893 - Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act; H.R. 4500 - HELP Act; and H.R. 4896 / S. 2613 - Warehouse Worker Protection Act. Implementation of P.L. 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act - provisions related to workf…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$620,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ct; H.R. 1320 - Modern Worker Security Act; H.R. 20 / S. 852 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act; H.R. 1962 / S. 893 - Guaranteeing Overtime for Trucks Act; H.R. 4500 - HELP Act; and H.R. 4896 / S. 2613 - Warehouse Working Protection Act Implementation of H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act - provisions related to workforce…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing