[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1396 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1396

  To require that certain standards for commercial driver's licenses 
  applicable to former members of the armed services or reserves also 
      apply to current members of the armed services or reserves.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2017

  Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Tillis) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require that certain standards for commercial driver's licenses 
  applicable to former members of the armed services or reserves also 
      apply to current members of the armed services or reserves.

    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 ``Active Duty Voluntary Acquisition of 
Necessary Credentials for Employment Act'' or the ``ADVANCE Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE STANDARDS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS AND 
              VETERANS.

    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), by inserting ``current or'' before 
        ``former'' each place the term appears.
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