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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1393 

To streamline the process by which active duty military, reservists, and 

veterans receive commercial driver’s licenses. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 21, 2017 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To streamline the process by which active duty military, 

reservists, and veterans receive commercial driver’s licenses. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jobs for Our Heroes 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR VETERANS OPERATING 

7 COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. 

8 (a) QUALIFIED EXAMINERS.—Section 5403(d)(2) of 

9 the FAST Act (49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) 

10 is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED EXAMINER.—The term ‘quali2 fied examiner’ means an individual who— 

3 ‘‘(A) is employed by the Department of 

4 Veterans Affairs as an advanced practice nurse, 

5 doctor of chiropractic, doctor of medicine, doc6 tor of osteopathy, physician assistant, or other 

7 medical professional; 

8 ‘‘(B) is licensed, certified, or registered in 

9 a State to perform physical examinations; 

10 ‘‘(C) is familiar with the standards for, 

11 and physical requirements of, an operator re12 quired to be medically certified under section 

13 31149 of title 49, United States Code; and 

14 ‘‘(D) has never, with respect to such sec15 tion, been found to have acted fraudulently, in16 cluding by fraudulently awarding a medical cer17 tificate.’’. 

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5403 of 

19 the FAST Act (49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) 

20 is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘physician-ap22 proved veteran operator, the qualified physician’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘veteran operator approved by a quali24 fied examiner, the qualified examiner’’; 

25 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the physician’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘the examiner’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘qualified physician’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘qualified examiner’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (c)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘qualified physicians’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘qualified examiners’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘such physicians’’ and in9 serting ‘‘such examiners’’; and 

10 (4) in subsection (d)— 

11 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 

12 and (3) as paragraphs (3), (1), and (2), respec13 tively, and by moving the text of paragraph (3), 

14 as redesignated, to appear after paragraph (2), 

15 as redesignated; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (3), as redesignated— 

17 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik18 ing ‘‘PHYSICIAN-APPROVED VETERAN OP19 ERATOR’’ and inserting ‘‘VETERAN OPER20 ATOR APPROVED BY A QUALIFIED EXAM21 INER’’; and 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘physician-approved 

23 veteran operator’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran 

24 operator approved by a qualified exam25 iner’’. 


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1 (c) RULEMAKING.—The amendments made by this 

2 section shall be incorporated into any rulemaking pro3 ceeding related to section 5403 of the FAST Act (49 

4 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) that is being con5 ducted as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 3. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE STANDARDS FOR 

7 CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE 

8 ARMED FORCES. 

9 Section 31305(d) of title 49, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘VET12 ERAN OPERATORS’’ and inserting ‘‘OPERATORS

13 WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, RE14 SERVISTS, OR VETERANS’’; 

15 (2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘subpara16 graph (A) during, at least,’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara17 graph (A)— 

18 ‘‘(i) while serving in the armed forces 

19 or reserve components; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) during’’; and 

21 (3) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘current or’’ before 

23 ‘‘former’’ each place the term appears; and 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘one of’’ before ‘‘the re2 serve components’’. 

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