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Press Releases and Announcements

If you are interested in searching for press releases prior to 2025, please visit our News Archive.

FMCSA Extends Automatic Relief Period for Regional Emergency Declarations

Today, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced a final rule amending its emergency declaration regulations. The final rule revises the length of regulatory relief automatically triggered by a regional declaration of emergency, extending it from 14 days to 30 days.

OPERATION SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER: Trump’s Transportation Department Joins Multi-State Operation, Removes More than 75 Unqualified Truckers from U.S. Roads

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Contact: FMCSA.PublicAffairs@dot.gov

Operation conducted 552 inspections that placed 78 drivers and 25 vehicles out of service

COLUMBIA, SC — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) participated in ‘Operation Saturday Night Fever,’ a coordinated, overnight commercial motor vehicle enforcement initiative focused on improving roadway safety and addressing criminal activity along major...

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Statement on Receiving the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance 2026 President's Award

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) appreciates the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) commitment to advancing roadway safety across North America. FMCSA Administrator Derek D. Barrs was honored to accept the 2026 CVSA President’s Award on behalf of FMCSA. This recognition reflects FMCSA's shared commitment to public service and a safer transportation system for everyone.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Mullin, White House Fraud Task Force, & Top U.S. Attorneys Launch Historic Interagency Effort to Crack Down on Fraud in Trucking Industry

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin today joined Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Derek Barrs, White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud Vice Chairman Andrew Ferguson, and U.S. Attorneys Jerome Gorgon (Eastern District of Michigan) and Adam Mildred (Northern District of Indiana), to announce a historic interagency effort to crack down on fraud in the trucking industry. Federal officials were also joined by

FMCSA Advances Hours of Service Pilot Programs for America’s Truck Drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced continued progress on two Hours of Service Pilot Programs designed to evaluate whether providing truck drivers greater flexibility and control in scheduling their work can maintain or improve safety.

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Slams Radical State AGs' Lawsuit to Obstruct Data Sharing, Shield Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers from the Law

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy today released the following statement slamming a radical legal effort by 21 states and the District of Columbia to block the federal government from accessing data it needs to keep America’s roads free of dangerous illegal immigrant truck drivers.

U.S. Department of Transportation Welcomes Steve Dowling as FMCSA Chief Safety Officer

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced that Steve Dowling has joined the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) as the agency's Chief Safety Officer, bringing more than 35 years of combined industry and law enforcement experience dedicated to improving commercial motor vehicle safety.

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Moves to Codify English Proficiency Requirements for Truckers on U.S. Roads

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is moving to codify guidelines that enforce English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers into a new rule. By turning this guideline into a codified rule, future administrations will not be able to weaken ELP requirements like the Obama administration did allowing unqualified drivers to remain on U.S. roads.

FMCSA Removes Five Devices from List of Registered Electronic Logging Devices

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) removed five devices from the agency’s list of electronic logging devices (ELDs). These devices were placed on the Revoked Devices list due to the companies’ failure to meet the minimum requirements established in Title 49 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 395.

Trump’s Transportation Department Releases New Strategy to Deliver Safer Roads for American Families

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today rolled out the National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) – a new interdepartmental plan to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries on our nation’s roadways. Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Duffy’s work over the last year and a half, traffic deaths have already fallen to record lows in 2025.