On Tuesday I wrote about the amendment Rep. Duncan (R-Tennessee) had submitted to the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act that would give unrated companies the same allowances (i.e. would not punish small companies who had not been rated) as companies that had “Satisfactory” ratings under the “Interim Hiring Standard” provision.
That amendment was withdrawn on Wednesday. This is not good news for the nearly 450,000 unrated carriers.