ELD Extension - Bulk Trucking Forum & Discussion Board & Bulkloads.com

Legislation has been filed in the U.S. House of Representatives to postpone the Dec. 18, 2017electronic logging device (ELD) compliance date for two years.

HR 3282, the ELD Extension Act of 2017, was introduced last night by Texas Congressman Brian Babin. U.S. House members have said the ELD mandate places a heavy burden on small carriers, along with concerns about technical issues surrounding the equipment and the lack of protocol for handling information on the ELD systems.

The bill's introduction comes one day after another House Committee called for an ELD study after complaints and concerns that USDOT was not ready, nor were the ELD systems sufficiently in place to meet the December 18 implementation.

At this stage, we urge you to contact your member of Congress and ask them to sign-on as a co-sponsor of HR 3282. Go to this website to find your congressman: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/IL#representatives

This is the most positive sign that a delay is possible. It's not a repeal - just a two-year delay to get this "mess" straightened out.

Let us know if you get a response from your congressman.