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[S. 1393 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1393

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 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 COMMERCIAL 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 certified 
        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 veteran 
    operator, the qualified physician'' and inserting ``veteran 
    operator approved by a qualified examiner, the qualified 
    examiner'';
        (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
            (A) by striking ``the physician'' and inserting ``the 
        examiner''; 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
        (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 ``Physician-
            approved veteran operator'' and inserting ``Veteran 
            operator approved by a qualified examiner''; and
                (ii) by striking ``physician-approved veteran 
            operator'' 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 
    Operators'' 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 
        components''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.