S 1537
113th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
A bill to ensure that any new or revised requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders is adopted through a rulemaking proceeding, and for other purposes.
Introduced: September 23, 2013
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 23, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 23, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to implement or enforce a requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders (including obstructive sleep apnea) only if it is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding.
Applies this Act only to a requirement adopted on or after September 1, 2013.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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