United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4844 (114th)
REST Act of 2016
Introduced
23 March 2016
Last action
24 March 2016 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Sponsors
Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Subjects
Transport
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Requiring Equal Sleep for Truckers Act of 2016 or the REST Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to revise federal regulations regarding hours of service of drivers to require that: (1) in the case of specially trained drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are specially constructed to service oil wells, on-duty time shall include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site; and (2) the requirements relating to rest breaks and maximum driving time for commercial motor vehicles are applied, without exception, to such drivers and to drivers of commercial motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of oil field equipment.
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Timeline
23 March 2016
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Source: IntroReferral
23 March 2016
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 March 2016
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
24 March 2016
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 23 March 2016 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4844
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4844
- us · 114-hr-4844 · source updated 12 August 2025