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DOT - 84664 - Truck Leasing Task Force - Statutory (Congress Created)

GENERAL INFORMATION

Committee Name	Truck Leasing Task Force	Agency Name	Department of Transportation
Fiscal Year	2025	Committee Number	84664
Original Establishment Date	2/11/2022	Committee Status	Terminated
Actual Termination Date	1/17/2025	Committee URL	https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/tltf
Actual Merged Date		Presidential Appointments*	No
New Committee This FY	No	Max Number of Members*	10
Terminated This FY	Yes	Designated Fed Officer Position Title*	Senior Advisor
Merged This FY		Designated Federal Officer Prefix
Current Charter Date	2/11/2022	Designated Federal Officer First Name*	Shannon
Date Of Renewal Charter	2/11/2024	Designated Federal Officer Middle Name
Projected Termination Date	1/17/2025	Designated Federal Officer Last Name*	Watson
Exempt From Renewal*	Yes	Designated Federal Officer Suffix
Specific Termination Authority	Section 23007 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Pub. L. 117-58 (2021)	Designated Federal Officer Phone*	(202) 385-2395
Establishment Authority*	Statutory (Congress Created)	Designated Federal Officer Fax*
Specific Establishment Authority*	Section 23009 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Pub. L. 117-58 (2021)	Designated Federal Officer Email*	shannon.watson@dot.gov
Effective Date Of Authority*	11/15/2021
Exempt From EO 13875 Discretionary Cmte	Not Applicable
Committee Type*	Continuing
Presidential*	No
Committee Function*	Other Committee

