119-s1284

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1284 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1284

To permanently extend the exemption from the engine compartment portion 
 of the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills testing requirement for 
 school bus drivers, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 3, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Kelly, and 
 Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 permanently extend the exemption from the engine compartment portion 
 of the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills testing requirement 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. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF EXEMPTION FROM UNDER-THE-HOOD INSPECTION 
 TESTING REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall make 
permanent the exemption relating to pre-trip vehicle inspection skills 
test requirements for certain school bus drivers, as published in the 
Federal Register on December 2, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 95348), including 
the terms and conditions of the exemption described in paragraphs 2., 
3., 4., 5., and 6. of section VII. B. of the notice granting the 
exemption (89 Fed. Reg. 95351).

    (b) Reporting.--For the 6-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall require 
any State that participates in the exemption described in subsection

    (a) to submit to the Secretary an annual report for each those 6 years 
describing the number of drivers that obtain a commercial drivers' 
license under such exemption in the State.
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