S 1941
113th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health
A bill to establish requirements for the adoption of any new or revised requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or an air traffic controller for a sleep disorder, and for other purposes.
Introduced: January 16, 2014
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To President
Became law
Jan 16, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jan 16, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), consistent with accepted medical standards and practices, to implement or enforce a requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of airmen or air traffic controllers for sleep disorders (including obstructive sleep apnea) only if: (1) it is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding in the case of an airman, and (2) the Federal Aviation Administration meets its collective bargaining obligations to its employees in the case of an air traffic controller.
Applies this Act only to a requirement adopted on or after November 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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