The United States Congress is currently working on a Final Highway Bill. Unless small and mid-sized freight brokers act now, it is highly likely that the broker bond will be raised from $10K to $100K. We estimate this will put up to 17,000 brokerages like yours out-of-business because bonding companies will want you to put down $100K cash for the new bond.
Call and Fax your Representatives:
"The
Transportation Intermediaries Association ("TIA") & OOIDA argument
in favor of a $100K bond is specious. It’s not about fighting fraud.
It’s about creating an oligopoly for big brokers under the guise of
fighting fraud..."
--JAMES LAMB
AIPBA President, a
Former DOT Investigator.
We find it quite ironic that the Transportation "Intermediaries" Association is currently engaged in "
Disintermediation."
Meet AIPBA Member
Mike Boring, one of America's 17,000 independent property brokers who would be put out of business by TIA's $100,000 broker bond proposal. Mike is a disabled amputee who proudly refuses disability and government subsides. Instead, he works.
Mike may be limited in the type of work he can perform, but his entrepreneurial spirit: limitless.
How many disabled American Veterans who currently work from home thanks to freight broker vocational rehabilitation training programs will be put out of work by the TIA's effort to enact a $100,000 broker bond?
Attention HHG Brokers...
New STB Valuation Order goes into effect on May 15th.
Make sure your HHG carriers are in compliance.
ALERT!
AIPBA has fought the $100K Bond twice before and won!
This is now the 3rd attack on Small/Mid-sized Brokers in 3 years.
AIPBA is an all-volunteer trade group working hard to
protect and promote your interests. There are no salaries.
But we have operating expenses and need funding to keep up the fight against the $100k bond. If you are benefiting from our work, please pay/renew your dues and/or make
a donation to our political action committee.
AIPBA teams up with TBSA and issues a
AIPBA President James Lamb discovers UCR fee overcharges;
UCR administrators promise UCR Board they'll fix system errors.
2012 UCR is now overdue.
FMCSA-licensed Carriers', Brokers' &
Forwarders' compliance date was December 31, 2011. Enforcement is now in progress...
May 3, 2012: UCR Administrator advises brokers to file UCR under their new USDOT Number, not their MC Number!
The UCR Board revealed it has compiled a list of entities who did not comply in 2011 for enforcement purposes. Here is the list supplied by FMCSA of carriers and brokers who did not file UCR in 2011. If you're on the list, you should pay your current and past year 2011 UCR now before your state audits you.
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