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HR4500Referred to Committee

HELP Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-07-17
Introduced
9
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Jeff Hurd
Jeff Hurd
Republican · CO · Representative
Votes with party: 96.7% (606 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/H001100

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (9)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Gabe Evans (R-CO-8)Original· 2025-07-17
  • John W. Rose (R-TN-6)Original· 2025-07-17
  • Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)Original· 2025-07-17
  • David G. Valadao (R-CA-22)· 2025-09-02
  • Mike Flood (R-NE-1)· 2025-09-03
  • Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-0)· 2025-11-07
  • Thomas Massie (R-KY-4)· 2026-03-05
  • Andy Barr (R-KY-6)· 2026-03-18

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

2025-07-18

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureReferred To · 2025-07-17

Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Transportation and Public Works
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