[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 117 (Friday, July 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2345. Mrs. FISCHER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 450, strike line 13 and all that follows 
     through page 453, line 16, and insert the following:

     SEC. 32403. COMMERCIAL DRIVER ACCESS.

       (a) Interstate Compact Pilot Program.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Federal Motor 
     Carrier Safety Administration shall establish a 6-year pilot 
     program to study the feasibility, benefits, and safety 
     impacts of allowing a licensed driver between 18 and 21 years 
     of age to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate 
     commerce.
       (2) Interstate compacts.--The Secretary shall allow States, 
     including the District of Columbia, to enter into an 
     interstate compact with contiguous States to allow a licensed 
     driver between 18 and 21 years of age to operate a motor 
     vehicle across the applicable State lines. The Secretary 
     shall approve as many as 6 interstate compacts, with no limit 
     on the number of States participating in each interstate 
     compact.
       (3) Mutual recognition of licenses.--A valid intrastate 
     commercial driver's licenses issued by a State participating 
     in an interstate compact under paragraph (2) shall be 
     recognized as valid in each State that is participating in 
     that interstate compact.
       (4) Standards.--In developing an interstate compact under 
     this subsection, participating States shall provide for 
     minimum licensure standards acceptable for interstate travel 
     under this section, which may include, for a licensed driver 
     between 18 and 21 years of age participating in the pilot 
     program--
       (A) age restrictions;
       (B) distance from origin (measured in air miles);
       (C) reporting requirements; or
       (D) additional hours of service restrictions.
       (5) Limitations.--An interstate compact under paragraph (2) 
     may not permit special configuration or hazardous cargo 
     operations to be transported by a licensed driver under 21 
     years of age.
       (6) Additional requirements.--The Secretary may--
       (A) prescribe such additional requirements, including 
     training, for a licensed driver between 18 and 21 years of 
     age participating in the pilot program as the Secretary 
     considers necessary; and
       (B) provide risk mitigation restrictions and limitations.
       (b) Approval.--An interstate compact under subsection 
     (a)(2) may not go into effect until it has been approved by 
     the governor of each State (or the Mayor of the District of 
     Columbia, if applicable) that is a party to the interstate 
     compact, after consultation with the Secretary of 
     Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Motor 
     Carrier Safety Administration.
       (c) Report.--Not earlier than 4 years after the date on 
     which the test program is established, the Secretary shall 
     submit a report to Congress that contains--
       (1) the findings of the pilot program;
       (2) a determination of whether a licensed driver between 18 
     and 21 years of age can operate a commercial motor vehicle in 
     interstate commerce with an equivalent level of safety; and
       (3) the reasons for that determination.
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