[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2467. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health care 
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:

       At the appropriate place in title XXXII of division C, 
     insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITING CELL PHONE USAGE BY COMMERCIAL MOTOR 
                   VEHICLE OPERATORS.

       (a) Prohibition.--Not later than 18 months after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
     shall promulgate regulations that--
       (1) prohibit the use of a personal wireless communications 
     device, including those using hands-free technology, while 
     operating a commercial motor vehicle, including a marked 
     pilot car that is escorting an oversize vehicle; and
       (2) prohibit the use of a personal wireless communications 
     device, including those using hands-free technology, while 
     transporting hazardous materials.
       (b) Definition.--In this section the term ``personal 
     wireless communications device''--
       (1) means a device through which personal wireless services 
     (as defined in section 332(c)(7)(C)(i) of the Communications 
     Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(7)(C)(i))) are transmitted; and
       (2) does not include a global navigation satellite system 
     receiver used for positioning, emergency notification, or 
     navigation purposes.
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