[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 3624 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.3624
One Hundred Twelfth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twelve
An Act
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.''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.