Patrick and Barbara Kowalski Freight Brokers Safety Act

This bill would make a freight broker pay a federal civil penalty if it contracts with a trucking company that, in the prior 5 years, has received 3 or more Department of Transportation violations or employs a driver who has. The penalty would equal 10 percent of the value of the cargo for the whole contract. Penalty money would go into the Highway Trust Fund and could be used, without further appropriation, for roadway safety projects. The bill would also allow the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to investigate a broker after a fatal crash by a company it hired, and to set added operating requirements if the broker showed egregious disregard for safety in hiring that company.

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Sponsors

• John R. Moolenaar Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors