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The Truck Leasing Task Force convened under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently released a 51-page final report calling for a federal ban on truck lease-purchase agreements made with a motor carrier or its affiliates.
As we start 2025, consider this a status report on rules that were implemented, rules that were proposed and are going through the rulemaking process and rules that are in limbo, mostly as agencies wait for guidance from the incoming Trump Administration.
The legal requirement to file Beneficial Ownership Information Reports (BOIRs) with FinCEN has been suspended by a court decision.
ICSA believes that carriers that operate safely should be rewarded and that FMCSA should offer real incentives for carriers to take steps to operate safely without the government mandating those steps.
Despite pressure from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to include towing fees in its Junk Fees Rule, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) failed to include such fees in the rule.
Looking back on the 2016 and 2020 campaigns, as well as his first term in office, President Trump was a vocal supporter of trucking, highlighting trucks on the White House lawn and as background images for campaign rallies and speaking positively about the industry.
Each January, ICSA recommends its members log on and take the online training to become TAT certified in spotting and reporting trafficking.
Since May 2020, truckers have been able to file DataQs requesting that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) evaluate the preventability of 16 specific crash types.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) still awaits a decision from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on whether CARB may implement its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule.