An act to streamline the process by which active duty military, reservists, and veterans receive commercial driver's licenses
PL 115-105 (S.1393), enacted 01/08/2018

131 STAT. 2263 
PUBLIC LAW 115–105—JAN. 8, 2018 
Public Law 115–105 
115th Congress 
An Act 
To streamline the process by which active duty military, reservists, and veterans 
receive commercial driver’s licenses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jobs for Our Heroes Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR VETERANS OPERATING COMMER-
CIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. 
(a) QUALIFIED EXAMINERS.—Section 5403(d)(2) of the FAST Act 
(49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED EXAMINER.—The term ‘qualified examiner’ 
means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) is employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
as an advanced practice nurse, doctor of chiropractic, doctor 
of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, physician assistant, or 
other medical professional; 
‘‘(B) is licensed, certified, or registered in a State to 
perform physical examinations; 
‘‘(C) is familiar with the standards for, and physical 
requirements of, an operator required to be medically cer-
tified under section 31149 of title 49, United States Code; 
and 
‘‘(D) has never, with respect to such section, been found 
to have acted fraudulently, including by fraudulently 
awarding a medical certificate.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5403 of the FAST Act 
(49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘physician-approved vet-
eran operator, the qualified physician’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran 
operator approved by a qualified examiner, the qualified exam-
iner’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the physician’’ and inserting ‘‘the exam-
iner’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘qualified physician’’ and inserting 
‘‘qualified examiner’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘qualified physicians’’ and inserting 
‘‘qualified examiners’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such physicians’’ and inserting ‘‘such 
examiners’’; and 
Definition. 
Jobs for Our 
Heroes Act. 
49 USC 30101 
note. 
Jan. 8, 2018 
[S. 1393] 
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131 STAT. 2264 
PUBLIC LAW 115–105—JAN. 8, 2018 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1393 (H.R. 2258): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115–189 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure) 
accompanying H.R. 2258. 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 115–161 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transporta-
tion). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017): 
Sept. 14, considered and passed Senate. 
Dec. 19, 21, considered and passed House. 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
paragraphs (3), (1), and (2), respectively, and by moving 
the text of paragraph (3), as redesignated, to appear after 
paragraph (2), as redesignated; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), as redesignated— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘PHYSI-
CIAN-APPROVED
VETERAN
OPERATOR’’ and inserting 
‘‘VETERAN OPERATOR APPROVED BY A QUALIFIED EXAM-
INER’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘physician-approved veteran oper-
ator’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran operator approved by a 
qualified examiner’’. 
(c) RULEMAKING.—The amendments made by this section shall 
be incorporated into any rulemaking proceeding related to section 
5403 of the FAST Act (49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) 
that is being conducted as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 3. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE STANDARDS FOR CURRENT 
AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 31305(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘VETERAN OPERA-
TORS’’ and inserting ‘‘OPERATORS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES, RESERVISTS, OR VETERANS’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A) 
during, at least,’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) while serving in the armed forces or reserve 
components; and 
‘‘(ii) during’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘current or’’ before ‘‘former’’ each place 
the term appears; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘one of’’ before ‘‘the reserve compo-
nents’’. 
Approved January 8, 2018. 
49 USC 31149 
note. 
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