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Professional Driver Background Check Efficiency Act of 2007

Introduced: February 15, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Feb 23, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
Feb 16, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 15, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 15, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Professional Driver Background Check Efficiency Act of 2007 - Amends federal transportation law to revise background records check requirements with respect to the issuance of a motor vehicle license for the transportation of hazardous materials to: (1) impose a fee of not more than $50 upon the applicant to cover the costs of the background check; and (2) authorize the costs for such background checks be reimbursed to the state.

What's happening now February 23, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Apr 18, 2007
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Feb 15, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1079: Professional Driver Background Check Efficiency Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1079/
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"H.R. 1079: Professional Driver Background Check Efficiency Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1079/.
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