# 119-hr-5337: Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act of 2024

119-hr-5337, Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act of 2024, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-23).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5337
- Congress: 119
- Title: Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act of 2024
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-23

## Summary

**Creates a national pre-shipment verification standard for negligent selection of motor carriers.** It would require most shippers, brokers, and other contracting entities to confirm registration, insurance, and safety fitness before shipment and ties that standard to a forthcoming FMCSA safety-fitness rule. - Contracting entities such as shippers/consignees, brokers, freight forwarders, ocean transportation intermediaries, indirect air carriers with TSA-approved security programs, customs brokers, and motor carriers registered under 49 U.S.C. § 13902 would need to verify FMCSA registration, minimum insurance required by law, and a safety fitness confirmation to avoid negligent selection liability. - Individual shippers moving household goods would be exempt and would be treated as reasonable and prudent without performing the verification. - The Department of Transportation would have to promulgate a Safety Fitness Rule within one year to standardize fitness determinations, create a public confirmation that a carrier is authorized or not, and the pre-shipment verification standard would sunset once that rule takes effect. The act preserves State drayage laws.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New federal truck safety rule in one year: benefit, medium. If enacted, the U.S. Department of Transportation would have one year to issue a new carrier safety fitness rule. The rule would use all available data and set a process to declare carriers not fit under federal law. It would include the verification and public confirmation pieces described above.…
- Individual shippers skip carrier checks: benefit, low. If enacted, people shipping their own goods would not have to do the carrier checks. If you can show you hired a covered motor carrier, you would be treated as reasonable in picking that carrier. This applies to negligent-selection claims and does not apply to businesses.
- New carrier checks for shippers and brokers: mixed, medium. If enacted, some shippers, brokers, and similar firms would need to check a carrier before shipping. Within 45 days before pickup or by the ship date, they would verify federal registration, required insurance, and a federal safety confirmation. The public confirmation would say the carrier is conf…
- State port trucking rules stay in place: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would not override state drayage rules. States could keep their own port trucking (drayage) laws and penalties. Rules could still differ by state.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act
- 119-hr-2591: Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5337 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5337)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6976)
- [119-hr-2591: Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2591)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5337 (as of 2026-09-23).