In response to COVID-19, PennDOT has implemented a variety of operational changes and maintaining all of the CDL updates on their corona virus site. 

Pennsylvania Declared Federal Disaster Area

President Donald Trump on Monday declared Pennsylvania a federal disaster area, opening up federal funding for the state's fight against the coronavirus.
Trump's declaration came after Gov. Tom Wolf applied to have Pennsylvania join other states that have declared a disaster.

The number of coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania increased by 687 to 4,087 Monday, a single-day increase of slightly more than 20%, health officials said. The state has had 48 deaths due to the virus. It has 26 counties under stay-at-home orders, which have been extended to April 30, and non-life-sustaining businesses statewide have been ordered to keep their physical operations closed.

The president's declaration makes federal funding available to eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations for emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, for all areas in the state affected by COVID-19.

The Senate unanimously passed an approximately $2.2 trillion stimulus package late Wednesday night in an effort to jumpstart an economy decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. The bill provides aid for workers, small business and industries impacted in recent weeks by the virus.  Read more... 

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocated $350 billion to help small businesses keep workers employed amid the pandemic and economic downturn. Known as the Paycheck Protection Program, the initiative provides 100% federally guaranteed loans to small businesses.

Importantly, these loans may be forgiven if borrowers maintain their payrolls during the crisis or restore their payrolls afterward.

The administration soon will release more details including the list of lenders offering loans under the program. In the meantime, U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued this guide to help small businesses and self-employed individuals prepare to file for a loan.    Click here to download.

CEOs from nine agencies signed a letter urging Congressional leaders to include dedicated transit funding in relief package.  Read more...

The Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) recently authorized the transfer of $40 million to the Small Business First Fund for t he COVID-19 Working Capital Access (CWCA) Program.   Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) authorized making $60 million available to provide loans of $100,000 or less to for-profit businesses with 100 or fewer full-time employees.  Read more...

The IRS has established a special section focused on steps to help taxpayers, businesses and others affected by the coronavirus. This page will be updated as new information is available. For other information about the COVID-19 virus, people should visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ( https://www.coronavirus.gov) for health information. Other information about actions being taken by the U.S. government is available at https://www.usa.gov/coronavirus and in Spanish at https://gobierno.usa.gov/coronavirus. The Department of Treasury also has information available at Coronavirus: Resources, Updates, and What You Should Know.  Read more...

FMCSA grants, until June 30, 2020, a waiver from certain regulations applicable to interstate and intrastate commercial driver's license (CDL) and commercial learner's permit (CLP) holders and to other interstate drivers operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs).  Read more...

Even as business ground to a halt, there are some actions operators should be taking, McCann advised during the "Leading your company through the COVID-19 crisis," an online Town Hall meeting held March 19, hosted by the United Motorcoach Association.  Read more...

Lancer Insurance and its affiliate, Global Charter Services, which operates under the trade names "BusBank" and "Buster" have created a Federal Financial Relief Hotline for Lancer policyholders and BusBank preferred operators.  Read more...

The deadline for Real ID driver's licenses and ID cards has been extended as the spread of COVID-19 forces millions of Americans to social distance and stay home.  Read more...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that Tax Day will be moved to July 15 from April 15 because of the coronavirus outbreak.  Read more...

Once ABA gauged the situation on how difficult life would be for the industry because of COVID-19, they immediately requested an extension to provide relief for overburdened operators and maintain continuing business opportunities for the industry moving forward.  Read more...

CVSA has decided to postpone International Roadcheck to later in the year. The Alliance will monitor the status of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and appropriately select the new dates when it's safe and reasonable to do so.  Read more...

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