About the bill
H.R. 2258 exempts active duty military and reserve personnel with qualifying experience from certain testing requirements when they try to obtain a commercial driver’s license. Currently, certain veterans are eligible for this exemption, which was included in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.
Background Under current Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations, states can waive certain testing requirements for former members of the armed forces and reserve components if they had qualifying experience while serving in the armed forces or the reserve components. This bill would extend this exemption to individuals who are currently serving in either the armed services or reserve components. According to the American Trucking Association, there is an estimated 40,000 truck driver shortage nationally.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on June 26, 2017 but was never passed by the Senate.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
12 Cosponsors (7 Democrats, 5 Republicans)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Aguilar Bill to Connect Active-Duty Service Members and Reservists with Inland Empire Jobs Moves Forward”
—
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA33]
(Sponsor)
on May 24, 2017
“CRAMER: House Passes Bills Streamlining Commercial Driving Certification for Military Members”
—
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
on Jun 26, 2017
“an independence day message from congressman Hunter”
—
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter [R-CA50, 2013-2020]
on Jun 30, 2017
History
H.R. 2258 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 2258. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
How to cite this information.
We recommend the following MLA-formatted citation when using the information you see here in academic work:
“H.R. 2258 — 115th Congress: ADVANCE Act.” www.GovTrack.us. 2017. February 8, 2023 <https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr2258>
- show another citation format:
- APA
- Blue Book
- Wikipedia Template
Where is this information from?
GovTrack automatically collects legislative information from a variety of governmental and non-governmental sources. This page is sourced primarily from Congress.gov, the official portal of the United States Congress. Congress.gov is generally updated one day after events occur, and so legislative activity shown here may be one day behind. Data via the congress project.
