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H.R. 5337 · 119th CongressTransportation and Public Works

Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act of 2024 has not moved since its introduction on Sep 11, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans

Sponsored by Stauber, Pete R-MN · 2 cosponsors: 0 Democrats, 2 Republicans
IntroducedSep 11, 2025
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Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
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What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 226 words.

Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act of 2024 This bill establishes a standard of care for the selection of brokers and other entities that contract with motor carriers (e.g., trucking companies) for the shipment of goods or household goods. (A broker is the middle person between a shipper and a motor carrier. Brokers arrange for the transportation of property or household goods.) Specifically, the bill requires such entities to verify that a transporting motor carrier (1) is properly registered with the Department of Transportation (DOT); (2) has obtained the minimum required insurance coverage; and (3) is in compliance with all Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration safety standards, including through a public confirmation statement. Entities that comply with the verification requirements shall be considered reasonable and prudent in the selection of a covered motor carrier (for the purposes of a claim of negligent selection of a motor carrier). Further, DOT must promulgate final regulations that revise the methodology for issuing motor carrier safety fitness determinations. The regulations must provide a procedure for DOT to determine whether a motor carrier is not fit to operate a commercial motor vehicle that is in, or affects, interstate commerce. The bill exempts from the verification requirements an individual shipper (i.e., a shipper that owns the goods being transported and pays the tariff transportation charges) that contracts with a covered motor carrier.

Context
Committees
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works: 87 of 3,176 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.7%)
Sponsor
4 of 83 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in house · 979 words
Latest action
Sep 12, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0

The bill status record lists no related bills.

Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]