Sec. 4305. Truck Leasing Task Force
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Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall establish a Truck Leasing Task Force (hereinafter referred to as the Task Force ). The Secretary of Transportation shall select not more than 15 individuals to serve as members of the Task Force, including equal representation from each of the following: Labor organizations. The motor carrier industry, including independent owner-operators.
Consumer protection groups. Safety groups. Members of the legal profession who specialize in consumer finance issues. The Task Force shall examine, at a minimum— common truck leasing arrangements available to commercial motor vehicle drivers, including lease-purchase agreements; the terms of such leasing agreements; the prevalence of predatory leasing agreements in the motor carrier industry; specific agreements available to drayage drivers at ports related to the Clean Truck Program or similar programs to decrease emissions from port operations; the impact of truck leasing agreements on the net compensation of commercial motor vehicle drivers, including port drayage drivers; resources to assist commercial motor vehicle drivers in assessing the impacts of leasing agreements; and the classification of commercial motor vehicle drivers under lease-purchase agreements.
A member of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Upon completion of the examination described in subsection (c), the Task Force shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Labor, and appropriate congressional committees a report containing— the findings of the Task Force on the matters described in subsection (c); best practices related to— assisting a commercial motor vehicle driver in assessing the impacts of leasing agreements prior to entering into such agreements; and assisting a commercial motor vehicle driver who has entered into a predatory lease agreement; and recommendations on changes to laws or regulations, as applicable, at the Federal, State, or local level to promote fair leasing agreements under which a commercial motor vehicle driver is able to earn a living wage.
Not later than 1 month after the date of submission of the report pursuant to subsection (e), the Task Force shall terminate.