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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation that regulates the trucking industry in the United States. The primary mission of the FMCSA is to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service ( FMCS ), founded in 1947, is an independent agency of the United States government, and the nation's largest public agency for dispute resolution and conflict management, providing mediation services and related conflict prevention and resolution services in the private, public, and federal sectors.
Hours of service (HOS) regulations are issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and govern the working hours of anyone operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in the United States.
A freight broker bond must be obtained by freight brokers and freight forwarders in the United States in order to obtain or renew their license . In the United States, freight broker surety bonds are required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to move property such as household goods or freight and motor cargo ( vehicles ).
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On January 31, 2011, the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) proposed a rule requiring Electronic On-Board Recorders for interstate commercial truck and bus companies. The proposed rule covers interstate carriers that currently use log books to record driver's hours of service.
Signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 30, 2014. The Reliable Home Heating Act ( S. 2086; Pub. L. 113–125 (text) (PDF)) is a U.S. public law that loosens some transportation regulations in order to try to deal with a home heating fuel shortage in some states. [1] The law requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...
The Federal Highway Administration ( FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs, the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program. Its role had previously been performed by the Office of Road ...
Overview. The Professional Truck Driver Institute is a non-profit organization that offers course certification for tractor-trailer driver training courses requiring basic and safe operations theory and behind-the-wheel training of commercial 18-wheeler tractor-trailer combinations.
Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Website. www .nmfta .org. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association ( NMFTA) is an American nonprofit membership organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. Its members are interstate, intrastate and international less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carriers. The association was established in 1956.