Driving Forward Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8041 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8041

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to extend the duration of 
   the exemption from pre-trip vehicle skills testing for school bus 
                    drivers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2024

     Mr. Carter of Texas (for himself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
     Ruppersberger, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Cuellar) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to extend the duration of 
   the exemption from pre-trip vehicle skills testing for school bus 
                    drivers, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Driving Forward Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EXEMPTION FROM PRE-TRIP VEHICLE SKILLS TESTING FOR 
              SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS.

    (a) Extended Exemption Period.--The Secretary of Transportation 
shall issue such regulations as are necessary to extend the exemption 
from the pre-trip vehicle skills testing component for Commercial 
Drivers License test candidates for the intra-state operation of school 
buses of the Department of Transportation titled ``Commercial Driver's 
License: Application for Exemption; National School Transportation 
Association'', issued on October 27, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65114), until 
November 27, 2027.
    (b) Public Comments on Further Extension of Exemption.--Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall solicit public comments on the feasibility and potential benefits 
of granting an exemption of unlimited duration.
    (c) Availability of Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds made available to a State under section 31313 of title 
49, United States Code, may be used by the State to assist with costs 
associated with implementing the exemption under subsection (a).
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