119-hr3608

[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;
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            (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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