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Bill May End Mexican Truck Program
Bill May End Mexican Truck Program
Depending on today's vote on a measure in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee the Mexican trucking program may come to an end after the pilot period.
With its end, Mexican trucks would once again be restricted to the 20 mile commercial zone on the U.S. - Mexican border. The measure would also prevent the DOT from enacting any future program involving Mexican/U.S. cross border trucking, unless expressly requested by Congress.
The bill, introduced this week by Representative Peter DeFzaio, would halt the current program on September 6, 2008 if it is passed. The bill has drawn support of the Teamsters and OOIDA, both of which has been trying to get the current program closed.
Earlier on in the year, the House voted 411 to 3 and the Senate vote 75 to 23 to keep the border closed. However, the DOT has since continued its program under grounds that the previous bill dealt with establishing new programs and doesn't pertain to a program already in place.
Under DeFazio's proposal a oversight regime would be established to review the current program and report to Congress on a variety of details pertaining to safety and other issues.
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