A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to publish a final rule to provide for the screening, testing, and treatment for sleep disorders of individuals operating commercial vehicles.

Bill: 115-s-1883
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-09-28
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

Motor carriers

Railroads

Transportation employees

Transportation safety and security

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration to complete the rulemaking process and publish a final rule regarding the advance notice of proposed rulemaking issued on March 10, 2016, entitled &quot;Evaluation of Safety Sensitive Personnel for Moderate-to-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea.&quot;</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1883 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 28, 2017 Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Schumer , Mrs. Gillibrand , and Mr. Menendez ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To require the Secretary of Transportation to publish a final rule to provide for the screening, testing, and treatment for sleep disorders of individuals operating commercial vehicles.

1. Rulemaking requirement Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration shall complete the rulemaking process and publish a final rule regarding the advance notice of proposed rulemaking issued on March 10, 2016, entitled Evaluation of Safety Sensitive Personnel for Moderate-to-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea. (81 Fed. Reg. 12642).