RECOMMENDATION/JUSTIFICATIONS

Agency Recommendation*	Continue
Legislation to Terminate Required	No
Legislation Status	Not Applicable
How does cmte accomplish its purpose?*	The Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall task TLTF with examining and reviewing the terms, conditions, and equitability of common truck leasing arrangements, particularly as they impact owner-operators and trucking businesses subject to such agreements. Consistent with the above statutory authority, the TLTF will also examine financing arrangements among motor carriers, entry-level drivers, driver training providers, and other involved entities, which may result in new drivers entering the trucking workforce encumbered by outsized debt and inequitable terms for repayment, and will identify potential illegal practices to law enforcement or regulators as appropriate. The Task Force will provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Labor through the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
How is membership balanced?*	To ensure the recommendations of the Task Force have considered the needs of diverse groups served by the Department, membership shall include, to the extent practicable, include persons with lived experience and knowledge of the needs of underrepresented groups with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other factors.
How frequent & relevant are cmte mtgs?*	TLTF met 8 times, or approximately semi-monthly, from July 2023 to December 2024. TLTF considered tasks developed according to the language in Section 23007 of the BIL. The meetings were especially relevant to independent drivers who are often most susceptible to inequitable lease-purchase programs with the promise of running their own businesses and making a profit as a carrier. This is most often not the case with these programs.
Why advice can't be obtained elsewhere?*	Providing written consensus advice to the Secretary and Secretary of Labor through the FMCSA Administrator concerning the following aspects of truck leasing arrangements: 1. Common truck leasing arrangements available to commercial motor vehicle drivers, including lease-purchase agreements. 2. The terms of the leasing agreements described in section 4(c)(1) of this charter. 3. The existence of inequitable leasing agreements and terms in the motor carrier industry; (a) whether any such inequitable terms and agreements affect the frequency of maintenance performed on vehicles subject to those  agreements; and (b) whether any such inequitable terms and agreements affect whether a vehicle is kept in a general state of good repair. 4. Specific agreements available to drayage drivers at ports relating to the Clean Truck Program or any similar program to decrease emissions from port operations. 5. The impact of truck leasing agreements on the net compensation of commercial motor vehicle drivers, including port drayage drivers. 6. Whether truck leasing agreements properly incentivize the safe operation of vehicles, including driver compliance with the hours of service regulations and laws governing speed and safety generally. 7. Resources to assist commercial motor vehicle drivers in assessing the financial impacts of leasing agreements. 8. The opportunity that equitable leasing agreements provide for drivers to start or expand trucking companies and the history of motor carriers starting from single owner-operators.
Why close or partially close meetings?	N/A
Recommendation Remarks	TLTF examined financing arrangements among motor carriers, entry-level drivers, driver training providers, and other involved entities, which they found almost always resulted in new drivers entering the trucking workforce encumbered by outsized debt and inequitable terms for repayment.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Outcome Improvement To Health Or Safety*	Yes	Action Reorganize Priorities*	No
Outcome Trust In Government	Yes	Action Reallocate Resources	No
Outcome Major Policy Changes	Yes	Action Issued New Regulations	No
Outcome Advance In Scientific Research	No	Action Proposed Legislation	No
Outcome Effective Grant Making	No	Action Approved Grants Or Other Payments	No
Outcome Improved Service Delivery	Yes	Action Other	No
Outcome Increased Customer Satisfaction	Yes	Action Comment
Outcome Implement Laws/Reg Requirements	Yes	Grants Review*	No
Outcome Other	Yes	Number Of Grants Reviewed
Outcome Comment	TLTF's recommendations could correct an inequitable practice that leaves motor carriers, entry-level drivers, driver training providers, and other involved entities encumbered by outsized debt and inequitable terms for repayment of loans to purchase commercial motor vehicles to operate in interstate commerce.	Number Of Grants Recommended
Cost Savings*	Unable to Determine	Dollar Value Of Grants Recommended
Cost Savings Comment	Cost savings to affected drivers and others who are subject to such lease-purchase agreements could be sizeable were TLTF's recommendations to eliminate such agreements put into effect.	Grants Review Comment
Number Of Recommendations*	1	Access Contact Designated Fed. Officer*	Yes
Number Of Recommendations Comment	TLTF recommended the elimination of inequitable lease-purchase agreements, or at least their reform, to assist drivers who want to own their own trucking businesses and legitimate and viable path toward success.	Access Agency Website	Yes
% of Recs Fully Implemented*	0.00%	Access Committee Website	Yes
% of Recs Fully Implemented Comment	TLTF completed its work at its December 2024 meeting and submitted its final report to Congress, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Labor on 1/16/2025.	Access GSA FACA Website	Yes
% of Recs Partially Implemented*	0.00%	Access Publications	Yes
% of Recs Partially Implemented Comment	TLTF completed its work at its December 2024 meeting and submitted its final report to Congress, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Labor on 1/16/2025.	Access Other	Yes
Agency Feedback*	Yes	Access Comment	TLTF's report with its recommendations and all supporting documents are available at its webpage: www.fmcsa.dot.gov/tltf.
Agency Feedback Comment*	TLTF met across 8 meetings from July 2023 to December 2024. TLTF completed its work at its December 2024 meeting and submitted its final report to Congress, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Labor on 1/16/2025. In accordance with the BIL, TLTF sunset on 1/17/2025.	Narrative Description*	TLTF met across 8 meetings from July 2023 to December 2024. TLTF completed its work at its December 2024 meeting and submitted its final report to Congress, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Labor on 1/16/2025. In accordance with the BIL, TLTF sunset on 1/17/2025.

COSTS

1. Payments to Non-Federal Members*		1. Est Paymnts to Non-Fed Membrs Nxt FY*
2. Payments to Federal Members*		2. Est. Payments to Fed Members Next FY*
3. Payments to Federal Staff*		3. Estimated Payments to Federal Staff*
4. Payments to Consultants*		4. Est. Payments to Consultants Next FY*
5. Travel Reimb. For Non-Federal Membrs*		5. Est Travel Reimb Non-Fed Membr nxtFY*
6. Travel Reimb. For Federal Members*		6. Est Travel Reimb For Fed Members*
7. Travel Reimb. For Federal Staff*		7. Est. Travel Reimb to Fed Staf Nxt FY*
8. Travel Reimb. For Consultants*		8. Est Travel Reimb to Consltnts Nxt FY*
10. Other Costs		10. Est. Other Costs Next FY*
11. Total Costs	$0.00	11. Est. Total Next FY*	$0.00
Date Cost Last Modified	3/14/2025 11:20 AM	Est. Fed Staff Support Next FY*
Federal Staff Support (FTE)*		Est Cost Remarks
Cost Remarks

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