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1999

OVERSIGHT OF THE OFFICE OF MOTOR CARRIERS

(106–10)

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

GROUND TRANSPORTATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

FEBRUARY 11, MARCH 17 AND 25, MAY 26, AND OCTOBER 7, 1999

OVERSIGHT OF THE OFFICE OF MOTOR CARRIERS

55–521CC

  

1999

OVERSIGHT OF THE OFFICE OF MOTOR CARRIERS

(106–10)

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

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GROUND TRANSPORTATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

FEBRUARY 11, MARCH 17 AND 25, MAY 26, AND OCTOBER 7, 1999

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman
DON YOUNG, Alaska
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin
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SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
STEPHEN HORN, California
BOB FRANKS, New Jersey
JOHN L. MICA, Florida
JACK QUINN, New York
TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
SUE W. KELLY, New York
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio
JACK METCALF, Washington
EDWARD A. PEASE, Indiana
ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
MERRILL COOK, Utah
JOHN COOKSEY, Lousiana
JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota
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FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
JERRY MORAN, Kansas
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
LEE TERRY, Nebraska
DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania
GARY G. MILLER, California
JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
JIM DeMINT, South Carolina
DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska
STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL, California
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia
DAVID VITTER, Louisiana

JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia
JAMES A. TRAFICANT, Jr., Ohio
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia
JERROLD NADLER, New York
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PAT DANNER, Missouri
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey
CORRINE BROWN, Florida
JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
BOB FILNER, California
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, California
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
MAX SANDLIN, Texas
ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
NICK LAMPSON, Texas
JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
MARION BERRY, Arkansas
RONNIE SHOWS, Mississippi
BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada

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Subcommittee on Ground Transportation

THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin, Chairman

BOB FRANKS., New Jersey Vice Chairman
SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
STEPHEN HORN, California
JOHN L. MICA, Florida
JACK QUINN, New York
TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
SUE W. KELLY, New York
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisana
CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio
JACK METCALF, Washington
EDWARD A. PEASE, Indiana
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MERRILL COOK, Utah
JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota
JERRY MORAN, Kansas
LEE TERRY, Nebraska
GARY G. MILLER, California
JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
JIM DeMINT, South Carolina
DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska
BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
  (ex officio)

NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
JERROLD NADLER, New York
PAT DANNER, Missouri
JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
BOB FILNER, California
FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
MAX SANDLIN, Texas
BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
RONNIE SHOWS, Mississippi
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada
ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
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ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia
CORRINE BROWN, Florida
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, California
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
MARION BERRY, Arkansas
JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
  (ex officio)

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CONTENTS
Proceeding of:

February 11, 1999
March 17, 1999
March 25, 1999
May 26, 1999
October 7, 1999

FEBRUARY 11, 1999

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TESTIMONY
    Basso, Peter J., Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs/Chief Financial Office, U.S. Department of Transportation, accompanied by Kenneth R. Wykle, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, and Julie Anna Cirillo, Associate Administrator for Motor Carriers, Federal Highway Administration

PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES

    Basso, Peter J.
    Wykle, Kenneth

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

    Wykle, Kenneth, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration:

    Driver Fatigue and Alertness Study (retained in Subcommittee file)
    Large Truck Fatality Rate, chart
    Motor Carrier Appropriations, chart
    Fiscal year FTE's, chart
    MCSAP Dollars, chart
    Response to information requested by Rep. Pease

MARCH 17, 1999

    Mead, Kenneth M., Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation
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    Scheinberg, Phyllis F., Associate Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, U.S General Accounting Office

PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

    Mead, Kenneth M.

    Scheinberg, Phyllis F.

SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD

    Mead, Kenneth M., Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation, Survey of Office of Motor Carrier Division Personnel

MARCH 25, 1999

     Bontz, Rita, President, Independent Truckers and Drivers Association

     Byrd, Lamont , Director, Safety and Health Department, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

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    Claybrook, Joan, President of Public Citizen and Consumer Co-Chair, Program Committee, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety

     Eubanks, Harry, President, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance

    Izer, Daphne, Co-Chairperson, Parents Against Tired Truckers

     Lynch, Timothy P., President and CEO, Motor Freight Carriers Association

    McCormick, Walter B., Jr., President and CEO, the American Trucking Associations, Inc.

     McQuaid, John A., President and CEO, National Private Truck Council

    Parker, Lloyd, Past President, Florida Association of EMTs and Paramedics for the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks

     Pikrallidas, Susan G., Managing Director, Government Relations, American Automobile Association

     Spencer, Todd , Executive Vice President, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc.

     Tierney, Jennifer Mooney, Board Member and Survivors Network Volunteer, Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways
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PREPARED STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY A MEMBER OF CONGRESS

    Pascrell, Hon. Bill, Jr., of New Jersey

PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES

     Bontz, Rita

     Byrd, Lamont

    Claybrook, Joan

     Eubanks, Harry

    Izer, Daphne

     Lynch, Timothy P.

    McCormick, Jr., Walter B.

     McQuaid, John A.

    Parker, Lloyd

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     Pikrallidas, Susan G.

     Spencer, Todd

     Tierney, Jennifer Mooney

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

     Byrd, Lamont , Director, Safety and Health Department, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, responses to questions

Claybrook, Joan, President of Public Citizen and Consumer Co-Chair, Program Committee, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety:

Article, 'PATT Demands', Transport Topics, March 22, 1999
Office of Motor Carriers, Regulatory Failures
Office of Motor Carriers, Enforcement Failures
Legislated Exemptions and Special Interest Provisions: Motor Carriers

    Izer, Daphne, Co-Chairperson, Parents Against Tired Truckers, newsletter,

    McCormick, Jr., Walter B., President and CEO, the American Trucking Associations, Inc.:

Response to question from Rep. Rahall
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Charts

    Parker, Lloyd, Past President, Florida Association of EMTs and Paramedics for the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks, Florida Alliance for Safe Highways member list

     Pikrallidas, Susan G., Managing Director, Government Relations, American Automobile Association, brochure, enabling legislation, and bylaws, Michigan Truck Safety Commission

MARCH 26, 1999

    Conti, Eugene A., Jr., Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation

    Crawford, James A., Executive Director, South Jersey Transportation Authority, State of New Jersey

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    Haugsland, Jack, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Greyhound Lines, Inc., Dallas, Texas

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    Kamin, C. Richard, Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles, New Jersey Department of Transportation

    Littler, Norman, Vice President of Government Affairs, United Motorcoach Association

    Mineta, Hon. Norman, Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives, and Former Chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportation

    Molofsky, Robert, General Counsel, Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO

    Osterman, Joseph, Director, Office of Highway Safety, National Transportation Safety Board

    Tedesco, Francis A., National Board Member, American Bus Association, and President, Academy Bus Tours, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey

    Wykle, Kenneth R., Administrator Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

    Cummings, Hon. Elijah E., of Maryland
    Franks, Hon. Bob, of New Jersey
    Oberstar, Hon. James L., of Minnesota
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PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES

    Conti, Eugene A., Jr

    Crawford, James A

    Haugsland, Jack

    Kamin, C. Richard

    LaSala, Jim (presented by Robert Molofsky)

    Littler, Norman

    Mineta, Hon. Norman

    Osterman, Joseph

    Tedesco, Francis A.

    Wykle, Kenneth R.

SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD

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    Conti, Eugene A., Jr., Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, responses to questions

OCTOBER 7, 1999

    McFadden, Nancy E., General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, accompanied by Peter J . Basso, Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs, and Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation

PREPARED STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY A WITNESSES

    McFadden, Nancy E

PREPARED STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY A MEMBER OF CONGRESS

    Cummings, Hon. Elijah E., of Maryland

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