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Calendar No. 202 

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, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. NELSON, Ms. 

DUCKWORTH, Mr. THUNE, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. INHOFE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, 

Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

AUGUST 3, 2017 

Reported by Mr. THUNE, without amendment 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR VETERANS OPERATING 

2 COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. 

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

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

5 is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED EXAMINER.—The term ‘quali7 fied examiner’ means an individual who— 

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

9 Veterans Affairs as an advanced practice nurse, 

10 doctor of chiropractic, doctor of medicine, doc11 tor of osteopathy, physician assistant, or other 

12 medical professional; 

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

14 a State to perform physical examinations; 

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

16 and physical requirements of, an operator re17 quired to be medically certified under section 

18 31149 of title 49, United States Code; and 

19 ‘‘(D) has never, with respect to such sec20 tion, been found to have acted fraudulently, in21 cluding by fraudulently awarding a medical cer22 tificate.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5403 of 

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

25 is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘physician-ap2 proved veteran operator, the qualified physician’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘veteran operator approved by a quali4 fied examiner, the qualified examiner’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘the physician’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘the examiner’’; and 

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

9 inserting ‘‘qualified examiner’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (c)— 

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

12 inserting ‘‘qualified examiners’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘such physicians’’ and in14 serting ‘‘such examiners’’; and 

15 (4) in subsection (d)— 

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

17 and (3) as paragraphs (3), (1), and (2), respec18 tively, and by moving the text of paragraph (3), 

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

20 as redesignated; and 

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

22 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik23 ing ‘‘PHYSICIAN-APPROVED VETERAN OP24 ERATOR’’ and inserting ‘‘VETERAN OPERVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:53 Aug 04, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1393.RS S1393

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1 ATOR APPROVED BY A QUALIFIED EXAM2 INER’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘physician-approved 

4 veteran operator’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran 

5 operator approved by a qualified exam6 iner’’. 

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

8 section shall be incorporated into any rulemaking pro9 ceeding related to section 5403 of the FAST Act (49 

10 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) that is being con11 ducted as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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

13 CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE 

14 ARMED FORCES. 

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

16 amended— 

17 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘VET18 ERAN OPERATORS’’ and inserting ‘‘OPERATORS

19 WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, RE20 SERVISTS, OR VETERANS’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘subpara22 graph (A) during, at least,’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara23 graph (A)— 

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

25 or reserve components; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) during’’; and 

2 (3) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

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

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

5 (B) by inserting ‘‘one of’’ before ‘‘the re6 serve components’’. 


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Calendar No. 202 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1393 

A BILL 

To streamline the process by which active duty 

cial driver’s licenses. military, reservists, and veterans receive commerAUGUST 3, 2017 

Reported without amendment 


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