Jobs for Our Heroes Act Public Law 115–105 Jobs for Our Heroes Act 105 115–105 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Jobs for Our Heroes Act 13858 115 2018-01-08 Jobs for Our Heroes Act [(Public Law 115–105)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 115-105. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [49 U.S.C. 30101 note] 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) [49 U.S.C. 31149 note] 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”.