The text of the bill has not yet been released, however, so what those deadline dates are is not yet known.
The bill, the Senate’s version of a 2016 Department of Transportation funding bill, is set to go before the full Appropriations Committee on Thursday. The $55 billion spending package essentially continues DOT funding at the rate set for 2015’s fiscal year. It gives FMCSA a 2016 operating budget of $572 million, according to the summary of the bill.
If any other trucking-related provisions are included in the bill, they were not mentioned in the subcommittee’s summary of the legislation.
The House’s DOT-funding bill did not include deadlines for rules on ELDs or speed limiters, but it did include a continuation of the current suspension of certain hours-of-service regulations and blocked FMCSA from pursuing a rule to increase the amount of liability insurance required to be held by motor carriers.
More on the Senate bill will be posted once the bill’s text has been published.