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.

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.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1537 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1537

    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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 23, 2013

 Mr. Blunt (for himself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
              SLEEP DISORDERS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation may implement or 
enforce a requirement providing for the screening, testing, or 
treatment (including consideration of all possible treatment 
alternatives) of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for 
sleep disorders only if the requirement is adopted pursuant to a 
rulemaking proceeding.
    (b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a requirement 
that was in force before September 1, 2013.
    (c) Sleep Disorders Defined.--In this section, the term ``sleep 
disorders'' includes obstructive sleep apnea.
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