[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3624 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3624
To amend section 31311 of title 49, United States Code, to permit
States to issue commercial driver's licenses to members of the Armed
Forces whose duty station is located in the State.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 22 (legislative day, September 21), 2012
Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Moran,
Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Begich, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Brown of Ohio) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed
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A BILL
To amend section 31311 of title 49, United States Code, to permit
States to issue commercial driver's licenses to members of the Armed
Forces whose duty station is located in the State.
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 ``Military Commercial Driver's License
Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. DOMICILE REQUIREMENT FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.
Section 31311(a)(12) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
``(12)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C),
the State may issue a commercial driver's license only to an
individual who operates or will operate a commercial motor
vehicle and is domiciled in the State.
``(B) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the
State may issue a commercial driver's license to an individual
who--
``(i) operates or will operate a commercial motor
vehicle; and
``(ii) is not domiciled in a State that issues
commercial driver's licenses.
``(C) The State may issue a commercial driver's license to
an individual who--
``(i) operates or will operate a commercial motor
vehicle;
``(ii) is a member of the active duty military,
military reserves, National Guard, active duty United
States Coast Guard, or Coast Guard Auxiliary; and
``(iii) is not domiciled in the State, but whose
temporary or permanent duty station is located in the
State.''.
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