HUTCHINSON, Kan. — First District Congressman Tracey Mann led 10 of his colleagues to introduce the Truckers Responding At National Shipping Ports Overcoming Retail Turmoil (TRANSPORT) Act, which would require the Secretary of Transportation to relieve congested ports during either a national state of emergency or when ports are congested by 50 percent or more.
The TRANSPORT Act would require the Secretary of Transportation to issue federal grants from unused relief dollars to motor carriers to transport goods from a port of entry to a destination point. It would also temporarily waive operating standards should those standards be more stringent than the federal standard, allowing U.S. Department of Transportation compliant trucks and drivers from other states to relieve ports and transport goods across the country.
California’s policies like AB-5 have made it more difficult for truckers to come into the state – which has only made this supply chain crisis worse. Those supporting the bill say allowing more trucks that comply with federal regulations to come into California will help alleviate the bottleneck.
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