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HCONRES 238 107th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Blind Disabled Driver licenses Driver tests

Expressing the sense of Congress that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of…

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Expressing the sense of Congress that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals.

Introduced: October 2, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Oct 3, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Oct 2, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Oct 2, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of Congress that each State should require, as a condition of obtaining a driver's license, that a candidate demonstrate an ability to recognize a white cane, associate the use of a white cane with a visually impaired individual, and exercise increased caution when driving in proximity to a potentially visually impaired individual.
What's happening now October 3, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 17, 2002
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jul 9, 2002
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 21, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 6, 2002
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 238: Expressing the sense of Congress that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-238/
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"H. Con. Res. 238: Expressing the sense of Congress that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-238/.
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H. Con. Res. 238, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-238/.
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[H. Con. Res. 238: Expressing the sense of Congress that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-238/)
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