Connor’s Law

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3608 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3608

To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to the requirement 
 to test drivers of commercial motor vehicles for English proficiency, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2025

 Mr. Taylor (for himself, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Collins, Mr. Gosar, Ms. Van 
   Duyne, and Mr. Finstad) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to the requirement 
 to test drivers of commercial motor vehicles for English proficiency, 
                        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 ``Connor's Law''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING MINIMUM LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE 
              OPERATORS.

    (a) In General.--Section 31308(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) can read and speak the English language 
                sufficiently to--
                            ``(i) converse with the general public;
                            ``(ii) understand highway traffic signs and 
                        signals in the English language;
                            ``(iii) respond to official inquiries; and
                            ``(iv) make entries on reports and 
                        records;''.
    (b) Out-of-Service Order for Noncompliance With Minimum Language 
Requirement.--
            (1) Declaration of out of service.--An individual operating 
        a commercial motor vehicle who is determined by an authorized 
        enforcement officer to be noncompliant with section 
        391.11(b)(2) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
        successor regulation), shall be declared out of service.
            (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in paragraph (1) shall 
        be construed to change, limit, or otherwise impact out-of-
        service orders that are--
                    (A) not covered under paragraph (1); and
                    (B) carried out pursuant to applicable Federal law, 
                Federal regulation, or the North American Standard Out-
                of-Service Criteria.
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